Well, I'm here in the Gran mission Buenos Aires Norte! It's
been a wild ride this week! On the plane ride over, I had the opportunity to
teach a lesson or two, so that was good. I arrived in Buenos Aires with
my District, and we all pretty much said Ohhhh nooooo... But it´s all good! We
got picked up by our mission president and his wife, and then proceeded to go
to the mission home, and the mission office, enduring torrents of Spanish all
along the way!
I got assigned to my new companion. His name is Elder
Cedeño, and he is from Ecuador! After dinner with the zone, we went to our
apartment, which I’ll try to attach pictures of. Wow, what a change!
hahaha! One change I’ve had is that I haven´t had breakfast in a week! We
usually wait until Lunch to eat. Another minor change is that we don´t
speak in English here... at all... seriously, I miss English so much! hahaha! I
only spoke to my Companion in Spanish for the first few days, and i was under
the impression that he didn’t know much English. and then one night he
mentioned that he knew some English. The next day, while we were heading
to an appointment, I asked him how much English he knew, to which he responded
in pretty good English: "I´m pretty fluent"... hahaha! Still, we only
speak in Spanish, and it´s intense sometimes... On the bright side, I´ve had
the opportunity to have lunch in several members homes, and it´s a very
humbling experience. We´re in Munro, which is a "Provincia"
area. This means that there´s little money here... I´ll be attaching
pictures of the capital area, but I haven´t had the chance yet to take pictures
of our actual area! well, it´s cool in peoples small and humble homes to see
pictures of Christ and family taped up on the walls. They´re so awesome!
On Sunday, I met the ward, and they´re super friendly and helpful! My Spanish
isn´t the best, but I was able to communicate with them alright. It all
depends on how fast they talk, because some people I can understand very clearly!
Elder Cedeño is an awesome and SUPER funny guy and we
actually have a girl named Maryn as a mutual friend! hahaha! Also, I should
probably say that we´re getting fed well enough. Our Lunches are HUGE,
and they´re in the homes of awesome members. One time, we were in the
home of one member who kept speaking English to me! One funny phrase was
"I hate you Yankee!" (He was Kidding) but ya, this place is so cool!
The busses are INSANE! I saw a bus run into a parked car the other day, back
up, and keep on going! The driving is cutthroat, and I love it! hahaha! Wow,
this week has been insane!!! On Sunday, we had the baptism of Daryl, who is a
super awesome guy! Daryl had to be baptized like 7 time because his foot or
hair or something kept coming up every time! So funny! (Yet spiritual) Also,
Elder Cedeño and I fasted for a miracle, since we weren´t teaching as many
lessons as we felt we needed to, and that came in the form of Solidad! She
visited our ward with some family on Sunday, and that night we taught her about
the Book Of Mormon. As we testified of the Book Of Mormon and Prayer, she
had tears in her eyes, and the Spirit in the room was so strong! I was having a
bit of a bad day that day, and that was exactly what I needed to reenergize me!
I always feel stupid when kids talk to me in Spanish and I
can´t understand them... oh well! We have a strong ward, and Elder Cedeño is
seriously AMAZING!! It´s been quite a week! One fun fact is that I haven´t
used toilet paper in about that time... Suffice to say, we have one of those
water-spraying things in our bathroom... Anyway, I love this place, but i just
really want to know the language! I know that I shouldn´t beat myself up over
it, but it´s the most frustrating thing that I’ve ever experienced!!! Munro is
a run-down place, but I love it!
Well, this place is awesome! I love it, and I love all of
you! Thank you so much for your love and support!
-Elder Holtry
Editors note- His camera battery died, so pictures will be
coming next week hopefully!
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