Wow, I never thought the day would come, but, I now have a
year in the mission. Much has happened during this last year, and I’ve learned
a lot. I know that not only has this service been helpful for many people
here in Buenos Aires, but it`s blessed me also. This has honestly been a
hard year. Working every day, learning a new language, trying a world of
new things, etc. But ya, it`s been super rewarding. It`s been hard, but I
wouldn`t trade it for anything else, and I guess that`s how life`s supposed to
be.
Anywho, it`s been a good week here in Bella Vista.
There aren`t a whole lot of members, so it`s hard to complete with the 20
lessons with members that we need to complete in the week... sometimes we only
arrive to half of that :/ But, we`ve just got to keep working. we`ve been
contacting a lot of references, and through that we`ve found more people who`ve
accepted more visits, baptismal dates, etc. Wow, It`s pretty much the
same thing day by day, week by week, month by month, etc. The only change is
that (sadly) President Ayre is going to be leaving us soon. I think it`s
the week after this one :( He`s a man that’s helped me a lot. He’s been
my coach, teacher, example.... Well, he`s been my mission President, and I`ll
miss him.
Well, honestly, as usual, I don`t have a whole lot to say. I
suppose I`ll just share a little experience I had last week. We were working
down in our area, walking in the streets, and we were a bit in a hurry to get
to someone’s house for an appointment. We passed by a less-active member
and his friend, and we said hi to them. As we were walking away, I felt a
bit bad that we weren’t able to contact the friend of the member, and I
silently said a prayer. I promised that If we ran into them again, I’d invite
the friend to a family home evening we were going to have later on. As we
were walking a bit later, I heard some music approaching us from behind, and I
was just thinking "Wow, this music is all the same" (But seriously,
you have to hear it) Well, imagine my surprise when I turned to discover that
the people with the music were the member and his friend. I got over my
surprise, remembered my promise, and extended an invitation. Well,
he came to the appointment with the member family, and now he’s listening to
the lessons and has a baptismal date. Well, I guess what I’m trying to
say is, Keep in touch with the Lord.
I love you all!
--
-Elder Holtry
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