Wow this week was so great! We worked our butts off and we
actually got the standards. They are goals set by the mission as far as the
numbers of lessons and stuff. we had: 1 baptism, 5 investigators with a date, 6
who attend church, 12 lessons with a member present, 10 other lessons, 5 progressing investigators, 9 referrals received and 6 contacted, 16 new
investigators (which means 2 positive contacts with each) and we had 141 street
contacts! It was great! The assistants actually called us last night to say
good job because that hasn't been done for a while in our mission. Pretty cool.
BAPTISM!!! Yes Joaquin got baptized yesterday and it was so
awesome! He is a total stud and I really feel like his baptism will make his
family a lot stronger in the church!
Okay so pretty much Pamela is just perfect. She came to
church again and she is still set to be baptized this Saturday! She is so solid
already it is amazing. We want to convince her to serve a mission. I feel like
she would be a super good Temple Square missionary!
So I wish I could really explain how crazy the drivers are
here, I´ll do my best, There are no speed limits, no lines on the road, and
people pretty much do whatever they want! A lot of people just drive
motorcycles because they are cheaper. The other day I saw one motorcycle with 5
PEOPLE ON IT! So crazy but its nice just being able to cross the street
anywhere because crosswalks almost don't exist either.
So I found out that Messi the soccer player actually grew up
in the area I am serving in. Pretty cool. Oh you asked about the size of it.
You can look it up on google maps. Find the intersection of San Martin and
Uriburu in Rosario (kinda southern) and then go a mile north south east and
west. We cover close to a 2 mile square.
Elder Welsh and I are still getting along super well! Most
of the time it just feels like I'm chilling with a friend. It makes it way more
enjoyable and easier to work really hard!
I bought 2 new ties last Monday so if you see a $20 charge
that is what is was. They are both sweet I like them a lot. I wore one yesterday
for the baptism so you will see it in the pictures.
So I have been reading the book
True to the Faith and it is super good, I like learning a little bit about a
lot of things! But I read this week about Family Home Evening... haha I know we weren't the best at doing that. But i feel like that is something you guys
should start doing. We have a promise from the Lord that our families will be
blessed and strengthened when we hold a weekly family home evening! D&C
82:10
Questions:
1.
Q: How are
your feet doing? My feet are a ton better! I taped my arch
supports into them and that helped a ton!
2.
Q: Have you tried
Alfajores (they are a brownie like pastry)? Yes the rumor is
true, Alfajores are very, very, very, very good and very, very, very, very
fattening! I have had a few but we have done pretty good at staying away from
those and Facturas (Kinda similar to a donut). I think I have gained some
weight but not much. The walking and hot weather helps that a lot.
3.
Q: Where do
you go to get/send your emails? Can you print them out? We
go to the Ciber inside of the big store here. It is usually about 15 pesos each
for us (3 dollars) so its not bad at all. We could print but I always have enough time to read them all so I haven't needed to.
4.
Q: Do you know
if DearElder is a good way for people to write to you while you are out
there? Yeah DearElder works. But the deal with the mail is,
it all goes to the mission home and whenever someone from your district goes to
the mission home they try to grab everything from their district. Usually once
or twice a month. That is for letters and packages.
5. Yeah I have been emailing some
people. Friends and people from the MTC. No letters though.
I love you all and you are in
my prayers! Have a great week!
Elder Sisk
P.S. Oh also there is this guy here who is a RM and he speaks
perfect English. His name is Juanmanual Gomez. Everyone in the ward gets me and
him mixed up because they say we look alike. pretty funny.
Then also, last night we made cinnamon rolls from scratch.
soooooooo good!! :)
