Hola Familia!!!
Mom I am so glad you got the letter before your Bday and
that you had a good day! :) That golf tourney sounded super fun, dad you gotta
stop being old, mom is gonna start kicking your butt! ;) Dad, google didn't do
toooo bad on the translation! haha I was able to understand it all, thank you!
So yes the big news of the week was the transfer! I am now
serving in a little pueblo called Nogoyá. It is about 1 hour and a half away
from Rosario but I ended up taking about 6 hours in the bus to get here. Just
how it works out with the buses sometimes. We went up through Santa Fe and then
over to Parana which is where our zone leaders are and stuff. Then Elder
Lindeman and I came down to Nogoyá and got going! I really like it here a lot,
it is very chill and has that nice small town feel to it. Our apartment is not
the nicest but we have a pretty decent shower and hot water. Packing was kinda
hard, (it is actually the opposite mom, everyone says in each area you seem to
have more and more stuff, but i got it done!) As far as investigators here in
Nogoya we have next to none right now but we are working hard, yes I am now the
senior comp so I speak most of the time in Spanish. Elder Lindeman has 1
transfer less than I do in the mission, and he waited in Nashville for his visa
for 12 weeks so this is his second transfer here in Argentina. He went to Lone
Peak high school and played football for them, its funny because we have a lot
of friends in common! We get along really well and we are gonna work really
hard!
So tomorrow, Happy Birthday Dad!!! I sent a letter to you
to, but from the sounds of it, its not there yet. I hope you get it soon! keep
working hard! But from the sounds of your emails I have to ask if you are
working hard or hardly working! haha spending a lot of time on the golf course,
i am super jealous!
So leaving Las Heras was really hard if I am being honest.
We spent all of Tuesday visiting the members and saying bye to everyone. I found myself tearing up after every house
that we left, but I think i kept it together better than I expected to! haha I
have a few pictures that I can send with a few of the families. I learned so
much in that area and those people are truly special for me.
So here in Nogoya it is a little different, I will not be
eating with members almost everyday... haha we will usually have 2 lunches each
week so sounds like we will be cooking a lot in the apartment. There just are
not many members that we could eat with but I will talk about that when I talk
about church. The other thing is there is not a huge supermarket like I had in
Rosario so our options are slightly limited, that's when we will have to get
creative right??
So church yesterday..... what a humbling experience to say
the least. Everyday of my life before now I have taken for granted the fact
that we have a big, well operating ward and a nice church to go to on Sundays.
In our ward here we had 20 people in church and 6 of them were visitors from
the stake. Of the 20, 5 were priesthood holders (us 2, the branch pres, and 2
stake guys) We dont have a church, we just rent a building to use for our
meetings. It is kinda weird for me to see and to participate in it like that
but its great too. I will be teaching Sunday school every week and sometimes
priesthood and sometimes giving talks, so I will have a lot of practice on my
Spanish. A few weeks ago, they had a week with 8 people in church counting the
missionaries. We have decided that our first priority right now is working with
less actives in the area because there are a ton, and we need more in church to
keep it running!
We had lunch on Sat. and i had some of the pictures of our
family, and the first thing Hermana Arrua said was, is your dad related to
Elder Holland?? hahaha I was laughing so hard, i guess its true, they kinda
look alike!
This week we have both seen many miracles. My Spanish
literally improved faster in the past week than any other short span of time on
my mission. I know it was a blessing from the Lord because he knew that I
needed to be speaking a lot better for us to get by. My comp said he saw the
same in his own spanish, It was such a testimony for me that He really is
watching out for us and that I can do this! I am to the point that I understand
about everything people say to me, its just the random uncommon words that lose
me, I am super excited for this chance I have to serve here.
It sounds like you are all doing really well, I am so glad
to hear that! I am glad to know you are all happy and having fun! I really
cannot believe how fast the time is going on my mission! don't blink or before
you know it we will be skyping again and then the next thing we know I will be
home! I love the mission and I love the work! I know this is exactly where I
need to be and I am so grateful for all of you helping me get to this point in
my life! I love you all so much, have another great week!!
♥ Elder Sisk
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| Alex with Elder Lindeman |
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| Saying goodbye |
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| More goodbyes |
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| More goodbyes |
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| Saying goodbye |
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| New tie |
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| New Apartment |
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| Meeting place for church |
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| "We're not in Rosario anymore :)" |
