It's been a crazy week here in my new area.
Since I wrote ya'll, we had to pass all the transfers to the ZLs and
make sure every single missionary got their bus tickets and made it to
their new areas. Some poor missionaries have to travel 12 hours by bus!!
The
best transfer news was that my beloved companion E' Miño got called to
train. I'm sending a pic of the 3 of us. His 'hijo' is Elder Brady
Bethers from Cary NC. He's a great guy - speaks a lot of Spanish for his
first day and is really excited. Elder Slighting and I helped Pres with
the training of the trainers and new missionaries. I got kinda nervous
for my first segment, but was much better when I spoke on obedience.
It's gonna be a lot of fun training these next few months.
The
day before, we helped the missionaries leaving get to the airport etc,
and also received the 5 new missionaries and ate dinner with them at
Pres´ house.
Wednesday
we finally got to work in my area. The other AP is Elder Slighting from
Alpine, Utah - we'll be together for 3 months- Then my companion for proselytism is Elder Tello. He's great. I feel very blessed because
today we have a baptism! Elder Tello and Elder Trollip (previous AP)
have worked really hard here. Our first baptism is named Raquel. She's
one of the most prepared converts I've met, and we've taught her every
day this week. She's really excited - It's gonna be awesome to see her
keep progressing!
Thursday and Friday
we spent a good part of the day meeting with Pres to discuss the plans
for this transfer. We're gonna have a visit from Elder Viñas, of the 1st
Quorum of the 70. We're starting to organize the 3 multizone
conferences. It looks like Elder Slighting and/or I will be giving talks
in these conferences O.o! I'm super stoked.
One
of the best parts about being here in this position is being able to
know and work with a lot more missionaries. Every week, a group of
elders comes to the offices and sleeps at our house for 2 days so that
they can do visa papers. It means I get to catch up with old friends and
get to know new ones. I'm striving to meet and greet with a lot of love.
I would have loved to chat with a friendly, experienced missionary every
once and a while when I was still young. That's something I am
consciously trying to do is see life from someone else's sandals and
treat them like someone very important - because they are!
Other miscellaneous thoughts:
I'll
have the chance to visit converts here in Salta and hopefully in my
travels in our trusty Ford Ranger as we visit the different zones in the
mission. I LOVE the people I've been able to meet here and am pumped to
see them again!
I started practicing driving stick 2 days ago - it's coming back quickly - Don't worry, I'll be very safe!
Love
my comps - Elder Slighting is a great person. Seriously one of the
best, most Christlike, humble, powerful, good men I know. We'll be
starting at BYU together and look forward to being his friend for a long
time!
Stealing advice from Pres. Packard thru
mom - "love the person in front of you." I'm out of time but can testify
of the power and importance of the Christlike attributes, like Charity,
patience, and obedience.
Love, Elder Isaac Blake
La MAS
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| With Elder Alvarez (Honduras) - he lived with me for my first 2 transfers |
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| With Elder Brazell (Logan) and Elders Tello (my comp) and Llanque. Brazell and Llanque are in Alberdi, where I trained and where Leandro and his fam live. |
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With Elder Starkey (Elder Philpots hijo) - LOVE YOU PHILPOT, YOU'RE A BOSS
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| With E Miño and Bethers |
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Overlooking Salta  |
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