A lot of good things happened
this week in Bariloche! We had a lot of time to
help and strengthen the members in the ward.
Thursday morning
we helped a sister with her new house. There were a lot of weeds and only one
shovel, but I loved it. She has some problems walking and two small kids so it
was nice to do something that she could not do alone.
Also
on Thursday we went to the house of one of my good friends in the ward. He
had a lot of English homework and I was able to help him for about an hour. He
in turn taught me some typical Argentine phrases. They don’t make a lot of
sense, but he loves it when I use them!
Yesterday
we visited a brother to give him the sacrament. He has trouble walking but
always has a smile and ´buen animo´! I love visiting him.
This
was a great week with my companion. We are getting along very well and I think
it’s because we are talking more in the street on the way to our appointments.
He had to do a lot of things before starting his mission. In Colombia military
service is mandatory, so he did that for two years before his mission. We are
always laughing about something. The other day a dog followed us everywhere,
and because of that one dog, all of the dogs in the street started to follow us! At the
end of the day rather than walking back to our pension we took a bus, and laughed the
whole way home because the dogs didn’t know what to do!
I
had a good experience studying this week. We have three hours every day to
study the language and scriptures and I read the Gospel Principles manual
in Spanish. I loved the first three chapters that discuss our eternal journey
because it puts everything I’m doing in perspective.
Sundays
are always a good day for me. Our ward is small and sometimes there are only 60
people in attendance. Throughout the week we invite a lot of people to come to
church and I get the best feeling when they show up. I really like being a
missionary and this is a special time!
I
hope this is a great week for everyone. Assist the missionaries in your wards. It
makes my day when members ask how they can help. We need members to really succeed.
I
love you all!
Elder Kauffman aka Jack
Elder Kauffman aka Jack