What a trip Katie had. One on one time with grandma and grandpa Greene, thats pretty neat!
And I’m sorry that the search for a car is not going at its best, but mom, you can’t just ditch out on the search when dad gets fired up on all the car salesmen. You guys want to know how people sell cars here? They just put a water bottle on top of the car. It’s a sign that they are selling the car. My comp taught me that, and I thought it was a lie, until I past an actual car dealership and there were water bottles on top of all the cars that were being sold. And when I was walking with Hermano Pujol, when we saw a car with the bottle, he said “Oh... they are selling their car.” Awesome.
It's been a fantastic week in Recreo. The weather is getting hot, but not too hot. But that just means everyone gets out their mate and chills all day in front of their house with huge stereo systems.
So I’ve noticed my diet has increased from good to spectacular, which includes empanadas, french fries, hamburgers, pizza, and fried breaded chicken (milanesas). Fried foods are usually the meal with the missionaries, especially milanesas!
On Saturday we put on an activity with the ward, and it was awesome. Apparently it was the best turnout this ward has ever had. It was pizza night with a little bit of volleyball and pingpong. So we were down to play some good volleyball, but we ended up having no time, because we spent the whole time making pizzas. About 60 people showed up, and 20 of them were investigators of the church. Awesome! We planned it so the members would each bring a pizza, including us. We brought stuff to make pizza, and in the end, one other person brought pizza. So, within like 2 hours, me and Elder Andrew, with the help of another member, made 20 pizzas. It was awesome! Everyone had some good times, and at the end we brought out the pizzas. We had an activity planned for after pizza, but more came then we thought would come, so we decided to do something where I was blindfolded and everyone had placed a bunch of chairs and tables in a path from one door to the other, and Elder Andrew was guiding me with his voice while everyone else was yelling and telling me different direction. It was a blast for the ward, and we were able to share a good message, and our testimony on the guidance of the spirit.
I was asked to give a talk the next day, and I told a story about an old lady. But instead of saying señorita or señora, which would of been the right word to say “old lady”, i was saying vieja, which is kind of like saying "oldy". So everyone got a kick out of that, and it got brought up to me after at least 20 times by different people.
So when people ask me where I’m from, I usually say that I’m from Texas. But I think the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie has shown up recently on tv, because everyone that I tell I’m from Texas say, "Like the Texas chainsaw massacre." I think the movie says that it is based off a true story, so everyone here thinks its real. Now when people tell you, "Remember the Alamo!” You say, no, "Remember the Texas chainsaw massacre!”
I’ve eaten so many churros this week, because the ward is trying to go to the temple, and every family is raising money for the trip. But everyone has the same stinkin idea to sell churros, and the first people they go to are the missionaries. So we’ve been helping out and buying churros, about 50 in fact.
This week was a fantastic foursome of investigators.
Especially Kevin. He is an 11 year old that wants to be baptized, and is going to be baptized this Saturday. His mom has a girlfriend, so we are giving some good talks. But they are awesome because kevin´s mom is leaning towards ending the relationship, with the understanding of the plan of salvation, and the importance of Jesus Christ in her life, and her family's.
Another good man, Horacio, who has been working with the missionaries for quite some time, would like to be baptized as well. At first he didn’t want to, because his family was not going to join as well. But we shared the importance of the role the father has in the family, and he liked that, and wants to be that role model. He’s got quite the garden, and he loves showing us all his flowers. He especially likes the Bonsai! He’s great.
There is also a family that would like to be baptized. The parents are great and share cousins of a family of members. But they are not the brightest. They are a bit difficult to teach because of it. But they are really trying to learn. We spent 3 separate hours on the restoration. But we think that when they start to read on their own from the Book of Mormon, they will start to grasp a greater knowledge of the gospel, and the wisdom of the church. I saw that as a definite effect in the life of Donato Rodriguez.
We were invited to the house of the Carbones for a family home evening. This is their first ever family home evening, and just about a month ago, the mom, dad, and son and daughter-in-law were reactivated into the church. And the father is working on his other sons and daughter-in-law. They all live in Carbone cit (a house with 4 other married couples), but brother Carbone has been trying for weeks to have this activity with his family all together, and he was able to do it on Thursday. We all sat down at the table, sang a hymn, said a prayer, and brother Carbone shared a great message of the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon. He had prepared it all week, and at times it got a little loud with the kids, but when he shared his story and testimony that he had received through prayer and scripture reading, there was a great power in the room that no one could deny. It was really great, and I was happy to be there, because it reminded me of the FHEs our family would have, and the heart felt testimony Dad would give to us in these meetings as a family. So it was a good time and most of the family went to church that next Sunday.
We recently moved apartments (like today) because originally the Hermanas received a really nice new apartment. But apparently it’s a little dangerous in that location of the neighborhood. So they had us move into it. But it turns out there is only one neighbor, and he´s gay, so yeah, we´ll watch out.
I love you guys, miss you, and I’m glad that all is good in Houston Texas.
It was Mother’s Day in Argentina yesterday. So happy Mothers Day Mom. Apparently Animal Day is coming up too, and we´ll have to prepare for that!
Elder Greene
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