Wowzers! It’s MLK Day. Thanks for the reminder. Now I’ll
have to go make a shake of my own, because people don’t really know how to make
a good milkshake around here. I’m glad you guys get the day, I already kind of
get the day off because it’s Monday, so I’ll probably go take a nap or something.
Not much to do here in Recreo, but drink Pepsi and nap. But I love that.
Sorry I had to leave you with a cliff hanger last week, but Friday
was a total success. Sergio and Rosia had an appointment to be married in the
government building here at 9:30 in the morning. So we went, and some of their
family members. We were the 2 witnesses. So I had a nice view of everything going
on and had to answer questions about the couple. About whether or not they had
been married before, or if they were brother or sister. As far as I was
concerned, they were not. But it was great. And then we took pictures and
everyone was psyched. Super good times.
Later Elder Ramos and I prepared kind of a "reception"
for them in the afternoon. We had been trying to get members to come all week.
I guess they got busy playing soccer or something. I’ll send you some sweet
picks. We got balloons, tunes, food. It was all ready. I came away feeling
pretty successful. We had two members give a few words about marriage and
family. Sergio and Rosia gave a few words to their family. Especially Rosia, because
in response to what they were hoping for in the marriage, she responded with
"Following Christ to receive unity and happiness in the family." I thought
that was cool.
And then we blessed the food and had a jam fest. We had to make
a playlist, so I made sure to get some of the greats in there. Of course we had
the Argentinian faves such as cumbia. Modern day cumbia such as Rombai and
Marama and Toco Para Vos. Look them up if you want some sweet Argentine jams. If
you know who Rombai is, you become the coolest person in town… you just pop
into somebody’s house and yell “Rombai”, and everyone is down to talk to you.
I made sure to put in some of the greats… Forever - Chris Brown, Will You Still Love Me- Chicago, Yeah 3x - Chris brown, Forever Young - Alphaville, and Sky Full Of Stars - Coldplay. Classic.
When Forever came on, everyone was
asking who was singing, I told them Chris Brown and almost everyone came with
the same reply, "Oh, el negrito." Exactly, the little black guy.
It was pretty great, and we got to know a lot of their
family, and they got to know a little about the church and the importance of
family. We actually had a few people come up to us and ask us to pass by their
house, which was cool.
Yeah, that was our super-duper cool week. We spent most of
the time teaching Sergio and Rosia during the week and preparing them for Friday.
I got to talk to Sergio at the end of the wedding day, and he was kind of nervous
about the whole marriage previously. I asked him how he felt after, and he said
that it already happened so what’s there to worry about now. But he said some
things that I really appreciated, which was that he and Rosia are always
talking about how they feel pretty happy and calm when we come over to teach
them, and that is something they would like to feel all the time. So it was a
great week.
Now it’s just time take down a Pepsi Max and prepare them to
get baptized. I’m lovin it!
I hope you guys have a great week. Killing it. Especially since
dad gets to stick around!
Elder Greene
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