Hey Guys!
Well I’m glad that you are all getting ready ready for a great
patriotic week! America is pretty great I’ll have to say. We'll actually be in Santa
Fe tomorrow for a meeting with the whole mission. So that´ll be great to meet
up with all the American homies in celebration for our great country, even
though that’s not why we are meeting. Dad's right about all the great 4th of
Julys we've had. I think one of my favorites was the South Carolina 4 of July
with the Linfords. I think I really enjoyed how the southerners get wild with
endless fireworks on the beach
So yeah, I think I told you all about the bikes we recently
got fixed up. Apparently they are way cruddier than we thought, and are now
becoming the biggest hassle for the past two weeks. One is a kind of a red
beach cruiser, but has some insane rust going on in the front. And while I’m
riding, enjoying my sweet afternoon the plaza. The front handlebars decide to
completely disconnect from the rest of the bike. Whoa no hands. Luckily I’m way
skilled. "I can ride a bike with no handlebars, I know all the words to
"De Colores", and I'm proud to be an American". - Flobots. Anyways
Argentina is way cool at times because you can find a bike shop at every
corner. But tough luck, it was the siesta so we just dropped the bikes over to
other missionaries to take the bikes to the shop later. Anyways while we are
gone, these other guys somehow break the other bike. And took them both to the
bike shop. We come back and learn all that has happened right and then the bike
fixer upper wants to say to me that the beach cruiser is un-fixable. NO WAY
JOSE! And this place is like all the way
across Rafaela. And it would be worst to have to walk back and forth from our
area to the bike shop. So we said SEE YOU LATER JOSE, we are taking our business
somewhere else. And so we had to carry to bikes and its parts all across Rafaela.
Like 45 minutes, it was worse than walking around with a grill. Because instead
of people yelling "YOU GONNA COOK AN ASADO? (Sarcastically)" their
yelling "DID THEY FORGET TO TEACH YOU HOW TO RIDE A BIKE IN BIBLE
CLASS?" yes.... yes they did haharhar.
So we´ve been on our toes lately, because apparently there
is a dog assassin out and about in Rafaela. People are going nuts about it.
Like there is actually someone out killing dogs and people are calling him the
dog assassin. Now it’s not rare to see dead dogs and cats in the street. They
are like deer in the road. But I think someone’s Chihuahua got hit and the
owner is starting a revolution. STOP THE
MENACE! Maybe the assassin thinks he´s doing everyone a favor. I don’t know,
but let’s not make the assumption that he´s a menace. Dogs are the real menace.
I saw one just chilling in the middle of a 50 mph road acting like he owns the
place.
Man I cannot describe in words how hilarious the branch
president here is. This guy is way too old and he knows it. But one quick
story. On Wednesday we had branch council right after helping out Nilda with
her garden. and so we get to the church to change clothing and while my
companion is in the bathroom President Acosta shows up and first thing he says
to me is "wow I have to pee, where is your companion?" in the bathroom,
I said "A la miercoles (ah snickers) I got to go check out the garden out
back." he goes out back and I’m waiting and I hear what’s sounds like is
him going numero uno out back. and he comes back and me companion gets out of
the bathroom and I tell president "it’s all yours" and responds
"oh no no no Elder thank you, but I’m ok" I’ll give him the benefit
of the doubt and say that he was just watering the plants out back.
So there is this member that really liked my jacket, like he
really wanted it. And he offered to trade it with one of his wears. And so I agreed
to be good a Samaritan and traded him my jacket.......for a way cooler one. That
guy totally lost because what he gave me was this really cool dark blue trench
coat. Apparently he got it from another missionary years ago. Anyway I totally
look like Sherlock now. It’s super warm too. So it’s a win win.
Nothing much really happened last week. Like we didn’t teach
anyone and no one let us in their home. So it was kind of lame. There weren’t
any really cool spiritual stuff that happened. But I did find a really good
pizza place. I used to think that Argentina really stank at making pizza. Until
I made it to Rafaela. I realized that I had just been in these random farm
towns and that’s why pizza was not that great. Life is looking great.
I love you guys! Hope you have the greatest of Texan 4th of Julys!
Elder Greene
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