Jace is the best. hahaha. Does he know how to blow bubbles now?? How
big is that kid now?? In weight and height. Probably gigantic like normal
hahaha.
So, some crazy stories for this week, We went to the zoo last Monday
because we thought it would be open but it wasn't.. Monday is like the day off
for a bunch of people which is a little weird because Sunday is usually the day off
for us in the US. The Cerro De Gloria is right next to the zoo. So, we hiked the
little hike up and took some more pictures. Now I have pictures of the Favorita
:) When we were up there, there was a little store that was selling candy,
food, and little pictures. One of the Elders tried to take a picture of the
picture because he liked it and the guy working there saw him and started
cussing at him. Of course it was in Spanish, so I don't know anything he was
saying besides, you, and then the cuss words. So we left after that and started
to head down the mountain then a girl wanted to take a picture with Elder Lybert
who is American. So.... all of us were in the picture with them (because
missionaries cant take solo pictures with girls) and then she left. Finally, we
got down the mountain and when we thought nothing else could happen, a monkey
was climbing through the trees and then on the power lines!!! We think it was
the monkey from the zoo.. Because the monkey came from the trees and power lines
that are next to the zoo. So yeah, we were sitting there waiting for the bus and
the monkey was climbing on the power lines doing this weird spin walk on the
power cables. It was pretty funny to watch.
Oh yea and Tuesday we were in the
house of the bishop who is a type of cop for Argentina and his sons and nephew
wanted me to dress up a little in the uniform so i=I dressed up like a Argentine
cop for like 10 minutes!! hahaha. It was pretty funny. I'll get the pics from my
comp and send them to you for you guys to laugh at haha. And then on the bus
one day a guy was singing/harmonica while playing the guitar. It was pretty
legit. He sung and played really well, we had to get off so we only heard one
and a part of his other song.
We have a progressing investigator!! Finally!!!
haha. Jessenia, she is reading the Book of Mormon and the pamphlets that we
gave her. In the first lesson she said I don't want to be baptized no matter
what, but now it seems like she is okay with it. We are going to invite her to
be baptized in our next lesson. Talk about the importance of it and all that
but yea! We are really happy with that because when we showed up it seemed like
we would never find anyone but hey, we work on the Lord's time so we never know
who we'll find or what we'll find while we are working haha.
We had our first
somewhat physically challenging service this week so that was awesome because I
haven't been able to work really hard in a while. We were shoveling dirt and separating rocks from the dirt with a home made sifter. It was a bit
interesting but it felt good to work hard.
Also, an amazing thing happened this
week thanks to the Lord. Quick background, there is a member in our ward named
Luis Silva, he is the only member in his family. Mom and dad don't want anything
to do with our church. His dad like never talks with the missionaries because
he thinks were bad people or something. I think there were missionaries before
who he had a bad experience with too so he doesn't talk to us. But this day we
were walking to Luis's house with Luis to share a quick message and then head
to to pench. While we were talking to Luis, his dad walked up to go into the
house and he started talking to us and we were talking to him. Still doesn't
want anything to do with our religion, but he seemed to like us as people and
said that he respects us and that we are trying to bring people to Christ. And
then I was like... hey, we have a little pamphlet that has our articles of faith
which is what we believe in. Would you like to have one to know a little bit
more about our religion, and he took it!! It was awesome!! And he was like thanks. We'll
see where that goes, hopefully he likes it and doesn't get more mad! haha. Right
after Luis was shocked that he took it. Luis was like.. I cant believe he took
that because he never takes anything from the missionaries and no other
missionaries have been able to talk to him like that and give him something..
Power of the Lord if we will but only open our mouths. We weren't planning on
talking to his dad but the Lord softened his heart so we could talk to him and
have a good conversation. I didn't even realize how amazing that was until I was
sharing it with you guys right now..
Well, I hope all is well with you guys and I love you all. Have an amazing week!
Con amor,
Elder Hakes
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