Semana 42 - Yuto

¡Hola Todos!

Last p-day, we decided to climb this huge water tower in the center of Yuto and got some great night-shots of Yuto! We'll be doing it again sometime to get the daytime shots too!

This week was a little rough. We got hit again with the curse that no one was home! We had divisions on Wednesday, which meant we had 4 missionaries in Yuto. Normally that will give you twice as much work done for the week, but instead, my planner was chock full of suggested names and houses to visit, making up plans A, B, C, D, E, and I think F as well for the day!!!!! It was pretty killer because it happened to Elder Sangroni too, even though he was in a completely different area of Yuto! We found a lot of new investigators this week, but none of them are showing real progress and interest just yet, so we'll just have to be actively patient for the next little bit.

 

We did have a couple exceptions though. The big highlight was the baptism we had yesterday: Jairo Marcelo Palacio. He's the 16-year-old brother of the Gabriel Herrera that we baptized a month ago (wow, time flies). As you can see in the photo on my Picasa account, I got to perform the baptism!!! It was a little scary at first because we had everything ready to go for the baptismal service, the members were there, but he hadn't shown up yet, even though it was 45 minutes late! We headed to his house at that moment and found him there. Luckily, we had the support of the rest of the family, so they kept insuring him that he should get baptized--he finally decided that he was ready and we left for the church. The water was a little chilly, but it was a wonderful experience for everyone.

 

Argentina is kicking butt in World Cup! We just beat Mexico 3-1 to put us into the quarter-finals. I was a little sad to see the defeat of the US team, especially because we actually passed to the top 8 round! But, I get to enjoy the thrill of Argentine victory for now ;)

 

That's about all I've got for now. Take care and have a good week!

Love,

Elder Powell

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