Argentina ~week 92

Subject: Mission Christmas party, and Branch Christmas party

So this was another great and busy week.

On Tuesday we had our district meeting in Santa Teresita. Then we came back and ate lunch. Then we found and taught a new investigator named Cristina, then we kept contacting the rest of the afternoon.

On Wednesday we went contacting in the morning, and in the afternoon we taught our investigator Laura about the Plan of Salvation, and then with the Bravo family we watched the Restoration video.

Thursday we were contacting pretty much all day, and several dogs almost got us, haha.

Friday we had to go to pinamar for interviews with our mission president and then we had a small christmas party there. That took all day

Saturday we did a service with the Bravo family and helped mix cement and pour it. Then we ate asado with them. After that we went to the branch christmas party.

Sunday we went to church in the morning. It was raining like crazy after, but we were able to contact a few people, visit a less active family, and then visit our branch president's family because his parents are sick.

Anyways, that's it for this week. Here's a picture of my and my companion in the library right now as we write to you guys. Have a great week and a merry christmas!

-Elder Severtson

Argentina ~week 91

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> This was another great week. Lots of walking and contacting.
> On Tuesday we went contacting new people in the morning. In the afternoon we looked for some people we had contacted before and set up appointments.
> On Wednesday we had zone meeting in the morning and set goals. We also got the new 'Ilumina el mundo' (Light the world) cards which we've been using alot. Then we had mission correlation, and taught the Bravo family. We also met a less active family, and taught them.
> Thursday morning we were contacting again, and in the afternoon we went looking for some investigators and less actives, setting appointments and contacting new people.
> Friday morning we did weekly planning. We tried to make orange chicken for lunch with orange juice. It turned out with a strong orange taste, but it was good. Then we kept contacting in the afternoon.
> Saturday morning we also we contacting, had lunch with Hermano Cardozo, and then went contacting in the afternoon. We talked about the 10 commandment with the Bravo family, and went contacting some more.
> Sunday morning we had church and my new companion introduced himself. In the afternoon we set up appointments with our investigators and went contacting some more.
> Anyways, that's about it for this week. We worked hard, contacted lots of people, and we'll recontact them and contact new people next week. Have a great week everyone!
> -Elder Severtson

Argentina ~week 90

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> Hi Everyone!
> This week was great and right at the end of it we got Transfers.
> Tuesday morning we went to one of the farther parts of our area to contact, then we went to some lessons we had planned, but they fell through, but we managed to set new appointments.
> So Wednesday morning me and my companion had to go pretty far to pay the water bill for our pension. But we got it taked care of. Then we went contacting in a part of our area that we haven't got to in awhile.
> Thursday after lunch we did alot of contacting again. We had a lesson with the Bravo family, and kept doing contacting till night.
> Friday morning we did weekly planning, and did lots of contacting and appointment setting in another part of our area. Then we had dinner with Hermano Cardozo. That night we got the transfer calls that my companion would be leaving.
> Saturday our investigators the Bravo family invited us to lunch and made empanadas for us. Then my companion took some time to pack, and we went to some other appointments, and did some more contacting.
> Sunday morning we went to church. Then our branch president and his family invited us over for asado. Then we had several quick visits to investigators and members so my companion could say bye.
> Today I got my new companion, Elder Sedgwick from California. He has a year in the mission now. He will also be my last companion. But we're excited and ready to work hard this transfer.
> Have a great week everyone!
> -Elder Severtson

Argentina ~week 89

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> This week was another great and successful week!
> On Tuesday we had district meeting. In the afternoon we found two new investigators Laura and her daughter Abril. We taught the restoration and Laura said she felt it was true se we invited her to baptism on the 17th. She wasn't able to go to church this week, but wants to go next week. Hopefully everything goes well with her. Then we did contacting the rest of the week.
> On Wednesday we did lots of contacting, and taught the Bravo family again and taught the the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
> Thursday morning we visited less actives with a member, and in the afernoon went contacting.
> On Friday we did weekly planning. We had an appointment in the afternoon, with a new investigator, but he wasn't home. so we contacted a few doors and a guy named eduardo let us in and we taught him. He doesn't go to any church, but said our message was interesting and he'd like to investigate more.
> Saturday we went to the far part of our area in the morning. We didn't know that not very many people live there and that they are mostly tourists, so we couldn't achieve much. In the afternoon we taught the Bravo family and started reading the book of mormon with them.
> Sunday we had church. Unfortunately none of our investigators were able to come. Then we had the asado that our investigators invited us too (see picture below). They are cool people, we talked to them in the street last week and they asked us a lot of questions and we became good friends, and they invited us to eat asado with them. They ask alot of things about the church, and they like how we can always answer them and how they always make sense. Also they said they feel good whenever we visit them. Then we just kept contacting and looking for previously contacted people.
> Anyways, that's about it for this week. Have a great week everyone!
> -Elder Severtson

Argentina ~week 88

Subject: A great, successful week!

This week that we had was very good and we were able to accomplish alot.

So on Tuesday we were contacting pretty much all day. We found a new investigator named Claudio, who is from the evangelical church, but left them because he doesn't like how they always talk about weath and temporal things. We taught him the restoration and he agreed to read and pray.

On Wednesday we did lots of contacting again. We clapped at a door and a guy named Javier came out and invited us in and we shared a message with him, his wife, and his mom. They are really cool investigators, they used to live in my old area, they have and uncle and cousins that are mormon, and they really liked us and actually asked us to come back again. It was really cool.

Thursday we had the traveling Elders with us. They are elders that go visit all the areas and help contact and find new investigators. We did lots of contacting with them and found 3 new investigators.

Friday morning, we did a service project for our branch president's family and helped them move lots of stuff, because they are building a new house. In the afternoon we did more contacting, and then had dinner with hermano Cardozo.

Saturday we did weekly planning in the morning, then had lunch. In the afternoon we visited Javier and his family again. Then are reading and praying and they like everything we teach them. The difficulty with them is that Javier is on house arrest for robbing alot when he was younger. He's trying to see if he can get permission to go to church still, and we're praying that they'll let him.

Sunday we had church in the morning. Then we had lunch, and left to go contacting. We started talking with two young couples outside talking, they asked us alot of questions and we ended up talking for more than an hour. They told us to come by next week.

So it was a really good week. We ended up with 11 new investigators, who are all pretty interested.

Anyways, here's a picture we took by the entrance of our area.

Have a great week everyone!

-Elder Severtson

Argentina ~week 87

Subject: A busy, but great week!

So this week was kinda crazy, but it was really great!

On Tuesday we had district meeting, then lunch with the Gerez family, then contacting all afternoon.

On Wednesday we had to leave around noon because Elder Rasband was coming to visit the mission. We had a 6 hour bus ride, and spent the night with other Elders.

On Thursday we met Elder Rasband in the morning. He chose to shake everyone's hand. He talked about the inspiration of our mission calls and areas, and told us that if we are complaining about our area, companion, ward or anything, that we are mocking the Lord. Then he talked alot about revelation. That afternoon I had to do migrations paperwork. And I spent the night up there again.

Friday I did more migrations paperwork, and had another 6 hour busride to my area and got back around 10 pm.

Saturday we just contacted basically all day.

Sunday after church we kept contacting. and then had dinner with Hermano Cardozo.

Today we had district activity and played on the beach. A dog stole a football we brought and it took like an hour to get it back.

And that's about all this week. Here is a picture of the entire mission.

Have a great week everyone!

-Elder Severtson

Argentina ~week 86

> Hi Everyone! This week was great, and very busy.
> On Tuesday we had District Meeting, then I had an exchange with our district leader's companion in Santa Teresita.
> On Wednesday we finished the exchange, and it was raining very hard, but we visited a few less actives and contacted people.
> Thursday we did some contacting in one of the rich parts of our area, not very much success, but we found a few people that could become future investigators.
> Friday we had Zone Conference in Pinamar. We had to get up a 5:50, travel a few hours, and we got back at like 7 pm. They talked alot about having faith and raising the bar.
> Saturday we got a new investigator named Carmen in the morning. Then we had lunch with Hermano Cardozo. Then we did lots of contacting and found about 20 people that told us we could come back another day.
> Sunday we had church. There were 21 people there. Then we brought the sacrament to the other 2 elders in our ward, because one has chicken pox, but he's getting better. Then we did some contacting and had dinner with Hermano Cardozo.
> This next week is going to be busy too. We have the privilege to listen to Elder Rasband from the 12 apostles on Thursday. It takes about 6 hours on a bus to get back to our mission offices, so I'll be traveling alot this week, but It'll be a great week!
> picture: asado we ate this week.
> Have a great week everybody!
> -Elder Severtson