Hey All.
It's pretty awesome here. I
arrived on Tuesday and have been working ever since. Elder Hansen is a Beast.
He is exactly who I needed to be with these first few months. He is a wrestler
too, and he won state in Oregon his senior year -- so he is a beast. He has been
out a year longer than I have and is an awesome guy. We are serving in the
area of Pacheco. It's a city a little north of Buenos Aires, like 20 minutes
outside of downtown.
Our area is really nice compared to the other areas. But
that being said, its still at a way lower standard of living than the United
States. There are fences outside of everything, and a lot of homeless people.
But I like it here, its fun. Our area is a little nicer than others, so
naturally its harder to find investigators. We will continue to work hard, and
hopefully we will be blessed with some investigators.
I wish i understood the
language a little better. I understand about half of everything that any Spanish speak has said. I am starting to understand all of it, but my speaking
still needs some work. I bet in a month or two the language barrier wont be so
bad. Ive picked up a bunch this week, and i am a
fast learner so i will stay
hopeful.
We only eat two meals a day here. Breakfast and then a lunch
that is impossibly big. The members are saints, and wash our clothes, and some
family provides lunch for the 4 missionaries in this area every day. That is a
lot of food. Also, this week we taught 20 lessons with members present. When missionaries and members work together, miracles happen.
My funny story of this
week is the locks. They turn twice instead of once when you lock anything.
Weird keys. But On Thursday I locked our apartment door and turned it once,
instead of twice, and pulled the key out. When we arrived back the lock would
only partly turn, and wouldn't open. We slept over at the other elders
apartment, and in the morning still couldn't get it and called a locksmith. He
came, laughed, and turned the key over and opened the door with ease. All we
had to do was turn the key over. My companion and I laughed a bunch. It makes
me think, what else do we just need to turn the key over, and try things from a
different angle. Our family, or our friends? Our scripture study or our prayer?
Try things from a different angle this week! love you all!
Love you all,
Elder Matthew Jensen
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