What would the world do without missionaries?

Well, one week down. 64 to go... not that I’m counting or anything.... my companion is though. This week has been the most packed and longest in history. We played soccer... talked to a million people and worked like there is no tomorrow. We finally have everything running smoothly in this wonderful little branch. We have a wonderful lady by the name of Hercilia that is going to be baptized next month. We have been working a lot with her and others. The blessings are starting to pour down from all the work we have done. It really does feel wonderful to see the Lord`s hand in action as his work goes forth. If there is one thing I’ve learned out here it is this: We are doing the Lord`s work. We are actually guided by the Lord and he will force us to do it the right way if we are doing it wrong.

Well, this was a very un-eventful week to write about. But this one funny thing did happen. My companion FORGOT HIS PLAQUE (name tag) on his shirt when we washed our clothes. How, I don’t know... but he thought he lost it. The next day it falls out of the laundry.... all messed up. It has some of the letters gone and doesn’t close anymore. So last night we boiled it to try and fix it a bit. If we damage a plague it takes about 7 months to get a new one.... so we have to use this for now. See photos for reference. The boiling process worked fairly well... it made the plague look old and faded... but at least it closes.


Today (being Tuesday) we are going to do a zone activity... so we switched our p-day again this week. But don’t worry... it isn’t a usual thing. Next week we`ll be back on the Monday schedule. Today we we’ll be watching a movie and eating Argentino BBQ.

We had a cool dance this week also. A young lady is getting married in our ward... so they invited us to the wedding reception. It was in the church, at the same time as the stake dance. Well, none of the youth were dancing. So Elders Kushlan, Trujillo, Vargas and I busted it up. We looked in the rules and it actually says NOTHING about dancing... so we went out there and started acting like clowns. Everyone thought it was hilarious and joined it. By the time we left, it was a real dance. What would the world do without missionaries?

All right... that is about it. I’ll try to think of something more interesting for next week. Sorry this is so lame. I’m excited for all that is going on at home though... Of what I know about.

Take care everyone, I send you all my love,

Elder Tommy S.