Week 65/76 Triste Quince

This week felt like fast motion. We've been all over the place. I finished 15 months in the mission today! And we took a trip to the temple! 

We had interviews with President. I made banana bread. Discovered that President loves banana bread! And got some great consejo from President. 10/10

We took a quick trip to Villa Acero for the baptism of Patricia! I got to see old companions and old member friends from the beginning of my mission. 
Does everyone remember that one part of My Fair Lady when her shower is like deathly hot and steaming. That's about what happened with Patricia's baptism. They had to use pitchers and pots and other kitchen containers to add cold water so that she could be baptized without being burned. 

We were in a trio for un rato with hna Duffy on Saturday before she headed home. We visited some people and bought the best bread in concepción, all while it poured rain. They we dropped her off and went to meet our new friends Rosa and Anibal.

We've also been running to and from leader meetings and choir rehearsals.

We tried to explain what jury duty is to our 2 Argentinian zone leaders. I think the message wasn't coming through very clearly in spanish, but we learned that they've been witnesses a handful of times because in Argentina they just pull people off the street, and if you happen to be walking by they could just call you over and you can't get out of it. 

We thought that maybe 10ish people might want to help with a Christmas choir, so we sent out the invite. More than 40 missionaries showed up to help out!! 

To end our week, I had to give a talk I sacrament meeting. Afterwards the first counselor was like "that was very direct, like teaching kids apples and pears. I loved it, it's just what the ward needed" 

We faced lots of rejection this week, some notable encounters:
Us: hola
A guy in the street: *sort of snicker laughs and keeps walking*

Us: hola, would you like to hear a message about Jesus Christ 
An abuelo: la verdad, no, but I'm actually a national javelin champion. He then proceeded to show us the correct form to move your hips to throw a javelin. 

So that's been fun this week. 

But, our friend Amara accepted a baptism date for the 30th of December!! 

I hope everyone enjoys our Christmas decorations as much as we do! 

Send me Christmas pictures! 

-Hermana Pratt 






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