This week we had stake conference. The Saturday session was held in Banfield 2, just a half an hour travel. To our very very very very very great surprise, Gabriel, Martin and their father attended the priesthood session! To our even greater surprise, they all came back an hour later to the general adult session bringing with them Hna Ferreyra!! They had originally indicated they weren't coming because, a) Saturday was Gabriel's birthday, b) Friday was Emiliano's birthday and c) Sunday was Ivan's birthday. Andrea, one of our investigators, went to the Saturday night session as well.
And the best part!!! Gabriel FINALLY came in a white shirt and tie. It's a kinda funny story. During the priesthood session he was in his usual blue and white checkered shirt. When he came back he was wearing a white shirt and the tie that Elder Villegas gave him. I guess being in a roomful of men and being the only one in a colored shirt made him feel as visible as a polar bear in a room full of chickens. Now we just have to get him to tuck the dang shirt in properly... :)
Andrea also came to the Sunday morning session. When I say "Sunday morning" I do mean MORNING. The bus for Lanus left at 7:45am for the investigator and new member meeting that started at 8:30am. We got there a few minutes late. Andrea has also started dating one of the less active youth in the ward. He is now active. :)
The stake presidents here did something new. I guess. The choir for the stake conference was us missionaries. We had two sessions of practice total so I hope we sounded nice. Supposedly the only female voice anybody could really hear was mine. There are only four sister missionaries in the zone. My companion is kinda tone deaf. (I'm not being mean, she really hates singing) and the other two sister missionaries never showed to any of the practices, so they had no idea what they were doing. Well... I sure hope I sounded nice because EVERYBODY knows it was MY voice they were hearing... If not, that's embarrassing.
Con amor,
Hermana Crotzer
Monday, October 27, 2014
Monday, October 20, 2014
Lots of Really Good Things
I had the joy of taking an online class for BYU-Idaho today, so my e-mail this week is going to be a little shorter than usual because I'm out of computer time.
It's been a really long week. We've had a lot of really really good things happen and a lot of little bad things happen. For example:
Andrea, one of our investigators and sister of a recent convert is 17 years old. Because she is a minor, we have to ask her mother (or father) permission to teach her. Her mom didn't tell us that we could teach her daughter, but she didn't tell us that we couldn't either. But it turns out that later in the week, Andrea's mother told Andrea that she couldn't talk to us anymore. As such, we haven't had a single lesson with her for a while -- until her mother lifts the "no sister missionaries" ban. BUT, Andrea went to Mutual, and another youth activity and came to church all by herself this week!
Gabriel made an appointment with us without us pestering him. And he came to Sacrament meeting, too. Now we just have to convince him that he needs to come to ALL of the meetings EVERY Sunday. :)
Hope all of you are doing great --
Con amor,
Hermana Crotzer
It's been a really long week. We've had a lot of really really good things happen and a lot of little bad things happen. For example:
Andrea, one of our investigators and sister of a recent convert is 17 years old. Because she is a minor, we have to ask her mother (or father) permission to teach her. Her mom didn't tell us that we could teach her daughter, but she didn't tell us that we couldn't either. But it turns out that later in the week, Andrea's mother told Andrea that she couldn't talk to us anymore. As such, we haven't had a single lesson with her for a while -- until her mother lifts the "no sister missionaries" ban. BUT, Andrea went to Mutual, and another youth activity and came to church all by herself this week!
Gabriel made an appointment with us without us pestering him. And he came to Sacrament meeting, too. Now we just have to convince him that he needs to come to ALL of the meetings EVERY Sunday. :)
Hope all of you are doing great --
Con amor,
Hermana Crotzer
Monday, October 6, 2014
Rain and More Missionary Work
It's been a really long week full of rain. Lots and lots of rain.
Every week we have to keep track of all of the lessons we have taught to members and investigators, and the number of people we talked to and stuff like that. This week there were a lot of zeros. We had other activities going on, but they didn't help our numbers any. And next week won't be any better as far as our numbers.
Monday we had our usual Noche de Hogar [Family Home Evening] with the Ferreyra family. The only difference this week was who was present.
Tuesday we had our district meeting and lunch (a miracle) and then we spent the rest of the day wandering around trying to find someone to talk to. It was rainy so nobody was interested.
Wednesday we ran around like lunatics from one end of our area to the other. (Our area is pretty big.) That night we had meetings. We followed up with Gabriel. We also asked the bishop to meet with him, to try and find out why he doesn't want to come to church.
Thursday was actually a productive day. We did stuff and talked to people.
Friday we locked ourselves out of the house (wasn't my fault) and so we spent the whole day locked outside. And it was raining cats and dogs. Hno Cortese [Brother Cortese] had to come, jump the neighbor's fence and dismantle the doorknob to get us our keys. Friday wasn't my best day.
Aannnd, Saturday and Sunday were General Conference. The broadcast timing is a little different here so we weren't able to do any proselyting.
Next week we have an open house in one of the chapels, and Hermana Sanchez has tramites. (No, I don't know the English word for tramites but it has a lot to do with standing in line all day and waiting. Think "frustrating like going to the DMV to renew your driver's license" but longer. Exactly like that.)
'Til next week --
Hermana Crotzer
Editor's note: Tramites is some kind of government procedure or process, and most likely has to do with Hermana Sanchez' passport / visa status. She is originally from Bolivia.
Every week we have to keep track of all of the lessons we have taught to members and investigators, and the number of people we talked to and stuff like that. This week there were a lot of zeros. We had other activities going on, but they didn't help our numbers any. And next week won't be any better as far as our numbers.
Monday we had our usual Noche de Hogar [Family Home Evening] with the Ferreyra family. The only difference this week was who was present.
Tuesday we had our district meeting and lunch (a miracle) and then we spent the rest of the day wandering around trying to find someone to talk to. It was rainy so nobody was interested.
Wednesday we ran around like lunatics from one end of our area to the other. (Our area is pretty big.) That night we had meetings. We followed up with Gabriel. We also asked the bishop to meet with him, to try and find out why he doesn't want to come to church.
Thursday was actually a productive day. We did stuff and talked to people.
Friday we locked ourselves out of the house (wasn't my fault) and so we spent the whole day locked outside. And it was raining cats and dogs. Hno Cortese [Brother Cortese] had to come, jump the neighbor's fence and dismantle the doorknob to get us our keys. Friday wasn't my best day.
Aannnd, Saturday and Sunday were General Conference. The broadcast timing is a little different here so we weren't able to do any proselyting.
Next week we have an open house in one of the chapels, and Hermana Sanchez has tramites. (No, I don't know the English word for tramites but it has a lot to do with standing in line all day and waiting. Think "frustrating like going to the DMV to renew your driver's license" but longer. Exactly like that.)
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Editor's note: Tramites is some kind of government procedure or process, and most likely has to do with Hermana Sanchez' passport / visa status. She is originally from Bolivia.
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