¡Hola Todos! Dec.
30, 2013
It was a great week and a great
Christmas in Argentina
On Christmas Eve I was able to
talk to my family back home and afterwards we went to a members house for
dinner. Here, the big day is the 24th, because they stay up late, eat a bunch
of food, and at midnight, light off a bunch of fireworks (remember its summer
here). So we were able to join a family for dinner and we ate a ton! Seriously,
I wasn’t even hungry for the next 3 days. The 25th isn´t nearly as exciting
because everyone is sleeping, so it is pretty quiet.
After Christmas we had a bunch
of things to do because we had two baptisms planned for Saturday, and one of
them was getting married on Friday! It was hard, but it all worked out and we
were able to baptize a woman named Paola, and another named Adriana! They were
both confirmed on Sunday and are officially members of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints!
The cool part is that they
asked me to baptize them! Honestly, I think it is because my other two
companions are a little short and they wanted to go with the bigger option to
do the ordinance, but it was still a really cool opportunity! I did spend all
day Saturday trying to memorize the baptismal prayer, and it all went smoothly!
For transfers I found out that
I´ll be here in Budge with Elder Suarez for another 6 weeks and I´m glad. They transferred the other two missionaries
out so now Elder Suarez and I are the only missionaries in Budge. There are
other missionaries in the area and I am starting to make good friends here in
my district and zone.
Thank you for the goodies! They
are slowly disappearing. I enjoyed a
special Lucky Charms breakfast on Christmas day, and then some Golden Oreos!
Also the Calendar is awesome! I love the little pictures of the family in every
month, and also how you remembered that the seasons here are opposite.
Seriously it’s been so
incredibly hot and humid. I´m constantly sweating a waterfall, and every
morning when I wake up, the pillow case is soaked, because we don´t have AC in
our pension-but I´m ok with it. I just remember how brutally cold it was last
winter in Provo
Hope you are doing ok! I love
you and hope you have a Happy New Year!
Until Next Week!
Elder Chipman
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