Hola Todos, May
17, 2014
It’s been another great week in the offices! I’m learning a little
bit here and there, and we were able to travel up to the Capital for a little
bit yesterday to pick up some packages, so that was cool!
The best story of the week is that my comp was robbed this week.
We were waiting to pick up some cell phones in a place called Lomas de Zomora.
We saw a McDonalds and decided to buy some ice cream. So there we were enjoying
our ice cream when a poorer man walked up to us with a bag full of trash in his
hand. After a short conversation, he looked at Elder Mason’s Ice Cream. He then
asked if he could have a little bit of it. Elder Mason said No, but that the
McDonalds was selling them. That wasn’t good enough for the man, so after he
did some thinking, he had an idea! He reached in his bag of trash and pulled
out an empty french fry carton from McDonalds, and used it to scoop off the top
of Elder Masons Ice Cream. Without another word, he turned around, and
continued on his way.
It was probably one of the weirdest things that has ever happened
to me.
Other than that, office life continues and honestly, nothing more
super exciting to report. It’s been pretty normal, not going to lie. Other than
my companion and his ice cream, we’ve just been running around getting stuff
done. It’s not a bad thing to be an office elder, just a little lonely at
times. We just get isolated, and don’t have a ton of contact with other
missionaries, and when we do call them, it’s usually us asking them for money,
so they usually aren’t very happy when we call. With all of that, I’m trying to keep myself
grateful, because it really is a privilege to serve as a missionary.
A typical day includes a devotional with the office staff at 10,
and then we get to work. Usually we do Baptismal Records at the beginning,
where we receive the records from the missionaries, try to read the handwriting
and type it into a program on the computer. We then work on Pedidos, which are
the supplies that the missionaries order. We do it individually to save the
President time, so we do it by zone, and every missionary receives a bag full
of the stuff they asked for. That takes a long time to figure out how much they
owe and things like that. We have lunch at 1 pm, then we sometimes study
language at 2, but that doesn’t happen very often. The rest of the day is spent
finishing the Pedidos, or organizing the numbers for the week. If we have time
we leave at 6pm to proselyte which is difficult because we don’t get a lot of
time to find people to teach, and it’s hard to know where to go. Later at night
we plan, and then call the missionaries who are receiving their stuff the next
day.
So that’s our life. We get to go to a place called Avellaneda
Some sad news too, Pablo still hasn’t been confirmed. Apparently
last Sunday he said that it was raining and muddy, and refused to come. I guess
a lot of other members do that, but it postpones his confirmation for another
week. I guess we’ll see what happens tomorrow.
I’m glad I got to talk to you on Mother’s Day over Skype. It’s
nice to see and talk to you, but only one hour just isn’t enough time. I guess
there’s only one year left. I can do that. I will be a little annoyed, though,
if Allies’ first High School State Track Meet happens only days before I get
home, but I guess that’s out of my control. We’re Half way there!
Hope Everyone is happy and doing well. Love you all!
Elder Chipman
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