The Argentina Adventure: One of My Favorite Parts About Missionary Work is Service

My District

So one of my favorite parts about Missionary Work is service. We do random things for random people and it's super fun. One of our investigator's works at Beto's, and so we just thought that we would stop by just to see if we could set up an appointment with him later on. So we were in there talking to him and whatnot, and we asked if there was anything we could do for them. Jokingly, they said, "You can come back here and help with us if you want." They were pretty surprised when we said yes. So they went outside to check to see if it was okay with their boss. The boss gave us the go, so we went into the back and helped them. They had a HUGE box of avocados.. like at least a hundred. Our job was to pit all of the avocados into a bucket. So we did for about an hour, but while we were doing it the Boss came out and started to talk with us. He was super impressed that we were just helping them with no pay, and then he said, "what time is church tomorrow?" We gave him all the details and said, "Alright, us three will be there." Super cool.

Michaela's Wedding

Next, I want to talk about one of our investigators. So, she has been taught a lot by the missionaries. Like, since December-ish. Anyway, when they first started teaching her, she was a very very dark kind of person. I don't really know how to describe it, but even at the beginning when I was teaching her there was just something missing. Which, if you knew the family situations in pretty much any of the families that we are teaching, it's pretty crazy. But one of the most rewarding things is to be able to really see the difference that the gospel makes in people's lives. We invited her and her sister-in-law to both be baptized and they both accepted and had their baptismal interviews. They are scheduled to be baptized on the 18 of this month, and we are just praying that they both stay on date. Wow, it really is so crazy to see how much they have changed!

The Sisters from South Salt Lake and Rose Park with Sister Pedro

Me on Sister Vincent's Shoulders at the Top of Ensign Peak

Also, this morning, we got to hike to Ensign Peak as a mission and it was so much fun! It was actually SUPER hot, but still a lot of fun! It really is super weird being in the same state as a missionary that you are from!

Well, peace and blessings! Just email me because they only guaranteed President Winn one full transfer so as soon as I get my visa, I am out of here.

Over and out.

-Hermana Jamie Vawdrey