Hey!
Yeah this is way
weird writing you on a saturday. But it sounds like you all had a good week! I
love the pictures from Jaxon, and it sounds like Hailey had an awesome time at
girls camp! I can't believe Jordan is heading off to the MTC this week either. Ridiculous.
So Dad asked a lot
of questions. I'm technically in the Godoy Cruz Centro area. Its a lot more
"cityish" than anywhere I've been before. Its about an hour or 2 from
my last area. Its weird living with so many elders. We basically live in the headquarters
of the mission, so anytime missionaries have to come to the offices, they have
to come sleep at our pench, so we've had up to like 20 people there at a time.
And yeah, we swap companions a lot. We're only ever really with our companion
when we go to work in our area, and I was only in my area like 5 hours last
week.. And we speak a ton of english in the office. Its kind of spanglish, I
guess. We still speak plenty of spanish, but almost everyone here speaks
english, and we're always calling people and using websites that are in
english.. And sorry, I'll try to send more pictures next week!
So we've had a
pretty busy week this week. We're getting a new mission president this weekend
so we've been trying to get everything prepared so that he doesn't have to
worry about anything when he gets here. I'm definitely going to miss President
Avila though. Him and his family are way awesome. So I guess next week I'll
know a little bit more about what the new president is like, so thats cool. We
should be meeting him tomorrow, so we get to be the first ones in the mission
to meet him. And I think we're even going to have a lunch with both of the
mission presidents, so we're definitely the only ones that will get to that. So
I guess there are a couple of advantages to being in the offices. I kind of
like it here, but I definitely don't feel like a missionary now. I've only
spent like 4 or 5 hours in my area this week, we've been averaging like 13
hours a day in the offices. Kind of crazy. I didn't realize how busy we'd be in
here. Especially with the new president coming. Haha but don't worry, I've
found time and ways to follow the world cup though. Its kind of impossible here
to not follow it... although I'm not trying particularly hard to avoid it
either.. Haha I cant believe the US qualified, thats way awesome. Haha and I
think Messi has scored every goal for Argentina so far. The streets here are
pretty fun right after every Argentina game. Oh, and I got in a car accident
yesterday! Haha its all fine. This guy t-boned us at an intersection, but he
hit us right in the rear tire, you cant even tell our truck got hit. Dont
worry, no problems. But hey, I need that international drivers license!
So verse of the
week is something the mission president shared with us a while back. 1Corinthians 9:24-27. It talks about those who run in a race, run to win. Those
that compete, compete to win. And then he urges us to live in such a way that
we can "win". But the "race" of life isn't against our
neighbors or those around us. Its against our own temptations, our own
weaknesses, and our own problems. Doing well in a race doesn't just depend on
how you cross the finish line. The finish line is the smallest part of the
race. So much goes into what happens between the starting line and the finish
line, and a lot of preparation comes in before all of that. The same with life
(or a mission, Jordan!) Haha I haven't actually read those verses in english,
but I assume its more or less the same.
Well I hope you all
have a great week! You'll have to give me your mission email Jordan, so we can
keep up. I can't believe you're going to the MTC next week! Thats way exciting!
Un abrazo,
Elder Webster
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