June 18, 2018

This week Argentina played in the world cup and it was pretty dead in the streets. It was funny because even in the street you could hear the game and know what was going on because every single house had the game on. In the end president didn’t give us permission to watch it but it was all good cause we had a baptism that day. Santiago got baptized by Leo our ward mission leader. It was a great baptism and a little funny to because Leo pulled an Alma by baptizing himself hahahah. We filled up the water a little too high by accident so when Leo went to go dunk him Leo went under haha, it was funny but also a spiritual baptism. The grandpa of Santiago was a member and he recently died. He was a great member in the ward of Arco Iris and many members here remember him being a great disciple, so when Santiago came to church for the first time the ward did a great job of welcoming him and helping him fit in. The youth especially are great here, way better missionaries than I was when I was back home. lol the mission is going great still, I’m still super happy but I feel like an old man here in this mish. I got interviews with prez this week so that will be sweet, other than that life is all good. I love y’all and I hop you have a great week!!! chau chau

Elder Maller

June 11, 2018

First week of transfers passed by flying like it normally does. Tuesday we said bye to Elder Jackson and he has been with us in Arco Iris for about 6 months now so he was pretty happy to leave but we were all pretty sad to say goodbye to that guy. We had a ton of fun together. Thankfully Elder Ruiz and I are still together so its chill. That night we did the welcome calls to the zone and everyone seems pretty excited to get working. For p-day I learned how to cook an asado and its super easy haha, but really expensive; there goes all my money for the month, lol. On Friday we had our leadership council and president gave us the chance to debate about whether or not we should be allowed to watch the world cup with investigators. That was probably the most heated I have seen a leadership council get hahaha. So I’m not too sure still if we will watch it yet or not, will see. On Saturday Elder Ruiz got really sick so we had a sick day I’m not sure if it was because of the asado or not haha. On Sunday we had stake conference and it was my seconded in the zone of Marcos Paz! I have been here forever lol. It was a great one though! Present Resek came and during his talk he called me up to recite the missionary purpose in front of the stake so that was pretty cool. The talks were actually really good and the stake president talked a bunch about missionary work and the importance of being a missionary it was super good. This week we got zone conference so we should be eating at Carmens again! its gonna be a good one! I hope y’all have a great week!!

Elder Maller  

June 4, 2018

This week was a loooong week of rain and cold none the less, Elder Ruiz and I had a fun time. To start on, we did a ton of divisions this week and on Wednesday Elder Sultan and I did some divisions so we had a fun reunion. On Thursday for pday we went to Merlo and I bought a Deportivo Merlo shirt after hitting a year serving in the town of Merlo! I cant believe it. On Friday we did divisions with the AP’s and I went with Elder Neto from Brazil. That kid is super cool he is a convert too. I also learned a few things in Portuguese that day too. Saturday we had a double baptism planned out although the baptism got cancelled because the water got cut off :(((((( that was a hard day haha cause that was the second time a double baptism fell through for us but its all good. This Sunday we have stake conference and I’m pretty sure President Resek will speak. For transfers Elder Ruiz and I stay together for another transfer!!!  That means I’ll have 6 months in the area! No complaints though, this is the best area I’ve ever been to the members are super cool and the work is going great. Hope y’all are doing great!!

Elder Maller