This week was pretty good! We had some pretty good meetings with our investigators and found some new people that may be interested in hearing the message of the restored gospel! One of them is named Luciana. She is a mother of 2 kids and is from São Paulo, Brazil and her husband is from Milan, Italy. Now you may wonder how we were able to communicate with her, right? I don´t speak much portuguese nor Italian... well, that´s because we talked to her in English (she had a British accent, it was soooo coool!) Apparently she knows 4 languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian) and her husband from Italy knows 5 (including French!) They are really cool and smart people, and we were able to teach her the Restoration in English! She is a very smart person, as she has read the Bible, the Quaran, and studied religion for her whole life, looking for the Spirit to confirm the truth to her. We gave her a Book of Mormon and she told us that she had never read it before, to which I testified to her that it is true! They are very busy people, so we´ll see if we can get her to come to church with us sometime soon.
We also had some good lessons with our investigator, Andrea. Her biggest concern is faith and recognizing an answer from the Spirit through her prayers, but we were able to have some very spiritual moments with her that made her think and most importantly, have hope. She accepted a baptismal date for March 23rd, but we will see if she still feels comfortable with that this week. She invited us, the hermanas, and the branch president to cook pizza and have a family home evening night this week! She really likes church and the Relief Society and the sisters, which makes me happy that she feels like she has a home with us! We will see how things go this week, so keep her in your prayers!
We got a new sister missionary here, named Hermana Hunderwadt. She´s from Uruguay and is super cool! I managed to trade her for some Uruguay pesos to add to my collection, and they are cool!
In case you have been wondering, the food here is pretty good! I don´t get fed from members often, but when I do, it is delicious. Perhaps the most strange thing I have ate has been empanadas de mondongo. Mondongo is cow stomach, so it was an interesting taste. I eat pizza with eggs on it, gizo with wild boar, and more! Don´t worry, I still can make some American classics like BBQ chicken down here :)
Something spiritual I read this week was in Job chapter 2. When Job gets afflicted with all these terrible things, his friends come and visit him. But as they saw him, they sat with him for a week and listened to him, coming from long ways to comfort and console him. I think we can do the same when we help our family and friends who are going through hard times, or even when we are having a convo at work. As we stop and listen before we speak or give our input or opinion, we can let the Spirit not only help the speaker express their true thoughts and emotions, but it can also help us give that time to think. As a missionary, I sit in silence and pay attention to what someone tells me, and then use the Spirit to think of how I can help them with their issues. We are all comforters and bearers of each others burdens, and listening is sucha key part in that process! Definetly something to keep in mind when we are ministering to others :)
Anyways, that about sums up my week! I put my mailing adress below so if you guys want to send me letters or cards, that would be amazing! I love you all so much and I hope you have a great week!
Elder Ian Scott Englebright
Argentina Santa Fe Mission
Candido Pujato 3269
3000 Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Argentina
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