Crap!! Yesterday Argentina lost in the World Cup Finals to
Germany. It is really disappointing but life will move on. The only thing that
I´m scared of is all the Argentinian who sometimes think we are Germans...Yikes.
The world cup was pretty interesting here. We had to stay in the apartment all
day yesterday after church but the whole city was pretty much silent at about
3. The game started at 4 and we could here everything that was happening
because all of our neighbors had their TV´s turned up all the way. There were a
lot of angry yells and a lot of swear words. But after Argentina lost pretty
much the whole city just stayed silent for the rest of the night. SOOOO
different from when they won the semifinals last week on Wednesday against
Holland. That was way crazy and I am going to try to send a video that I took
through a widow in our apartment when Argentina won.
Anyway it goes without saying that this week was a little
hard to work do to the world cup, However there is something else that is
happening around here that is an obstacle as well. There is a little town about
an hour drive from Corrientes Capital Named Itati (I might have talked about it
in a passed letter), but in this little town there is a Catholic cathedral
called the Basilica that is literally about as big as the Salt Lake Temple and
literally everyone in this little town is catholic and worship the Virgin de
Itati (who I stilled haven't figured out is yet). Anyway, every year in July all
the Catholics that can go up to Itati for a little bit for some celebration or
something, and on the 16 of July that have an event where all the devoted
Catholics from Corrientes WALK all the way to Itati. Yeah walk and I´m not sure
exactly how far it is but it has to be somewhere around 50 miles I´m thinking.
Anyway the Elders in my district that work in Itati can´t really do any work
and we are trying to decide if they are going to stay there for a little bit or
come down to Corrientes to work.
So year they is a big obstacle that we have right now because
Elder Lee and I were actually able to find a couple named Gonzalo and Valeria
who have been reading and praying and feeling the Holy Ghost, but they had to
go out of the city for two weeks to house sit for Valeria´s mom because her mom
went to Itati for the grand celebration or whatever. SUPER FRUSTRATING!!!! But
the only thing we can do now is call them every other day or so to make sure
they keep reading and praying and wait or them to come back.
And that is pretty much my week all wrapped up for you. I am
learning more and more about the gospel everyday and I am so grateful to have
the scriptures. I cant believe how much I have come to love the scriptures.
Everyday I have to pull myself away from reading the Book of Mormon and the New
Testament to study a little bit in Preach my Gospel and practice for our
investigators. If I could I would read the scriptures all day everyday!! crazy
how the mission has changed me but I am soo grateful for it and I want to
encourage every young man healthy and worthy to serve a full time mission. THERE
IS NO BETTER THING THAN YOU CAN DO!! I love you all very much and look forward
to writing you again next week.
Con amor, Elder Anderson (Joe)
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