This last week we had an activity with the branch that was centered around the plan of salvation. We just recently (as in 3 months ago) got a new ward mission leader. ...he just returned home from his mission about four months ago, but he made this activity to try to spark missionary work in the branch. For the activity we started in the room in the church that is between the gym and the chapel. We played it out like we were on an airplane. One of the members acted as the pilot and talked into the microphone in the chapel which went into the gym, and he welcomed us onto the plane. The after a minute or two he told us that there were a few problems with the plane and that we were going to crash. So we turned of the lights and made some noises like we were crashing and then we came into the "spirit world". Me and another elder, explained the spirit world, resurection, and judgment. then we had three other rooms in the church that were decorated to look like the three kingdoms of glory. The Telestial kingdom was in the basement and we put glow in the dark stars up. The Terrestrial kingdom had was in the primary room and we had a cut out moon to show that this kingdom had the glory of the moon. And then for the celestial kingdom we put white sheets all over the chairs, and covered the walls with white paper and put a picture of the temple up and also blew up a bunch of white balloons and put them on the floor. It was a pretty fun activity, one of the other elders took pixs of the activity, so I am planning on sending a few pictures home from this (See pictures below).
A few people have asked me if I'm going to be transferred soon. And to answer that, I have no Idea, but I'll tell you what I do know. Transfers were last Tuesday, so I will for sure be staying in the area for at least until the end of august. However, that is when elder Larsen finishes his mission, so he will have to leave the area. So the only options out there would be for me to stay for at least another transfer to show somebody the area. Or the whitewash the area, meaning that there would be two new people to the area that don't know the area. So in other words I could be here for another month, or another 2 and a half months. But either way, I'm loving it out here. Because there is so much member support, and so many people to talk to out here.
Recently we found two new investigators. They actually came to church last sunday which was really exciting. We've taught them twice now, they have a lot of questions (which is a good thing) however if were not careful the lessons with them can turn out really long. But I'm excited for them and I think they have some potential.
This last week we talked with the [member] family. They are members that are from Argentina. I asked them what kind of food they eat there, or what kind of food sharee will be fed out there. However there's not too much of a trend of the kind of food they eat out there, at least from what I saw. It's kind of different from what most hispanic food is like however she will still eat a lot of rice and probably beans. However one thing that I found interesting is that they don't use tortillas in argentina. In fact the first time that HNO Quintero saw a tortilla he used it as a coaster for his cup.
One thing I've found out on the mission, is that the members are extremely important in missionary work. Looking back at all the investigators we've had, the ones that have started to progress either were referrals from the members or we brought members to visit them from the very beginning. So...now the big question, what have you guys been doing to help the missionary program back at home/what do you plan to do?
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