How is everybody doing? Slow week for the letters it seems like haha. But sounds like most are doing pretty good. It is amazing that you are already entering into snow again. Because we are to the point of getting hard to sleep in the heat. It is already in the 90´s heading to the hundreds I believe. It is too hot for me though. I am really a fan of the cold not the heat, but what are ya gonna do. We have one fan for the four of us and so we go out into the living area with our mattresses and put the fan next to the sliding door. We are on the second floor and so we open the sliding door to the balcony and just sleep right there on the floor. It is the only way to get a little sleep. Because in the rooms it is just an oven. But ya we can at least sleep for a bit like that.
So this weekend we have eaten very good! We had an asado with our recent convert Martìn on Saturday and his family. It was really good meat and I was just stuffed leaving there. And then it was Elder Steeves`s birthday yesterday so I decided to make him some breakfast. I experimented and it turned out good. We had some flour that was apple flavored and so I used that and cut up apples and made some pancakes. He said they were good so that is what counts. And then a smoothie. We always have smoothies in the morning. Because they sell yogurt here like milk. It is liquid and so we use that with bananas and some type of cookie. It is pretty good! But ya so then after that we had another asado after church yesterday. It was with the family of the little boy Gabriel that we baptized. And they made him a birthday cake and got him a jersey and stuff! It was really cool. Because they don`t have very much money but they are so willing to always share. The generosity of the people here is incredible. And so we had some cake there and then we went to some other members houses because they invited us to come visit. And at the next two houses we also had cake so I had like six pieces of cake yesterday. I didn`t even want to eat today because I had had so much food. And then after we got back to the apartment we had planned with the other two elders in the place to make food for him. So they had everything ready when we got there and so we sat down and had a dinner too. It was incredible the amount of food I fit inside of me yesterday... it was also really weird eating dinner. I have gotten used to just eating something small for breakfast and then a huge lunch and then just nothing else the rest of the day. It is weird how your body adapts to different eating schedules and that you just don`t have hunger after you train your body with that type.
So ya it was a good weekend to finish everything off. We had a lot of fun and it was a pretty successful week so that was good as well. We work really good together so I am sad that transfers are coming in two weeks. Because neither of us want to leave this area for the holidays. Because this next transfer is where we will be for christmas. And we have already been invited by like five different families to spend christmas with them, so I am sad because one of us probably won`t get to enjoy it. Oh well that is the life of the mission. "Come what may and love it!" - Joseph B. Worthlin.
So ya that was my adventure for the week. It was a great week and we met a lot of good new people just amazing how many people you meet as a missionary and how many friends you make. I will be really sad when I have to leave this area. Just great members and tons of potential. Almost all of our recent converts except for one are coming and a like 10 of the less active families that we have been working with have been coming off and on as well. Atleast starting again so that is great. Such a cool thing to see when those you work with start showing up and filling up the benches on Sunday.
I love being a missionary and know that it is where I am supposed to be! and what I am supposed to be doing!
I love you all and thank you for your support. Hope you have a great week and we shall be chatting with you next week!
Love,
Elder Wheeler
P.S. In like two or three months I will having to tell them if you are coming to pick me up or not. I know it was talked about a little but I just wanted to know what your thinking so if you can let me know.
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