Not too much snow, but it never snows here, so it was a big deal!

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Dont worry , I didn´t drive it haha!!

But because all cars here are inported and only use a natural gas, they are super expensive. So many people drive there bikes instead!

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Elder Olaya from Columbia, Elder Ayala from Argentina, Elder Johnson, and me!

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Birthday wishes!

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Hello from Rodeo del Medio!!

 Hello everyone,

      Wow, life has been crazy here, but good!!! And it is the end of my first transfer here. Elder Johnson and I were really expecting to stay here together. But Elder Johnson is now getting transfered to San Juan, a whole nother providence . But  he is getting bumped up as a Zone Leader there. Then Wednesday I get my new companion, Elder Fox! So a little bit of changes here. Dad, Happy Birthday!! Enjoy the football tickets. And remember, if you take Tan with you, you have to split the 1 pound  nachos with him. That was our ritual, and you can carry that tradition on with him haha! But sounds like it was a great day for you! Dallin, way to go with protecting Jordan. That is something that I would have done for sure if i wasnt here!  Jordan, be careful with my Jeep alright haha. And sounds like your eegees date was fun. I hope you ate a lot of the watermelon for me haha! And sounds like your party was a lot of fun. Us Wengerts know how to throw a party haha. Mother, an asado here is an Argentine BBQ. They burn down a fire to just coals, and put a grill over the coals, slow cooking the carne, charriso, or pollo over those. Or  they cook them in their brick ovens. (That is one thing that we need to  build when I get home dad. Either an asado grill or a brick oven haha). We still havent gotten our stuffa yet in the pench, but we have started sleeping with 2 liter bottles filled with boiled  water. And that has really been working really well!

     Well my birthday was great. My District  gave  me a nice little suprise after singing to me and having a little bit of fun with flower and eggs. You finish the story haha! But then we just played futbal for the rest of p-day. Then at the Flia Gutierrez, they had made me cake and of course shoved my face into it haha!

     Well the work here is going great! We made the whole 2 hour commute to the house of Said to teach Carla, but to also try to teach the rest of his family. His Mom and 2 other sisters along as Carla. So we eat there, and yes it was another asado haha . So good. Then we start teaching about baptism, and about half way through the mom stops us, looks at her daughters, and asks, ¨so what do we need to do to get baptized¨? We were speechless for a second and then start  answering her question. We knew it would be hard for her to come to church because they have to walk an hour  and then take a bus for another hour to get there. But Sunday morning there is Said, his mother, and his sisters at church. They all really want to get baptized. It is amazing to see! The only problem is we need to get permission from the father to baptize them all, and he lives in Bolivia with no kind of communitcation. But he is supposed to be coming here to Rodeo del Medio this week. So we are excited to talk to him about that! 

    Then we went and taught Laura this week. She is the one with the 7 month year old daughter named Alma that has down syndrome . But we are teaching her there on the front porch about the restauration, but she wasnt really listening and stuff, and we could tell. So we stopped for a second , because we knew there was something else the she needed. Then Elder Johnson is asks her, Laura, if you dont mind me asking, Alma is  sick right? She has down syndrome. She gets kind of scared and doesnt say anything. He goes on saying, Alma having down syndrome is not a punishment for you . She just starts crying and she tells us how the whole barrio (neighborhood) has been telling her that. Alma has this because Laura made mistakes and was being punished for her past. I followed up with how this is acually a blessing for you. Alma has a spot already saved for her to live with the Lord, and that the Lord trusts her to take care of Alma until that time! We went on teaching her the plan of salvation and she loved it. At the end we asked her if there was anything that we could do for her, and she simply just said ¨just continue to visit me¨. It was so awesome, and it was so totally controlled by the spirit!

     Sounds like everything is great at home. Thank you so much for everything. Have a great week and I love you so much!

Elder Wengert-W9

      

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Love you all!!

Hello everybody,

     Thank you all for your birthday wishes. You´re the best!! Im not sure about any of your packages though, because mail doesnt get sent straight to our pench here, but to the mission office. So we only get mail here either when we go to the offices, or the ZL´s go. But Thank you all for them. Hopefully I get them soon haha. Luckily for me it falls on a P-day. So we are doing a little district get together, eat some food, play some futbal. That good stuff haha. But tomorrow the Familia Gutierrez is throwing me a little mini fiesta with a cake and an asado. They are just the best family. But that should exciting!

       Devin Wengert, I now have dirt on you my brother. You recieved a pedicure!! I think that is at least 2 corners off your man card. Haha, you have nothing on me now!! But maybe you can go do some manly things to attempt to earn them back haha!

     Well the weather here is so unpredictable. Earlier this week we were burning up while working in the afternoon. Then the next day it is freezing cold. And then we wake up yesterday to snow on the  ground, which is very rare in this part of Argenina. It gets cold, but almost never snows. Everybody was going crazy haha. But it was freezing that night in the pench. But its alright, we should be getting a stuffa (gas heater) very soon!

     Well the work is going very well. Carla, the sister of Said that he has been teaching, continues to progress. She is so ready for baptism, but the mother wont give permission until the father gives his permission. But the thing is the father lives  in Bolivia. He has no phone or computer. So it is very difficult to get ahold of him. So hopefully soon. Last Saturday we were working in a section of our area called 25 de Mayo, a very sketchy and run down area. But we are walking down the street there when a little boy, maybe 6 years old, runs up to us and is like I live right there!! We are just like which house is there? So he grabs our hands and leads us to his house, leaves us there in front, goes inside and comes out with hisd parents so that we could teach them haha. They didnt have much time so we gave them the quick version of the Restoration, and they really like it! so they asked if we could come back again. So we have an appoitment with them tomorrow!! Just a testimony builder for me of how special the children really are and how christ said we need to humble ourselves like a little child. Really cool esperience. We kept working there in 25 de mayo, and we went to contact a reference, but the house the address took us to wasnt right. But in front we talked to a man named Antonio. We told him we were missionaries, and right there he just asks us ¨can you bring hope to my soul¨? We were like we sure can. So he invited us in and we taught him the plan of salvation, and he loved it! So we are going back this week to teach him the restoration. I really hope it goes well with him!

      So kind of a funny story. The doors here in Argentina are dumb. They use big old fashioned keys, and you have to use the key to lock/unlock the doors on both sides. Wo we leave our pench and lock the door behind us. We go down the hallway to one more door that we need to unlock to get outside. I go to unlock it and some how the key gets stuck in this door and wont unlock it. We play around with the key trying to get it out and snap!! The key brakes haha! So we are locked in this hallway. We cant get out of the hallway, or into the pench haha. We sat here for 2 hours until somebody finally came and was able to call the landlord who brought some guy to fix it haha. But overall we were stuck in this hallway for 3 hours haha.

      Sounds like everything is going well at home. Jordan is really off to another softball tournament haha, she is just going all over the place!! But goodluck Jordy and Naes!! Tanno, sounds like Grandpa put you to work haha! Way to go! Those times are always tough when you are doing them. but are a great memory to look back on afterwords! Sounds like Dallins week of therapy went very well! That is awesome! And im excited to meet this new Dallin haha. A Dallin that talks a lot, that will be interesting haha! So the normal Dallin, but now has Mom´s gene haha. You know, the one that Jordan and Jess got haha! Dont worry Dad, we are careful here. But most people dont want to mess with us, since Argentines here are usually pretty small people. So im considered a pretty big guy here because of my height. Then Elder Johnson is 6´4´´, so that helps out too haha! Mom, sounds like it is a lot of fun getting ready for Seminary. But dont worry, you will do great. You always do!! Dev, congrats on this offer for the ER position. Ill be praying that you get it! You deserve it, thats for sure!! And I´m with Jess. I want some updates on these babies. (sorry you didnt get to do your fun surprise Tara haha). Like names, genders when you find out, due dates, that good stuff! Well thank you all so much for everything. I love you so much! Have a great week and I look forward to hearing from you next week!

Elder Wengert-W9

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P-Day Lunch. Elder Olaya, Elder Ayala, me, and Elder Johnson

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