Bienvenidos a Argentina Elder Maddox II
Well I am finally here doing what i have prepared my whole life for. The only unfortunate thing is I cant understand what is going on most of the time... Something I keep on thinking about is when in
The Best Two Years
(a popular Mormon movie) , the new elder says ¨this isn´t the language they taught me in the MTC¨ and let me tell you this is exactly how I have felt the past 4 or 5 days. Yesterday at lunch, the members asked what I studied in college (we have lunch with members every single day, its so awesome) and I told them I am only 18. Santa Vaca, you´d have thought I told them I had a couple wives back home
(Mormon's don't really have a bunch of wives, that is Travis being funny!) cause they absolutely flipped!!! It was a great laugh for me and my trainer. I have been blessed to be with Elder Wilson in an area called Bermejo which is amazing!!! I often find myself wondering why I am so blessed to be where I am, who I am with, and at the rate of speed I was able to get here. For those of you who don´t know, Me, along with about 60 other missionaries for the Provo MTC, were able to come straight down to our different missions in Argentina. When we got to Buenos Aries, we split off and joined up with about 14 other missionaries from the Argentina MTC and flew to Mendoza. So in total, there were about 25 of us who came straight from our MTC training, the biggest group in years. We are so blessed to be here, all of us, so make sure to thank your Heavenly Father often.
~Elder Maddox II
(Italics above added by Lisa)
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Elder Maddox at the internet cafe where they go to use the computers! |
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His first home in Argentina! |
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