Here is what happened this week.
* On Monday Hermana Schneider and I had to go to capital to do paperwork for her Argentine ID. We waited in the wrong line twice, had to deal with grumpy immigration workers, and the whole thing took about 4 hours, but we figured it out eventually. I learned from the experience that I am still relatively incapable of holding my own with grumpy, angry people (especially angry Argentines). When people speak angrily to me, I still often turn into a wet noodle and thank them several times instead of arguing back. Sigh. Stuff to work on.
* We are teaching a promising new investigator named María. She´s about 60 and lives alone in a small apartment. She was born Lutheran and later became a fairly devout Catholic, but she is very curious and seems open to the gospel. She agreed to pray about Joseph Smith. We´ll see what happens.
* Felipa is very hard to find and didn´t come to church on Sunday, so her fecha fell through. I´m not ready to give up yet though. We are going to visit her several times this week, if possible.
* I had a great day on my 9 month mark in the mission. Our district leader, Elder Garcia, and his companion, Elder Woodruff, who arrived on the same plane as me, came to visit our area. We went to visit Elvira with them and committed her 22 year old daughter, Celeste, to be baptized. Celeste missed church on Sunday because of the rain, but I´m confident she´ll come next week and get baptized this transfer.
* Elvira will be baptized this Saturday. The first baptism I will attend in Hurlingham! I´m really happy for her and I love seeing how much she loves the gospel.
* I have a cold and feel lousy today, but at least it is P-day so I can rest a little bit.
Well, that´s all I have time for. I hope everything continues to run smoothly at home. I´m praying for you. Thanks for always being supportive and understanding.
Love,
Ellis
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