Getting good at the haircut!

Tyler's District and the Zone Leaders

Getting good at that haircut!!

Mon-  It was pday and that is always good! We walked around and ate some pizza. And we cut our hair! so that was good!

Tue- We had district meeting! that was good! We visited a few people but they werent home. But we were able to visit an investigator. And we had Mission correlation meeting! 

Wed- We were able to visit a less active. That was good. But the other people we tried to visit werent home. 

Thur- We visited a member. We tried a few other people but they werent home. We tried contacting a little but we didnt have any success with that. 

Fri- We were able to visit a new investigator and had a good lesson! We tried some contacting but nothing happened. No one answered. We had english classe and that was pretty good! 

Sat- We tried some contacting. We went down and clean the church for the temple dedication. and we stayed down there to watch the Cultural Celebration! that was awesome! WE got transfers. elder Turek and I are staying together another transfer!

Sun- We went to a session of the temple dedication and that was awesome! We visited a member and had a good lesson with them. 

This week was pretty good! 

Hope you all have a good week this coming week! 

Con Amor

Elder Opfar

What did you do on Pday last week?

we went to a pizza restuarant. and we just went around central. not anything super exciting. I bought a machine to cut hair and so Elder Turek and I cut our hair

What has been the most challenging thing for you lately?

Finding new investigators. We have been trying to contact and people always say they are busy or just dont open the door. Shake their hand at us through the window to tell us no

What happened in transfers this week?  Are you and Elder Turek still together?  Is there anyone in your district or zone you were sad to lose?  Anyone new that you are excited to work with?

Well in our district Hermana Zenger is going home. And Hermana Flores is going to Cipolletti. Hermana Larmouth is coming here to my district! She was in my mtc district. And the other hermana is going to train. Yeah Elder Turek and I are still together. For this next transfer. Elder Almond is leaving and Elder Motzkus- they both came with me in the mtc. 

What talk or scripture has helped you the most this week?

D&C 62:2? I think it is verse 2. talks about that our testimonies are recorded in Heaven. I love that scripture. 

Has it been raining a lot?

It started raining a lot on friday night and some on saturday all of saturday night, all day yesterday, and today so far. and hey what is the weather like today? and for this week?

Post-Mother's Day

Mon- it was pday and we went to Cascada de los Duendes. It was pretty cool! We also visited a member in the night. 

Tue- We had district meeting and had correlation meeting. Not much exciting happened today. 

Wed- I was in another area in Bariloche with Elder Novelo because our comps went to a leadership training in Neuquén. We did some contacting and visited a couple members.

Thur- We went and picked up our comps at 7 am. That was fun. We did our weekly planning. We also practiced a musical number for a baptism on Saturday. We ended up not singing the musical number though...

Fri- We contacted with a little success. WE also had zone training. That was pretty good. We visited a couple investigators in the night and those went really well. 

Sat- A guy cam to our pension to fix a small gas leak that we had. We Went to a baptism up in Alto 1. Didn't do that musical number. But we were able to visit an investigator. 

Sun- We had church. Then we went with a member and tried visiting a couple less actives but they weren't home. and then we were able to SKYPE! That was awesome! So great to see my family!

I hope y'all have a great week! Things are all good here!

Con amor

Elder Opfar

It was awesome to talk to you guys last night! I loved it! 

1.  What do you love most about where you live and the area you are serving in?

our pension is fairly big and we have a washing machine. i love that. 

2.  What are some of the most crazy or unusual thing that are a part of living there?  Like...do you ever think "Really?  Did that just happen?  Am I really living here?"

today on the way here to the ciber I watched 4 guys get arrested. that was exciting. but no there isn't really anything like that where I'm like really wow

3.  What does a regular day look for you?

studies in the morning. leave at 10:30 and go and contact. lunch is usually at like 12:30 or 1. then visit some people, some investigators or pòtentials. or some members. 

4.  If I was going to throw a few things in a care package for you, what are some of the things you wish would be in it?

uhm I don't know. I have no idea. some packets of ranch. like the dried up ones that you can just make. I found a couple in Cipolletti in the pension and they were good, 

5.  Have you seen God's hand in your life this week?  Can you tell me about it?

One night we were walking and I got the thought of lets go to Diego. So we went and he was outside the house and we were able to talk to him for a few minutes and we put an appointment with him to go back and visit him this week. Just little things like that how the spirit talks

6.  What has been your biggest success this week?

We found a couple potentials this week that we can go back too. 

7.  What has been your biggest challenge?

Finding people

8.  If you could do one thing over again what would it be and why?

talk to more people on the streets. we had opportunities to talk to more but we didn't...

9.  What scripture or talk helped you the most this week?

I finished reading D&C. I like in section 138:11. Talks about he was pondering and he got understanding. Just makes me think that pondering the scriptures and meditating leads to understanding. 

10.  Who or what had the biggest impact on you this week?   

hmmm I don't know. 

Churrasco

Mon- It was pday. We went to Central and looked at some stuff and what not. For lunch we bought some food from a street vendor. I bought a Churrasco and it was delicious. 

Tue- We had to wait in the pension for some guys to come by to clean our heater. We had district meeting. And we were going to have mission correlation but the ward mission leader didn't show up. 

Wed- We contacted with not much success... We visited a less active and a recent convert though and that went really well! We helped with mutual for the youth. and some drunk guy yelled Colorado at me. That is what they call red heads here. 

Thur- We contacted again with not much success. We tried visiting a couple people but they weren't home. But we were able to see 2 investigators. And today was 9 months in the mission! Crazy

Fri- We contacted and had some success. we found a couple good potential investigators. We didn't our weekly planning and had English class. We went and visited a member family. 

Sat- We had choir practice for the stake conference on Sunday. WE also went to the Saturday Night session of conference. We had 4 other missionaries staying with us so that was fun.

Sun- We had the Sunday session of stake conference. That was really good! We tried visiting a few people but they weren't home...

We had a pretty good week and I hope all y'all did too. Have a good one!

con amor

Elder Opfar

1.  I saw that the volcano erupted again this week and that your weather said "dust" a lot.  Did you have to stay in a bunch again this week?

no we didn't have to stay in the pension so that was good

2.  I also see that it is raining right now...that has to be good, right?  Does that clear out the ash pretty well?

it is not raining right now. but yeah it has cleared up the ash some

3.  I read that the Cordoba Temple dedication will be transmitted to all the buildings in Argentina on the 17th and that they are cancelling the 3-hour blocks for it.  That is awesome!!  Have you heard anything about it?  What a special time to be in Argentina!

yeah on that Sunday we are watching it in the church! Pretty exciting! 

4.  Do you have any info about our Skyping on Mother's Day?  

YES. I am going to skype at 6 pm here. so 4 pm there? on Sunday!

5.  The South American Area Presidency has given us permission to send packages to you.  However, all the same problems still exist, including exorbitant costs from customs to get things out.  But, I can send things that you need if you like and cross our fingers and pray hard you get them!!  Anything you want?

Meet the Mormons dvd in Spanish and English? and I don't know 

6.  Have you gotten either of the 2 small padded envelopes I already sent?

I have not. but we didn't get a bolsa last week because of ash and we haven't checked today

7.  I saw that you spent money this week!  Hope you got something fun!!  Or yummy...or maybe bought postage to send me a letter.

we actually don't buy postage. it is you take it to the post office and they weight it and send it. but I haven't sent it yet.

8.  What has been your biggest success this week or your most significant tender mercy and why?

we found a couple potential investigators. so we are hoping that they can progress and stay good.

9.  What scripture has made you think this week and make you want to be better?  Lucy Scholl wrote a blog about putting things in the right order in our lives (especially scripture study) and quoted the Helaman scripture "Behold...these are my days."  (Helaman 7:9) I loved that thought.

I cant remember any specific scriptures. but I listened to some really good talks this week. Some from President Hinckley from some devotionals at BYU. and they were good. One about forgetting yourself in the work and in service to others

10.  What are you looking forward to this coming week?

SKYPE!