Family and Friends!
Thanks so much for your letters and emails.
How was Halloween? Here it passed by almost unnoticed, but I
did see one person with a knife through their head headband-costume-thing the
day after.
It's cool to hear about the snow and such that are gracing
your lands up there in the north, when it's getting hotter and hotter here each
day. It's like I'm on the other side of the world or something.
Changes, changes, changes.
Well, how do I say this. I had two companions last week, one
gringo, and one Peruvian. Now, because of something one of his past companions
did, my Peruvian companion, who I've been with my entire mission here in
Argentina, had to leave.
That left Elder Farnsworth from SLC (who just got here 4
weeks ago) and I to fend for ourselves. President Lovell appointed me the
Senior Companion, but gave Elder Farnsworth the responsibility of continuing
the "First 12 weeks" program with me.
Before this event, I'd only had one day without my
companion, a day where we did exchanges with another companionship.
Haha, it's been fun. Luckily, the Lord has prepared me for
this. I feel pretty confident in my ability to speak and understand
spanish--still have a long way to go--but without a native speaker to lead the
way, we're doing the best we can, and I've been surprised with how well it's
gone.
It's been a baptism by fire, but we're learning quick.
Yesterday we had an excellent sacrament meeting where lots of youth bore their
testimonies. After Sacrament, we found a member who could go with us and went
off to work. Normally this lady and her non-member husband are never there
(like I've been to this lady's house almost every week my entire mission and
never seen her husband or gone in her house), but lo and behold when we
arrived, her house wasn't there. They had taken their house apart and were
rebuilding it bigger. , and thanks to our member friend we were abWe found them
rebuilding their house to sit down in some lawnchairs and finally have a short
lesson with these people.
I often get too excited/nervous and sometimes I just can't
say things as clearly or correctly as I need to, but the lesson went pretty
well and we have an appointment for the next sunday.
This was a blessing because we haven't been able to find a
member and have a lesson with investigators for a long time, and really we
haven't been able to get much accomplished in the last few weeks, so yesterday
was great.
In other news, when we have to make our own food I've been
trying to cook with all the food groups, have lots of vegetables, and
excellent, wholesome foods . I love me them wholesome foods. Attached is a
picture of an example of breakfast: Bread, defrosted by the microwave, an
apple, and an egg also courtesy of the microwave. We have drinkable yogurt in
1kg bags here, too. And we can't forget about the avena (Oatmeal). Almost every
morning I have myself a bowl of oatmeal, and my former companion and other
people here think I'm crazy (in that I habitually just eat oatmeal) and that
somehow I'm going to get sick because I'm not feeding myself very well. I don't
think they understand very well, haha.
Also attached is a picture of an example of a homemade
lunch. A plate of arroz integral (brown rice) and a shredded carrot salad
dressed with lemon juice. Yum. The rest of the time at members houses we almost
always have some sort of pasta with meat and bread and gaseosa (or soda).
Also, the other week we were helping one of the members
build their house and one of the things they needed was a septic tank? At least
some sort of deep hole. 3 meters deep(10ft). We dug with a pick axe and flat
shovel for as long as we could and then when you couldn't throw the dirt out
well enough, we started lowering two buckets down on pieces of hose to take the
dirt out. We only got to about two and a third meters. It was good, hard, hot,
work and I was sore for a few days and won a few good looking blisters on my
hands.
I love you all! Thanks for your support and prayers,
Elder Turek
P.S.I heard about the incident with the car... haha, aren't
mistakes fun to learn from? Brett, Tyler, I love you, but it would be nice if
that car was there when I got home. ;) There this thing called a brush (I know
there is one because I bought it) it's good for removing snow from windshields.
Use it. There are these other things called eyes. You know, those moist holes
in your head. Turn your head and use those too. ;) Just be safe; your safety is
priority, but very near to that is that of the car. :)
I'm super proud to hear that Brett got As and Bs in Math
(Thank you, Skylar). Also, fun to hear about Mom and how you're totally digging
your yoga class. Are you just super-flexible now? What's your favorite pose?
Dove? Crane? Warrior III? Camel? Let me know how your classes are going.
Kyla and Cody, I hope your doing well in school and learning
tons. Remember that knowledge is the only thing that we can take out of this
life, so learn lots; it will pay off. I love you!
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