Working, Visiting, Discussing, and Expanding Upon

Hello Everyone,

This week was pretty crazy but cool. The sister missionaries in Viedma were emergency transferred into the area and they took the other elder house and those elders went to another part of Viedma. We contacted like crazy this week meeting some great people. We were stopped by quite a few drunks and we tried to talk with them a bit.  We assured them that no, we didn't want to fight the whole time. It was fun.

We visited a lot of members this week as well and discussed the missionary work and family involvement in the work. On Sunday, President Cifuentes made a surprise visit to our church which made playing the piano a little bit more nerve racking. He was in a meeting the night before in Viedma.

Love,

Elder Blazzard

Un Buen Trabajo

The weeks are passing very quickly as this week was awesome in that we had a lot of fun. Monday, we had a great p-day playing basketball. On Tuesday, I went on divisions with Elder Eufasio. Wednesday was service day and on Thursday we got a call from the branch president that some shopping carts and a dog were in the church grounds so we took care of that situation.  During that job some guys came and wanted to play basketball and soccer.  They were really good. We taught a lady that had a dream about the Pearl of Great Price.

Friday I went on divisions with Elder Driggs (Brock's MTC companion) and that was cool. I went to Viedma for that one. Saturday was the big day in that we had a baptism of Guadalupe and then an activity of the Independence of Argentina and then we had our activity of the night of movies. Our investigator and her family went to all three :) and we were able to give her a triple. Oh, yea, I aslo gave a talk on Sunday about Zion.

Love,

Elder Blazzard

(Elder Blazzard's camera was lost in the ocean a couple of posts back)

Great Week

It was a long week with a Zone Conference right in the middle of it. The work this week was good and one of my favorites actually. Very fun. We talked to a lot of members this week and we heard a lot of gossip, so not good on that end but we tried to calm them down and bring peace to their minds and hearts. We still have some work to do with the members.

We had a great lesson with our investigators J and A. and they are making some real progress. Well I will try to do something American today on the 4th. I am glad that you guys have finally made it to Utah.

Love,
Elder Blazzard

End of June Post

June 27, 2016

Hola Everyone,

This week was fun with the whole Copa América going on and related activities (soccer is serious). We had a good week of contacting and teaching. There are a lot of interesting people with strange habits in our teaching pool and within the city ... it is always fun to get to know them. I was able to use my computer know-how this week as well. I wiped a computer of it's viruses and stuff but a crazy kid who needed attention was on us the whole time and he almost stabbed my comp.

The movie night this week went real well. We brought like 10 kids and I was a little nervous for their safety but all went well.

Love,
Elder Blazzard

Transfer Time

Another transfer has come and gone and I am staying in Patagones. I will receive a new companion, Elder Frampton from Pennsylvania. I met Elder Frampton earlier in the mission in the Santa Rosa zone. He is a really nice kid. The missionary work went well this past week with Elder Sandoval, as always. We did a lot of contacting and on Saturday I went on a division with Elder Evanson and we went to the house of an ex-testigo de Jehova. They were throwing a party and having a little bible study, so we decided to crash it. Their house is an old hotel, it's super awesome, well we had a lot of fun there, and we were able to teach a little, too. Well I hope the move goes well.

Love, Elder Blazzard

Activities and the Atlantic Ocean

The week was awesome as we worked a lot and had a lot of fun. The Sabado activity was super successful and fun. Sunday there was a dinner party and we eat a lot of Asado que fue super rico. It reminded me of home ward parties. This morning, on p-day, we went traveled to the Atlantic Ocean to a place they call it La Boca, where the river flows into the ocean. We left really early at 4:30 a.m. and when we got there it was still dark so we were able to see the beautiful sun rise. the entire beach was so cool.

I was so excited that I ran super fast all the way to the shore, took some photos, and then stripped off my shoes and socks, and ran in. It was sooo cold I lasted like a minute and got out. I then thought to take more pictures and I then realized that my camera wasn't in my pocket. I thought maybe it's by my shoes, but no. I then realized it fell into the ocean. The camera had fallen out of my pocket without me realizing it.  I must of been just to excited, so yeah my camera is now in the Atlantic Ocean.

Well I still wanted to have fun so I ran back in with Elder Evanson. We then decided to run a each other and do one of those jump and hug things (you know, to be funny). Well, I jumped into his arms and then things went bad fast. I fell into the ocean right onto my back getting completely wet. It was so cold. I got out quickly and talked with the others and decided to change into some new underwear and some long johns that Elder Satterfield had with him, the long johns were basically black leggings. So I changed my clothes getting sand everywhere :-|. We almost had a problem with the hermanas. After that things went smoothly enough. We played football on the beach and skipped rocks and looked at stuff, so yeah a really fun day in the end.

Love,
Elder Blazzard

Contacting in the Cold

Hello Everyone,

This last week started slow because of all the rain and cold but in the end it was awesome. Our investigators came to the activity again and we watched The Restoration and they cried. They are making some real progress. Yesterday, Elder Sandoval and I went crazy contacting as we contacted for four hours straight. We found a lot of nothing, but in the end we met an awesome family where the mom came out and talked with us for a good while. She is an X Jehovah Witness, and she loves the bible.

I hope all is well and that the move goes well, but I glad I here and not there to help with all of that :)

Love
Elder Blazzard