La Obra en el Barrio

Hola! This week was good in that we did a lot of work with the active and inactive members of the barrio. For the most part is was positive. I am feeling more comfortable expressing my feelings about the Gospel with others. On Friday, I went on divisions with an Elder from Peru. It was fun. We played some basketball at the church with some investigators Saturday. The rims are like 8ft off the ground so I was able to dunk with ease, so that was awesome. We continue to push members to reach out to others with love and they are taking it well and all seem to want to work so that is good.

Love, Elder Blazzard

Gerenal Acha 16 X 16

Hola. We changed our p-day this week to Tuesday because there was a holiday yesterday and they thought everything would be closed, but no everything was open still, oh well. I'm in Gerenal Acha with Elder Hand from California, a very dedicated missionary that did a complete 180 with his life and now is serving with all that he has and it's very motivating for me. The town is about 16 by 16 blocks, so not very big, but I
have heard that there are about 400 members here, but only about 30 are active right now, so yeah we have a ton a work to do. We have
already committed a lot of members to do their home teaching and get them excited again. I will be playing the piano for the primary children as they perform on mother's day here. I am a little nervous for that and I will be playing very week for church as that I am the only person that can play in this "ward". The good thing is that everyone here loves the missionaries, which is normal in Argentina, but the challenge is to get the members to love each other. I feel blessed every day to be a missionary, doing something as important as this work. I also feel extremely blessed to have the family that I have.

les quiero
Elder Blazzard

Transferred to General Acha

Hey guys this week was good, We talked to one of our investigators with boldness about why it is so important to go to church and participate with the saints. I think it went well and I hope she comes this Sunday, but will only know by email because I have been transferred to the Santa Rosa stake and the General Acha ward (which is quite large geographically). I am in Bahia Blanca right now but I am not really sure why because Santa Rosa is just west of Trenque Lauquen and Carlos Casares. Not sure about the planning on that trip which could have been three hours versus all day but oh well. I leave for my new area at 5 PM today. I don't think that the Zone leaders knew that here was a bus from Trenque to Santa Rosa.

Well anyways besides all of that I am doing great, my Spanish is good, and my knowledge of the gospel continues to grow.

Con Amor
Elder Blazzard

En Espanol, por favor

Hola! This week went well and we worked with Richard a lot getting him prepared for baptism. He
feels that he still needs to wait a little to be baptized, so we will just keep working with him and not try to pressure anything. I got stabbed by a plant while walking, it caused me to bleed a little. I was bewildered that a plant could be that strong. Estamos en Tranque Lauquen ahora, y esta lloviendo y no tenemos plata, entonces yo tuve que sacar poco mas plata, lo siento. Siento que mi español esta
mejorando por que soy el mayor campanero ahora, y tengo que hablar mucho mas.

Con todo mi corazón Chaú

Elder Blazzard

Around the Zone

On Monday I was in Trenque Lauquen like normal and we played soccer at the church. We had district meeting and after a mini corn dog meal supplied by the Hermanas y fue rico. I went to Puehajo with Elder Mullisca, one of our Lideres de Zona, because we needed a baptismal interview in our area and they also needed a interview in their area, so we spilt. The visit was interesting because they had no power, so in the dark throughout the day and Elder Mullisca had to scare the crap out of me as I was coming out of a pitch dark bathroom, estaba teniendo problemas in the bathroom, so after calming down I thanked him for the help. We did get the power back on by going to the power box outside and just putting the wire back into the the right slot. I was back in Carlos Casares, for the day of Servicio. That evening, we had a noche de Jugar a la iglesia, and the lesson was on charity, and then we played that one game with chocolate and knifes and dice, you know the game we played with the Kartchners at their house. Saturday was supposed to be the bautismo de Richard but he was sick, so we gave him a blessing and he should be baptized this week. On Sunday in sacrament meeting I gave a talk on the Atonement. fue bueno.

 Con Amor, Elder Blazzard

Semana 33

Branch President

Hola. This week was a good one. Last Monday, as a zone, we went to a zoo not too far from Trenque Lauquen. It was really fun and relaxing. On Tuesday we worked all day like normal but we got up at 3:00 a.m. on Wednesday to go to Bahia for a mission wide conference. The conference was really good and I was able to see Elder Way and Elder Tew from my MTC district. That was cool. We got back to our area Thursday and on Saturday I asked Richard from the old folk's home to be baptized on the 18th of September. He accepted! It was a pretty powerful moment. I played the piano again for sacrament meeting.  I have got to stop telling them that I can play songs that I can't really play, but oh well. Todo Bien

 Les Quiero, Elder Blazzard

un nuevo compañero ya

Hola! This week went well as we were able to do service for investigators. I experienced my first lawn mowing with an electric law mower. My companion was called to be the new pensionero, so I received a new companion, Elder Osorio from Utah. Yesterday I was able to give my testimony in Church, but during my testimony I said boata for boat, but boata means boot, the translation is actually boate. We went to our branch president's house last week. He works on a very large cow farm.  The farm was pretty cool and he fed us. This next week we will be meeting with Elder Teixeira from the Seventy in Bahia Blanca.

Con Amor, Elder Blazzard