July 2, 2007

Hey everyone!

Oh wow what a week! I received a new companion and he is great! He is a very hard worker and has been in the field for 8 months. We are both working together on improving our Spanish and he has a very positive attitude which is helping me grow alot. He´s also helping me to be more bold and better at talking with people! Elder Foster is his name and he turns 20 today!

We had a great contact this week with a lady who had been investigating in Salta(city much mo re to the North) and then moved down here. She's is very nice and we´re teaching her now. I'm very excited to see her progress and we are also going to have an Asado (barbeque) with her and a family from the ward!

It's great to work with the members, I'm really starting to love them and my city(caseros) more and more. It's very cool to listen to the stories of all the members(5 mission pres. 2 temple pres. 2 stake pres. ect..) because they were all the first members in Argentina and have stories about David O Mckay and Thomas S Monson. One of the stories was from an Hermano Salvioli
who was baptized in the Rio De La PLata, he said it was because he had so many sins that they needed alot of water. He's a pretty fun guy =)

Elder Foster and I are going to help get the work going with the members much more this
week. The language is coming better ad better. I can't notice too much but the members are saying I can understand much better than I could! I count that as a blessing from the Lord.... Pretty exciting.

Oh if you send any packages be sure to put religious stickers or something like that on the box
so it doesn't get torn open.

Oh ya really funny story this week. Elder Foster was contacting a man (parking director) in a very busy plaza and bus stop who was standing facing a car. Elder Foster went to shake his hand and say hola and the guy was startled and turned around. I looked down and the guy was.... filling up a bottle with... a yellow liquid and had not quite finished when he turned around and shoke Elder Fosters hand. I almost broke out laughing but Elder Foster had no idea what the guy was doing and just kept on talking to him. Right after the contact I told Elder Foster what was soo funny and he told me oh I was wondering why his hand was wet. Hmmm that
may have been a little gross but... its life down here in Argentina!!!

Thanks for your prayers and your love. .. Till next week!

Love,

Elder Kelly