1-6-14
Dear Family and Friends,
Well this area is the same as last week. I
thought I told you about the area last week but if you really want to
know more... We live in the center of Pergamino in a shopping mall.
It´s nice, but not at the same time. It gets loud at night because
everyone eats outside and there´s music. But other than that it´s fun.
We have a ghetto elevator and everything. Our area is Centro B which
is the half of the ward starting from the train tracks and going to the
limit in the center. So that Dad can be a creeper and look on google
maps. Most of our work goes on far from where we live. The outskirts
of our area because no one likes to listen in the center. My companion
is slowly learning the area. She´s also getting a lot better at
contacting. Now she doesn´t just hand people a pamphlet and counts
contacts for the people across the street that she yells at. She
actually talks to people now. So we´ve found some people through
contacting. The ward is good. Nothing like Arroyo Seco. I don´t
really know the bishop because he´s super quiet and doesn´t really like
the missionaries. I want to help him out but he lives no where near our
area and we´re not allowed to go into his neighborhood. Somehow we´re
going to find a way to serve him. Oh that´s another thing. all these
members want service service service. I love service, but I´m getting
the feeling that their attitude is this, "these missionaries aren´t
doing anything so we´ll give them something to do. Clean my house!"
so... yep. But every week gets a little better. We´ve repaired some
damage done by the sister before me and we had two less active families
at church and an investigator! And the members got excited about that!
Wahoo!
So I feel like I´m trying to have a positive attitude about
everything but this place is really hard. And it shouldn´t be. It´s
hard because of my companion´s last companion. No one wants to work
with us. And all the other missionaries kind of exclude us in the zone.
So that´s rough. Today I wanted to do something for pday instead of
just sleeping like we´ve done for the last two weeks and the elders said
they were all getting together to play soccer, which we can´t play with
them. Lame. So we´re having a picnic by the river with the other
sisters. We´re going to eat ice cream of course so it will be fun. But
I do miss pdays in Galvez with my last district.
This week I had a near death experience with my health. But I got a
blessing and it´s all good now. I finally got to do my blood testing
and i´m going to a doctor when I get the results, so there was no need
to call Hermana Giuliani. Just know that I was protected and I know
that what my setting apart said is true, that Grandpa is close to me on
my mission.
Quick question? Can someone get addicted to benedryl? Because I´ve
been having a lot of allergic reactions and I´ve been taking a lot
lately. Let me know if I shouldn´t.
So this week was the
fast. I love fasting. With my health, I can´t do it very often, but
when we do fast, it gives us so much extra spiritual strength. We start
our fast after lunch on Saturday and then break it on Sunday lunch time. Saturday
was amazing! We finally had a lesson with a member, a recent convert
named Angela. She came with us to our investigator´s Alejandra. We had
a good little lesson and then we talked about church. And Alejandra
asked Angela if she walks to church and at what time. They exchanged
numbers and then came to church together! It was exactly what Alejandra
needed. Now she just needs to quit smoking before her baptismal date
on the first of February!
The other miracle: we met Viviana this week. Saturday
we had a lesson with her. She´s been going to a lot of different
churches. She had cancer and since that trial she´s been looking for a
way to be closer to God. When we told hing to give her the Book of
Mormon she almost cried. She´s a miracle and we´ll see her again on Saturday.
The other miracle: I had to call Arroyo Seco last night because I
forgot a few things. While I was talking to Hermana Dean, she told me
that the Narducci kids have another baptism date for the 25th and that
they came to church! Luis Ramon moved back to the campo and walked 8
kilometros to get to church and he´s 80! and Delma is coming to church!
Ahhh!!! I feel like the Narducci family is my family. Everyone looks
for that family to teach on their missions and they are mine. I didn´t
think I could love anyone besides my own family that much! Now I just
have to find people like that in Pergamino.
Well this letter is long. I hope you´re all doing great. Thanks
for the updates on everyone in the family. Mom, st George half is the
best race, so I know you can beat McKenzie. You´re getting old but not
that old.
Love,
Hermana Borup
p.s. This week I made brownies and taco soup because we actually had a rainy day. Yes, I´m cooking.
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