Week 92

Well this week we put a few baptismal dates with some people we are working with. One of them is named Melani. She is 13 and she wants to get baptized, but its hard for her to come to church because her mom who is less active doesn’t understand the reason she needs to go to church, and she doesn’t help her daughter get up and off to church.

We also have been teaching Enzo and Cristian. Cristian just had a baby, so I think that he will start to think more about his future right now, so that will be good for him to get involved in the church. Both of them will get baptized here in a little bit.

Also Valeria has all the lessons. She wants to get baptized and everything, but she is just playing the waiting game, waiting on lawyers to get the divorce papers filed so she can get married.

We also have Kiara. She will be baptized the 15 of this next month.

Tambien, we found an African American named Greg. He is pretty cool. He speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and French, and English. So I talked a little in French, and a little in English, and a little in Spanish, and need to work on my Portuguese though, Haha. We didn’t get to help him to church this week, but I’m sure he will get baptized here in a bit too.

We have a lot of people ready to be baptized here already. Well this has been a pretty good week.

Love you all,
-Elder Newman

 

Tell Jeff I got his part of the package.

[This is an ongoing joke from a ward member. Elder Newman and his brother used to gather up all the sacrament meeting programs and put them all in Jeff's truck for him to find after church. Jeff has gathered the programs up a few times since they've been gone and asked us to put them in packages when we send them. I'm sure it's fun for them to receive this fun gift from home. Haha!]

Week 91

Bueno, it’s pretty cold here and yes I still use a scarf. It’s the only thing keeping me from getting sick, jaja.

We have found two kids that I am positive will get baptized, and then I think their families will also get baptized later on. Then we also have contacted a lot of people. This transfer my comp and I have the goal to help 6 people get baptized. I’m pretty sure we can reach our goal, but it’s going to take a good amount of effort and some luck, and when I say luck I mean people making good decisions.

We are still in the same area as Zone leaders and we are working hard talking to tons of people. Well that about it. I’ll send the pics in a bit.....Elder Newman

Week 90

Well I don’t have too much time. I had to wait for my comp to get here in San Martin to be able to write, and his bus got here late so we couldn’t write Monday. Then Tuesday we had to go to a liders [leaders] conference ( I don’t know the name in English...Consejo de lideres).. and right now I have to keep everything short to be able to get back to my area in time to not show up late for lunch.

We taught a few new people, and we said goodbye to some people with Elder Sorenson. He left the zone and is now in El Bolson. My new comp is Elder Nelson. He is one of the missionaries that arrived here with me.

Well that’s about it. Love you all!

Elder Newman

[Elder Newman Argentina is giving haircuts like his brother, Elder Newman Australia]

[Elder Newman and Elder Mendoza crossed paths again.]

Week 89

Well not a ton happened this week. Junín had two baptisms, aguante Zona San Martin!! Valeria came to the baptism and almost cried. She loved it! She wants to get baptized but we just need to help her get married. We did interchanges [exchanges] with the elders in Junín, put a fecha bautismal [baptismal date], and found a lot of good people.

Last week we went on a hike, and we got some cool pics. Also the husband of Valeria, Cristian Marchena, gave me a pair of shoes because mine are destroyed.

Also we got the first snowstorm this week, but it didn’t stick so it’s all mud now. But you’ll see a pic of me and my fatman coat.

Next week is transfers, just so you all know. And I hope I stay. There are a lot of good people I want to help get baptized here.

Well that’s all for now. Love you all.
-Elder Newman

 

 

 

 

Week 88

Well we did a pretty good amount of work this week. The familia Marchena went to church, so that’s great. They are getting closer and closer to baptism. We also are teaching a testigo (JW), and she is going pretty good also. She promised us that she would go to church these next three Sundays.

My comp got bit by a dog this week, but luckily he had his boots on so it only ripped his pants a little bit. (The power of the boots is real!)

Anyway, we have a lot of investigators we are teaching, and we are trying to get them all to church and get them to progress. Right now we are trying to focus on the younger people, and we have found a good amount of people that want to learn about God and find out what he can help them with. The youth of the world are a little more open to new things these days than the oldies. We have almost gotten baptismal dates just talking to the younger kids in the street. We are going to keep working and talking to the youngins. Well that’s about it.

Love You All
-Elder Newman

Week 87

Well this week we found a lot of new people to visit. La Familia Marchena is going good. We are in the process of helping her quit smoking. She will get baptized someday. I hope it’s when I’m still here. We also are starting to drop a few investigators that just aren’t progressing.

This morning some snow was falling, but it would melt when it would hit the ground. We are about to get a good snow storm, I think.

We didn’t get a lot of progress in, but we are working hard trying to find people that want to progress. Me and Elder Sorenson get along great. We work really well together. We are trying super hard to help everyone baptize. We need to have more baptisms with all the investigators that we have.

Love,
Elder Newman

Week 86

Bueno, we didn’t do a whole lot this week. It has been raining and a lot of people should be inside, right? Well that wasn’t how it was here. We went to all the people that we knew, and only one family was there and let us in. But I know that next week will be better.

Well we did teach a family. They are the familia Marchena. The dad is a security guard, and he was teaching me some self-defense moves while we were waiting for his wife to get back. Then we taught them and put a baptismal date with her, and we might baptize one of their kids that’s a little bit older. The dad is a member that served a mission but lost his focus and started breaking commandments, but we are helping all of them get back on the path. Next week I’ll send a picture of them.

I’ve been really bad at taking pictures. I have had to leave my camera home a lot because I have to go into a area that’s a little sketchy. The people like us there, but you never know when someone might rob you. But this week I’ll be able to send more pics.

It was great to see all of you during Skype. I really do love the mission. I wouldn’t change this experiencia for anything in the world.

Thanks for everything.
Elder Newman