Gauchito Gil

The word of the week: Calor - Signifying the act of melting to the cement; Only attainable when you are nearing death. origin: Argentine.

Of late, it´s hit as high as 40 degrees Celsius (if you check your nearby thermometer you can see that that is 104ºF).  Tomorrow´s forcaust: 41º....wonderful.   What makes it even more ¨fun¨ is when the city cuts the power off on your side of town, regularly.  I can´t think of anything more ¨fun¨ than being in a house that already doesn´t have air conditioning, that now has no fans.  Needless to say, we better start drinking/eating stuff out of the refrigerator pretty quickly.

Interesting fact of Goya, Corrientes: Home of the world´s largest yerba plant.  Yep, you aren´t going to find one bigger.  It´s a plant, but I mistakenly took it for a Huge Oak/Grandmother Willow hybrid.

I hope all of you took a moment of silence for our dear, Gauchito Gil.  Yesterday, was Gauchito Gil Day.  Thousands of thousands, from places as far as Spain, made their trip to Mecca...uhhh uhh... I mean...Mercedes, Corrientes (I´ve been there!) to pay their respects to him and ask for whatever they please.  Gauchito Gil is the Argentine version of Robin Hood...steal from the rich, give to the poor.  For that, he is a saint in the Catholic Church.

Well, as I walked over here to email you, I nearly lost my life.  We have this huge dog right by our house.  He´s lazy and never does anything to us.  He is the spitting image of Fang from Harry Potter...as in, he´s HUGE.  Well, anyways, I saw him when I was about 4 feet in front of him, just laying there.  So I stopped.  Turned to my companion to be like, ¨look at him!¨ Before I knew what was happening, he was running at me.  I´ve never said such a quick prayer in my heart that a dog´s chain would only be 3 3/4th feet long.  My prayers were answered.  His chain was short.  I don´t think I´ve ever been so scared of something in my life...  I provided nice entertainment for the family sitting under the shade tree, across the street.

2 Nephi 9.  Study it for a week.  Have a dictionary, pad of paper and pen at your disposal.  You´ll learn so much.  I promise.

I love you all,

Elder McMurray