Maybe I´m crazy, but the weeks are going by faster. I promise you that I was just emailing last week. Am I really 13 months done?? Yikes...
This week, I took an unexpected trip to Resistencia, on Tuesday. Resistencia is a good four hour busride from Goya. The reason for the trip? -- Elder De Leon (Gautemala) needed to do some paperwork for his Visa. His companion was unable to go, so I was the lucky one chosen for the ride. Other than getting up at 2:45am to catch the bus, it was a rather nice trip. Several missionaries that came with me, as well as an old companion (Elder Massey), are working in the Mission Office. It was a pleasant reunion. (I also managed to snag a copy of the Book of Mormon in Portuguese and Guarani.) I was this close (thumb and pointer finger a centimeter apart) from going to McDonald´s on the trip. Oh well, I heard it was overrated anyway. Oh... and the paperwork was unsuccessful... he had to go back on Thursday to try again.
Baptism! María Godoy. Saturday. 4 O´clock. It was a beautiful, sunny day. The water was a little cold, but at least we tried to heat it up.. (Which included my companion getting his eye lashes and eyebrows burned off. Never trust a water heater from Argentina that requires a match to ¨light¨ it. Gas has a tendency to build up... haha) But other than that, it was a very sweet, simple baptism.
Why do we have happiness? Why do we have wickedness? Why does God allow suffering? 2 Nephi 2 has the answer!
Well, transfers are this week. Any wagers?
Love,
Elder McMurray
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