How are you? I am well—thank you for your letters! I do really enjoy
reading them every week. This week has gone very quickly. On Tuesday
we were in Cordoba for a conference with the Elders from Rio Cuarto,
and another Zone (that I think is in the City of Cordoba). I thought
about what I need to be studying as a missionary, and, asked myself
what Heavenly Father wants me to do and to be right now. I did receive
answers, and I'm trying to apply them!
I'm feeling a bit tired, and a bit surprised that the transfer is half over!
We're having a bit of trouble finding investigators in their houses,
so this week we're working on having more set appointments (to the
which we can invite members).
This week we decided to look for a lady who was baptised, but
inexplicably wasn't confirmed. However, the address was something
like, "In front of the school in the Bordo of San Pedro," so we rode
our bicycles for a few hours, finding the location (in the fields
north of town), and then asking about the person. We didn't find her
(we suspect that she moved), but we did have the opportunity to bring
the gospel to a part of our area that doesn't often see missionaries.
In response to Mom's questions, the photo with the little cabins is a
view of the countryside around Mina Clavero. We haven't yet opened the
branch there, as our source of transportation (the senior
missionaries, Familia Dos Santos) hasn't been with us much in the last
couple weeks. The plan is to start working with the one active family
that lives there, and one inactive family, and have activities and
cottage-meetings, and work to start having sacrament meetings in the
home of the Familia Vasques (the active family). Mina Clavero is
presently in our area, but 70 km away from Villa Dolores! We're hoping
to go there this weekend.
I didn't take rubber boots, but I did take overshoes that have been
good. However, we don't get much rain in Villa Dolores! As for the
pens, G2 refills don't fit!—I thought they did at one point, and
bought a package, only to find that they're a few millimetres too big.
I'm not sure about G1 refills. However, what I usually had to do was
go to eBay.com (not .ca), and search until there were some available,
and then often specially ask if the seller would be willing to ship to
Canada. It's a bit of an adventure to find them, so you might want to
enlist the help of one of my brothers!
I've never seen a ham and cheese alfahor! My favourites right now are
sold in bakeries, and have two soft sugar-cookies (sort-of) with dulce
de leche in between, and coconut on the sides.
How is seminary going? Has Alex bought his car? Also, do let me know
how the fireside on the 25th goes. Also, how is Tyler Keith doing in
Japan, given the tsunami? Also, could you send me a rice-pudding
recipe?
I love you all a lot,
Elder Schlachter photos
