Dear Family,
This has been a busy week! After spending all day handing out
reimbursements on Monday, I continued throughout the week handling
everything related to the arrival of new missionaries this transfer,
and on Wednesday I took them downtown so that they could get some visa
paperwork sorted out! We got a bit lost, and it was a bit of an
adventure for them as Elder Hebertson (the former secretary--he's
staying for a few weeks to train me) and I shuttled the new
missionaries into taxis (all by themselves) to get to our
destinations!
I spent the rest of the week working of resolving telephone problems
in the mission, and trying to work out our visa situation. These will
be my main tasks this week, and then we'll start preparing for the
departure of missionaries who are finishing this transfer, and the
arrival of our new missionaries!
Thus, the office has me well-occupied! We leave the office each day
before five, and work all day on Saturday and Sunday. However, the
chaos of transfers has left our area somewhat descuidado over the last
couple weeks, so now we need to work hard to find new investigators
and help them to progress!
I do get ground mail much faster now--it's brought to the office
directly and then further distributed, and I'm also in the office with
Elder Melerio (my trainer), who is the financial secretary
(financiero), and Elder Ellsworth (who was in my district in my first
three transfers), who is the materials secretary (bolsero). My
companion is the housing secretary (pensionero), Elder Perez, who
arrived with me in the mission (but went to the Buenos Aires MTC). We
live in an apartment a few blocks away from the mission home. I try
hard to keep it tidy!
Right now we're playing soccer with other missionaries at the mission
home, and waiting for an asado (BBQ) to cook!
Hope you have a good week! Love you!
Elder Schlachter
