1/11 (Week 12)
Hello Family,
So there are these things called changes and now I
am in a new area in the mission with a new companion as well. It feels like
that I am starting over my mission because I have no idea about the lay out of
my new area which is called Buenos Aires and I am trying to establish a
relationship with my new companion Elder Valenciano who has been in this area
for about 4 and a half months and has about 7 months done in the mission. Everything
is going fine for me here now.
I found out that I had changes last Monday night
when the zone leaders called and said to my companion Elder Coj that I was
going to zone Mirimar to an area called Buenos Aires. Let me just say that this
area is different in ways because it is hilly and my last area in La Paz was
flat. I am starting to get used to the area now but it was difficult at first.
Where we are living now it is smaller than were I was in La Paz as well. In La
Paz I was living in a house but now I am living in a small apartment which has
barely enough room for 2 missionaries to live out off. The picture that I have
is the view from our balcony that we have.
This past week it was a bit tough for me because I
am trying to be more patient with my companion and with myself as well. Elder
Valenciano is good and all. Me and him are on a different page on the style and
way that we both want to work and we really do not see eye to eye on some
things, but I am trying to work it out with him as well.
Dad yeah it was hard to find shoes that fit my feet
because they are so big and they use the EU scale as well which is a bit
different. The shoes cost around 600 limpera. I bought them in a city called
Progreso.
Hope that you all are having a good time and such
talk to you guys next week.
Elder Trepanier
Photo from his apartment
1/18 (Week 13)
Hello,
So
if you guys do not already know I have changed areas in my mission. Yes after
only having one change in my first area. The name of the area that I am in is
called Buenos Aires which is close to the city of La Cieba. It is taking some
time for me to adjust to this area right now because I am still new to this
whole mission thing.
I
continue to work and think of ways that I can better myself as a missionary to
help those that need my help whether they be investigators, members, less
actives in the church, or people on the street that I do not know.
Let
me say that my Spanish is coming little by little for me. I am understanding
the majority of what people are saying to me but I cannot say that I can
understand 100 percent of what is being said I mainly rely on context to know
what people are saying to me.
Hope
that you are all doing fine back home.
Elder Trepanier
1/25 (Week 14)
Mom,
Let
me say that time has passed by fast for me on the mission and it has only been
just about 3 months and I have learned a lot, and sometimes I do not even
realize how much time has gone by until I think about it.
As
for the ward the area is decent size that it covers. There are about 200
members in the ward area but the attendance of church fluctuates a lot it is
really not that stable because of the amount of less active families in the
area. The Bishop in our area wants the attendance of sacrament meeting to be
120 people but it has wavered around 80 to 100 people since I have been in the
area. For lunch we pay a sister in the ward to cook for us during the week and
we have dinner appointments every day with members of the ward and the majority
of them love having us over to eat.
Right
now in the area it is a bit hard to find people to teach because when we find
someone they either do not want to hear the gospel or they are hard to find
when we put a cita with them. We have 2 investigators with a baptismal date for
this Saturday one is about 50 and the other is about 35. They are good people I
have not gotten to know them very much because I have been here for only about
3 weeks. They are on the verge of getting baptized and such.
Hope
that everything is going fine back home.
Elder Trepanier
Hello Family,
The
area is going fine. There is a lot more rain than there was in La Paz because
of how close that we are to the coast. I am handling the rain decently. What
goes on is when we leave for the day as we look at the sky and if there are a lot
of grey clouds we go and put our rain jackets in our bags so that if it does
rain we are prepared for it. The ward is good I am starting to get to know
members in the ward such as the ones that we have dinner appointments with but
it is a bit tough because of my Spanish that I have and also because of the
time that I have been here in the area. My Spanish is getting better and better
as I practice and study.
We
had a missionary conference this week were the general authorities talked to
all the missionaries in the world on what we need to be focusing on as
missionaries to help our investigators. We also had interviews with President
Klien also this week and things are going fine. Probably my companion will be
leaving the area at the end of this change because this is his 4th change in
the area. I am working hard and trying to be better more and more each
day.
Elder Trepanier
Our Christmas package arrived! (he forgot to tell us)
He was without his rain coat and a member offered him a garbage bag to use
Love this smile!!
(And how I figured out that he received the package)
(And how I figured out that he received the package)
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