A TON has happened this past week haha. First of all, how was your Easter? In Argentina they don't do much, just eat a lot of chocolate eggs and bunnies :) so I had some chocolate which was good!
Well, last week after we had P-day, we went on exchanges, and I was with Elder Luna, one of the Zone leaders. There has been a lot of contention in the zone, between companionships, toward the zone leaders and especially between them. So they kept putting off the day when we change back as companionships. I was only with my companion for 2 full days this week :P It was terrible. I didn't realize that was against the rules, but the Assistants called and we talked about some problems that have been going on and why we were together for like 4 days haha. It was pretty rough honestly. Hard to work, hard to really do anything. And there was this atmosphere of contention which really sucked. The spirit seemed to be pretty vacant this week :P But We met some really cool people, and prepared Danilo for his baptism!! It was awesome!!
We had Danilo's interview on Friday, and there he said that he would like to have me do it :) I think he chose me because 'Im a goofy, skinny, white guy from North America with the name 'Clubb' hahaha. But I had the opportunity to baptize Danilo :) He's an awesome kid. So we had our first baptism! And the branch got its first baptism in almost a year! That was a pretty neat accomplishment :) haha It was so funny, on Saturday we went and prepared the baptismal font. Idk what happened, but when I got into the water first, It was FREEZING cold haha. I guess the hot water wasn't working... :P I was shivering as I waited for him. And when he came, he just talked about how the water froze him and froze his bones haha. I started and I messed up, and when I started over, I saw Danilo like squatting in this ready position with a determined look on his face. Haha!! I laughed so hard haha!! I was laughing so hard in the font with everyone watching, it was horrible! I finally contained myself and he was baptized :) I felt bad for him, I mean he doesn't really know much! The water is cold, I'm laughing in the font next to him... haha. But when we got out, I put my arm around him and asked how he felt. And he said he felt really happy and gave this huge smile :) At that moment, I felt the happiest I have ever felt in my entire mission. Idk how to describe it. He is a great kid and wow, it was an amazing experience to be able to baptize him.
So this whole week was pretty tough, in a strangely different way haha. But that Saturday was the best way to end a week :) The next day, on Easter he was confirmed a member of the church :) And his sister is going to be baptized this week as well! She just missed a Sunday, so we had to put it off a week. But she´s excited as well! And Danilo may be able baptize her!! That would be even cooler to see :) I hope it works out!
Some good news, during this week while I was with Elder Luna (he´s from Mexico), I feel like I've improved a ton in Spanish! I feel like 'Ive been plateaued for a while, I guess I don't talk much with Elder Bravo :/ but I've seen a pretty big improvement with my Spanish, and the sister missionaries noticed and said a lot about it haha. I still lack a lot, but it´s been pretty neat to see that :)
Oh hey, April 6th! Happy Birthday Church! and Happy Birthday Jesus! It's neat to know the day our Savior was born. I love Him :)
Oh gosh, some random guy opened the door without any pants on, and got mad that we interrupted him while going to the bathroom. It was so weird hahaha.
Hey I heard about Elder Dodge! Thanks Dad for the email!! WOW I had no idea he was in the MTC still! What a stud! But that's such a cool experience to go to Tennessee :) That's where the Williamson's (his relatives) are! One of my teachers in the MTC who served in Rosario, said that he went to Tennessee before he came to Argentina, and he said that that was one of the greatest experiences of his mission. I always thought that would be really cool to go somewhere in the USA before going foreign! Just to have those two experiences. Elder Dodge seems to be doing awesome! 'Id like to hear more every once in a while! In his letter he seems like a really prepared missionary.
President Giuliani pretty much ripped apart all of the leaders because our baptisms have been super low lately. So he raised the goals to be really high! But I'm actually a little excited, because we can do it! Elder Bravo is really excited as well. So we´ll see :)
I love you guys! Thanks so much for everything you do for me :) It´s so awesome when I get to hear from you :) you are all in my prayers every day.
Les amo,
Elder Alek Clubb
PS-Alek got electrocuted this morning cleaning the bathroom...this is the culprit! the shower heating element!! I'm thankful the Lord is watching over his missionaries!
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