Stake conferences in Trelew and Neuquén

Stake Conference in Trelew

Several weeks ago we were able to attend the Stake Conference in Trelew.  The Ehmkes were kind enough to make the eight hour drive with us.  Elder Garcia, from Chile, was the visiting authority.  He has so much energy and was very fun to listen to.  President Lovell also spoke and I bore my testimony...in Spanish!

 

The Young Adult Choir provided beautiful music!

 

 

It was great to be with President Barendelli, the President of the Trelew Sur Stake. The meetings were very inspiring. The Spirit is the same in English and in Spanish!

 

The Ehmkes always make friends wherever they go!

 

It is always great to be with the missionaries.  Right after the meeting they were all right there to help get everything put away.

 

 

 

Stake Conference in Neuquén

 

It was so nice to only drive a few minutes to attend the Neuquén Stake Conference the very next weekend.  We were able to go with President Paredes, President of the Neuquén Stake, to pick up Elder Fereira from his hotel. Elder Fereira is also from Chile.  When we arrived at the Stake Center Elder Fereira was so happy to greet the missionaries. He is very energetic and loves the gospel. It was a wonderful meeting.  I don't understand everything yet but I did understand when he talked about how we are all the same in the eyes of the Lord. That is something that I am learning to understand better since being here in Argentina.

 

This young boy's name is Gabriel and he speaks English very well!  He translated for me when we first arrived and now we are good friends.

 

 

The icing on the cake was to be able to be with the missionaries after the meeting!

 

December Interviews

Right after Transfers we started our tour the mission to interview the missionaries.  We did it all in ten days because we wanted to see every missionary before Christmas.  We were able to finish them all on the day before Christmas Eve.

While the President was interviewing each missionary and I was gathering information about their lauguage study, the Assistants and Zone Leaders did Specialized Training.  They had specific things they wanted to teach but they planned some very fun ways to share it.

While we were having interviews in one building there was also a group having a Young Men and Young  Women’s Activity.  They were teaching all the youth in the ward how to make some delicious bread.

We were able to attend Church in the branch of Esquel.  I was able to go to Primary.  It was so fun to be with this amazing Primary Leader.  She did everything from leading the singing to teaching the lesson!

We meet wonderful members of the church wherever we go who are doing their best to live the gospel. We continually learn from their great examples.