Saying Goodbye to families in Sante Fe....
This is my shower....
And... it has a bucket shower! yippie! It’s basically a bucket and you plug it into the wall to heat up the water and the water pressure is just gravity. ha it’s great.
Well not really, but whatcha gunna do.
FAMILY!
I loved
your emails this week! Thank you so much for letting me in on everything!
Jenee, you looked super pretty and Dans tux was legittt! Sounds like you had a
great Bday and prom!
Alright so
this weekend I was super homesick. haha I knew you guys were all hanging
out and Jen had prom and stuff. So I basically was super
"trunky."(that’s what we say for homesick)
So I got
to my new area, Villa Diego, in the city Villa Gobernador Galvez, around noon
on Wednesday. It's a suburb outside of Rosario. I met my new companion, Elder A. he's from Durazno, Uraguay, he´s way cool. He’s way quiet,
but a really good guy. He's been out 7.5 months. So my whole mission I have wanted to have a comp that
likes country music but NEVER thought it was going be a Latin! Elder A. knows
every single Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum song! It’s great! We’re always
singing while walking. He knows so much American music it’s crazy. Anyways, we
ate at McDonalds and then took a taxi to the pinch. The pinch is horrible. It's known for being bad... Smells wet, had rats and cockroaches but they said they’re all gone.
And... it has a bucket shower! yippie! (I sent a pic) It’s basically a bucket
and you plug it into the wall to heat up the water and the water pressure is
just gravity. ha it’s great. Well not really, but whatcha gunna do. "This is my TEMPORARY HOME" as Carrie Underwood would say. (Villa means ghetto in spanish. haha). The BRANCH
is really great though! It’s funny though because there’s more people that are
active in the branch, than my old ward in Liceo. We met the Branch President and
the Mission Leader and I really believe this ward has a lot of potential! We
just need people to teach! I think were going to do a lots of finding this
transfer and I hope to learn how to do it effectively!
Yesterday
we had Stake Conference and it was super great! They talked a ton about the
family. First a Sister talked about the divine role of a Mom. She talked about
how essential it is to have a healthy relationship between the husband and wife
and how it’s their role to TEACH their children, worldly things as well as spiritual.
Then they talked about temples and the amazing blessing that it is to be able
to be sealed for time and all eternity together. I know that God, though
his love for us, has restored that priesthood power through a modern day prophet.
I am so grateful for my family, all that you guys do for me and help me.
The Buenos
Aires temple is opening in September, so that’s really exciting. I know that
families can be together forever. I know that God wants the best for our
families. I know he gives us commandments to guide us. I love you guys so much
and thank you for the strength that you are to me. Sorry it was short this
week!
I love you
so much!
Elder
Hjelmstad
Gramma
Mary- Thanks for the email! Times flyin by!
Grandpa-
sounds like the nba playoffs should be interesting!
Family-
LOVE YOU!
P.S. Learn more about the new city Elder Hjelmstad is serving in:
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