Week 1 in ARG- Elder Gillett 4.28.14

Doing good! Talk about getting thrown into the mix of things though! Castellano (the Spanish language they speak there) is tough but fun! I am continually learning a ton! I love Argentina though! The Food is really good! No problems with eating anything yet! It is super different though! All the people in Argentina are generally really nice but super arrogant as well! The houses are usually barely standing when you get further out into the wards or areas! I got up and introduced myself in the ward yesterday! But luckily I had a few minutes to prepare a little espanol! My companion is Elder Santos from El Salvador! He is a super nice kid! He has been out about 10 months and is able to speak spanish and english so he kind of helps me learn new words and stuff but he is really quiet when he talks so i never understand anything he says! and especially when he talks in castellano and quiet is when I really don´t understand anything! I understand a lot of what they say here and stuff but trying to respond is different because of all the tenses/conjugations! Still doing good though! It will come eventually! We are going to play some soccer later today though with the other missionaries so I am excited for that! We are living with 2 other missionaries as well right now and they are both super cool and funny but only speak spanish so We have been helping them learn english and me castellano! We don´t have a ton of investigators right now because my companion Elder Santos has been sick for a while and some of the ones he had before are moved or don´t want to hear anymore! So that has been tough but we did get one new ivçnvestigator named Martha this week who was super nice and accepted the gospel super well! We taught her the restoration and it went well! So we will see what happens when we go to teach again! We haven´t been putting our full effort into this week though which has been really frustrating especially since we could have been! Elder Santos has been kinda using the I am sick excuse for going back to the pension and doing nothing which is rough but I don´t know what to say! We get along well but its definitely hard when we can be working harder but aren´t! Other than that though I am loving it here! Its not easy but it is rewarding to see non less actives or new investigators like Martha understand so much! Love you all!  

Yep I’m in a Cafe! I am in the area called Berazetegui.  We have a strip mall right close but its not in our zone! They have the area split into wards and each ward has at least 2 missionaries! Laundry is done in the sink or given to a hermana in the mission but it takes a week to get back whatever you give to her...I know we can be giving more effort! Love you! pictures will have to wait until next week though.. i thought the computer would take a SD card but it is older so it doesn´t have the right slot so i need the cord for my camera to connect it! Sorry!

The bread is really good as well! If you ever have the chance or can find some on the internet try to buy some dulce de leche! Super good kinda caramel thing that is super big here in Argentina! Or Empenadas which are like a roll with good beef and a few veggies in the them, and then milonesa which is like a fried chicken almost! Which is super good as well!

The other 2 missionaries are named Elder De Loayza from Peru I think! hahaha haven´t figured out exactly! And then the other missionary is Elder Denis from La Plata Beunos Aires! Haha his house is in our mission and for whatever reason he got called to be in the zone next to where he lives! :) They are both super funny though and we all get a long really well so it has been a lot of fun! And I have ben learning a lot of kick boxing while I have been down here because its really big here in Argentina I guess and Elder Denis fought Semi Pro before his mission!  The members down here are really good about feeding you everything you want and more! So I am only usually hungry right before bed! Haha So far everyday for lunch we have food at the members houses! hahah its super hot and humid here today! The summer is going to suck! Its going to be super hot! its about 70 outside today but feels about 80 with humidity!

It was hard to say goodbye to Elder Reynolds and Elder Trotter but I was excited to really start the mission!

Nope not usually dinner! Lunch is their biggest meal! Yep siestas pretty much everyday day! They always joke about there being a holiday pretty much everyday because the people are hard workers but lazy and need their siesta! haha they joke about having holidays of hot dogs and milk because of every holiday they have! not sure about mothers day yet but i have to go so i will let you know more when i find out! I have to go though! Love you!

Les Quiero

Elder Gillett