But thats besides the point, he acutally has a really cool story. He is from a very catholic family. When he was 14, he said he HATED going to church, and started looking for a new one, because he ddisagreeed with the doctrine. He was baptized inot the Evangelica church, then disagreed with the docrine again, then met the Jehovas witnesses. And was baptized again. He was attending their church, when his mom accepted the missionaries into his home. He said they came a few times before he cared enough to listen. And he said the first lesson he listened to, he knew it was the right church. ´´id been searching for the true church for a couple years, and i found it.´´ His family didnt get baptized, and he went to church alone for 6 years, and now hes on a mission.
So we found this guy. He was acutally a reference from the hermanas. We talked to him, and he pretty much was an alcoholic and heavy smoker, then 4 years ago, he found the evangelical church, and stopped drinking and smoking, and got a job, and a wife and now has a kid. He knows the bible better than anyone down here, excluding the mormons. Anyway, our 3rd visit, he said ´hey! i started reading your book yesterday!´´ We hadnt even talked about the book of mormon yet... We asked him what part he read. He said ´´moroni... and Ether..´´ then he started talking aobut how he agreed with the brother of jared in cualquier cosa, and started comparing one of moronis epistles with one of pauls from the bible.... what in the world hahaha we then talked aobut the resotration of the gospel. a day or two later, we went back, and he told us that he read alma... haha yeah all of it. He told us that he still has problems with pornography and that his wife and kids are separated a little bit. its really sad. its SO sad. Because he has every intention to follow Christ, hes way nice, and knows a lot about the gospel. but in the end, only one huge thing is tripping him up. He has prayed aobut the book of mormon, and believes its true, but doesnt understand the authority of the preisthood, and has told us that he wont come to church or be baptized. Which is really not that great.
We have started using a list of menos activos. Visit them. Try to reactivate them. Edify the church. But a vast majority of the old missionaries wrote down these peoples adresses as ´´next to a big mango tree.´´ gee, thanks, elder. You really helped us out on that one. But we did find one guy. he was a baptized 45 years ago. He said he was one of the first converts. He went when they held sacrament meeting in the missionaries apartment. He continued to go solo for 25 years, but stopped going, because his enormously catholic wife and children were giving hims such a hard time. He has a TON of stories about helping the missionaries, and is still in touch with most of them. But hes just not active. Hes a great guy, but Im 400 percent sure that something is missing in his life, just because of the way his eyes look when he looks at a missionary.
Well thats pretty much all thats happened. Its still weird for me to go from an area, where we could have 50 lessons in a week and not even think about it, to where our goal here is 15.
Oberá is known for having a tiny branch with a HUGE chapel, and also for the catholic chapel that is gorgeous and looks like a temple. Theres a ton of white people here, its so strange.
Yeah.. read the book of mormon. it'll do ya good.
Elder Christensen loves you!
no pictures because i forgot my camera
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