Week 16: Ya Ciao!
Hey everyone hows everyone doing? I am not going to lie, this week has been really hard. Lately things having moving pretty slow but one of the hardest things that happened to me was when I was on transfers with another missionary named Elder Arnold. Elder Arnold is super cool and a great missionary and it was so great to be with him for a transfer. When we were working one day together we visited our invesitagator Hermano Rascon. When we were there, he basically told us that he didnt want to be baptized. When I heard this, I was crushed. I tried to do everything that I could think of but It didnt make a difference and I think we might have to stop teaching him. Later that night, Elder Arnold was talking to me and was asking me how I was doing. In that moment and with all my other stresses in the mission, It was something that I really needed to hear. We talked for a little bit and it really helped me. Also this week I lost ALL my fotos from my camera and basically all my memories and I was crushed. But that talk really helped me. I know we have hard things in our lives so we can grow. This week has been pretty tough but I am definitley doing better. I am glad for these experiences that help us grow. A life without challenges isnt a life. We are here to grow. I will hold on strong to things that I know to be true regardless of the challenges in my life because I know these things are true. But, its a new week and new things are ahead! It will all be good.
Ok now for some funny stuff. One of my favorite missionaries here in the mission is from Chile and he is literally the coolest. His name is Elder Imperatore and is flippin hilarious. The title of this email is "Ya-Ciao" because its a word we say and I will explain how it came to be. The word "ya" in spanish means "now" or "already" and so for example I could say "Estoy Listo ya" which means I am ready now or in this moment I am ready. My companion makes calls with the other missionaries to see how the work is doing each day. As his companion, I help make calls also. So, whenever I am done getting information from Elder Imperatore, we say Ciao (bye). But, we came up with the word "ya-Ciao" to mean "Bye I need to go now" or "In this moment I need to go because we have stuff to do". It literally sounds like the dumbest word ever but it was SOO funny when we came up with it and we DIED laughing. So everyday I see him I say YA-CIAO really loud. That was the dumbest explanation ever but I thought it was so funny. ANYWAYS here are some fotos y videos
Elder Imperatore (on the left) y su compañero Elder Fragoso