September 22, 2011

Things here are going well. I felt like Spanish was going well until Saturday. All the missionary from the CCM went out on the streets to proselyte. My companion and I were given a 24 block section to work. now remember i am doing this on only like 10 days worth of Spanish. This is also the first time i had seen any of Buenos Aries. First impression super dirty. there is garbage everywhere. also stray dogs that poop where ever they want. but i was told that it was like one of the nicest places in town. we are like 10 blocks from were the presidents house is. So anyway the houses all looked really nice but they were all fenced in with bars on the windows. we didn´t knock or buzzer any doors because we didn´t think we could give a good lesson if they let us in. so we just did street contacts. It was super frustrating. We started at 1:00 and the first three people i tried to stop and talk to didn´t even look at me and kept walking. but as the day progressed things got a little better. We gave out a few folletos and taught a few principles. We will work that area for the next two Saturdays. Next week we have a lesson to teach with a guy which is super scary, because this is not a role play any more it is for really. After our lesson we will probably knock some doors. before we head back to the bus we are aloud to go get some food. so my comp and i went the this huge street on the very edge of our area and bought some alfajores which are kind of like wagon wheel grandma would bring but there is more then one type and are usually filled with doce de leche. The older missionary's said that this area was super hard to teach in because the people are so rich and feel like they don´t need alot. they said the last area they were in was dirt poor but everyone was nice and stopped to listen. But the down side was safety. They said people would look at you and put there finger by their eye which means i am watching you or get out of here. Others would make guns with there fingers and shake there head. But you don´t need to worry no one that i know of has ever been robbed or hurt.