Week 2 in Uruguay

8/22/17-8/28/17
Hola mi familia y amigos!!!

Tuesday

Today we had to change up our P-day because our zone got the chance to go to the Temple.  The temple is the best!  It’s been awesome to be able to go to the Mexico City Temple and now the Uruguay Temple.  There is no better feeling than being there.

Wednesday–Thursday

Well, to start I got spit on, lol.  I am just like Alma in Alma 8:13, he got spit on.  A huge loogie on me!  I was so freaking close to stopping!!  I hate kids that think they are all that, lol and there seem to be a few here that do no like the missionaries. We have a Fecha/dara for the 16th of September for 3 baptisms.  I am so excited! It is the greatest feeling to see people feel the spirit and know that it is true.  We taught this family and I got the opportunity to explain the book of Mormon to them. After I invited her to be baptized and she accepted!!!  It was the coolest thing ever!   She was 2 years being an investigator and because the spirit was so strong when hearing my words about it, she is being baptized!!! My comp asked this one random house if the girl’s dad was home.  It turned out it was the wife!  She looked so young! She got so mad lol.  She told us to leave.  I died laughing.  He was so embarrassed, it was so funny! Then we met some kids.  They were a little rough and so we taught them!  They made fun of me for my Spanish but it was chill.  I gave them a Book of Mormon and a mint.  They thought it was so spicy!  Everyone here has like 3 dogs, 2 cats and like 4 chickens, its crazy.  The dogs are some times really scary. Mold is everywhere, which is gross, but I‘m honestly loving it!  Haha.  It rained all day and it is so wet and so cold here. But when it rains, miracles happen! My comp is like my little brother, always talking in his sleep!  It’s hilarious.   The food here is both good and rough at times. I eat dried oats in the mornings and bread is one of my favorite and sometimes the only thing to eat. We get lucky somedays and get to eat at the home of some families.  The appetizers here are a full pizza haha then for dessert oranges for of the most homes. It is awesome!

Friday–Saturday

Well these days were crazy!  I invited this girl to be baptized and then we met this older lady.  I shared my first lesson with her and it was awesome! She is the funniest person.  I bore my testimony and after she asked me if she could be baptized, it was amazing!  The best feeling!!! She has a date for the 23rd of September! Ahh. I am so excited for that. There was this kid we taught thats about fourteen years old that I guess was super mean to his mom.   We taught them about repentance and the kid began to cry and saying how sorry he was to his mom.  The mom was really mean towards but she finally after like an hour of teaching her about forgiveness she came around. Her and her son are happy and hopefully will have the relationship they need to have.  We were also caught in a nasty storm.  It was pretty scary.  School was canceled and we were just hauling back while it was raining, lightening and super windy!  I love all the little kids here, its awesome.  I love it!  I also had the opportunity to give my comp a blessing and it was way spiritual.   He needed some extra strength for our long bike rides that are really hard and uphill. He is a great companion.   

Sunday

Well, we went out to our first Stake Conference.  It’s about as big as a normal ward, which is crazy.  We both broke our bikes, lol . It wasn’t the best day for us haha.  The lady that fed us gave us so much food.  It was awesome!  They are super nice but you also get the people that hate you.  We went to this house and they had 2 puppies so cute.  Sunday was a chill day.  Now its time for freaking P-day…ahh the best day ever!!  I love you all and all your love and support!

Elder Knelly