Week 20 in Uruguay: Feliz Ano Nuevo

12/25/17-1/1/18

Feliz ano nuevo!

Tuesday- Wednesday

     We had a zone conference and had to wake up at 5am to make it there. I was dead! My Spanish is improving, I made a joke in Spanish and everyone laughed so I’m going with they were laughing at my joke not my Spanish haha. After, we had a lesson with a family and they took notes on everything I said. It was awesome! They were really receptive and I bore my testimony about Joseph Smith and the first vision. The spirit was so strong. After, we taught this other family and this older lady talked all about basketball with me. I was in heaven! On our way home, it’s like 108 degrees outside and this guy tells me how, because of how tall I am, it must be pretty cold up where you are right now, right? Hace frio arriba, I died haha. Everyone makes jokes about how tall I am. Wednesday, we woke up at 4am to make the bus for my comp because he goes home soon. He needed to sign his card for Uruguay.  We ran for a straight ten minutes at 4am. I definitely felt like the toy “wheezy” off of Toy Story lol. We got to this place and took pictures, it was a pretty fun time. We then got to our area and taught this really old lady. I got her to think about baptism and when I was testifying about baptism she goes what did he say about Penerol. Lol. I died! That’s a soccer team here. She is partially blind and made me stand up a 1,000 times to show how tall I am. That lesson was so entertaining!

Thursday-Friday

    Thursday was “April fools” day here so my comp and I had a nerf war haha. I ate a freaking giant fish and worked from 2:30 to 9. We had so many doors slammed in our faces. This area is tough! We meet this older lady and she went off on us with so many words. Haha. I taught this family in English and we had a language study the whole time. They would help me pronounce words and I would teach English. Great trade! Later, we met this guy and he told me my Spanish is really good. Friday, I ripped my pants so BAD! It was like short shorts lol. At night, I got the chance to bless an older lady who needed to feel peace. The spirit was amazing and so strong. I wish you could have seen her face. It was so hot and I was dripping sweat but it was the best blessing.
    Well, I have messed up my back! We couldn’t work at all. It’s been hurting because of my bed. I now sleep on the floor to see if that will help but it’s the life of a missionary.

Saturday-Sunday

    We got our haircut from this barber. It was over an hour long for only me. By far the best haircut I have ever had! The offered my comp and I a free “black masks” lol so funny! It felt awesome.  The people love me there and want to set up a day to play ball. Finally! Afterwards, we walked for an hour and this one guy yelled at us and went off on us for our religion. Fun times!
    Sunday was eventful! At church, our lesson with everyone got super heated. This member taught and everyone was super into it. After church, I was trying to be helpful and closed all the windows. Little did I know you need two people to shut the windows.   I definitely broke a window and felt so bad. Pretty good impression I made my second Sunday here.  After church, we saw this guy lying on the floor so I decided to go help him. He was soaked! He drank like 10 bottles of alcohol and was out. I helped him to his feet and he first tried to kiss me, and then break my hand. It was the weirdest experience of my life! That night we cooked asado, so good!
    Well, Happy New Year! Make a difference and remember Christ is always there! No matter what happens it happens for a reason. Don’t let anyone or anything stand in the way of following the spirit! Choose to be happy, choose Christ!

Elder Knelly

Elder Trevin Knell
Misión Uruguay Montevideo
Dalmiro Costa 4635 Bis
C.P. 11400 Montevideo
Uruguay

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