July 9, 2012 Hola Familia! How is it going up there? Its cold down here. I am glad to hear that everybody seems to be doing good and healthy and happy. At least thats what I assume if its not the case :) Well this week was a little harder than the previous semana. We had so many great investigators going so well and then the enemigo did what he does and all thier baptismal dates dropped and I feel like we are back to the drawing board. Oh well, that is kind of the name of the game. We were really excited to see the Gutierrez family get baptized all together this Saturday but it looks like that might take a few more weeks now. Its all good. ITS SO HARD TO FOCUS ON THIS LETTER! there is so much music and everyone is trying to talk to me at once. The internet cibers here are like big dance clubs!!! Anyway, we had some interesting things happen here. During the hours from 1:00 PM to about 6:00, this country is a ghost town. We don´t usually have much to do during this time so we usually spend this time knocking doors, looking for a new apartment, or opening the mouth with the one or two people that are outside. Well this week we decided to explore the area a little bit, trying to find a man who has been coming to church for about 3 years or more but can´t get baptized because he´s not married. On the way out to his middle-of-nowhere house, we found several European girls riding by on bikes, and then a couple of americans were just a few minutes behind them. I heard them speaking english and so I very wittily and quickly prepared a greeting. As one of them rode by, I said, "Hey, whats up." He replied in the same manner. This was a wierd experience for me as I have not greeted anyone like that in a little while. The casual manner in which he responded was kind of wierd for me... We are in a different country after all. Whatevs. We never found the guy, but we did run into Hans, our latest new investigator. He is from Belgium and knows English, Spanish, French, German and Dutch. He sticks out just a little bit from the rest of the Bolivians here, and better yet, he was a referral from someone. I have never taught the Gospel in English, so this will be interesting. Beside that, We didn´t really have a super eventful week. On the 4th of July we sang the Star Spangled Banner in district meeting, and that was pretty much it. Today is the 9th of Julio, which is the 4th of July for Argentina, so its going to be exciting tonight. Anyway, I hope you all are good. I am great. I will write you again in about a week. Exactly. Love ya! Elder Daybell