Hello Everybody!
I hope that you are all doing well. Has school started back up yet? I´m sure it has so I wish you all well in your studies. The mission is just delightful! I keep very busy here in the offices. There are a million things to do and only six of us to do it. To be honest I didn´t really expect to be so busy. I figured that being in the office ment more of a chilled-out relaxed work but that is not true! There is a lot of high-stress work here. It is nuts! Either way I´m enjoying being here and seeing how everything gets done.
Some cool news that is going on here in the mission is that we are on pace for a record-breaking transfer!! We have the goal to baptize 200 people this transfer and so far we are on track!! We have 28 baptisms so far and 170 baptismal dates! The good news is that we are at the very beginning of the transfer so there is much more work to get done. Also, there is going to be a marvelous baptism in a couple of weeks. An area in the mission is going to be baptizing a pastor from the catholic church! The man accepted a baptismal date after reading the Book of Mormon five times. He received it as a Christmas gift from a member. Where there is a will there is a way. The only big complication is that he has to write the Vatican to renounce his membership and title as pastor. We are all very excited about this baptism. It´s something very memorable for the whole mission and it is nothing less than a miracle.
Well, I hope you are enjoying this time in your lives. The Lord wants us to be happy and to receive all the blessings of exaltation. Don´t give Him excuses for not blessing you!
Have a wonderful week!
Later,
Elder Kevin Shepherd Page
Secretario de Materiales
Misión Buenos Aires Oeste
January 21, 2010
Jan.6, 2010
Hey Everyone!
So I have five spare minutes that I can write. Right now I have just been called into the offices as Secretary of Materials. The job is harder than it sounds. I have to take care of a ton of stuff. I have to make binders for the new missionaries coming in, do presentations for the mission, and do all of the mail and missionary items (i.e. pamphlets, Books of Mormon). Not to mention there are a ton of reports that I have to do about baptisms and stuff like that. It is a heavy duty job. I was really surprised to be called into the offices because usually they call younger elders to be there. I have 17 months and my companion, Elder Palacios from Chile, has 10 months. So I am one of the older guys here. There are several perks to being in the offices. For example, on Monday we had a steak dinner with the President and his wife. It was absolutely delicious. Then we had a spiritual office meeting on how we can improve the mission. It was the bomb!
So we have a rule that we go out and work from 4-9 pm after getting the office work done. I still haven't stepped a foot in my area because I'm doing things slower and the elder I replaced left me a ton of work to do. I'm just trying to get through this week and the next and then things will be more calmed down. Until then I'll be burning the midnight oil trying to get everything done.
Also, our area has been whitewashed and so we are going into a place we don´t even know. The sisters who were there told us that there are three investigators with baptismal dates and that we just have to help them overcome their problems with the baptismal requirements. I hope it will be as easy as it sounds.
Well, I gotta go and get to work!
Later,
Elder Page
So I have five spare minutes that I can write. Right now I have just been called into the offices as Secretary of Materials. The job is harder than it sounds. I have to take care of a ton of stuff. I have to make binders for the new missionaries coming in, do presentations for the mission, and do all of the mail and missionary items (i.e. pamphlets, Books of Mormon). Not to mention there are a ton of reports that I have to do about baptisms and stuff like that. It is a heavy duty job. I was really surprised to be called into the offices because usually they call younger elders to be there. I have 17 months and my companion, Elder Palacios from Chile, has 10 months. So I am one of the older guys here. There are several perks to being in the offices. For example, on Monday we had a steak dinner with the President and his wife. It was absolutely delicious. Then we had a spiritual office meeting on how we can improve the mission. It was the bomb!
So we have a rule that we go out and work from 4-9 pm after getting the office work done. I still haven't stepped a foot in my area because I'm doing things slower and the elder I replaced left me a ton of work to do. I'm just trying to get through this week and the next and then things will be more calmed down. Until then I'll be burning the midnight oil trying to get everything done.
Also, our area has been whitewashed and so we are going into a place we don´t even know. The sisters who were there told us that there are three investigators with baptismal dates and that we just have to help them overcome their problems with the baptismal requirements. I hope it will be as easy as it sounds.
Well, I gotta go and get to work!
Later,
Elder Page
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