Elder Rose - Argentina Resistencia Mission Nov. 2021 - Nov. 2023

 Poor Luke was sick this week :(  Diarrhea :(  But he was in good spirits when we talked to him.  In fact we got exciting news this week....Luke called and said there is some kind of conference the weekend of Sept. 8th so the missionaries couldn't travel at that time.  So Luke had to decide if he wanted to go home Sept. 1 or Sept. 15.  He called to ask us....Well duh!  That's a no brainer!  Of course I wanted him home earlier.  But I really wanted it to be his decision.  So I tried to act like it didn't matter.  But when he finally decided to come home Sept. 1st I screamed!!!  IT'S SO CLOSE!  I can't believe it!  I'm sure we are making him trunky because all we talk about is when he comes home....we showed him his room (we made the playroom his bedroom), we got him a new phone, we unpacked all of his stuff, etc.   Luckily he is way too busy to get trunky :)  He showed us his calendar for the next 4 week...

 Manuel got baptized!!!  Luke said it was such a special day!  The Ward Mission Leader, Hector, is a recent convert and when Luke and Elder Suarez told him he had to conduct the baptism he got very nervous and had the missionaries come over to practice what he was going to say.  Manuel was so excited and felt such peace, he was very emotional afterward.  In fact he texted on the Elder's Quorum chat thanking everyone and telling them how much peace and joy he felt.   During the interview before the baptism they came to the question asking if they had ever committed a crime.  Manuel answered yes and Luke quickly told him he just had to meet with President Barlow.  (He didn't want him to expound and confess to him)  After the interview Luke started thinking "Hmmm, sometimes when we say crime they have a different idea of what that is"  So right before the interview Manuel said "By the way Elders, the crime is that I punched someone."...

 Another busy week of zone conferences.  Luke said it feels like he runs around like crazy keeping things running smoothly for the zone conferences and then when the conference ends he takes a deep breath and then has to go on exchanges.  Never a dull moment.  He was making us laugh describing his exchanges...sometimes he will go on the exchange and then when they go to bed there won't be any blankets or anything and so he used curtains for a blanket. :) ha ha ha  Manuel is still doing great!  He worked all night and still came to church the next day!  He is planning on getting baptized Saturday so we will be praying for him this week! Luke and Elder Suarez have 2 new people to teach...Margarita and her daughter Camilla.  They are Catholic and always said they didn't want to change.  But recently they have felt like they are not feeling peace at the church like they do in the lessons with the missionaries.  Margarita's heart has really s...