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

 Last week when we talked to Luke he was a little bummed that his area was struggling. It's hard to travel around the mission and still find success in your own area.  Also this area is known for being hard.  I told Luke we were going to fast for him.   I remember when my family fasted for me when I was on my mission and I remember the miracles that happened after they did.   We fasted yesterday and it was awesome to hear Luke start the conversation today with "We had a miracle this week!"  Fasting works!  Saturday night they were walking home and there was a lady that stopped them and asked them if they would come and teach her family! WHAT!??!  That was a miracle in and of itself!  Another miracle is that this woman is married!  That is one obstacle the missionaries face all the time, couples living together and not married.  So that was a tender mercy.  So they went and taught Mirta and Juan Ramone.  They had ...

Well Luke needs our prayers.  His area is very hard and so far they haven't had much success.  But I remember on my mission when I was struggling, my family fasted for me and I felt that power lift me up and we found success.  So this fast Sunday we are fasting for Luke, that he will find those who are ready to hear the gospel!  They might not be finding anyone right now, but one success is Luke has mastered driving a stick shift and now wants one when he gets home :)  ha ha ha!  I'm so glad to hear that too because I was worried about him driving around the streets that he says are a "free for all" without traffic lights etc.  Yikes!  So knowing he is doing better at driving stick calms my fears a bit :) I loved hearing Luke reflect on his mission and what he has learned.  He said a few things that stand out (and hopefully I'm close to how he said it...) Missions change you and let's you know you can be better and so can everyone else. Missi...

 What a week!  So many exchanges that Luke couldn't even keep track!  There are 10 zones in the mission and Luke and his companion have to go on exchanges with each set of zone leaders each transfer.   He said it is exhausting because there is such expectations when they do exchanges, the missionaries get excited to be with the AP's and expect to learn something, and Luke is just exhausted and wants to rest. :)  But he is loving it.  One perk is that he was able to go to his first area this week!  It was exciting to see how people were doing.  And of course Natalia, his second mom, was so excited to see him again!   The real exciting news this week was that Gustavo and Natalia got baptized!!!!  So excited for them!  They worked so hard to get to this point and they finally got to enter the waters of baptism and make a covenant with Heavenly Father!  What a huge blessing!  Elder Backman told Luke it was so funny b...