feliz dia de la madre en argentina

well yesterday was mothers day here in argentina. only country in the world that i am aware of that has mothers day in october. but whatever. so with that, our numbers in church were really low. not only in the zone but in the whole mission. but it was ok we still had a pretty good weekend in the zone with 10 baptisms and confirmations. it was tough cause i had to go to mendoza twice for the meetings with the 70, and i had to go work in other areas help out some elders. and go do interviews for baptisms. on friday we were out till about midnight trying to get this family all interviewed out in the middle of the campo. but we got it done and all went well. we are doing really well and having alot of fun.

the meeting with the 70 was awesome. he is in the first quroum of the 70 and i believe will be in the 12 here in a few years. he is awesome and had alot to say and help us with. i got to work with him and do practices with him and teach everyone with him a few times. and that was a very special experience. that is cool you got a pictured of me with him, what did the note say and what did you write him back dad... he talked alot about numbers and how we can make our mission better and how it starts with us the leaders to help all the other missionaries and alot of interesting ways to bring people back to church and to get people baptized. i am excited to use the things i learned and have alot of new plans and goals for my mission that i hope to see more success. he is from brazil and his accent in spanish kinda sounds like arnold swartchiznager is speaking in spanish. it was interesting but still a ton better then my accent and my ability to speak.

i learned that our mission every month is in the top 4 in our region in baptisms. and in argentina, generally 1, 2, or 3 since january. so that makes me feel good cause i know that i had a good part to do with some of that and stuff. so that is cool. and we are still on the uprise and i hope that by the end of my mission. mendoza will be back and be respected and be at the top of our region always.

i had a good week with all of that that happened. i also went on divisions in this area called zonda. i have worked there a couple times and know it well. but they needed special helpe and so i went out there to see what i could do and see what was happening. it was awesome. its an area surrounded by mountains up in the mountains. just a little valley with vineyards and stuff. it was cool. but alot of great experiences. we put fechas and found new people to teach an just tore it up. i loved it. some awesome experiences with alot of people. i loved it.

this week is a little wierd we will have transfers this week a week early cause president is going to cordaba to see the temple get dedicated and all the elders from peru have to go cause there visa is up. so we are ending a week early. and i have no idea what will happen. i hope i stay here for two more transfers, i love it so much and dont want to leave at all. but on wednesday we will find out and on friday we will do changes. so next monday i will let you know what happened and where i went. i also got a letter from the shurtz that was nice tell them thanks. do you still get together with them.... and i got other letters and i guess about 9 of my friends are married or engaged!!!! wow that was really wierd to hear that and think about that stuff. i still cant really comprehend it to much. but whatever. all is good. sorry it is so short i got to get things going and all the argentines have to call there moms and i need to get a zone meeting planned out. but i love you and hope all is well.

con amor

elder bigelow

Dear Bigelow Family,

I wanted to send this photo of your son today in zone conference with Elder Aidukaitis (First Quorum of Seventy). Elder Bigelow was participating in some practices that the missionaries were doing, and ended up sitting there for around 20 minutes. He and his companion are doing a wonderful job, and we appreciate their great leadership here in the mission. We just wanted you to see him in action, doing his best. You should be very proud of him. We see great growth in him every time we see him. We send our love, and hope all is well back home.

Love,
Hermana Lindahl