Like I said last week it´s not the area it´s the missionary, yeehaw.

 This week has been good! I have never worked harder in my whole life. Between the office and the 2 wards we´ve got I´ve never been going 100% 24/7 like I have now and I love it! Even though sometimes I choose sleep over eating because we don´t do much of either, and even though we do a thousand things every day. Every day and every moment I feel the joy that Jesus Christ brings me. I feel happy and excited and energized and I am always able to feel the company of the Spirit with me. I love that, no matter the chaos, we can always feel that presence divine. 

So I wanted to share something that I thought of this week. I thought about how when I would go to the grocery store with my mom, she would often times buy me an ice cream cone. The total cost of the groceries was a lot more than the little cone, so she was always willing to use some spare change to get a cone. Another reason was that we were already in the store, and we didn´t buy ice cream cones in other moments so it was a fun treat seeing that we were already in the store. I was thinking about that, and I thought about the mission. Seeing that I am already out here, I might as well buy a little ice cream cone. Seeing that I am already paying a lot, I might as well buy a little ice cream cone. For me, the little ice cream is searching out any little thing I can change to make myself a more obedient missionary, or a happier missionary. Seeing that I´m out here already, already paying a lot for the groceries, it´s a treat to be able to find the little things to change and improve to be able to take advantage of all the blessings I receive. :) Let´s all buy ice cream.

Examples aside I really like ice cream I would like to go get some with all of you after the mission but I won´t be able to pay for everyone sorry.

Farewell.  

 Love, Elder Jerman

Our dear friend Walter got baptized!! I felt such happy when he was expressing to me the feelings he was feeling after his baptism. Baptism cleanses us!!

The gentleelders

My gentleelder, Élder Bentancour

A spiky boy... I have always liked the statues here

I am officially the most epic drive in the country

Holy cow everyone calm down I don´t even know who you are I am literally working harder than I ever have in my whole life

 Epic sky

Epic sign

Epic church that is ours that got broken into like 4 times this week and we chased a man away and now there is an electrical fence and a 24/7 guard shift

Epic woman who is honestly an incredible example of faith and bravery and strength and we were honored to be able to take part in her conversion to our Savior Jesus Christ. It´s not the area it´s the mission. No excuses, gangnam style. 

We are the epic bowl

 We pulled out that big drawer thing under that stage with the tables but it broke everything and then we used it as a bobsled in the middle of the gym

I was throwing away garbage with a Uruguayan companion and I threw it in aggresively and he said "careful sometimes there's people inside"

The veggie pizza here has meat on it

LOVE YOU ALL

Love, Elder Jerman

Balancing on my sand

Sister Escobar <3

President Escobar

Sea Lions

Me and my new companion Élder Bentancour

Stegasouras

I love my companion so much already he is the best!!!

Stanky Leg

This week was pretty interesting, we passed a lot of it preparing for a big conference, and the other half of it prepping for the changes tomorrow (Tuesday). We had our pday today, and considering some missionaries are leaving we did a big trip with President and his family. We went to various sites and cities, took lots of pictures, explored and ate. It was such a wholesome day. My mission President is one of the best men in the world, I've grown to love him a lot in this time working close to him. He teaches me so much!

This week I finished reading every reference of Jesus Christ listed in the index at the back of the Book of Mormon. It was something President Escobar challenged me to do in my training, and I took it to my other mission and continued doing it all the way until finishing this last week. It has deepened my conversion to Him. We cleaned another filthy house this week, and I had an interestingly spiritual experience during it. As I was cleaning mold out of the cracks in the tile of the shower, I pondered about how it was the 6th house we've cleaned in the transfer. I thought about how they were all found dirty but were left clean. Some were harder to clean, some didn't seem so bad until opening the toilet or the fridge, and others were okay when we found them and just needed some final touches. The atonement of our Savior is so so personal. Just like we went to each house one by one, he went to each house (person) one by one. He took his time with each, cleaning the dirtiest of the dirty and cleaning between the tiles with care and love. Leaving the house cleansed of the filth that we all develop over time until we humble ourselves and accept his "cleaning service". It's our responsibility to keep our house clean and always be willing to call Him back whenever we need (repentance). He happily and lovingly has cleaned each of us of our Sins. Spiderwebs, shower mold, food in the freezer, unspeakableness in the bathroom. And he's there to help us stay clean. Because He loves us :)

Some photos

Trying the epic "first one to take the plastic bag off their head loses" challenge

Very pretty sunrise

President Escobar and I  

There's a fire in Lego City

 This week we did 2 random travels to clean some house and deliver some important packages. It has been such a blessing to get to know more of the country in this way!! This week we have been able to see more fruits as they say or something like that, more success. I am loving it all and sorry for the short letter. Basically yolo and I love all my family and friends. Congratulations for having a day today I hope you have another one tomorrow, enjoy my photos below and remember that everything is awesome, everything is cool when you're part of a team. Cheers!

Love Elder Jerman

Been growing out my pinky nail let's goooooo

Very pretty place

My cute little corner

The drink is called Paso de los Toros and so is the place hence the bull

We met this famous skunk, tremendous lady