August 30th Weekly Letter

Hello hello. Yet another week has past. Time is just meshing together now. I dont even know what happened this week but now im here. Its just flashing by so quick. 

Looks like texas was a blast for everyone. Except maybe andrew. Hope you feel better. But in the future, well go skiing and wave running and have our fun so dont worry. I think when i get home i will want to relax and enjoy the family and visit everyone. I look forward to that and am working hard so it will be that much better and satisfying. 

Now for the new things going on down here in the good old Patagonia. NOt too much. The country is getting strict with the gringos and really are not nice to us. At wal-mart on p day last week we went to buy food for the week. As i was paying i pulled out my missionary card VISA and my passport fotocopy like normal, and like i have done the past year. The woman says to me uhhh su DNI  no teneis? I was like.....uh no i always pay like this and its always ok. She is like you have to carry your passport around and then said....no, no you cant pay like this its illegal. I said and what about the last year when i payed like this? She didnt have anything to say just that its the LAW that we cant pay like that. Well long story short, a huge commotion was made in wal mart cause i was a little mad that they just pulled it out of nowhere that icant pay. So i said ok, ok, next time i will bring my passport. (im not bringing my passport) But man they let elder real and castillo through without problem the same way i payed!! No problem. It sucks being a gringo here. But oh well. what you gonna do. 

The work is going really great! We are having success and really seeing some people progresws i love it. Im excited. 

We are in the process of moving out of the casa grande, thats our p day today is to move the whole thing. Everything here in the mission is getting more strict. Were doing service for our p day and we cant go to p day de zona on monday with the whole zone but thats ok. They are all going bowling. But today were going to finish moving and go up to the peak of neuquen and hang out and see the bardas which are just the cliffs. Everyone in the office is against each other i feel like, the assistants and us. Its weird but oh well. I love everyone.

OH! something crazy real quick. We went to the bank friday morning to take out 50k pesos for the mission safe to pay rent and stuff like that. We are wating in line for about 20 minutes when i look out the window and see a line of people marching with pickett signs. Next thing i know, they come in and start blowing a whistle and throwing ripped up newspapers and yelling and just putting signs all over the placer. It was a RIOT!!!!! SO nuts i have never seen anything like it! I was scared cause we had tons of money but we got out safely and were good! 

Lots more i could tell ya but i got no time! Sorry maybe i will send more pics next week!

Love you all! The church is true!!

Chao, 

love, 

Elder Westensee