Popular Post mapman Posted December 23, 2012 Popular Post Posted December 23, 2012 I don't know if anyone cares that much as I haven't been on here much lately, but I got my mission call yesterday. I'm going to the Bahia Blanca Argentina mission. I report to the MTC March 27. This means that in a little while I won't be posting here for a few years, which I'll miss as there are many intelligent and funny people here. I'll just say that I've enjoyed being on here despite disagreeing with many things and saying many stupid things myself. I've learned a lot and I think being here has done a lot to make me better prepared to be a missionary, as I've had to think through my beliefs and talk to people who don't share all the beliefs I hold. I'm excited to bring the gospel to people and serve the people of Argentina! 5
blackstrap Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 (edited) Good news. My son went to the northwestern part of Argentina.Happy fishing(souls)! PS Mendosa Edited December 23, 2012 by blackstrap
Bill “Papa” Lee Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 I don't know if anyone cares that much as I haven't been on here much lately, but I got my mission call yesterday. I'm going to the Bahia Blanca Argentina mission. I report to the MTC March 27. This means that in a little while I won't be posting here for a few years, which I'll miss as there are many intelligent and funny people here. I'll just say that I've enjoyed being on here despite disagreeing with many things and saying many stupid things myself. I've learned a lot and I think being here has done a lot to make me better prepared to be a missionary, as I've had to think through my beliefs and talk to people who don't share all the beliefs I hold. I'm excited to bring the gospel to people and serve the people of Argentina!Good for you...
mercyngrace Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 (edited) Congrats Mapman! I served in Argentina a few years decades ago. It's a wonderful country with an enchanting culture and a proud, resilient people. You're going to love them and the whole experience serving them.In addition to teaching and preaching, you might consider adding these things to your bucket list:1.Try mate and alfajores2. Speak to one of the madres de la plaza de mayo some Thursday afternoon3. celebrate your birthday with flour, eggs, and polenta (it washes out )4. learn the basic steps of the cumbia so you can dance with small children (music is always playing somewhere and it will make the locals smile)5. eat what you're given and be grateful, most people give you the best they have and go without themselves6. help build a house in a villa miseria (misery village) because turning bricks and mud or sides of old buses into a makeshift shelter for a family you've come to care about changes you in ways I can't begin to describe7. LOVE everyone you meet (this one will be easy) Edited December 24, 2012 by mercyngrace 3
TAO Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 Congrats Mapman! I hope your mission is awesome! =)
firepatch36 Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 1.Try mate and alfajoresI never tried mate but it smells horrendous (I spoke Portuguese in Miami and knew some people who drank it).
mercyngrace Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 I never tried mate but it smells horrendous (I spoke Portuguese in Miami and knew some people who drank it).It's definitely an acquired taste. If you "toma mate" in the traditional manner, you have to add a lot of sugar or it smells like you're drinking hot boiled grass clippings. Hahaha. Some mission presidents forbade drinking with the mate and bombilla as it was considered a time waster to sit around chatting and passing the mate but I had one president who didn't care. So long as we were teaching the gospel or fellowshipping it wasn't any more of a time waster than partaking of a meal. You just had to know when to say "We've enjoyed talking but we have to visit another family" otherwise, you'll go native and sit around talking, singing, laughing and tomando mate all night.As for taste, I think it's much better to drink "mate cocido", like herbal tea in a mug, Then you add less sugar and some milk It's how many little kids drink it. Like you would give a child warm milk and cookies, kids would come home from school in their white smocks (dress code from Catholic run schools, as I recall) and drink mate with milk and eat bread or crackers with dulce de leche. That's a custom I could adapt to easily. Mapman, you should add dulce de leche with fresh bread for breakfast to your list... 1
BookofMormonLuvr Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 You will love Argentina! I served in the Argentina, Neuquen Mission 1994-1996 1
BookofMormonLuvr Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 And alfajores are the best snack on the planet!
cesc101 Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 Congrats!we'll be waiting for you on the flip-side of your mission...
Garden Girl Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 Let me add my best wishes, Mapman... how exciting for you to be going out and preaching the gospel. GG
Duncan Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 You will love Argentina! I served in the Argentina, Neuquen Mission 1994-1996did you know an Elder Renfro?
Calm Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 I don't know if anyone cares that much as I haven't been on here much lately, but I got my mission call yesterday. I'm going to the Bahia Blanca Argentina mission. I report to the MTC March 27. This means that in a little while I won't be posting here for a few years, which I'll miss as there are many intelligent and funny people here. I'll just say that I've enjoyed being on here despite disagreeing with many things and saying many stupid things myself. I've learned a lot and I think being here has done a lot to make me better prepared to be a missionary, as I've had to think through my beliefs and talk to people who don't share all the beliefs I hold. I'm excited to bring the gospel to people and serve the people of Argentina!It always floors me when I realize what age you actually are, there have been a couple of other posters that after posting for quite some time say "hey, just got my mission call" and I am like shocked and wondering what the heck have I been doing with my time that at my age I feel like I need to sit at their feet rather than being the teacher. Very inspiring all around.
volgadon Posted December 25, 2012 Posted December 25, 2012 Mapman, you should add dulce de leche with fresh bread for breakfast to your list...When I was 11, an Argentinian friend taught me to love dulce de leche. Yum.
Peppermint Patty Posted December 25, 2012 Posted December 25, 2012 Mapman,You are going to eat A LOT of good beef. Congratulations on your call!
Judd Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 did you know an Elder Renfro?Any relation to Jerry Renfro?
Duncan Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 Any relation to Jerry Renfro?couldn't say for sure!
mapman Posted January 2, 2013 Author Posted January 2, 2013 Thanks everyone! I'll have to see what Argentinian food I can find here in Michigan. I just realized how much paperwork I have to do to get a passport and visa and stuff.
ERMD Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 I served in Bs As North back in the 80s. I still maintain contact with people there. You will LOVE the people and the country.One of my Seminary students from a few years back is in that mission. If you run into Elder Robinson from Texas, tell him Bishop Dunn says hello!
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