This is what Paul had to say at the end of November:
Hey guys, it’s me again. Thanks for writing. It was nice to hear from everyone at home.
On Friday Elder Callaghan and I had to help the assistants by taking the new missionaries downtown to do some paperwork. While we were inside it rained a ton, so that by the time the assistants got back to pick us up, the city was completely flooded. Oh yeah, I don’t think I’ve mentioned that Resistencia is like on level with the river here. When it rains a lot, the city streets fill with water up to about a foot and a half, and stay that way for a few hours until it can drain out. But anyway, Elder Eliason, who was driving, tried to go down one of the more flooded streets and sure enough, water gets into the motor of the van he drives and we died right there. We had to jump out and push. Did I mention that the van had four people in it, and in was in about two feet of water? It was really heavy. Elder Callaghan and one of the assistants, Elder Lescano and I ended up pushing the car like five or ten blocks, and then Elder Eliason got the car to start. Hilariously, Elder Lescano didn’t have time to change his clothes before going to zone conference and teaching like fifty missionaries, so he just did it in his soaked suit.
The funniest part of the story is a man named Marcos Coreo. He's a convert of about two or three years who is in the bishopric in our ward. He is a great guy who has a ton of excitement for everything. Sometimes even too much excitement. We never see him unless he’s dressed like a missionary, and he ALWAYS wants to help us. Well anyway, Elder Callaghan and I had taken off our ties to protect them from the rain and were pushing the car, when out of nowhere we hear 'ELDERS!' and out comes Marcos running from behind to help us push. And what was even funnier is that he was dressed exactly like us, and had left his tie behind. I love that guy.
As for investigators, we have a few that are progressing. One of them is a man who teaches catechism (or however you say it in English) for the Catholic Church. It is going to be rather difficult for him to change, but he is reading his Book of Mormon regularly. We get to teach him again today, so I’ll see how it goes.
Sorry that the blog is so behind!
