Monday, October 19, 2015
This week was a special one! I got to check off an achievement in the to-do list this week! For the first time in my mission I helped a couple unite themselves in the not so holy bonds of marriage! Here, no other church, besides the Catholic church, has any rights to perform marriages so Marilin and Nazareno got married civilly. This next week, well, this Saturday, Marilin will be baptized! It is the culmination of the work of many missionaries throughout the years. They have been engaged for 3 years they said and just barely tied the knot. It was a super cute little ceremony. Nice and short. It’s tradition here to throw rice at the newlyweds as they walk out of the church, or in this case, the municipal building. You already know that they got bombarded by a tooonnnnnn of rice! Everyone, even the babies participated in the volley of rice throwing! Afterwards they had a little reception party lunch after. It was nice. It’s a tradition also to dance with the newlyweds. I’m not so disobedient to dance with Marilin but you bet your bottom dollar that I danced with Nazareno! We showed the world how the waltz is done!!!!
Here on Sunday, and I think exclusively in Argentina, was mother’s day. I honestly felt more of the mother’s day spirit on Sunday than I did in May of this year. The branch president in the sacrament meeting shared a memory that he has of his mom who passed away about 25 years ago when he was just 13. He told how his mom did not know how to read or write and she was mortally ashamed of it thus impeding her from enlisting her kids in school for fear of having people know about her weakness. President Voitina then proceeded to tell how he was forced to enlist him and his brother in school alone. When he was of age to go to high school he finally went to school and he was terrified to make the change. The first day his mom ironed his favorite shirt and shined his shoes for him. When he was several blocks from his house on the way to his first day of high school, he was struck with fear and he peeked over his shoulder only to find his mom standing in the middle of the street in support of her son. He said that seeing her there gave him the confidence and support he needed to proceed toward his new school. As I heard that story I couldn’t fight the tears. I have been blessed in this life with such an amazing mother that loves me and has supported me through everything. She has forgiven me and has even smacked very much sense into me when I needed it. I love you mom for all that you have done and do for me to this day. Te amo. 😘
My second to last week. Weird.
I love you all sooooo much! Please pray for the Rodriguez family. They are going through some rough times!
Con mucho amor,
Elder Spencer McKee
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