The 25 of May is a patriotic holiday in Argentina. Everyone eats a soup called Locro to commemorate what the Army that liberated them from Spain ate. Locro is a soup comprised of 5 parts pumpkin, 3 parts beans, and 1 part meat scrapes. Everyone gets together with their extended family and makes a giant cauldron of it to piece at during the weekend. As a side note, Locro does eactly what you’d expect to your stomach from a soup overwhelmingly comprised of fibrous vegetables😬
All week our weather app has been describing the weather as “freezing drizzle”. We’ve spent the week drinking hot mate while bundled up in jackets. I also bought an artisenal hat to wear around our apartment.
The system to put money on bus cards went down in the whole city, and we were facing an hour-long walk home in freezing rain. We scanned our bus card and money for 8 bus rides appeared out of nowhere. The Lord watches out for His servants.
On a slightly more spiritual note, this week I have been focusing on making everything I do a form a worshipping the Lord. By thinking of how my prayer, my study of the scriptures, and even walking out the door every day to teach people are forms of showing my love for the Savior, I have felt so much more peace and satisfaction in my life. When we look for the blessing of the Lord in our lives, we find them.
Elder Hansen
