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Kenny’s week 54: The referral happy dance, SWAT takedowns, and trying “hígado”

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Transfers came and went! I’m pleased to say… of the 50-something companionships that were moved around, all changes were successfully executed!  - We had an interesting experience this past week, the day after transfers we left a little bit late from the office, and went to visit some members who lived in our area. On the way there, this one lady stops us and asks if we could help her sister who had recently tried to kill herself, but was under the impresión that God was telling her to do it. We got her number and set up to go by the next day, and not 30 minutes later after we left the house of a different family did we see that they had called us and said that the sister was actually in the house and we should go by right then. So we did exactly that and met Estrella, Cecilia, and Mauricio. Not even before we could sit down, we heard shouting at the front door, and the Police start forcing their way into the house (at this point we’re thinking they're selling drugs or something an...
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“Faith to TRY vs faith to DO!” Kenny’s week 53

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Hey howdy ho I'm still going strong! No nonsense-- let's get rolling - Amazing splits with Elder Nicolás, he is one of the Zone Leaders here in Zona Norte (the northern Zone in Rosario), we ended up finding this one family inactive in the church, and scheduled one of the daughters in the family on baptismal date. It was crazy since we were just walking by and the Dad of the Family was outside and invited us to pass by, so we got to know them through that. So cool how God works!  - We were working in the office like normal, when all the sudden... The power cuts out. Were all like "Uhm, that's weird but it should come back on in a bit..." Five second go by. Then we start to hear, and I kid you not, explosiones inside the walls of the office. Long story short, someone was trying to mess with the powerlines outside the building (as in trying to steal the cables) and that caused some overloading and surge of power in random intervals. Then the socket in our room explod...
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Kenny‘s week 52: returning the favor to the Lord!

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Here we are again! The transfer is coming to an end here in a few weeks, and I'm getting all the details ready for when people start traveling haha - This past week was very much focused on finding new people who'd have interést in the Gospel, it was a bit tough but had some great moments. We've been trying to get our recent converts to have strong relationships with our active ward members, so we go walk together with these member familias and visit friends and other converts, it's all pretty cool! - Office craziness! We lost Internet and all just suffered for a day trying to get contracts made and payments done... It was a BATTLE but we were victorious (I reference the picture of me dead on the ground) - Pancake Pday! I've mastered making Pancakes on anything other than a skillet... It's so weird but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do haha - Came across this whack store with American snacks and everything. Saw Doctor Pepper for the first time... I would have ...
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Kenny’s week 51: beautiful skies and baptisms!

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  Howdy guys! We’re nearing the year mark already, it’s crazy how time flies. Lets Chalk it up!  - We had the Baptism of our two friends Tomas and Lautaro this last week! They're brothers, and friends with Angel who got baptized last week! There’s such a strong spirit as God’s children start their covenant journey through Baptism to follow the Savior! - We had an EPIC lunch in the office, the bishop of our ward bought us a giant container of Empenadas and we just ate that thang up haha - And another food story: we made Orange Chicken and it turned out so unbelievably well. Blew my mind that a bunch of crazy 20yr-olds were able to pull it off. Good stuff!  - The weather keeps changing like crazy, it’s getting colder, and yet the clouds just like to blow our minds with how beautiful they are. There was a giant one in the sky one day and we were just struck in place staring at it... "woah" was the only word said between the three of us haha - Of course, every day is filled w...
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Viviana & Jed Wilkinson visit!! Week 50

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Mom’s Facebook post:  BEST 20th birthday gift ever for Elder Kenneth Chalk… a visit from our dear friends Viviana & Jed Wilkinson!! Thank you guys for driving hours to treat Kenny and his companions to a fancy dinner!! 🥩 🥰 A big piece of our hearts is in Argentina with you all!  #VivianaGetsHomemadeBreadForever  #WeAllLovePeopleWhoLoveOurKids  #NoMoreTeenagersAtHome😢 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/?lang=eng Follow up message from Viviana: Elder Chalk!!! Ya estamos de vuelta y extrañando el mejor helado del mundo. Fuimos a esa heladería que nos recomendaron después de dejarlos en su pensión.  El dulce de leche con nuez es de otro mundo, pero también pedimos una crema con diferentes nueces (no me acuerdo el nombre)  que en este momento se me hace agua la boca de solo pensarlo. Fue un placer pasar un rato con ustedes. Nos encanto como se entienden de bien y la relación que tienen el uno con el otro. Gracias por se...
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Baptisms, Fruit Loops, & Spanish! Kenny’s week 50

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Hey guys! This is the first email going out as the Big 20 years old! Let’s hit the highlight reel! - Birthday! After a fun debate on what the heck we wanted to do, we called it good and got ice cream. - Baptisms! Had a humbling opportunity to baptize some friends named Angel and Alan, both were so happy as they left the font! - Transfers! I got the epic  3:30am wake up to make sure nothing went haywire. It was a great opportunity to work on organizational skills. - New Companion! Elder Burton joined the trio! He's from Arizona, has about 18 months in the field. A solid teacher! - Easter Sunday! It was beautiful, we had an incredible Sacrament Meeting with a spirit incomparable to anything I’ve felt before! All the Elders did a special musical number of the song "Were you there," it was pretty amazing! The Primary kids all sang Gethsemane, maybe a few tears were shed of just cuteness overload haha. Then all the Elders of the Office got together and we ate a fun Easter lunc...
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