Explosions

June 16, 2014

This week was a week of explosions.... quite literally. Remember how last week i said that protesters knew how to protest really loud? well futbol fans know how to be even louder. The streets went crazy sunday night with every single car and horn going off for about an hour straight. That is how we knew that argentina won their game. We couldnt work after 6:30 practically cause the game started and i think they must have thought it was general conference or something cause it was too important to listen to us...

The other crazy explosion was our bathroom this week.  I know, this already sounds like an intersting story. Every bathroom story i have had in the mission has been the best (calling your memory back to the time i got locked in one below my pension). So anyways... I woke up sunday morning and went to shower and our toilet was still running cause the little thing inside hadnt been sealed shut. So i took the top lid off to arrange it right and get it sealed shut and i may have slightly bumped the other little pipe thing in there.... and well that little pipe thing ended up being pretty important. water tarted rushing quicly out and overflowing and i tried aranging it to be back in it's place and well that just made it worse... it broke off.... that was bad. Water started literally shooting all the way up to the ceiling with a lot of force!!! So my companion and i shoved our hands in trying to block the hole off. my companion managed it pretty well and meanwhile we were on the phone kinda freaking out to our district leader... well he didnt know what to do so we called the zone leaders... they told us to ask a neighbor or call the landlord. First of all, i should mention that i KNOW that normally, in the states at least, you can turn the water off behind the toilet.... well yeah there was no water sut off key here.... So anyways, the zone leaders just kinda ignored our plea for help without really understanding the gravity of the situation. and it is about 7:30 in the morning... in argentina... on a sunday... NO ONE is awake. And luckily enough our landlords number had been lost a few transfers ago when the area got a new phone when some other hermanas had lost their phone. So the zone leaders ended up calling us back and meanwhile we had covered the shooting fountain of water with a cup which was dealing with it pretty well. They came over and it turned into the biggest hunt trying to find where in the world you would shut the water off to our apartment. We got up to the roof... we checked everywhere!! Our district leader ended up coming over as well to try and help....Finally after over an hour of theis whole ordeal of water shooting up in our apartment we were able to find the litte water key, which had been painted to be the same color as a wall!! So over an hour later from the time the whole thing started, we were 6 missionaries walking rapidly to church, 4 of us pretty wet with bathroom water (our district leader left nice and clean haha) leaving behind a bathroom that had been practically completely torn apart. 

It was crazy. So we still dont have water... i think someone will be coming today to fix it, but it was absolutely unheard of somebody coming to fix it yesterday, not because it was sunday, but because it was the day that argentina would be playing in the world cup.... hahha. 

So after that story... mission is great! Im staying in roca another transfer!! and with hermana Ernhofer as well!! yay for gringas! We're getting 2 newbie hermanas in our area which will be exciting:) And im so excitied for our investigatores that we are teaching!! I just love the people so much!! they are amazing! even if they are kinda crazy argentines:) But we do have an investigator that turned the world cup off for 15 minutes to listen to us!!! talk about a miracle!!! yeah argentina wasnt playing, but still, it was great:) He's Sergio... and we are trying to help him get baptised and be able to baptise his 8 year old daughter:) 

So i love you all bunches and bunches! 

Hermana Ashcroft

PS- dont judge me.... that story makes me look pretty aweful, but it totally wasnt my fault... not completely hahha. 

PSS- i have the funniest and best parents in the world!! my whole district loved the pictures and we laughed at all your comments!! 

PSSS- i also have the best sisters:) 

PPPPSSSS- FELIZ DIA DEL PADRE AL MEJOR PADRE DEL MUNDO!!! le amo mucha daddy and i hope you have the best day, or already had the best day seeing as it already passed. you are my favorite dad of all the dads. thank you for all you do, i look up and admire you grately. i also try to be just as funny as you, i aspire to one day achieve it. 

PPPPPSSSSS- feliz cumpleaños hailey!!!! that weird, you are old. stop growing up. but i love you!! hope you enjoy your work in park city and have a great birthday week!!! 

PS- i love the rest of you all as well:)