ElderBigDawg Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Finally, after a year of preparation, I finally received my mission call! There is cause to rejoice! I'm being called to labor in the Argentina Salta Mission! Wow! What a surprise! And I get to learn Spanish too! I need to be at the MTC on Dec 17. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithLBrown Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Congratulations on receiving your mission call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven22 Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Hey, congratulations! That is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenRaines Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Great that you have your call. Christmas in the MTC in Argentina? Do you go to Provo or directly to Argentina? Ben Raines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truegrits Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 WOW...Congratulations BigDawg!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanncrm Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 This decision will shape the rest of your life's decisions. God Speed. Jonathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susieSA Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Wowie.... Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemidakota Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Congrats on your calling to the field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applepansy Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Congratulations!!!! applpansy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightynancy Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Felicidades, hermano! Que le vaya bien...bien chévere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kona0197 Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Congrats to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElderBigDawg Posted October 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Do you go to Provo or directly to Argentina?Provo first. My Spanish is a little....nonexistent. XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Congratulations!!! That is truly awesome. Brings back memories. December 17th is the day I entered the MTC in 1981 :) My prayers and best wishes are with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenRaines Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 my son went to the Dominican Republic. They go to Provo until visa comes in and then to Dominican MTC. Didn't know if they have a language MTC in Argentina or not. Ben Raines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElderBigDawg Posted October 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Visa? What is visa? It was in my packet, but I didn't understand what it meant. I thought it was taking about a VISA card or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 congrats....my son went to Panama and had been home for over a year....all he needed was a passport....no visa....a visa allows you into the country ....some require one and some just a passport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightynancy Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 A visa is a document from the host government allowing you to be in their country for a specified period of time. :) You usually get it from the closest consulate. A consulate is an office that facilitates relationships between two countries, and helps aliens in residence with any issues they have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElderBigDawg Posted October 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 To help prepare, I'm going to get a copy of the Book of Mormon in Spanish and compare it with my English one, and also check out some Spanish 101 websites. That way, I'll be better prepared to learn Spanish at the MTC. I want to be as fluent as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarginOfError Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Congrats. Work hard and enjoy the two years before the best two years of your life. Don't worry too much about language prep before you go. You'll get plenty of that. Focus on the scriptures and read the other recommended reading. You won't have much time to do that once you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemidakota Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Ditto...Church provides an online Spanish version of the scriptures: Escrituras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rameumptom Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Salta's a neat area. I served 30 years ago in Bolivia. My last area, Yacuiba, was 5 miles from Argentina. One P-Day, We went by bus into Tartagal, Argentina (about 50 miles inside) with the assistants. While technically it was outside not only our mission, but our area, there were no missionaries in Tartagal at the time. A small scoop of ice cream in Tartagal was $4 back then! Ouch! I actually taught and baptized some members, who would technically be in your mission area. They lived right across the border from Bolivia in Pocitos. You will have gauchos in your mission. We had them come through our area on occasion. Some of them were easily close to 7 feet tall, and their clothing rather different. Argentine beef is the best in the world to eat. Lean, tender, and tasty. Part of your mission will be in El Chaco. This is an area of pampas that includes a portion of northern Argentina, southern Bolivia, and a portion of Paraguay. It is hot, very hot, in the summer in El Chaco (although not as hot as in the jungles of Bolivia, where some of its rivers dump into the Amazon). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfish Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 ElderBD, I love your enthusiasm! You'll be a great asset down south. And Christmas in the MTC . . . you lucked out. You're gonna love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElderBigDawg Posted October 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 My grandmother got me the Book of Mormon-D&C-PGP combo in Spanish! Awesome!She also purchased a Spanish bible for me too. I found out that there are no LDS-Spanish versions because the Catholic church has a copyright on it or something. Weird.ElderBD, I love your enthusiasm! You'll be a great asset down south. And Christmas in the MTC . . . you lucked out. You're gonna love it.Christmas at the MTC? Wow, that will be very lucky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rameumptom Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 I was in the Provo MTC in 1978 for Christmas. President Kimball and Elder McConkie came on Christmas Day to see all 2000 of us missionaries. Awesome way to spend Christmas.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYIVNU Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Finally, after a year of preparation, I finally received my mission call! There is cause to rejoice! I'm being called to labor in the Argentina Salta Mission!Wow! What a surprise!And I get to learn Spanish too! I need to be at the MTC on Dec 17.A yea to call? Prbloms with foone YES. Have too taxt message delay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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