July 23, 2018

July 23, 2018- 48 weeks down, 29 left

It was better than the last. Mostly.

I just got finished reading your email and dads email. 

So glad that you guys are good! I absolutely love the pics... man oh man i wanna go to a country dance!

Monday was pday-

Tuesday I was with Hermana Chirinos in Trelew (i wasn’t in Rawson since Saturday). and we had to wait for the new hermanas in the terminal and say goodbye to Elder Arguello and Fellows. When elder fellows left, i cried like a baby, definitely one of the hardest goodbyes I’ve had to say. he cried too. 

We were able to work a little, but the day passed quickly and we had a lot to do, and i had to go back to Rawson to back my bags for Comodoro.

Wednesday i took off for Comodoro with the other leaders to go to Consejo, our meeting of leaders that we have with Presidente each transfer. We got there at night... it was so great to spend some time with Hermana Borba and my other dear friends again that i haven’t seen in a while.

Thursday was consejo. it was great, I was super tired and it was from 10am until 6pm only stopping for lunch.. but i love being part of the leadership and being able to talk to presidente and help make decisions and feel the love and animo. Always pumps me up a bit.

Friday morning we traveled back to Trelew. I met up with my new comp in consejo Thursday. She’s amazing! She was Hermana Molina’s comp, and also Hermana Chirinos. She served in Andino, my area in Ushuaia, and baptized some of my investigators°! made me so happy to hear all about the branch and the members and my people.

We get along really well. Both really high energy and workers so its been an eventful weekend haha.

Friday when we got back to Trelew we had a meeting with the zone leaders to prepare for another leaders meeting, with the district leaders later that night. and it went realllllyyyy well. there is a lot more animo, because these leaders are all brand new leaders and are obediente and hard working. So we are pumped. 

We only got to work in the area Saturday this week. It felt sooo nice to get out there and teach. I found one new person to teach, but now she’s not answering...so we will see what happens. its so so sad. All of my investigatores left me. All of them. my new district leader looked at my area, and numbers, and said that its basically dead. I got a little mad...then calmed down cause i know that I’ve been working a lot and like you said, its ups and downs and surely  an up will come soon. i think these last few weeks have turned me pretty negative, so I’m trying to improve that

Sunday me and my comp literally ran the ward

Saturday night 10pm bishop told me i was going to give  a talk the next day... so i wrote it Sunday morning. my comp gave her testimony, i gave a talk, i directed the music, she played piano, we said the prayers during the classes.... literally we ran the ward hahahaha

But Saturday.. ok one tender mercy that i saw.

We were contacting, and walking by a house with dogs. i felt like maybe we should contact it, and i looked at my comp and she turned to me and said “Hey i feel like we need to contact that house.” it was neat. So we went and knocked and knocked and no one answered. Finally, someone came out. She was on the phone and when she saw us she said Hey i'll call you back, i need to get this. Me and my comp looked at each other like, Wow thats never happened before. So we started to talk. turns out she’s already received missionaries before, and would have let us in but she had visitors or something. No one ever lets us in, so the fact that she would have was a miracle haha. We invited her to church the next day, she said we could pass Sunday morning and go together! We said a prayer outside with her, and she seemed so touched. The next day, Sunday we were looking for her house. Calle Congreso Nacional. I was sure i knew where it was. so i start going, realize i passed it, so we go up another street. we start walking up this other street, Penaloso, and i realize I’m standing right in front of her house! i realized i mixed up the direction, but the Lord literally guided me right to her front door. It was a neat miracle. we knocked, and sadly, she was asleep so she didn’t answer and didn’t go to church. But i could still see that the hand of the Lord was in my day, even if the people used their agency to not receive us!!!

July 17, 2018

July 17, 2018- 48 weeks down, 34 left- only 30 weeks left actually, this count is off! YEAH!

Hi mom !!! YAY 11 months tomorrow in the mission! Crazyyyy right? And in like 3 weeks I’ll turn 20!!!

Glad you guys had a good week. Whats Dojo Boom?

Today is Ashlyns driving test? Qowww tell me how it goes! I’m excited for her! When does dad get home?

Hate to say it, but this week completely blew. again. One of the longest and saddest weeks of my mission. We didn’t get to work in our area the WHOLE week. We were so busy with my comp getting ready to leave, saying goodbye to people in Trelew and Madryn, surprise visits to the Hermanas, organizing a ton of crap that we have to do, waiting in 2 hour lines to pay huge debts on the pension... a ton of super fun stuff. It was a very sad and stressful week. and on top of it all, my comp went home. Seriously, I don’t want to remember this week anymore. I’m so grateful that today is the first day of a new transfer and a new start. 

Wednesday we were supposed to have the full day in our area to work. as we sat down to plan in the morning, the phone rang. A hermano from the mission that is in charge of pensions. He told us that we owe 3000 pesos on our pension and if we don’t pay today they are gonna cut out gas and light. And the elders also owe 7000 pesos. and the day before, the elders lost their phone and so we ran to the pension to tell them, and they weren’t there....so we ran all over Rawson trying to find them cause NO ONE knew where they were. FINALLY we found them and we went to deal out the mess with the money...ended up waiting in lots of lines and at the end, we got it all paid off in time. By then we were so pooped that we had lunch, did our studies, and then my comp had to start packing and finish some paperwork, and the day had already ended. Thursday we went to Trelew and Madryn so that she could say goodbye to some people. we walked ALL day across the freaking Patagonia and all the people served pizza and bread and noodles and the typical argentine gluten.... so at the last dinner at the end of the day... empanadas with the other missionaries... i was in the bathroom for 30 minutes dying and the elders had to give me a blessing. I wasn’t well enough to travel back to Rawson so we had to sleep in Madryn overnight with the hermanas there. I was dying and think i lost a little weight on the bright side haha. 

Ffriday we had a meeting in Trelew, my comp finished packing, studies, and we tried to visit some people but no one answered. we went BACK to Trelew for ANOTHER cena, and stayed with the hermanas there. Saturday morning 9am we went to the terminal and my comp left. it was super sad, i seriously miss her and her energy. The comp of Hermana Chirinos also went home, so now I’m with her until our new comps come.

Saturday we went back to Rawson for a ward activity i had planned with Hermana Molina. we collected 120 Liahonas magazine, put our information on them, and at 5pm planned to have al the members come and we were going to go around Rawson, gifting the magazines to everyone. Only 1 member came. our ward missionary leader. but we went all the same and put the Liahonas in the hospital, terminal, doctors, and a ton of other places, so it actually turned out all right in the end. 

Then they announced TRANSFERS.

I’ll be with Hermana Crespo!!! The other trainer of Hermana Chirinos! She’s from Buenos Aires. I’ve met her before and she’s really awesome, so I'm pumped. We both only have 6 weeks as hermanas capacitadoras. Hermana Overman (who arrived with me in the mission) is the new companion of hermana chirinos!

And the elders, fellows and arguello, are BOTH getting transferred away. Presidente closed their area. So now I am in charge of ALL of Rawson and Playa Union. NOOOO. haha. I was so sad when i heard. Fellows and i practically cried. We got so close as a district and i love those two elders to death. Now I’m without a district here in my area. alone. Nt super pumped about that part. 

Domingo was great, a part from the fact that a member wanted to kill me cause we never showed up at the lunch. they thought they had written on our calendar for this Friday, but they never did. So when I showed them the calendar after getting my ear talked off by the whole family about how we didn’t show up and they cooked for us and blah bah blah, I showed them the calendar super nicely and they realized they hadn’t written on it.... lol AH i was trying not to get pissed. Just smiled and showed the calendar. 

And now I’m here... writing you guys. My new comp wont arrive until Friday. And this Thursday we have Cosejo in Comodoro. so I'll be in Trelew until Wednesday, then i go in the colectivo alone to Comodoro for the reunion and to meet up with my comp there, and we return Friday. 

And Gabriel stopped answering, didnt get baptized, and NONE of my investigatores are answering or are home when i go by. NONE.

WOWOWOWOWOW did you get all that?

And Im so sorry for all the negativity and sadness in these experiences... i don’t want you to be sad or worried but i don’t wanna cover it all up and say it was a good week either, because it wasn’t. 

But despite it all, i was happy being with Hermana Molina, being able to read my scriptures, look at my photos, talk with the missionaries. 

But today i feel happy. Its a new start, I’m leaving all the crap in last week and looking ahead at a transfer full of activity, new people, new experiences, work, and baptisms. I’m gonna do my best, cause i want to be able to work! I miss teaching the people! I want to find more investigatores that respond , that WANT to learn. We are going to fast for a miracle this week. I’m excited for this transfer.

Soooo yep. 

how are you?

hahaha

Iloveyou. yay for Ben!Nah, just teeth whiting stuff, garments, bra, photos, cards, peanut butter if you can, reeses, zipblock bags too please...nothin else.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. You guys are the best family ever. I miss you and I love you! Despite all the crap, I LOVE where i am and what i am doing. its hard to imagine how life was before the mission!

LOVE YOU

amy

July 10, 2018

July 10, 2018- 47 weeks down, 33 left

Hey mommy! whats going on?

Hope you had  a fantastic week! I loved all of the pictures!!!!!! Ash and Buddy sure look like BIG people now... crazy how everyone is changing!

How are you? I hope you are well!

This week flew by for me. Between Conference, 4th of July, surprise visits to the hermanas in Trelew and Madryn and p-day… it just flew! I’ve been running around like a chicken with my head cut off hahahah!

I’m so glad you guys got to go to San Antonio, Little adventure! Looks like you all had a blast. How are the kids? Enjoying summer?

Haha poor Aly. did you guys put in a video of her surgery?

I just uploaded like literally 30 pics.. so enjoy haha. Ill try to upload the videos too.

We ate way too much this week... yikes. my comp goes home in a week from today.. so you can imagine its been kind of a sad hard week. She’s amazing though, not trunky at all... but still the fact that she will be home in a week, I’ll have a new comp, makes me sad. we cried a lot haha but don’t worry! I’m fine! Just cranking through the days. they seriously blow by. But i love it.

I love the people here. I love the missionaries, Presidente Salerno. I love being able to do divisions and surprise visits and counsel the hermanas. I was able to help a few of them this week. I’m gaining a little more confidence in respect to my new calling, but I’ve got a lot to learn still. But I love learning!

I realized the other day that I’m seriously fulfilling part of my patriarchal blessing....You will travel a lot. It says. And its true... I'm traveling more than i ever imagined!!!!!!

I love you guys! IM doing well. Happy and trying to be healthy! Played basketball a ton today. which was fun. played knockout and the elders were impressed that i won a bunch of times hahahahaha. love it.

besossss

amy

haha hi! i miss you too! Yeah weeks go by fast, days no. But don’t get trunky haha got 7 months today still! yay!

ayayay the kids, so crazy. poor Aly bear! Tell her hi for me

hahhahaahhaah whatta joke.....mom i couldn’t get my fat butt to run around the block 5 minutes even if i tried... i was WHOOPED after 30 mins of basketball...dying on the floor type of whooped hahaha.. you could outrun me in dos segundos hahaha

you are skinny! don’t worry!!!!!!!

I love you!!! yay for drivers license that i cant use! hahahaha. BuUt thank you. It will be so weird to drive again hahah. HEYYYY speaking of that sort of thing............when do you need to sign me up for my spring clasess at BYU? Can you check that out for me please? I would hate to miss the sign up day.... and looking for apartments..........

Seriously? 

hahahah i love my lakers pants... but the elders want me to burn them! hahahaha. yeah Elder fellows oh gosh what a crack up.. totally missed that, yikes

Jul 2, 2018

July 2, 2018- 46weeks down, 34 left

Hi mom! How are you? My week was..sucky but thats ok haha. I like hearing about your week more!

Thanks for all the pictures, they are fantastic. I love the funny descriptions. GEEZ Ashlyns room is huge and gorgeous! And why is Brandon so longgggg hahaha. I love your garden, I cant wait to eat all your veggies when I’m home! Cook you up some fantastic argentine recipes.

Seriously, you are gonna be shocked... one of my great achievements thus far is that i have learned to cook!! And everyone says i cook good!! Polenta, Guiso, ñoquis, pasta homemade, gonna learn bread now, stir fry thats kinda like arroz chaufa, and other stuff. I cant wait to cook all these things for you! and we are gonna drink mate together mom! haha

I’m happy! I’m happy that you are guys are doing super well, seriously. I love hearing from you each week! You mean the world tome!

Well, a little about my week...

It was pretty bad. Gabriel and Natalie, who were gonna have their wedding tomorrow.... separated. Gabriel is in Trelew, and Natalia here. Happened Saturday night. But we are still talking with Gabriel, he wants to keep learning, and I’m sure he will still be baptized, just maybe not this week. That was pretty upsetting for us.

The baptism of Alejandra that was supposed to happen two days ago... didn’t happen. She disappeared off the face of the earth basically. Answered the phone once this week and said that the next day we could have a appointment in the church, so we went and she never showed up and never answered after that. That hit us hard too. But we are gonna try some plans to find her and see what happened.

My comp is talking about home ALOT, and there are 5 missionaries in my zone gong home in 2 weeks., so its all they ever talk about. And its hard, because it makes me and everyone else trunky haha. But I’m trying to learn to just ignore the home talk and keep focused. Also, its freaking July... so time is going fast. I cant actually believe I’m here writing you guys again. And in 2 weeks ill hit 11 months in the mission, next month I turn 20 and wowww. haha! Trying to enjoy each minute. 

Despite all the bad news this week, we see miracles. Evidence to me that God really is in this work, He really is always helping us and blessing us even in the stinkiest of days. 

We found a new investigator, that has family that are members and has already assisted and has all the lessons. !!! Miracle. She accepted a fecha for the 28 of July, and is progressing now! Guillermina. 

Also, my comp, during divisiones found by accident a part member family, that invited them in the house (which never happens) and they had a fantastic lesson and now the mom, who isn’t member, is going to start receiving us!! YAY!!!!

Also we hit a all time high of lessons with members this week... 7!! usually we hit 4. So we were super happy.

And a miracle last night.. .we went and taught this family that we had only taught once.. Cecilia less active, Sergio and Luca not members... the lesson was FANTASTIC, they pay a lot of attention and are super respectful, which isn’t too normal here haha, and we put fechas with Sergio and Luka for the 28th also!!!!!!!!

MIRACLES.

SO the lesson for me this week is that even when things are crappy, ya feel sick and tired, the comp wants to go home, you have to do divisione, and your 2 set baptisms fall through, the miracles are still there. Heavenly father is still here at our side, helping us to move forward this wonderful work!

IM seriously so grateful to be here. I LOVE speaking Spanish, even though there are so many difficult trials that come with it.. people making fun of you... not being able to get your point across sometimes... I’m learning a LOT of humility. Lots. 

I realized I’ve gotten super used to the culture here. Super used to the people, the houses, the streets, the ways things are here in Argentina. The country is in a really trying time right now. We had to stay indoors all of Tuesday (ahhh) cause the protests were 3 blocks away, throwing some time of bomb thing and yelling and a ton of crazy stuff, police got involved and were pepper spraying people and hitting them. crazy.  We had to be careful this week walking in the streets.

And World CUp.. don’t even get me started. When Argentina plays, no one is out. I attached a funny video of that. We had to go somewhere during the game with Argentina, and at one point we scored a goal and the whole town freaked and was shouting and yelling without shirts on and it was crazy hahaha. 

And Saturday, when we lost, man oh man everyone was so sad. My comp cried a little. I tried not to laugh. 

We made ñoquis with Hermana Olga on Saturday, she’s so sweet. One of the first members in the Patagonia and helped build some of the churches. Has 13 kids and 30 something grandkids.. says she doesn’t remember all their names haha. So funny. I love her stories. 

My comp is great, I love her like one of my best friends. but man I’m gonna miss her when she goes. 12 days and she leaves for Comodoro. ahhh. 

I’m healthy and happy. Drinkng chia seeds with water lots haha. Trying to eat better.

OH Hermana Uribe, Presidente de sociedad de socorro,(Relief Society president) made me a dress this week! For conference, because its tomorrow. Thats why I’m writing so early, because we have to leave for Madryn now and there aren’t good cibers there.

Sooo yeah, I’m sure ill remember more to write... how are you!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!

love you

amy

and the next day!

hey mom!

Haaha surprise

So Monday we didn’t get to use all of our ciber time, so here i am... but for like legit 15 minutes.

i just wanted to tell you that I love you a lot! I had a great time at Conference yesterday, absolutely amazing. Presidente gave a great conference, and then I had an interview with him that was like 20 minutes!!!! We talked and talked, and he told me lots of plans about the mission, which really showed to me that he has confidence in me. He told me that he is super happy with my work and that I’m here with them, that I have his 100 percent confidence, and that he loves me a lot. It made me feel like a million bucks. He gave me advice and everything and i have a TON of animo and energy to finish off this transfer right!!!!! Got 12 more days until cambios. He doesn’t know if the hermanas capacitadoras will stay in Rawson, or be moved back to Trelew....but 99 percent chance ill be staying. so we will see what happens. 

i LOVED conference a T ON!

Today we have a mini p-day until lunchtime. so we will only get to work this week part of today, Thursday, part of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday(my comps last Sunday in the area)... so its gonna be a real short fast week.. and the next week (semana 6) even shorter, with divisiones and farewells for my comp and travels... ahhh.... why is time going so fast? 

Pray that my investigatores can keep progressing even though we have so many things to do, and so little time to visit.... thats the challenge right now. I have so many people i need to visit and teach and help, but theres just no time! AH! haha. 

I love you guys. I hope you have a great week. I told Hermana Salerno all about how you have a farm in the backyard now and she was laughing a lot. Said that you replaced me for chickens hahahah, and its true! 

I love you! I hope you aren’t too sad that you missed me TWO times this week HAHAHA joke joke. I’m actually so accustomed to the mission now that i don’t depend on writing like I did my first few months. First few months, if i didn’t hear from you or didn’t get to write, I’d be depressed for like two days... now its like Alright no me importa jaja. I love you guys, but its a good thing, because it means I’m more independent, more confident, and used to the mission! I’m so grateful to be here. I don’t wanna leave. I love it here. I love my mission, the missionaries, the work, the studies, teaching the people, the miracles.... its amazing. Im learning so much about the book of mormon, revelation.... amazing. I love it. 

Can you do me a favor and check my personal bank account? I keep taking out some money to spend, and i want to see how much is left and if everything looks good.

I love you! 

Still dying over Lebron James... i have my lakers pj pants here....... I’m really considering burning them with the elders (who also hate Lebron= this next p-day… hmmm... hahahahah! LOVE YOU!

LOOVEEEE YOUUUUU

ames

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Mucho amor, 

Hermana Holt 

Jun 25, 2018

Jun 25, 2018- 45 weeks down, 35 left 

hey!!! Yeah, there is a paro general today.... (general strike??) in my pueblo but the Ciber Cafe is open so yay!!!! haha! Here i am!

Thats really interesting what you said at the start of your email about telling you guys about the scary things of my mission.... inspiration? Don’t worry, nothing bad happened this week. But it is really crazy where I am. Mom, its gotten bad here in Argentina, or at least the province where I am. People are out of work, theres no money, everyones scraping by. This week, we were going to have a lesson at 4 on Friday... and at 350 she sent a message and cancelled...and at the same second, Lucia (my converso) sent a message that said she is out of work, has no food, really bad economically, and had to send the 2 boys to their dad (who lives in another part of Rawson) because she cant feed them this week...  so me and my comp looked at each other and we ran to the pension and grabbed all the food that we could (which we didn’t have very much in the first place), made some notes and scriptures and dragged it all to her house immediately. She was so happy  to see us, and to receive the food. When we got there, I looked around a bit, and realized she literally had nothing. And was alone. And sad. It was awful. But until she can find work, thats how its gonna be. Seriously mom, the people are really bad off. There are huge strikes two streets away from my pension where they burn stuff and have banners and break windows for the last 6 weeks. And sometimes we hear loud shots, I don’t know if it is guns or something else. It’s crazy. But I’m not even stressed, its like a normal part of the day for me now haha! But don’t worry, everything is tranquilo with me! 

Good boy Brandon! Whatta good kid. I cant wait to see how big he’s gotten. And poor Aly...That sounds pretty miserable. When is she getting her wisdom teeth out?

San Antonio! Truck! GARDEN! Awww I want your fruits and veggies! You would love the verdulerias here... little veggie stands. We go each P-day to buy onion, potato, bell pepper,. carrots... all that good stuff. I try to cook veggies when I can! They give us a lot of fruit as dessert after lunches.. I’ve even come to like banana now! and oranges a little...although they aren’t my favorite. The apples here are kinda nasty but when I buy peanut butter I try to eat them haha. 

My chicken babies love my veggies HAHAHA I literally laughed out loud when i heard that. I miss your voice!

Ayayay Ashlyn... don’t know what to say. It’s a part of her personality right now, a part of her life. But don’t stress! Just do what YOU have to do, pray always, lead by example, treat everyone the same and with love... and she will have her own experiences that will help her to grow. Let her have her own agency, but just help her to see the negative side of a life without the Gospel. It will all be alright mommy!! Explain to her your worries!

Haha let the kids go get ice cream. Go get it with them! Go do stuff! Do something different, something fun and a little crazy each day! Don’t get stuck in a same boring routine, but don’t go be completely insane either. Thats something that keeps be sane and focused in the mission, we go do quote on quote crazy spontaneous things sometimes to keep our lives interesting and make fun memories together. Just do it! HAHA! I love you!

I’m happy and healthy! This week was super super hard, a lot of lessons fell through. BUT we saw a TON of miracles.... Alejandra, one of my old investigatores, is investigating again and has a baptismal date for... THIS SATURDAY!!!!!! And Gabriel is progressing a ton, waiting on a paper to be able to confirm his wedding date for the 3rd... and be baptized the 7th... he’s pumped..we are pumped...

This last Monday, we were sitting in a bus stop when a lady started talking to us. We taught her right there in the bus stop, during p-day, and put a baptismal date with her for 21 of July.. and she accepted! we had a lesson in the chapel with a member a few days later. the investigator se llama Lorena. Lorena even went and bought a little notebook to take notes on everything we teach! SHES A GOLDEN MIRACLE!!!!!

and yesterday after church, we found a less active sister whose husband and kid aren’t members. We called, and she let us come right over. We had an amazing lesson, and the kid (Luka) had his friend over for the lesson, and it was amazing. We have a return lesson tomorrow or Wednesday!!!! Seriously, huge miracles. Everyone said that Rawson was a dead area.... NOT AT ALL. We have 3 baptisms lined up, and I’ve already had 4 baptisms here since i arrived! MIRACLES FROM THE LORDDDD!!!!!!!! I LOVE THE MISSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE my comp. She’s literally an angel, and we are already best friends. I’m gonna miss her so much when she goes home. She’s not trunky or dead at all, works a ton (como negras! as we say here in Argenetina) haha. We have so many jokes. She always does my hair or stuff. And i always cook for us two when I get stressed. We have a great relationship haha.

Also, my district is like my family. Elder Fellows is such a good guy, we have become great friends. And Elder Arguello too! I love them!! I am so happy when I'm with them!

I put goals to not speak a work of English this week (because sometimes I slip now that Fellows is here, he doesn’t speak a lot of Spanish), and to have more confidence and stuff. I’m excited for this week! We have two divisiones...and preparing for the baptism, and next week is zone conference... oh boy oh boy

Anyways, ask more questions, tell me more! I LOVE YOU TO CALIFORNIA AND BACK

ames 

Jun 18, 2018

Jun 18, 2018- 44 weeks down, 36 left

hi mom!

how are you? i love you too! Wow, looks like you guys had a fantastic week!!!

i love all of the pictures.

My week was good too. busy, lots of traveling. I was only in my area for like 2 days this week. Tuesday we had my first divisions. I got to go with.. Hermana Chirinos!!! My hija!!! It was super awesome to work with her and see her growth since the time i was with her in Ushuaia training her. We had some great moments and great lessons that day!!! I attached a funny video that we took during estudio de idioma with her haha.

Wednesday was a leaders meeting and traveling and we were so pooped haha. 

Thursday we finally got to work all day in our area! and we saw lots of miracles... we had a lot of lessons and new investiagors and two family home evenings haha! Gabriel, our investigator, is waiting for a few papers that should come today, and him and Natalia will go reserve their marriage day !!!! They will be married July 3 !! AND GABRIEL ASKED ME AND MY COMP TO BE THE WITNESSES AT THEIR WEDDING!!!! We are so pumped. The lessons with him are going WAY good, and he’s progressing a lot. He has his baptismal date for July 7!!!!! we are so happy. He came to church and read the assignment in the libro de mormon!! WOOHOO! 

We saw lots of miracles this week. .... at one point, we were walking close to the chapel, and a man came up to us and asked if we were missionaries. He said that he was interested in the church and wants to know more about god.  He has some problems in his life and wants gods help he says. So the next morning we had a lesson in the church with him and a few members, that went really well! And we had a lesson over the phone the other day when he couldn’t come to church. He read in the book of mormon!!!! He’s got a long way to go to baptism, but its amazing to see in the interest and how the people really are prepared to hear the gospel!!

We also had to take a trip to Madryn this week to do a surprise visit to the house of the missionaries of  Madryn, to make sure they were being obedient, working, and that their pension is in good shape. Man, traveling really takes it out of me haha. 

Saturday we had an awesome zone meeting in Trelew.  Because world cup started this week, everyone’s going crazy and Saturday morning Argentina played, and so no one was in the street. We had a huge meeting to organize some things, memorize a scripture, work on family history stuff and had a testimony meeting. 16 missionaries. i love those guys so much mom. Its like my family away from home!

Sunday was great. I love Sundays now. I LOVE going to church. There was no one to lead music.. so i had to do it.. even though i don’t know how... i was just waving my arm around like a madman and my comp and the elders were dying laughing through each hymn... hahaha not so funny for me!!

Hrmana Natalia taught us how to make noodles homemade with a little bit of flour and lots of green veggies!! They are soooo good! We will be making them again today  haha,. 

I LOVE MY COMP. She’s literally the best comp I have ever had. She finishes in a month, but she’s not even trunky. She works, and knows when to have fun and relax. We work SUPER well together. She’s from Buenos Aires. I love her!!!!! She’s helping me a lot with my Spanish and confidence and everything!

We made empanadas last night haha  (gluten free) but when the elders caught wind.. they came right over and ate almost all of them hahahaha oh elders. gosh.! but yep that was my week. I’m happy. Time is passing fast. I hit 10 months. I'm actually like old in the mission now... mas o menos hahah!!! i feel old! i feel experienced. i cant believe its been 10 months. and in less than 8 ill be home. sadness. but happiness!

Just gotta keep focused and keep learning and enjoying each minute of the mission!

So glad that your trip went well. MADDI SERIOUSLY oh my gosh are you serious that is SO amazing i am SO HAPPY I NEED TO BE THERE HAHAHA oh myogshhhhhhhhhhH!!!!!!!

Love the pics. Wish i could have been there! but so glad you got to enjoy your time and that the drive went well. AGT WHAT SO SICKKK!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE THE DATE PICTURES HAHAHAAHHAAHHAHA those made my freaking day!!!!!!!!

Man you are skinnnnyyyyy mom!!!

write me! love you so much

ames