2017.11.06 Week 72 - It's helpful to not be helpless.

Another fantastic week to be a missionary. We are getting super excited for the wedding of Jonatan and Yanina this Friday. They will be getting baptized on Saturday. The ward has really stepped up this time to try and help. These people are actually just really bringing a lot more union into the ward. A special detail were/was (literally can't tell the difference?) the invitations that the Relief Society president made, they are a really special rainbow cloud faded out picture of them. The coolest part? She wrote Jonatan and Yanila, her name is YANINA. Good thing these people are strong because the ward, ay ay ay (with a Mexican accent).

Yanina was walking to church this week and a bird pooped on her on the way. She headed home, changed, and came anyway. Please pray for them, Satan is starting to send even the stupid trials now.

Another cool part of the week. There are some hermanas staying with us right now because they were about to kill each other. They were walking down the street and got angry, both headed in opposite directions and then the elders had to go find them both. LOVE THAT. One of them is in the process of deciding if she wants to head home or stay here. So I spent a few days in Villa Seferino with one of them. A NIGHTMARE, but whatever. They didn't have a heater, hot water or food. I had to shower with a bucket. In the end, we solved all three of these problems in about 2 hours. 

It just really drives me crazy when people are so helpless. Obviously, they weren't getting along, I WOULDNT GET ALONG WITH ANYONE EITHER IF I COULDN'T SHOWER, SLEEP, OR EAT. It did end up being funny because now one of the hermanas thinks I am a certified electrician. When there wasn't hot water I did what seemed obvious to me. Went to look at the water heater, its electric. I did some research and realized that the only problem was the plug. So I went and got some scissors and a screwdriver (rusty old knife) and took the whole thing apart. The wires were all burnt so I cut them anew, stripped off some rubber and reconnected it all. They have hot water and a heater now.

These two special souls will be staying with until Thursday when we will find out where they are headed permanently.

Thing to remember for the week...

It's helpful to not be helpless.

2016.12.5 Week 27 - Pretty much the best

No letter came this week. Here are some excerpts from her letters to mom and dad:

This whole leadership thing just really isn't that great. It just got about a million times worse after I wrote you last week. We ended up getting to a pension (apartment) and the hermanas didn't have anything. Not even toilet paper. It's a lot of work for us to go and visit other hermanas and it really hurts our own area, so its pretty annoying when we get there and they are just horrible. Last Wednesday was pretty much the worst of my life/mission. We were in these hermana's apartment without food, water, beds, toilet paper, etc. HORRIBLE. They also purposely did not plan any lessons that day so that when we got there we just contacted with them all day. They went to lunch with a member but told us we were not invited. We slept on the tile kitchen floor. HORRIBLE. Then Thursday we had intercambios (exchanges) with other hermanas and they were just AWESOME. The only problem is that we got there and I was sick. I'm pretty sure from lack of all the things the day before. But these hermanas were the opposite. They bought a ton of extra food so we could eat. Gave us their beds. Planned millions of lessons, and HAD TOILET PAPER. They were so awesome that when I got there I just started crying because I was sick and it was such a change from the other scenario. YIKES. 

I always wondered why hermana liders (Sister Trainer Leaders) were necessary until we went and did intercambios (exchanges) and realized that these people just have no idea what they are doing, and really do need a lot of help. I'm just pretty sure I am completely unqualified to help them. They think the same, since all of them have more time than me, and are fluent in Spanish. I think that is part of the problem. Oh well, I am just trying to put my confidence in "God qualifies who He calls".

I love "Ilumina el Mundo" (Light the World). It's the best thing to invite people in the street to do because it's something fun they can do with their family. AWESOME

As I explained to a girl in the ward here about missions, I really felt the spirit and realized just how awesome they are. I want to tell every single person to go, because I have learned so many things here that I never would have learned otherwise. It's pretty much the best. But it is definitely the hardest thing I have done in my entire life and sometimes I just wish I could be trucho (fake, false) and sleep all day.

I'm really excited to talk to you in Spanish in a few weeks. But you are definitely going to laugh because Castellano (Argentine Spanish) has an accent that is a little different. A lot of the other countries in South America hate it. I love it, I like it better than the other accent.

I always try to be perfectly obedient. Lots of times it is hard. But if you really think about it this is one of the most stress free times of your life. Your full time job is to be obedient, and it's really not that hard. When we are obedient we can know that we deserve the help of God and we have stronger faith that he will come through for us.

I am super excited to have hit 6 months! I always thought that once I hit 6 months it was basically like it was over. It's not. There's still a lot left. But I can't believe that I can say now that next year at this time I will be home. Yikes. Real life is super scary. 

2016.11.14 Week 24 - I have been here forever

I am still alive. All is well. Donald is Trump. And the only thing anyone wants to talk about here is Trump. Oh well. He cray.

Transfers happened and my companion left me. It was pretty much the saddest thing ever and was really shocking. She´s only been here one transfer and I have been here forever so I am not really sure how that happened. 

Anyway, I'm an Hermana Lider (leader) now. I'm in charge of all the Hermanas in the South of our mission and will be doing intercambios (exchanges) with all of them. It should be fun. I was really hoping I could have more time as a normal missionary before I had all these other responsibilities, pero todobien (but all is well). 

My new comp is probably a great person but I haven´t found out yet. All I know is that she brought enough suitcases and things to last her 10,000 years.  We´ll see how it goes. Please pray for me.

Funny Moment of the Week: 

I can´t think of one, sorry.

Spiritual Moment of the Week:

God prepares us for anything we have to do. Even if it seems hard. WE GOT THIS.

 A lady in our ward knit us these sweaters. She cried when I told her I might be leaving this area.

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