Wednesday, January 22, 2014

¿Country or City?

Well last week was the fastest week ever. Hermana vicente and I spent time visiting all the people she wanted to see before she left. All her favorite families and investigators and menos activos. we were really busy which is always good on a mission.  My highlight was a family home evening we put together for the older ladies in our barrior. I just love them all to death. I am telling you older than 70 and younger than 19 have become my best friends here on the mission. its the best ages, you are born young and after seventy you just become younger again. seriously, you grow to grow younger. well at least these ladies here in Argentina in my circle of haedo. we had 7 ladies and everyone has a special place in my heart.  One investigator and one menos activo.  Amelia, who I am pretty sure I have mentioned before Is a sweet heart.  She is going to be baptized this Saturday, has a heart of Gold and was so prepared to receive this evangelio. so for the activity we made a giant plan of salvation, and they asked the best questions about everything. Luckily we knew all the answers. (breathe) and it was so fun, sign me up to hangout with them anytime of the week. Loved it.
Tuesday night came and transfer calls ran in, I wasn't nervous until they say hello hermansa and my heart instantly sinks and I hear hermana alley pack your things.... What? haha joke right?   nope. dead serious.  Hermana vicente is staying in haedo AGAIN and I am hitting the road Jack... I was so caught of guard, 99.9 % positive I would be leading the area, now I am saying bye.  Not knowing what to expect, cause literally I only know ARGENTINA from haedo, since I was born here.  Excited and nervous the four of us party animals spent our last few hours together chatting and laughing a whole new adventure about to start. I called up Raycto and Mica to let them know, my best buds here.  Raycto is `planning on going through the temple in ia nyear before he heads on a mission, and you better believe I will be there to see it!  It was so sad to hang up with them... Man Do i get attached!  Transfer meetings are very much so Like the hunger games, a picture of a companion comes up and then the other one follows.  Well Just like that in a blink of an eye my fake was visible for everyone and I am headed... wait for it.... mooooo mmooooooo... THATS RIGHT CAMPO!!!  I am headed to Campo, there are two zones in our area that are out in the field and I am off. Completely opposite of Ramos which is a huge busy city. well we get in a taxi, takes us to, a bus place (practically like an airport but for busses) and load on, 6 hours later, we spend the night with a senior couple, the next morning load another bus and after an hour I arrived in my new area! My companion is hermana tellez, she is from collumbia and so speaks spanish not catellano, some times  it is so difficult to understand her.  She is so great and we are practically instantly best friends! I love this place already.  We got of Route 66 and arrived at radiator springs... but seriously I see maters all day long, but cant translate the movie quotes correctly. Darn.  (they just want me for my body... bubbus)  And hold the phone I have so much space. one room in our appartment was my entire apartment in ramos.  We have a microwave.... yah you better believe I hugged it... we have a little air condition in the bed room... you better believe I kissed it.. yah no washing machine, yah no warm water (as of now) but thats ok this `place is excellent. We also have bikes! 2 areas have bikes and we get them! Its difficult with the argeninta wind but I love riding into the fields of cows and horses, I think I am more of a country girl after all. The culture here is completely different in just 3 days of work we completed all our key indicators... aka that's a lot of lessons!  people are so incredibly welcoming and loving.  This new puelbo is my home!  We have an excellent teaching pool that are focusing on right now, really the issue here is keeping people active. Lots of members but only about 20 come to church.  The church is a house and the font is a mini pool.  There is a lot of churches around here, and siesta is taken very serious its a ghost town. 

Being that this a new and fresh start I wanted to started off running. say goodbye to English since no one here speaks it, and I am after 7 months finally ok with that. Filthy English... haha I honestly feel myself growing as a missionary and can some what carry on conversations with people! woah woot! My favorite thing in the world is the first vision. The spirit is always present and birds really do sing in the background. I tell you what I love being a missionary, how great to just represent someone who brings us all salvation. How great to help people everyday and reasure mourning hearts that families are forever!  my job is great!  I am so sad to have left before Amelias baptism though.... I hope one day I have the opportunity to give her the biggest hug as a member not an investigator.She made me a better person.  This work is great, and I am starting to get the hang of it, yah I am definitely not perfect and have a lot to learn, but everyday I sit down stoked to open my scriptures and every night my prayers are nothing but gratitude.  Love you tonns!!!
Ohh also the storms are crazy here... I love them! nothing like mild Utah. We had two huge ones this week and I maybe didn't sleep because I was to busy watching the rio out the window and the skys light up with electricity.  Carnival is for the next three months bubbus... that blessed all night celebration!  


oh hello my new area is called 25 de mayo, and is chivicoy. my comp came to Argentina the same day as me from the mtc. 

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