Oh hey, its me again, reporting from Posadas today! Hermana
had to do tramites (passport/visa) errands in the city, so we came in on the
colectivo last night and stayed with the Hnas in LaValle (Woodwell, Garcia, and
Fox) who I have all missed so much, so
naturally that was a big party, and...I
lost some sleep. Anyways, today is awesome because I got reimbursed for all the
dumb pricey colectivo rides we´ve been taking, which gave us enough money to
buy lunch and live for the next few days. Found a placed the has GIANT
hamburgers for only 35 pesos! Only problem is that here they do the weird fried
egg inside, which really shouldn´t be a thing. Anywho....this week... was really great because we had Zone Conference which was
TAN ESPIRITUAL!!!! Monday night we got a call to help in the contacting skit
and sing a duet, which was a lot to plan for with only a couple hours notice,
but I am coming to realize that the mission is nothing more than a string of
spontaneous events guided by the hand of God. So we ended up singing the
"Child´s Prayer" primary duet and it turned out actually really good.
President and Hna LaPierre talked about the Dia de Repaso. Pte shared how for
the most part the gospel is black and white: we either pay tithing or we don´t.
We either live the word of wisdom or we don´t. BUT, the Sabbath Day...is a
little trickier, no? the Sabbath should be a 24 hour fast of all the things
that we would rather be doing. How we sanctify the Sabbath Day is how we show
our love and respect for Heavely Father. Pte shared a story from his college
days about how he never received anything better than average grades (me) but when
he started to respect the Sabbath day and not focus ONE OUNCE of energy into
his "work" (studying), that he not only felt the week start of better
but he received the best grades he ever had in his entire career...wellll I
know what I´m doing when I get back haha. Also, I got a ton of mail and
a birthday package (thank you FLIA. SUMSION) all for my 6th month mark! How fun
is that?
On Friday we had an activity, where we had made a rompe
cabeza (puzzle) out of Book of Mormon laminas! It turned out super cool and it
was way fun, even though only 10 people came. Honestly I was just happy that
someone showed up. We had separated everyone into 2 groups: men and women, and
gave them each about half of the pieces. Immediately they started working at
their own tables, focusing on their own puzzles, when they eventually realized
that they didn't have all of the pieces. Parts of the hnas puzzle was mixed in
with the hnos and they eventually realized that they had to not only help
each other, but that they´re two puzzles actually would end up connecting to
make one big one. Also, we hid one of the pieces and at the end showed them
that the members have all the pieces, and the missionaries only have one. As
missionaries, we really can´t do that much on our own. We can find, teach, and
baptize, but without the love and support from the ward, when we leave the
area, there´s a good chance they´ll fall away. What our branch needs the most
is UNITY. And love, lots and lots of the pure love of Christ. But at the end of
the day this isn´t our home, it is theirs, and only THEY can change their
circumstances and help themselves to gross and progress
Lastly, something really cool. So I´ve never been accustomed
to reading my Patriarchal Blessing very often. So I pulled it out for the first
time since last transfer and read it very carefully. I swear it was a
completely different blessing. I know that probably doesn´t make very much
sense, but I´m seeing everything so much clearly and differently now. For one
thing, you know how I never wanted to go on a mission? and how I was only going
to come if I got a CRAZY sign from God? (which I never did get lol) Right, so I
never wanted to go, but what got me here was D&C 4, those who have a desire are
called to the work. Well, basically my blessing is rather obvious about the
need for me to serve a mission and my ignorant mind was blissfully ignoring
that part. Good thing I managed to get here, and figure things out. Oh, am I
figuring things out. Yes, that doesn´t really explain anything, but basically...it´s
all too much to explain. and nowwww I´m just rambling. Sorry this email kind of
isn´t quality, they´re playing some REALLY good American music and I´m feeling
super trunky and distracted with this Bruno Mars blasting in the background.
Well lots of love to everyone out there in America! Super SHOUT OUT to all of
my BYU kiddos who started school today, I am so very glad I´m not you.
Argentina is always a better idea ;)
chau chau
les quiero muchisimo
hermana cannon
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