It has been a week of miracles! March
16, 2015
I made it to Argentina! After
leaving the MTC around 6 am Monday morning, we flew to Georgia, then to Buenos
Aires, then to Mendoza. We arrived in Mendoza around 5 pm on
Tuesday. I was so tired as I didn´t sleep on the plane and Sunday night
only got 2 hours of sleep, as the other Hermanas got up at 2am to leave to
CA. Something fun, I met Elder Holland! He was on the same flight
to Georgia. In Buenos Aires, the Elders and I met up with the group from
the Buenos Aires CCM, which had 5 sisters and 8 elders. I was now comps
with Hermana Sangama who doesn´t speak English. She is so awesome and
nice, and we were actually able to communicate ok. We stayed in a hotel
Tuesday and Wednesday night, and were at the offices during the day.
Thursday I found out who my trainer is, Hermana Jasso! She is from
Mexico, but also has lived in the US and is fluent in both Ingles and Español,
which is such a blessing. She speaks to me in mostly Español, except
some random moments. She is so encouraging and awesome.
I am in Maipú! Sorry I don´t
have pics of Maipú, but I love it here. The trees aren´t as big as in
Mendoza. We washed Maipú, so we are working on finding investigators. It
is a bit rough, as mostly what we do is walk around all day meeting people, and
have only taught once. But we have a few appointments set up for this
week, and hopefully they are there and remember.
There were a lot of people at the
ward this week, which apparently is weird, we had about 90 at sacrament
meeting. It is us and 2 elders working with this ward; Elder Christensen
& Elder Fernandez.
So, some interesting things so far:
* One man we met threatened us,
telling us how much God loves us, which is a really strange threat. He
was also only wearing what appeared to be very small underpants,
beautiful. Then, when we were trying to leave, he kissed me! Yay!
Mi primero beso! Luckily it was a nice wet one on the cheek, and not the
lips. It was a bit startling, but we just walked away and I couldn´t stop
laughing.
* Sad- I saw my first dead
dog. Alive dogs are EVERYWHERE, but this one was bloated and covered in
flies, really sad.
* I gave a tarjeta to a man, who
then went on to say, I am Jesus, you can´t see me... ok... I just handed you a
tarjeta... but ok.
* We don´t eat dinner here, only
breakfast and lunch, which is different. It works though. We are
shopping today, so we will now actually have non outdated food or cereal.
I have already lost probably 5 pounds this week, my body doesn´t
like the food, even though we haven´t eaten anything strange. I am hoping
it will start to change and accept it.
* We have a really nice pensión,
which is way worse than Spencer´s apartment. I can send pics next
week. I guess we have a bit more room than Spencer, but not as nice.
A scripture that has really stood
out to me this week is D&C 6. It talks about putting your trust in
God. I am learning to do that, as I can´t understand people when they speak and
am adjusting to being here.
Hermana Quain
Me with Sister & President Goates
Mendoza, Argentina
View from the Mission Home in Mendoza
No comments:
Post a Comment