Week 10, July 27, 2015

July 27, 2015

where do i even begin??? Ahhhhh i dont even know how to start. but seriously there has never been a week where i have seen the lords hand more than this one. but first of all thank you soo much for the letters.. seriously they mean the world to me! they are answers to my prayers. 

Miracle #1: the baptism of baltasar was schedule to be august 1... we were soo excited and knew that he is soo prepared for baptism.. serisouly this guy knows more about jospeh smith than i do! he is killllllerrrr. anyways this week we have diligently been preparing him for baptism! teaching him the final lessons and he was recieving everything sooo well.. you could just see the light and the excitement in his eyes. but a requirement for baptism here is 3 asistences en la iglesia. what we didnt know is that he only had 2... sooo yesterday was the final! but we passed by his house in the morning and he wasnt there!!!!!!! seriously my heart sunk... i was soooo sad.. we thought lets just leave him a note and hopefully he will come late.. but he never did.. after church we went and visted him and he told us this story about how he was praying for comfort because he didnt feel like he was ready for baptism and that when we had to change his date (because of only 2 attendences) it was an answer to a prayer!!! sooooo cool. heavenly father seriosuly knows every single one of us sooo perfectly its crazy! now baltasar is getting baptized the 8 of august!! keep him in your prayers because the adversary really starts tempting them the week before!!!

miracle#2 luz took the sacrament!!!!!!!! ahhhhh we have been trying for weeks to try to get her to take the sacrament and she finally did!!! but before we went to her house and were going to pick her up for church but she said that she couldnt come because she was babysitting her nieces... we tried everything but there weas no way she could come.. we left heartbroken again... and after passing for baltasar and him not being there was walked the rest of the way to the church with our hearts hurting... but when we got there we walked in and luz was there!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhh i have never been sooo happy! but not only did she come but she was able to partkae of the sacrament!! it was amazing!!! heavenly father is just giving us things and they are just falling in our laps!! this work is soo amazing! 

Miracle #3 so we have been working with mauricio a menos activo that has a testimony but doenst feel worthy of the gospel and they help of jesus churst but this week we found out that they cant find his baptism record soo he has to get rebaptzied... sooo august 8 we have 3 baptism scheduled... luz baltasar and maurcio! its amazing!!!! this work is sooooo real...

but there were a million other miracles and tendermercies this week i cant even list them all but i know that god is in our lives everyday we just have to look... 

This mission is definitely one of the hardest things that i have ever done... walking everyday... swollen misquito bites... cold showers and permanent sand everywhere.. people making fun of me for not knowing what they are saying..... but i know that god is real. heavenly father is helping me through this! he doesnt give us anything i cant handle and it is through our savior that we can recieve help! he knows exactly how i feel! the book of mormon is the key to everything... we have to read it in order to learn more about the role of the atonement! but the atonement is the way back! it is humbling ourselves and making little changes everyday.. repenting in some way everyday in order to become just a little bit better.. i love the quote by john bytheway.... hahahah no idea how to speñll it but he said that we are learning heaven.... we have tolearn how to be heavenly and that is through the grace of jesus christ that we are able to do that. I know that this gospel is true and that is because of the book of mormon. IT IS SOOO POWERFUL!!!! seriously it is a durg to me right now!!! i cant get enough of the scriptures... but I am so grateful to be here and be able to share it with people.... ¡¡¡¡¡Yo se que ese libro es verdadero!!!!!!

disfruta su semana!

xoxox hermana pitts

 Hermana Pitts and Hermana Hartley

Week 9 July 21, 2015

July 21, 2015

I cant believe i have already been here almost a month.. it blows my mind because i feel like i was born here and that my life before was a distant memory. it has definately been an adjustment... its a different world in argentina.. different people, food, challenges, smells, living conditions... but it doesnt mean that its bad.. just takes some getting used to and everyday i wake up and know that i am going to be ok... which is a start hahahahhah

ok.. ITUZAINGO!!!!!! a small beach town about the only beach town in this area of argentina but it is in the province of corrientes along the playa de parana.... the people are sooooo amable... sooo nice and friendly!!! WHICH I LOVE!!!! there is a small rama there but it is strengthening every day!!! its crazy... the missionary work here is a bit slow.. there werent many strong missionaries here before so its slow but its improving!!! we have about 50 people that attend church everyweek and there are over 500 menos activos in the area... SO WE WORK A TON WITH THEM!!!!! its crazy... teaching someone that used to have this amazing knowledge and that fell away! but it doesnt mean that there arent progressing investigators too!!!

Right now we are teaching 3 people consistently that we hope are progressing but its hard to know.... hahahahha but yes!!!!

BALTASAR!!!!! he is our most promising... he is this guy with the greatest story!! i think i already shared it.. but he has done a 180 since we found him!!! and hopefully will be ready for his baptism next saturday august 1st!! pray for him!!! hahahhah but he is soo cool... lives in this tiny house 1 bedroom house and is the sweetest man with the sincerest desire to hear and live the gospel... our problem with him is that he doesnt learn when we talk.. he seems to learn most with reading!! ill tell you this guy knows more about jose smith than I do!!! its sooo crazy!!! hahahahha but because of him we are able to see the fruits of our labors!!! which is such a blessing!

LUZ!!! is seriously one of the most beautiful people!! she seriously is Luz!!!! she is a light!! hahaha but she lives with her sister because her mom passed away a few years ago!!! and she had a really hard time with it... so the plan of salvation is soo amazing to teach with her! she is young so its hard for us to know how to help her and what she is feeling!! but i love her i want her to have the desire sooo bad...

and the LAURA... she doesnt say much but she is young tooo only 17 and has the sweestest baby ever.. DIAGO. awwwwww but lives in the humblest of circumstances but its interesting...

the people here are very how do i say this nicely... lazy???!?!?! hahahhah nooooo.... lets just say they dont do much... hahahah everyday we ask laura what she did today.... SIEMPRE.. NADA. hahahahhahah its sooo weird... I LOVE BEING BUSY!!! and i have realized that on the mission!!! hahahhah

YES mom... we have a cell phone... hahahahh but its very chuchi... hahahha just a brick.. but we can call and text soo what more do we need!! hahahahh but ummm we work a lot with menos activos and have our few progressing and then try to find new investigators and contacts... but our other big responsibility is stablizing the branch!!! a sister passed away recently and its been really hard.. there arent many active members and we are trying to find ways to help them!! but we had this IDEA... HELP THE MEMBERS BY LETTING THEM WORK WITH THE INVESTIGATORS!!! we are trying it this week sooo hopefully it works...

IT SERIOUSLY IS TRIAL and ERROR down here! hahahha but that is what makes it fun!! just slow in ituzaingo... ummm OH YEAH!!! the power has been out hahahahhahahah soooooo thats been fun... most nights are pitch black and we have to pull out the flashlights its a good thing you sent me one last minute!!! hahahaha thank you mom!! but we have been taking cold showers in the dark for the past couple days and our laundry never dries... hahahah oh this is funny.... soooooo we do our laundry in a bucket and lets just say i am finding ants and nats in places that they should never be... hahahahhaha the bugs are starting to come out! its going to be interesting come summer here.

SOOO HERE... NEVER HAVE I EATEN SOOO MANY CARBS. bread. pasta. rice. potatoes. its really gross... i feel like i am trying to be careful about what i eat but there is no way to stop the weight... so if i look fat in pictures PLEASE TELL ME!!!!!! my jeans still fit soo that is good! hahahhaha but its a good thing that we walk a ton!!! we ride the bus to some barrios but usually we just walk!! which is really good... my shoes are already wearing through! soo crazy! plus we eat with members everyday and they cook everything in vegetable oil hahahahahah reallllllll greasy. but its all good... I am finding things i like!!! I LOVE TOMATOES and they eat those ALL THE TIME!!! sooo hey tendermercy right there.

but everything is good... i dont think it is bad and that is why its hard i think that it just takes some adjustment and its a change!! but this week I have realized alot again about the grace of christ... 

I am still learning the language the culture the people, missionary work... everything... but christ knows everything about us and how to help us i love in 1 nephi... the first chapter verse 20 that the lord is going to give tendermercies to those who show their faith and that he will strengthen them enough to deliver them out of bondage... I am here in the middle of a foreign country... lost and alone and scared and overwhelmed.... but I am here and that is how i am showing my faith.. by going out everyday and working... teaching, finding, strengthening myself and others... and i know that christ is going to help me he is going to give me the help i need.. its all about putting our trust in him!! I want to be the best missionary that I can be for him... The best representative that HERMANA PITTS CAN BE!!!! he is the reason that I am here... and that I am able to do this work... its HIS WORK!! that brings me so much peace to know that...

I know that we can all overcome any trial or obstacle we face if we are faithful!!! this is what we are teaching baltasar luz and laura that we are not alone in this life and that we can overcome guilt sadness, heartache, fear... anything!!! with his help!! and he is just dying to help us we have the door knob and are the only ones who can let him in!!!! IT IS OUR CHOICE!!! 

i love you all and hope you have the best week ever!!

KEEP THE FAITH...

xoxo hermana pitts 

# 8 Week in the Mission (Week 2 in Ituzaingo, Argentina) July 13, 2015

Week 2 here at the beach.. the weather has gone from being soo cold that i never take my coat off to now being humid and calor... hopefully it stays this way because i like not having to carry my coat around!! but what to say!! hahahahahah its just been another week here.. every day gets a little bit better and a little bit easier! 

we have a slight problem here in ituzaingo! there are a lot of willing people to listen to us but the problem is that they never want to commit.. there is no progression! us being 2 greenies and excited to start the work are trying to come up with ways that we can strengthen the rama and our investigators.. 

where to start! well tuesdays we travel to posadas for district meeting... hahahah we are the only ones who have to travel and we have about a 2.5 hour bus ride hahahahah gives us a lot of time to think and pray!!! but its good..

here in ituzaingo there are about 4 strong member families and the rest are menos activos that take turns coming to church.. its really interesting... hahahahah but 

ahhhh ok soo this week i have felt the workings of the atonement in my life... its amazing!! mom thank you soo much for that letter!! it seriously has changed my perspective on everything. The strengthing power of the atonement is soo real i dont know what i would do without it!! 

at the beginning of this week.. i was soo overwhelmed. here i am in a small beach town in the middle of argentina, feeling stressed because i have no idea what anyone is saying.. and i am frustrated with myself.. but i came to this realzation with the help of the spirit of course... but missionary work is supposed to be fun! me and hermana hartley decided that everyday we were going to do something fun! whether it was a noche de hogar with a member... it was a game with an investigator... doing a small act of kindness for a stranger. 

ever since we started doing this.. i have realized that missionary work is supposed to be robotic.. teach the restoration. then the plan of salvation. then get baptize. PEOPLE ARE INDIVIDUALS. they have needs and desires and we are their friends. WE HAVE TO TREAT THEM LIKE FRIENDS!!!! hahahahah we are having fun!!!!!! and looking for something fun to do every single day and It makes the world of difference! 

another testimony builder this week is the fact that heavenly father knows us each individually and has a plan for each one of us!!!!! HE knows our talents and our weaknesses and what we need to keep us motivated and how much we can handle.. I have learned that soo much this week!! 

Heavenly father knew that I needed to go somewhere where there werent a ton of expectations because i would get down on myself.. that I needed a companion and trainer that was newer... he knew that i needed elders that were excited to work and work with us as sisters.. he knew that i needed an american trainer so i could work out my frustrations! he knew that this area needed new and fresh ideas that come from inexperienced missionaries that dont have set ways of doing things!! there is no doubt that it is hard.. but every night i get on my knees and there isnt a day that goes by where i am not grateful.. greatful for my investigators and their progression for luz and baltasar and laura and for their faith... as it strengthens my own!!!

its hard but I am here for a reason and i know that heavenly father knows me and what i am going through.. seriously there is no way i could be doing this without divine help.. from the misquito bites, lizards all over our pension... endless sand between my toes to a lumpy mattress and mystery meat in the food.. I know that my savior knows exactly what i feel and he is the only one who can help me

MOSIAH 24.11-15 - his yoke is light and through him we can recieve the greatest joy possible. (mosiah 25:8) 

I love you all and hope you have the best week ever

Im praying for you all!!

xoxoxoxo 

¡Guarde la fe!

  

hermana pitts 

 Working as missionaries- Sister Hartley and Sister Pitts

 Hermanas in Argentina

President and Sister La Pierre and Ali and Sister Hartley

July 7, 2015 First Week in the Field

HOLY COW. is this real or is it a dream.. seriously its crazy that I am here.. i feel like i am on a different planet where time is soo warped.. one second time will be flying by and the next i am counting the milliseconds! im hanging in there though. i feel like soo much has happened. I spent my last couple nights in the mtc and then prepared to head for argentina... woke up monday morning.. headed to the airport about 8 am and had a flight all day to atlanta where we eventaully took the red eye to buenos aires... with little sleep and a lot of excitement we took another smaller plane to posadas where we spent some time at the mission home..

here in posadas we have both argentina and paraguay.. so the first couple days were in the mission home working on visa paper work.... we crashed in a hotel for the first couple nights... where i just kept being told to enjoy it because other places werent as nice... but lets just say the hotel was close to a super 8... anyways... by thursday we were headed to ITUZAINGO!! a little beachy town about an hour away from posadas. my trainer is a greenie as well she is from west jordan and is seriously the best... i wouldnt survive without her! She is really quiet and feels a little out of place training.. but I am so grateful to be with her we have some big ideas to help the small branch in itzaingo. She only has about 5 months in the mission and just finished her training! but its fun its an adventure!!!

thursday night we were out teaching!!! she has been in the area her entire mission and knows it soo well... our spanish is a struggle but we learn more everyday!! the branch is really struggling because of the recent loss of a sister in the ward.. there are only about 3 strong families and lots of menos activos... pero there is a lot of work and we are ready!!! we have 2 investigators as well taht I just love!! luz and baltasar!!! im enjoying teaching soo much!!! 

I dont even know where to begin!! i feel like I am just jumping all over the place!! but we have just been out to work and doing our best to strengthen both the rama and the people in itzaingo!! we live in a little pension just outside of the central not many bugs but its freezing here... we luckily have a heater that we turn on every chance we get!!! but i am hanging in there... Its hard but everyday gets a little easier so dont worry... I dont even know what to say ahahahahah 

pension... area... members... rama... trainer... I saw elder ollerton he is my zone leader!! hahahah sooo fun!!! ummm oh there are 2 elders in ituzaingo as well and president wants us to work with them!!! its really fun we have some big ideas for it and I am really excited to get to work strengthening the branch and the members as well as the investigators that we have..

Oh food... hahahahhaah its really weird here!! the food is good but soo many carbs.. holy cow!!! but we eat with members almost everyday which is really cool and they are sooooo nice!!! i love them already!!!! but we eat a big lunch and then we dont have dinner here... which is good.. but there is a lot of walking to burn off the carbs!!! hahahahhaha 

Story!!!! hahaha we have been doing the same thing hahaha teaching and contacting and meeting with menos activos and members and the branch president.. the weeks go by really fast its crazy... (even though i only have 1 week hahahah) but to think that its already tuesday almost wednesday is crazy!!!

anyways we havent been able to get our funds and we have to travel the furthest for any meetings or conferences... but its funny we have just been living off what we got.. and we still havent really figured it out which is why I am writing today... hopefully in the future it will be on modnays.. but anyways.. I am almost out of time!! but I love you and hope you are doing well!! sounds like the 4th was fun!! and that you are doing good!!! 

Ive learned so much this week already.. the atonement is soooooooooooo real.. i need it everyday!!! i dont know how i would be here without the divine help of heavenly father.. i am sooo grateful to have the knowledge of that and to know that I can be with you guys forever that nothing can separate us... this church is soo true and i love sharing it with other people.. its hard but its worth it.. and I cant believe how much I have grown.. Its amazing! you guys are the best thank you everyone for everything you ahve sent me it means sooo much... I can feel your love!!! youre the best... and remember that I think about you guys everyday... I miss you but i am on the greatest adventure of my life!!! 

keep the faith!!! i love you

con amor

xoxoxxo hermana pitts

Week 6 June 26, 2015

I AM DYING. I can't believe I have 3 more days... 3 more days in the US, 3 more days in the MTC, 3 more days until everything gets real. A week from right now ill most likely be walking the streets of argentina! the anticipation is KILLING ME!! Its crazy how fast time has gone! I am on my 7 week as a missionary and to think that time is going to continue to fly! 

This week has been crazy!! we have the new mission presidents seminar, we have been enjoying the last week with our teachers, our last week somewhat understanding the spanish... ahhahaha but I am really going to miss this place. Although im sick of the food, and sitting in class all day long.. I love the people I am with! I am so grateful for the experiences that I had while I was here!!! 

its sooo crazy that every week as missionaries leave we head all over the world to share the gospel! i love it! we are all doing it together!! but Im trying to think what has happened this week!! ummmmmmm.... oh yeah!! sooo monday tuesday and wednesday were about the same... class and spanish and more teaching, AMAZING devotionals... they moved all of our activities out of the main building and into the gym where GUESS WHAT?!! sooo for about 9 months now ive been eating BYU catering... ok it doesnt seem that bad.. but trust me I AM SOOO SICK OF IT. I am soo lucky to have you mom to send me treats and diet coke and one of the girls that I have gotten really close to here, hermana holt (I SERIOUSLY FOUND A KINDRED SPIRIT IN HER, PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE SURVIVED WITHOUT HER.) has taken care of us with swig cookies and black licorice homemade suckers!! hahahahah anyways... thank you to everyone for the treats!! hahahahah and healthy foods #questbars. but lets just say that thursday was the best day ever!!!! WE HAD TACO BELL..... AND..... SUBWAY.. i hate subway.. but Ill tell you, it was really good!!!! hahahahahha but anyways..

 Travel Plans

 Fun Sisters-Thai sisters and Sister Squires

 Tired sisters

 Sister Pitts and Sister Peterson

enough with the excitement of something good to eat, thursday they did this new thing where a mission president gets put with a district of missionaries and we get a lesson from them and get to talk to them! ours were from uruguay... it was a serious wake up call!! I understood next to nothing... and i feel like I have been trying my best with spanish these past few weeks... oh well hopefully, well im sure... hahhah ill figure it out after a few weeks!! but it was really neat! they were super nice but we had no translator and they spoke 0 english... It makes me a little more nervous about the language.. but the anticipation is what is killing me!!! this fear of the unknown! but I know that its an adventure!! I love everyone's words of encouragement that they send me! that enjoy every second and take things as they come and learn from them!! I love that!!!

Keeping the faith is everything!! we have to trust that heavenly father will take care and watch over us... that he doesnt give us anything we can't handle!!! I am so grateful to have a family that loves me and supports me! you guys mean so much to me and i miss you everyday!! but I am excited for the adventure to come!! next time i write home ill be in argentina!!!! CRAZYYYYYYYYYYY... 

I KNOW IM NOT ALONE! KEEP THE FAITH!!!

XOXOXO hermana pitts 

Week 5 June 19, 2015

HOLA FAMIlLIA! 

HOW HAS THIS WEEK BEEN??? 

The mtc is just flying by! we get our FLIGHT PLANS TODAY!! I can't even believe it! 

There's not much new in my life.. just continuing to learn spanish and teach A LOT. But This week has definately been a humbling experience! I have been doubting myself and my abilities to teach alot.. but heavenly father knows each one of us personally and the experiences we go through! 

I've learned soo much.. this week. I know that the mission is hard and its satan trying to pull us down each and everyday! we have soo much good and are soo capable to help others and change ourselves.. but satan doesnt want that! I have definately felt discouraged this week but I know that prayers are answered!!!

SOOOO GUESS WHAT?!? Im going to share one of these experiences! So wednesday and thursday were rough! me and hermana fox were both feeling discouraged about teaching and about spanish and feeling like we werent measuring up to the expectations that we had set for ourselves.. but we right before lunch yesterday we were scheduled to teach our "investigator" (which was really our teacher Hermano Oslter..) but anyways we were very last to teach and everyone had gone over. we only had about 7 mintues until lunch... we decided that we would just share a short message and then ask him to read 2 nephi 31 in the book of mormon.. (because we meant to give him that last time, it was about baptism.. but we gave him the wrong chapter... soooo we seriously had nothing to talk about and had no plan for the lesson whatsoever) but anyways we knock on the door and he tells us that he has a few minutes... after we sat down I seriously had no idea what we were going to say and it seems like hermana fox didnt either. but we just started teaching and I HAVE NEVER FELT THE SPIRIT SOOO STRONGLY. It was exactly what I needed to feel... I dont remember what we talked about but I remember that the whole time I kept having this thought pop into my head to invite him to be baptized... but I kept brushing it aside because we hadnt talked about the Book of momron yet, or the restoration or anything about the gospel! but at the end hermana fox (was the brave one) and followed the spirit by asking if he would follow the example of christ... and then I was able to help him select a day for his baptism! IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!! AHHHHHHHH HEAVENLY FATHER KNEW THAT WE NEEDED THAT AND THAT WE NEEDED THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE ARE HIS INSTURMENTS AND THAT HE IS AWARE OF US!!  

after the lesson usually our teacher will stay in character until we leave the room and then he comes and talks to us about how we did... but he couldnt wait! as soon as we said amen... he jumps up and says that was impressive! that was the best lesson that I have ever had being an investigator!!! and he told us that he was soo proud of us and how far we have come!! 

then me and hermana fox look at each other and start crying!! its was amazing!! and an experience that I will cherish forever!!!!

The mtc is hard... its tough... emotionally, physically (hahahha maybe not soo much LOTS OF SITTING), spiritually! but this experience has changed my life and its only been a few weeks! It has strengthened my testimony of how much heavenly father is there and that even though he is trying to push us into being more christ like!  he wants us to be happy!! thats what I want everyone to feel! and that is why I am on a mission to help people realize that we dont have to do this alone!! We have a heavenly father that wants to bless us more than anything.. and a savior that understands each one of us perfectly!! 

Im so grateful for this experience! thank you everyone for packages and letters!!! thanks katie neeleman for the treats!! I love them!!! you guys are the sweetest to think of me!! but I love you guys and miss you everyday!! youre always in my prayers!! 

I love this gospel and love being a representative of my savior!! I love seeing soo many friendly faces here!!! I have one of my friends from the dorms in my zone (Jacob Curtis ) and then I have seen Kenzie Peterson, ellie arnold, will taylor, and sooooo many friends from the dorms!! But Its soo fun that we are all doing it together! and they all seem soo happy as am I!!

I love you HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!

NEXT STOP ARGENTINA!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhh I cant believe it!! 

xoxox Hermana Pitts 

 Selfie

 MTC DORM

Week 4

June 12, 2015

It ties in perfectly with our devotional. Linda K. Burton came this week and talked about what it means to be a disciple! it was amazing!!!! WE MUST BE BOLD, WE MUST LISTEN TO THE PROMPTING SOF THE SPIRIT, WE MUCH MINISTER TO THOSE IN NEED... JUST LIKE JESUS CHRIST!  My favorite thing she said is that she tied it into the atonement... and that the atonement is what gives us the strength and the power to become a disciple of jesus christ! We have to recieve the enabling power in order to stand out and to be true to who we are as sons and daugthers of our heavenly father... 

Fast sunday here was soo cool.. we were able to share our testimonies in spanish.. although they were simple.. they were so powerful! I have such a testimony that this is god's work and we are working in HIS vineyard! he needs us to work as diligently as possible because there is still a lot of work to do!!! 

The rest of the week has gone by same as the last... although WE GOT TO HOST THE NEW MISSIONARIES AGAIN!!!

I was able to get 2 of my best friends from high school!! I am so grateful to have MADDI BISH AND TISSE HERE!! It feels like home back at the dorms with them!! and Siera Squires also came in! I love seeing familiar faces!! 

The MTC is amazing... I am just enjoying every second that I get! 

Keep writing fam! I hope all is well at home!! I love to hear even just the little things.. they mean so much and I feel your love soo much when I read your letters soo thank you.. I wish I could just give you a big hug of gratitude!!!

You guys are the best! Claire I hope that your first babysitting job went well!! hahahah and Cam Hope cheer is going well!! Rpitt and Tgneit keep the love!! 

I love you guys and am so grateful for the family I come from!! 

i pray for you guys every day!! and Know that one of the reasons I am out here is so that I can help other people realize that we can be with each other forever which is what I want more than ANYTHING!!! 

keep the faith... when times are rough and when times are smooth! Its all about having faith and knowing that heavenly father wants us to be happy! thats what we teach our investigators everyday!! 

I love that saying.... KEEP THE FAITH.

xoxoxox

hermana pitts 

On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Alison Pitts <alison.pitts@myldsmail.net> wrote:

wow. a week from today we get our travel plans, and then a week after that we head for argentina! 

Its soo crazy! but I am still loving it here!

This week hasnt changed much but I can't believe how fast time is flying by! it feels like I was just writing home a couple days ago, but what do you know another week has passed! but spanish is coming along somewhat... nothing new just continuing to teach and to feel the spirit! 

We have 3 investigators that we are teaching right now.. each has such a special place in my heart! I think I learn more about the gospel when I teach them than i do any other way! There are lots of ups and downs here, sometimes I am sooo frustrated with teaching and not feeling like I am connecting as well as I could be... that I am not being led by the spirit... and other times I am on an ABSOLUTE SPIRITUAL HIGH... But I love being a missionary! 

Our teacher gave us the coolest lesson about how we need to understand where power comes from... its not from our spanish, or from how eloquent we say something, its not even from the spirit. its is from understand the nature of our call and who we are.. WE ARE CHILDREN OF HEAVENLY FATHER AND HE HAS GIVEN US DIVINE HELP TO DECLARE HIS WORD.