I have sooo many stories! First of all.. we took 4 whole days off. :/ My comp is super sick. Its something to do with her heart. The doctor is kinda worried about it and were going today to do some tests. Hermana Quintana is a fighter. She NEVER complains but I know shes in a lot of pain. AND ITS SOOOOO HOT HERE!!! I was telling her.. wow Im glad its summer. AND SHE SAID ITS ONLY SPRING!! HAHAAHA oh goodness. But I love it. Cause who can say theyve been in this kinda weather in NOVEMBER??? YA. NOT A LOT. But ya.. I got to be mama terry for a week and I LOVED IT. I feel like me and hermana Quintana just connect. She is the best example to me. We´ll be friends for life! OHH AND shes soooooo funny! Like way funny! President Ayre likes us! Hes coming down to LIMA and hes gonna come with us for an appointment! HOW COOL IS THAT?!! Im excited. :)
OK soooo first story. Monday, last week, we went to get all my visa work done. HEY IM OFFICIALLY A RESIDENT OF ARGENTINA:) Mom.. how relieved are we? :) I felt like God was just chuckling like.. MARIE I TOLD YOU SO! ALL IS WELL!! Haha. But anyways we were up in the capital all day. WHOAH. HAHA culture shock. I came from SUCH a humble, poor little town and then the crazy capital! I dont know if Ill like it as much as LIMA! Its exactly like New York!
When we were done with everything we had to go find a place to put money on Hermana Qs sube card. (like a subway but not underground.:)) WE WENT EVERYWHERE. WE searched and searched and searched! In my head I was like.. there better be a good reason why this is taking forever. LOW AND BEHOLD.. when we got on the train.. there was a man standing in front of us. I cant even tell you HOW STRONG the spirit hit me. There was a light in his eyes. He smiled at us. He seemed interested in us. Without even realizing it, my hand reached down in my bag and grabbed a libro de mormon. But uh.. I remember CLEARLY I never put one in my bag. WOW. Kinda cool. And I walked up to him and introduced ourselves and spoke in the worst castellano accent ever. He was very accepting and took the book. We talked about our church and then slowly just walked away! This man read the book for the whole ride. I couldnt believe it. He asked us about church and somehow Hermana Q knew where he could find one in his city. AHHHH. AND MY FAVORITE PART: GUESS WHERE HES FROM??? INDIA!!!! I told him my dad owned a business there but I DIDNT KNOW WHAT CITY! He totally got excited about that!! AHHH. I LOVE MY FELLOW INDIANS!! When we got off the subway... I felt the spirirt so strong telling me, ¨that man is going to be baptized.¨ Not only is he gonna be baptized but hes gonna do great things in the church. Tengo fe( I have faith). Thats whats sooo beautiful about the Book of Mormon. It changes people. Its helps them to rise above and come closer to God. WHO WOULDNT WANT THAT?
Next story. Tuesday I was having a hard time staying awake and just sleepy. And when this chica is tired I cant function in the language hardly at all. So I was reallly struggling to understand people. For some reason I couldnt open my mouth and communicate. I had a huge lump in my throat and wanted to cry!! And we just walked around ALL DAY(the most walking you could imagine)!! So finally we come to Trinidads house. This is the first time I met her. Shes an old woman who is not active anymore. Shes very closed and kinda cold. I felt sooo scared to open my mouth and talk to her. I said a prayer and asked Dios if he could just please help me expressssss myself. Out of no where Hermana Q blurts out that mi companera can SING! Trinidad made me sing mas cerda Dios de ti in ingles! (nearer my god to thee) So I started singing. Something beautiful happened. We didn't lose eye contact. It was like we were talking to each other through the spirit of music. Tears filled both of our eyes. After the song. I thanked my Heavenly Father for that opportunity. I got to share my passion with her. I LOVE TO SING. IM SO HAPPY FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY!! I was able to fully communicate with the language of music.
Shoot I have no time... we need to leave. Okay. Cinita. We went over to their house and she finally started opening up to us. She said that when her mom died she though that she was ANNOYING God because he wasn't answering any of her prayers. This woman was trying sooo hard not to cry. She immediately stopped talking and that was that. THAT NIGHT I CRIED SO HARD to Heavenly Father to please help this woman to feel his love. I felt godly emotions. I felt her pain. I felt Gods pain. I felt the craziest pain.. I cant describe it. I knew I needed to feel that pain in order to help her... THROUGH CHRIST OF COURSE because in HIS strength I can do all things. I thought.. HOW IN THE WORLD am I going to help this woman?? AND THE ANSWER CAME CLEARLY.. I dont have to worry. Because in the end, its Jesus Christ who saves all of us. Not missionaries. Im grateful that I have someone with me every step of the way through my mission. And yes, Im grateful for that sleepless night thinking about dear Cinita because a miracle happened the next day. When I woke up d and c 98 came to my mind. So when we visited Juan and Cinita those were the exact scriptures I shared with her verses 1-3. I tried so hard not to cry when I TESTIFIED THAT GOD IS THERE IN HER LIFE. HES IN THEIR HOUSE. HES WITHIN THEIR FAMILY.
I TESTIFY OF GODS LOVE FOR ALL OF US. ITS REAL. I FEEL IT EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY! IM SORRY THE COMPS ARE CLOSIN! IM NOT FINISHED BUT I'LL GET LEFT IF I DONT.
MOMMY I LOVE YOU! DAD I LOVE YOU!
I LOST 17 lbs! AHHHHH!!!
EMMA I LOVE YOU. EMALING YOU NEXT WEEK!
UNTIL NEXT TIME BELOVED -----CARRY ON CARRY ON CARRY ON!!!!!!!!!!
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