Freezing hands but warm happy hearts

Greeeetings from frrreeezin cold LA BOCA!! It feels like Christmas here!!
HOWS SUMMER GOIN FOR YALL!?! :)

WOW! I love my life in La Boca. Belgrano was nice.. but La Boca is 10385320975X better:) THE MEMBERS are the best missionaries in the world!! The spirit of missionary work is ON FIRE! Ahh!!!
Sooo many miracles have happened this week! As a zone we do the cutest thing-- whenever we see a miracle we send a text to the whole zone of what happened. :) And its the best thing ever because it motivates us in the work. Through out this whooole week my comp and I are playing the how many miracles can we find in a day game. :) One miracle we had was on Saturday. We didnt have lunch with a member.. so we had a tiny bit of money to spend for lunch. We said a prayer and asked Heavenly Father that we can have a nice lunch that was cheap and would fill us up until the next day in the afternnon (FASTING:)) SO we went to this restaurant and bought milanesas. :) The worker saw that we didnt have much money so he told us that he would pay for our lunch. AHHHH. We were soo grateful! LOVE Those tender mercies!!

So me and my comp had a goal to have 10 lessons with a member in one day:) We had divisiones! She went with one hermana and I went with Jime to go preach to Gods children in La Boca! HOLY best thing of my life!! We had a lesson that was spiritual overload. It was with an antiugo investigador and my plan was to have a last lesson and invite him to be baptized one more time. We talked about why were so direct with inviting him to be baptized-- Because its a covenant we make with God. And that when we invite him to do this, were also inviting him to repent and come unto Jesus. :) He denied. :( so at the end I asked him to give the last prayer. He gave the prayer but it was soo artificial. After his prayer I felt Heavenly Father tell me.. again. Again??! Yep. I asked him to pray AGAIN.. but more personal. Like hes talking to his dad. He could say whatever he wanted, whatever his heart desired. He looked at me sooo weird so I told him. Bueno. Ill pray, then Jime, then you.
HOLY spirit. As I started to pray I realized I was also like Jonaton. I was lacking on my prayers as well. But it felt so good to just speak my thoughts.. to ask for me.. to bless me. A prayer for ME! And then it was Jimes turn. Her prayer was so personal, so beautiful. Tears, and more tears. After her prayer I looked at Jonaton and told him it was his turn. His prayer was the most innocent, heartfelt prayer ive heard in a long time. I JUST KNOW he felt the spirit. I told him to call us when hes ready to be baptized:)

Ive learned on the mish that our purpose as missionaries is to INVITE people to come unto Christ. NOT FORCE THEM. Thats why its sooooooooooo important to talk to EVERYONE and soo important to invite them to be baptized :)
I talked to this one elder that was in Belgrano about a year ago. He baptized everyone! I told him how did you do it?!!

He said you have to understand the work of salvation. And now in La Boca I feel like I understand it. This is salvation of souls were talkin about. There are little kids on the streets doing drugs, drinking, all kinds of stuff. There are people who say, no I dont believe in God. Nor in Jesus Christ. AND THERES SOMETHING INSIDE ME THAT JUST BREAKS EVERY TIME I HEAR THAT.

So I promised myself that I would stand up and testify of my best friend.. even if the person didnt really wanna hear it.

I had an experience this week that was life changing. So simple. But life changing. There was a man we found on the street ad we starting talking about Jesus and he said he didnt believe in him. Something in me told me... You cannot walk away from this man who doesnt know me and not at least testify of me. So out of the blue hermana terry said with all of her heart, might mind and strength, SE QUE JESUCRISTO VIVE. EL LE AMA Y EL LE CONOCE. EL QUIERE QUE VENGAMOS A EL. SUS BRAZOS ESTAN ABIERTOS SIEMPRE. (I KNOW THAT JESUS CHRIST LIVES. He loves you and he knows you. HE WANTS US TO COME TO HIM  HIS ARMS ARE ALWAYS OPEN.

Nothing filled my heart with so much joy than testifying with POWER to this man.

The mission is full of miracles. God is with us every step of the way. Now I DONT have any fear. I DONT FEAR AND I DONT DOUBT!  Now I just open my mouth to everyone and say whatever I feel. And its the most amazing feeling. So much power.

I love this gospel. Jesus lives. God is our father. We can be clean from our sins, from our guilt. IVE SEEN THE MIRACLE OF REPENTANCE WORK THROUGH GODS CHILDREN IN ARGENTINA. It testifies to me that God knows each and every one of us. That this is HIS work. Not ours. We are the ones who just invite them and then its up to them and God to do the rest. :)

Well thats all folks. :) CHAU! CARRY ON!