San Fernando - Post 8

October 20, 2014

HAPPY MOTHER´S DAY FROM SUNNY ARGENTINA :)

Yes, here in argentina mother´s day was yesterday.  It was kinda weird but cool at the same time :)

Well as for me, This week has been rough yet satisfying, this is how it went.

Monday: WE had p-day with all the hermanas at president´s house.  It was really great :)

TUesday: Don´t really remember much, just that we worked hard but didn't really see the fruits of our labors.

Wednesday:  Worked even more.  We did have a funny moment though :)  We were in a rush to catch the train to make it to the next place we needed to go, and we heard the dinging noise that signaled that the train was coming, so we started to RUN! We got to the entrance and there are those spinny entrance thingies and you have to put your sube card on the scanner so that it charges you so you can enter.  So the train was sitting there with the doors open and we tried to scan our cards, but it wasn't working!  THere were 2 guys on the other side that tried to help us through and we were yelling like maniacs trying to get past the barreras.  We finally did after laughing and screaming and we ran towards the train only to have the doors slam in our faces!  After all that trouble, we had to wait for the next train.  #trainprobs

Thursday: We planned a lot.  We had a great lesson with a member. She wants us to visit with her neighbor that lives below her, but she´s in brazil right now and comes back this thursday.  She´s going to invite us and her over for a Family Home Evening next week :)  We are excited for that.  Also, that night the Elders had a baptism.  One of their converts came to our talent show a few weeks ago and heard me sing. I was asked to do a special number, but i was too embarrassed to do it by myself, so my companion, the elders and I sang "Nearer My God to Thee" as the closing hymn.  During the baptism I was sitting behind one of the members and this little green bug flew into her hair and got stuck. I tried to get it out without her knowing and then the bug flew RIGHT INTO MY FACE!  My companion and I were trying so hard not to bust out laughing!  Also, that night we had about 10 minutes before we could enter the house, so we went to the plaza in front of our house and started inviting people to church.  My companion gave one guy a pass along card and he was such a SNAKE! He started hitting on us and asking for our number.  We basically had to run away.  It was pretty funny :)

Friday:  WE had to do tramites so that my companion could receive her argentine DNI.  We had to do some things here in San Fernando and then take and hour train ride to the immigrations offices.  We got her number and waited and waited and WAITED!  I´m not a big fan of waiting. But while we were waiting i saw this obviously American guy and his T-shirt said  "Smart, Southern, Spiritual." SO I asked him, In English, Where he was from.  He looked a little startled and got a huge grin and excitedly said "The United States!"  I just kinda chuckled and said "I know, but from what part?"  He said he was from texas and i told him i was from North Carolina,  He said he had friends from Gary, NC but i had never heard of that place.  We chatted and he came here 3 months ago to study at a catholic university.  It was cool to talk to another southerner. We finally got back to our area and were able to start working at 5 but then that night, the ward put on a mother´s day activity at 8.  It was nice :)  #bautsimosybichos #tramites

Saturday:  We worked our tail ends off and we were DEAD when we got home, and still had not found ANYBODY to teach! I was a little upset and frustrated because I was doing all the things I should be doing, and to no avail.  Luckily that night the Young Men and Young Women were doing a pizza fundraiser, so we bought a pizza from them and they brought it to our house that night and it was YUMMY!  When we knelt down to pray that night, I pleaded to my Heavenly Father that He would bless us with a miracle Sunday, that we could have someone come to church.  WE had worked so hard the past 2 weeks and I just wanted to be able to find someone to come to church and to teach.#deadtired #PIZZA

Sunday: We got up, got ready, and went around to invite more people to church, but nobody came.  We got there and said hey to everyone, and then sat down.  I was a little sad, because after all that work, we had nothing to show for it.  Then right when the meeting started Elder Valerdi came over to where we were and said that one of the members, Jesus, brought a friend to church that lived in our area.  I perked up, looked over, and sure enough there was this guy sitting over there that i didn't even see when we came in! I just about burst into tears.  After the meeting we went over and met him and brought him to the next class.  That AP´s had already invited him to be baptized and has a baptismal date for the 2nd of Noviembre.  After the 2nd class we showed him the baptismal font and talked more about baptism and he wants to learn more.  He said he didn't really understand a lot of what they talked about but he felt good.  Then he went to the Priesthood class with the Elders and his friend and Hermana Gomez and i were just awestruck.  God literally placed this investigator in our hands!  Oh and I also gave a talk on the Blessing we receive when we share the gospel.  It was good. ·#Miraclesexist!

And here I am still awestruck by how great GOD is and how much he really loves us.  If we do the best that we can, he will ALWAYS bless us! Sometimes we just need to be patient.  It makes me think of a scripture in the Book of Mormon in Ether 12:6 which says 
"And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith."

I love the Gospel and I love this great opportunity I have to serve the Lord as his representative.

Hermana Allison Scarlett