Hola familia y amigos!!!!!
Can´t even hardly begin to
believe it- I´ve been transferred from my first and beloved area of
Villa Mitre and am now in the area of Trenque Launquen! haha yes, that
is a name. Tran-kay Lawn-ken. It´s the name of a city, AND a perfect
yodeling name if you ask me. Just say that a couple times like a Swedish
chef. Don’t you just love it!?
Man, I don´t even know where
to start. Leaving your first area is HARD (so I´ve heard, and so I
testify.). It ripped my heart out to say goodbye to the ward members and
investigators of Bahía. I´m more than lucky, very blessed, to know that
I can see them again at the end of my mission! That area is really close
to the office of my mission, and so when I finish, there’s no way that I
can stop myself from running to my area to give those people another
goodbye. Yeah, that´s like, one of the only reasons that I’m getting by
right now, cause dang, I just love those people so much. I hope and know
with all my heart that they will be just fine and more than fine just
great! Oh the testimonies that they left me! I wish you all could have
heard them! Hector is sharing the gospel with everyone he knows and this
past Sunday received the priesthood :) There´s not much that makes a
missionary happier than that folks. Antonia made me cry. Cristian told
me with all the confidence and surety of his 11 year old self:
"Gracias por todo.". Maria gave me a bracelet and told me
"Nos Vemos, esta no es adios." And told me that I will always
have my Argentine grandma. Man I wish I could mention every one of these
people that I love so much. I just am so so grateful for the time that I
had with them. Any time with them would have been a blessing. I couldn´t
ask for more. I´m just so grateful to have gotten to serve them. And
man, if I feel like this right now, after 4 months in my mission, how am
I going to feel when I finish it? I´m warning you all right now, I might
come home without a heart. It´ll just be easier to throw it into the Atlantic.
Trenque Launquen is
beautiful! There are SO many trees! In the center of every street is an
island of grass and trees. We live in an apartment building that is
super clean and super white. I´m in a Trio! I still don´t know one of my
companions but I love my other, Hna Boyce already :) She’s from Utah
too, and I´m pretty sure that our other that is coming is from Peru!
woo! I´m so excited to get to serve these people! I´m going to work with
all my heart to leave this place better than how I found it (which is
already so great) and I´m going to give it my all to leave here with no
regrets and the same feeling of love that I had when I left Bahía, if
not more. (Yep, so basically I´m working towards leaving here completely
dead. it´s all or nothing folks.) ;)
I´m so grateful for the
blessing and opportunity that I have to be here in Argentina and to
serve a full time mission. There was a part of President Uchtdorf´s talk
in the Women’s conference that I really love and have been thinking
about lately (thanks mom for sending me all those talks in English!). He
described blessings and miracles like this (these aren´t his words, and
please look up the talk so that you don´t have to rely on my butchered
version): God is ALWAYS sending us blessings and knowledge and
inspiration and all of the things that he wants us to have. They are
like a rain shower pouring down upon us. Why then, do we sometimes feel
like we´re not getting any of them? Like we don´t understand? Like we don't have miracles? Because our umbrellas of doubt, sin, and fear are
keeping them from us. Oh how I pray that we can open our hearts and
close our spiritual umbrellas! Learn,
seek ye the best books and the best spiritual gifts to open your lives
to receive these blessings that you NEED. Do those things that he has
commanded of you. They’re for your protection and benefit! They’re beautiful. Don´t go without the Sacrament-
I have understood more and more than ever that we need the opportunity
to renew our covenants and promise to make more every week. Prepare
yourselves for it! Study these things, I promise you with all my heart
and might that you will see blessings in your lives! Things are hard to
understand. Desire to understand,
seek, act, ye SHALL find!
I love you all so so much!
May the Lord bless you and keep you this week and that you have much
success! Cuidasen mucho!
Les Quiero!
Hermana Hill
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