Buen Dia
de Bahía Blanca! No, I have not seen transfers, I´m still serving in Trenque,
but I have had the grand opportunity to take a 6 hour bus ride to Bahía to look
for my next companion Hermana Marple and head on back! :) It gives me lots of
time to study my scriptures and write in my journal, and it´s wonderful to see
the other hermanas in the mission, but it´s hard to sit still for so long
without going out and looking for people to teach.
My dear companion Hermana
Mercado has died (missionary vocab for finished her mission). It was so great
to serve with her for 3 months! I was seriously overjoyed to hear that I´m
going to spend the next 6 weeks in Trenque Lauquen- it means I´ll be in this
dear area for at least 6 months! :) I´m so glad! There´s a lot of work to do
here and I want to do it with all my heart.
Congrats to Zack and
Lacey who are going to be married this week!!! Ahh! I can hardly believe it!!!!
(I´ve written you a letter and I hope it gets there soon!!!) It´s weird to think
of the world moving on out there, cause it feels like I just got here! And
congrats to Lee and Kaylie and Kiara and Reese who are expecting a new member
of their family in October! I´m going to have so many new people to get to know
when I get home and I couldn´t be happier! :D Love you all!
This week we saw lots of
success here in little Trenque Lau. There REALLY ARE people who are waiting to
hear this message- people who have confusion and who need comfort and who want
to find the true church of Christ. Please share your testimonies frequently. It
will strengthen your own and fortify those around you! You never know what a
little truth can do to comfort another person. Something as simple as "I´m
glad that I got to go to church on Sunday" or, something even smaller.
There´s a lot of people in this world who think we´re super weird until they
get to know us haha okay!? So you´ve got to be open about what you believe, be
yourself! People want to learn and are generally afraid to ask. You´re not
going to lose anything. Ask your friendly neighborhood missionaries for advice
in sharing your testimony if you need it ;) We met a man this week who even
told us "hey, I thought ya´ll were pretty weird bugs, but we believe a lot
of the same things, yeah, I´ll for sure read this pamphlet"(wow, it´s
weird in English...). And it all started cause this man heard that we were
talking about religion with one of his friends, and wanted to hear more. Just
normal, easy conversations can lead to someone finding a whole lot of
joy.
Fast cultural note- the
majority of the people here in tre lau work in the milk factory, or in the
fields.
Love you all!
Hermana Hill
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