August 22, 2016
Hola Familia y Amigos,
Well another week has come and
gone and I'm sitting in this little cyber in Argentina not remembering a thing
that we did this week that is worth telling you about. :) Whoops! Sorry – those are the problems of
a bad memory and normal missionary week.
Oh yeah... I remember now why
this week seemed kind of normal, it’s because I got sick... AGAIN. Holy
freak...I seriously have the worst luck ever.
This is the third time this winter. Tuesday night I started
feeling super weird and with like some sort of body fever thing. You know when
you can’t decide if you’re too cold or too hot and you have the shivers?
Yeah, that. Anyway it was pretty miserable. I took some Ibuprofen but
it wasn’t really working so I called Hna. Cifuentes and she told me to go buy
some antibiotic at the pharmacy. Little by little it made me feel lots
better and it only ended up lasting like 3 days instead of all week long. #countingmyblessings.
So yeah, that was fun. Also,
we found a new investigator!! Her name is Maleria (weird I know...) and
she's a young mom with two daughters. She has a couple of cousins that
are members of the Church, but she's never learned about what it is that they
really believe. After we met her she
invited us right into her home and we were able to teach her about Jesus Christ
and the restoration of the gospel and it went well. We’ll see where things
go these next couple weeks, but she seems to have lots of interest so we have
very high hopes. :)
Also, Juan finally made it back
to church!!! (After like 3 months without coming.) Alejandra has been super sick for over a
month and they've used that as their excuse when really Juan just didn't want
to come alone. We had a member call and invite him to come and this guy
even went by and picked him up. Juan
seemed super happy to be able to make it back! We had a great lesson with
them this week teaching about the plan of salvation again. The first and
last time we had taught them was way back in April and they had forgotten lots
of things. It really gave them a better
big picture of why all the things we are teaching them and inviting them to do
are so importante (i.e. coming to church, reading the scriptures, keeping the
commandments in general...). They still have a long way to go, but we
love them and want to do all we can to help get them there!!!
These last 5+ months here in Olavarrìa
have been so great but a lot of work at the same time! I’ve definitely
had lots of ups and downs and have learned to have a “keep on keepin’ on”
attitude through it all. I read an article by one of the General
Authorities, Elder David Evans in the Liahona magazine from June of this year
about tenacity and discipleship. He said, "la tenacidad en el
Evangelio sea esta: pase lo que pase, continuar teniendo fe en Dios y en sus
promesas, y hacer lo correcto en todo momento, sin importar quién lo sepa." (sorry
I only have it in Spanish) [Translation –
tenacity in the Gospel is this: no matter what happens, continue to have faith
in God and His promises, and do what is right all the time, regardless of who
knows.]
We have transfers in a short 3
weeks and I have a feeling my time here is coming to an end... but until then,
come what may, I'm going to love it and keep on keepin’ on right up until the
end!! I’m excited for another week of work! :)
Wishing you all the very best week,
Con amor y panqueques,
Hermana
Bartholomew
Pictures from the week:
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| P-Day = Pancakes! :) |
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| Missing Jack Johnson today....makin' banana pancakes. |
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| Yankee pancakes for our favorite ward members - Joaquin y Lujan |
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| With my Argentine Sister - Lujan |
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| What are we doing?? |
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| Learning lots more in the mission than I ever thought I would about HAIR! :) |
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| Hermana Ahlmer bleaching her locks... |
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