October 11, 2016
Hola Familia!!!
Well another week has passed by
here in Olavarrìa and I've completed another month in the mission... which
makes my count 1 YEAR!!!!!! I know I say this a lot, but I really don’t
know where the time has gone. IT'S FLYING BY!! ;) I
don't want it to end...so we're just not going to talk about it, okay? Okay. Just gonna keep having fun,
working hard and eating ice cream. :)
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| The absolute best way to celebrate 1 year in the mission!!!! |
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| Where has the time gone...I'm officially OLD! |
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| A one year mission anniversary gift from my cute companion (it's a hymn book case) |
So remember the guy "Chavo"
from last week? Well, his real name is
Maximiliano. He's doing well. Didn't make it to church this week
though... :( We're going to keep doing
all we can to help him make it to his baptism date.
BUT, we also have a new
family that might be getting baptized the 23rd too!!! So it all
started last Tuesday when a member from another ward in our stake called us to
give us a referral. She set up an appointment to go with us that night
and we met the GOLDEN family of a single mom named Claudia who has three
kids- Yael (pronounced shaiel) who is 17yrs old, Lumina who is 15 yrs old,
and 10 year old Francisco. The member, Hna
Mussi has been a friend with Claudia and a great example to them for many years. As a result, they are so prepared and ready
to hear and accept the gospel of Jesus Christ!!
Claudia told us that she's been
feeling like a big change was going to happen in their lives and loved
everything we taught her. We've been able to visit her many times this last
week and got her to come to church with Yael and Francisco. They really
enjoyed it and the three of them have decided they want to get baptized!! When we invited them to prepare for the 23rd,
they were a little hesitant but said they would pray to know if they should get
baptized that day. We immediately made a strong connection with their
family. Claudia has basically already adopted us, and
Francisco...oh he's just like my little Argentine brother! ;)
So yeah, we are pretty excited
and happy little hermanas, and all because of these great REFERRALS that we
are getting from members here in our ward.
This week, I watched a new video the church has made about the Plan of Salvation with graphics. IT’S
SO GREAT and so cute!! If you haven’t
seen it, WATCH IT NOW. But don't only watch it.... SHARE IT!!! I loved in
Elder Oaks talk at conference when he talked about all the possibilities and tools
we have with internet and social media to share the gospel and then asked if we
are taking advantage of all the tool we have. Let us all follow the counsel
of an apostle of the Savior and SHARE this video!!
Love and miss you all and hope
you have a great week!
Con amor y pantalones,
Hermana Bartholomew
P.S. Oh, because of the risk of Zika virus, we have to start
wearing pants in 2 weeks... I’m going to die of heat this summer. #helpme
More pics from last week:
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| The crazy Hermanas of zona Olavarria |
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| Sleepover for zone meetings last week |
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| Someone was tired after all of our meetings |
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