March 13, 2017
Hola! How's it going?
Yo? Enferma. Haha that's right, my being sick
in the mission curse came but this week. The weather in Mar del Plata has
been super crappy and changy (is that even a word? changeable? changing?.. it
just changed a lot during the week). It's
been windy, rainy, cold and sunny all at the same time and my body couldn't
keep up.
Time to bring out the winter coats |
Neither could my companion's. But we're feeling much
better so don't worry! :) It just took some soup lovingly made by my comp
and unpacking our warm winter socks.
When your comp is cold during studies :) When she got up, she realized that the cold floor was making it worse ;) |
Sicky food ;) Gotta love a good grilled cheese with choclo soup |
This weekend we participated in another
capilla abierta [chapel open house] here
in our stake. There's a new missionary
couple that got called to our mission - the Allen's. Elder Allen serve
his mission in Thailand so he knows zero Spanish. Hermana Allen is from England
but lived 10 years in Spain - so she speaks with a crazy Brittish/Spainard (is
that how you spell it?) accent.
They are here to help with the chapel open
houses, the missionary's apartments and materials in the office. So
Saturday morning they had to go check out one of the apartments in Centro that
no one is living in and they asked us to go help them. So I got to ride
in a car!! It's been too long. J
The apartment was pretty gross but we helped them take an inventory of what was
there. It was weird to converse with adults in English again…and really
hard to not start talking in a British accent with Hna. Allen! haha :)
Anyway, Saturday evening we had the Capilla
Abierta – and with our bipolar weather week, it rained the entire time... so
almost no one came. But it was awesome to see how many members came out
to help and how happy they were to be there on a day like that.
Capilla Abierta |
My new bestie - Hermana Green |
Zona Mar del Plata (Elder & Hermana Allen on the far left) |
This week I was asked to speak in Sacrament
meeting about the blessings of doing service. I was worried that I
wouldn't have a voice on Sunday because of my sore throat and I told my comp
that she might have to give my talk for me but it didn't work. :( haha I
tried! Anyway, the bishop asked me to share some experiences from my life
- not just talking about the mission. Luckily I grew up in a great family
with parents that taught me from a young age the importance of service and the
happiness and blessings it brings to our lives.
One of the examples I shared was an experience
my best buddy and little brother, Brandon shared with me about a month
ago. He said that one weekend he was bored, with nothing to do and
everyone else in the family was busy doing something, so he decided to go to
the Bishop's Storehouse by himself to volunteer. How awesome is
that? He said he felt so good and really enjoyed it. But my favorite part
was that the very next week he wrote me and said he was sad he couldn't go
volunteer that weekend cause he decided to go to the Temple with Dad. I
am so beyond grateful for the incredible example my brother is to me! I
think that the greatest blessing we can receive by serving is that we become
more like our Savior Jesus Christ. I know that me and my family are far
from being perfect, but I can say with pride and a big smile on my face that we
are trying our best to follow the example of Christ and serve and help his
brothers and sisters come unto him.
I hope you all have a great week and pay extra
attention to all the blessings God gives you through your Service!
Con mucho amor y sopa de
choclo,
Hermana Bartholomew
p.s. Our hot water decided to stop working
yesterday so just imagine me boiling water this morning and using a pitcher to
shower...it was fun...gotta love the mission right? :)
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