Week 4 - Buenos Aires CCM

Okay, so this week has been fun! We got new people and a new room! The two Latinas in our room are amazing! They are already trying to learn English so we are always working together to translate for each other so I am learning a ton! And my other roommates are fun too! One is from Australia and the other is from Utah? I think. Anyway, their first day here, the Latinas woke up at 5 and thought it was six thirty so went and showered making a huge ruckus and then when she got out, she was like "Levantarse! Levantarse!" I was mad at my already lost half-hour of sleep and I was like "No levantarse! Dormir! Dormir! Levantarse no hasta 6:30!" So then, the other Latina got up and went to the bathroom. She crashed into everything on the way there and everything on the way back. Her bed is the closest to the bathroom so I don't even know how it was possible to hit so much.  Then at 6:27!!! She said "Levantarse ahora!!!" It was a struggle.  But we talked about it and they know what time to get up now! It was a hilarious first night! Apparently, the other night, one Latina went to the bathroom and when she came out, I guess I started yelling "Dormir dormir!!!! No luz! Dormir!!!" haha I don't know what's wrong with me because I don't remember that! 

Anyway, One of our teachers, Hermano Zacharías has been sooo happy and funny and nice since we had the district change! He calls us his daughters every now and then because we said we are just helping him get ready for when he has girls. He's hilarious because he has really broken english. Some quotes from the week:

Are you SCARY!? 

      He was asking us if we were scared to go proselyting and it came out like that.

You are rudes! 

      He was saying we are tough and we can handle the field.

I smell joking! 

      He popped his head in the door when we were all laughing.

You needs to defeat this scary before the field.

      when we said we were nervous for proselyting.

Those probably aren't funny to you but we all died laughing! 

Also, my friend Hermana G has lice. I was the one that found it in her hair so I have been going through her hair every day for the past three days picking out the eggs and dead bugs and spraying it down with chemicals. Its gross and I get checked several times a day to make sure I don't get it! It's certainly been interesting because G has a ton of dark curly hair and its super thick haha

So proselyting Saturday was fun! Hermana Simmons and I were a bit uncomfortable at first and we felt discouraged for the first few hours because it was lunch and siesta time so no one was out on the streets or answering doors. But, we still had a couple of fun experiences! One guy that we knocked on the door of noticed we were Americans (it's not that hard) and brought out his daughter because she speaks a bit of English and we talked to them for a while and they agreed to have us back to their house again this Saturday! We´ll see what happens! We also found a lady who like bore testimony of a ton of stuff that we believed in after we had and she wanted a Book of Mormon and we made an appointment with her for this Saturday as well! It was so fun to talk to those people! I am learning a ton at proselyting! It is so much fun to talk to so many people and to spend time getting to know them! We met some really fun people who had a lot of concerns that we were able to discuss with them. I loved that I could see little miracles work through Hermana Simmons and I with our Spanish and with inspiration to say what we needed to say. Also, the people are still just so nice and willing to help us, which means we have a way in to help them! 

So, a more specific miracle moment this week was while Hermana Simmons and I were teaching "Ruben", one of our teachers. We usually have our little red book of English to Spanish phrases that are useful for lessons and we go off of that for reference to teach. We also have notes of good questions to ask and everything. This week, he challenged our district to not use any notes and to give perfectly grammared commitments. Simmons and I were super worried, but we went in to our lesson yesterday and totally nailed it! The spirit was so strong, except for him taking out his phone and getting a picture of us haha (he said it was cool because there was a picture of the Savior between our heads on the back wall of the room) and we gave our commitments well and organized. When we got into class he said we missed a word. Instead of saying si lo que we said si que... oops!!! We'll fix that next lesson! It was amazing to see that when we completely let go of our fears of not being able to communicate, we were still able to teach a powerful lesson. 

So, the scripture I picked this week is Isaiah 60:22 

It says "A little one shall become a thousand and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in my time." 

I like that one because it reminds me that through God I can be a stronger person and that I just have to work my hardest and put my all into it and he will help me with what I can't do on my own. 

Also, my English has become very inefficient and hard to write, so, sorry! Not that Spanish is any easier right now though. I'm still transitioning. haha 

Also, scriptures are really cheap here. A Bible and BOM are only 25 American dollars! Total!  But they don't have quads which is a bummer.

Also, it is LITERALLY killing me to know where Daniel is going on his mission!!! Can you send a plane to write it in the sky so I can know pronto!? Its killllllling me! 

Also, Presidente always says "Otro día glorioso!!" Im gonna start saying that. I like it! 

I love you all! 

Hermana Sant

 

Tif's note:

Today Sari's future mission president posted pictures from a place called Otono on Facebook.  For your viewing pleasure:

 

 

 

 It's fall on the bottom half of the world!