Week 37 - Trevelin

So we found out about transfers on Tuesday night! But first, on Monday, we watched 17 Miracles in the church with Norma and Evelin and the Elders. Norma was crying. She loved it! Then we went to have ice cream! 

I GOT YOUR PACKAGE MOM! I love every bit of it! I LOVE LOVE LOVE every dress. I took a picture of me in each thing every day that I wore it. Also, I just loved all of it. Thank you SO SO SO much! I want like 10 million of these dresses for every day when I get home haha How did I not wear the stuff you made more when I was home? I was crazy! 

Okay, so on Tuesday Norma and Evelin wanted to do splits in case of one of us being trasnfered so we did splits for a few hours. Norma was so excited and talking to everyone on the street and giving out cards to every single person. Evelin helped me buy a few things from the hippies (telling me what is typical of Bolson and everything) during our time together in splits. I LOVE these girls! 

Then, that night, did I mention we didn't have water in our apartment starting Sunday night? We did not have running water. Showering... didn't happen. Until we had a bucket of water on Tuesday night, and cleaning was REALLY hard. 

Okay, so we got a call from the zone leaders and it was our transfers. They took me and Hna Banuera out of Bolson! And put in two elders! I am so glad we did splits one last time with Norma and Evelin. I feel like  I still have SO much more to do there! Hermana Banuera went to Bariloche and I came to Trevelin... more south!!! This city is a super small town that was settled by welsh people. The original word was trefelin meaning mill in welsh, but it sounded like Trevelin so it stuck! We have the zone leaders, Elder Conceicao (remember him?) and Elder Johnson here and we have a matrimony couple, the Clarks. We´re about 30 minutes from Esquel. And I LOVE it here. there is so much work to do. the branch is awesome and super willing to help in the work. 

My companion is Hermana Kylie Brown. Remember her? Friend of Daniel Hale that we had exchanges with one time? She's so cool. I love her. (You can read about her here: http://hermanasarisant.blogspot.com/2016/11/week-29-el-bolson.html.

And that's pretty much it! 

Does your apartment have AC? Fans? Anything to help with the heat?

We have one fan.

Do you open your windows at night? Cause that's dangerous you know. 

We open them anyways. We´re on the second story in a really small town with a shop downstairs. I think they'd rob the store before us. 

Does your freezer make ice? 

Yes. 

Do you have a freezer? 

Yes. 

Do you carry with you a water bottle?

Yes. 

Are you journaling? Do.

I am. A lot. I ran out of journals! 

Any more earthquakes?

Nope! 

I can't send pictures this week.  I will try to fix it for next week.

Love, Hermana Sari Sant

From Tif:

TREVELIN, ARGENTINA! 

 They have a coat of arms, being a Welsh city and all.

This map shows where in Argentina she is.

 

This map shows how far from her mission home she is.

 The mill that the town is built around and named after.

And some google images:

From Wikipedia:

Trevelin (Spanish pronunciation: [tɾeˈβelin]; Welsh: Trefelin) is a town in the Patagonian Argentine province of Chubut. The town lies on the eastern banks of the Rio Percy/Río Percey. It is located in the department of Futaleufú, 22 kilometres south of Esquel, and had 6,395 inhabitants at the time of the 2001 census [INDEC] and 7,908 inhabitants in the 2010 census [INDEC]. The town was important in the Welsh settlement of Chubut. It was named Trevelin (from Trefelin, the Welsh for "mill town") after the first flour mill, known as "Los Andes", was established there by John Daniel Evans (es) in 1891.^[1] Evans had previously become well known for leading expeditions into the Pampas in search of new lands and mineral reserves, which had earned him the nickname 'El Baqueano' (meaning guide or scout).

The weather looks delightful!  I know where I want to live for forever!

Sari's new companion also sent us her weekly letter!  It was super fun to read! Here it is for you:

"Well hello there blessed blessed family of mine :)
(And Mama Sant, because I would like to thank you personally for your daughter. Hello :) Hope you have a great day, and enjoy this email. :) )

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D 

THANK you for your sweet emails :)

DAD THANK YOU FOR THE PICTURES :)

Ya´ll look good :) And I know I am getting fat :)

Seeing you all makes me think that :)

Selfish :)

BUT YOU ALL LOOK GOOD! 

Now.

WE HAD TRANSFERS!

GUESS WHAT?!

GOT MYSELF A GRINGA!!!!!

Hermana Sant! Sari Sant... the one that was SUPER sweet when we did exchanges in Bolson. And she is friends with some old FHE brother of mine in BYU I. We´re already having a BLAST. Good heavens. Like. This is great.

She is phenomenal. We got STRAIGHT to work when she got here, she respects all my decisons and thoughts, we are working hard to have the spirit and we have the same goals. And she is a PERFECT guide for me in Spanish. Now I can clarify like. Everything I thought I have learned.

To be honest, there is not much this week since its just been sending Ventura to Bariloche, as an Hermana Leader. Worked in Esquel again for a few days. And we have done a LOT of contacting this week. Like. 3 days of it. At least. And how many have we found? Maybe 2. So that is good :)

BUT ALSO!?!?!?! PATRICIA GOT CONFIRMED ON SUNDAY! SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF EVERYTHING! 

The spirit was THERE. She was BEAMING. And everyone thought she had been a member for 70 years by the power of her testimony through her prayers. :) I am just SO blessed to be a part of her journey in the gospel :) :)

And some mystery chocolate pancake ish thing we made last night... Picture is attatched for your pleasure and disgust. Sorry. 

Mom and Whit? No cramps :) Except I thought we were poisoned from something the Clarks made in their apartment.... NOT investigators that are trying to kill us, its our fellow American missionaries... so that was good.

Hermana Sant and I walked home from the lunch, then laid on our floor for a good 25minutes or so... Proselyting was impossible... but after we were resurrected, we worked hard and the Lord blessed us to be able to keep walking and not die anymore :)

DAD. I was wondering if you could make me a Skype name using my Gmail? Since I am... an idiot and have no idea what I didn´t do right last time.... gracias. 

And... there is that loan thing that is in my folder of a mess of things I left with you all? I believe they will start charging me next month if that is not taken care of.... and... that would be a bad time....

Annnnnnnd...

I will be more organized this week to have actual stories next week.

This week was nuts with transfers, organizing lives, organzing an more effective way to be missionaries, and I AM JUST BEYOND THRILLED FOR THESE NEXT 6 WEEKS! 

THERE WILL BE BOUNDLESS MIRACLES.

I also would like to invite you all to read a life changing talk (WHITNEY. ESPECIALLY READ THIS. I FEEL LIKE THIS WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING.) 

¨The Donaldson Papers¨by Elder Dowdle...I hope you can find it on Google. Cause.... after reading it with Hermana Sant.... I felt empowered and ready for ABSOLUTELY anything. 

You will understand this next part ONLY (okay, maybe not, that´s dramatic but...) if you read the talk you´ll get it and how I feel more...homework from your Argentina missionary :)

I feel crummy as a missionary. And that is perfect. Reading this talk changed my life and changed my mission. I know it has and we only finished reading it this morning. There is a reason I´m here and why I am blessed enough to have Hermana Sant and that she has shared this with me. I only have 4 months in the mission, and I have SO much to learn and that I want to do... its incredible that God trusts us, the 18-20 year olds with souls. And there is a reason for it. Cause we can be molded into what he wants us to be. And I am BEYOND thrilled to see what He has in store for me. :) And Hermana Sant this transfer.

Cause.

We´re gonna open the gates to salvation my friends.

I sure do love ya :)

THANKS FOR BEING MY AMAZING FAMILY!

And Sister Sant, thanks for your daughter. She´s ALREADY a blessing, and we´ve only been serving together for 5 days. So. this is gonna be reeeeeal good :)

ALL MY LOVE!

Hermana Kylie Brown"

How adorable is that? I'm so excited for these two Gringas!