Week 71 - Bariloche

This week, it snowed! 

One of the pictures I sent you is of me and mty foot by a black thing outside of a house, that is the calefactors, or gas space heaters, and it lets heat out on the outside sometimes. We were freezing yesterday and put our hands on one to heat up for a bit haha 

 Also, the pictures of me on a beach is because our area also has all of the coast of the lake here and what you dont see in the picture is ALLLLL of the houses on the coastline haha They say that this lake does not have a bottom. No one has found the bottom yet and they say that it connects with the locness monster ake in another park of the world. Cool stuff huh? 

This week was GREAT! We have 7 new investigators! FINALLY! Other weeks we only had 2 or 4. We found a family and a few other people! One person that we taught yesterday is named Manuel. He has read the pamphlets that missionaries give out before but never recieved the discussions. So, we taught him the restoration yesterday and he loved it! He finally understood the apostacy and why it is so important that we have prophets today. It was great! 

Also, I have quite a big cold still. I cant sleep very well because I am coughing ALOT. but last night we went to bed early and this morning I took a nap. Aleluya! I feel a lot better but still on edge of being sick haha Thats basically it:)

Week 70 - Bariloche

 

This week 

this week was insane. 

We left for San Martin to do exchanges on Monday and got there for the Disctrict meeting. I was with Hermana Vieira and Hermana Gaertner was with her ex comp, Hermana Alder. 

I wanted to see Quique, but he was working all day, but we had lunch with the oñates! 

Our plan with going to San MArtin was help them with their investigators that can be baptized make that step, but they got a call on Tuesday morning saying that they were leaving that night to do paperwork for Passports and so we had to leave at like 5 or 6 from San MArtin to go to Junin. the appointments with the investigators were allllll at 6, 7, and 8 that night. So, bummer. 

anyways! 

We went to Junin and they are AWESOME! They have a littttttlle branch there that meets in a little house that I think I sent a picture of. I was with hermana Menezes.

they are having TONS of success and are really diligent and obedient. 

We got back to our area on Thursday in the afternoon. 

On Friday, We had exchanges with the sisters in Esquel. I went with hermana Rodriguez from brasil. 

there was a ward baptism of an 8 year old this friday and they invited a TON of friends. at least 6 families. We got their addresses and have appointments this week with the members:) YAY! 

Thats basically all this week:) 

Week 69 - Bariloche

This week was good! We haad conference with President! I learned a ton! Talking to everyone. Also I learned how to get references from members better. I realized we are almost never direct with the memebers and since conference with president we have recieved quite a few references and the couselor in the bishopbric talked about how to give missionaries references in sacrament meeting yesterday! It was awesome! He said that the members need to be inviting freinds to their houses so tha çt we can teach them with them.

Also, we did exchanges with the sisters in Trevelin-- hermana Onofre and Slade. Theyre awesome! 

Yesterday it rained and snowed almost all day and yesterday was the priliminary voting for the presidente of argentina so we had to go back to the pension by the time they announced the results.

These pictures are from her companions camera:

Week 68 - Bariloche

Okay, so this week was good! It was really hard but also really good! We had leadership counsel in Neuquen and I got to see HErmanas Brown, Ventura, Jarvis, and Barfuss. I love those girls! So, we worked hard this week and we had some crazy experiences! 

We went to this lady's house that lives on a hill and we clapped the door and she came out and let us in. We got in the gate and she had this cute dog that looked REALLY beaten up. She told us it wasnt hers but it followed her home and she felt bad for it so shes letting it stay in the gate but outside of the house. When we went into the house, the dog FLEW in and started attacking their cat! The investigator was sobbing and we got the dog out, after it had knocked over the table, all of the chairs and almost the china cabinet. Then, we all sat down and the lady calmed down and all so we were about to start teaching and the dog started walking on her roof (because her house is in such a steep hill that you could just walk from the street right onto the roof). So, we got it to get out of the gate and all and FINALLY, we taught jçher. 

Also, we always go to this same house. Its a place fully of little apartments. You walk into a door and walk down some sketchy stairs until you get to some apartments on the hill. We opened up the door yesterday and a dog, think that my step into the hosue was an effort to kick, bit my shoe! There is a bite mark in my boots! haha and then some other dog-- all at the same time-- that was wandering around in the street rubbed up against me. I relized a bit after that he was bleeding a TON and he had gotten blood on my dress. Good stuff. 

I loev the people here. and the dogs. But you need to be careful with the dogs. You never knocçw when one willl be gushing blood or whne a little weener dog will bite your foot. 

Also, the gospel is true and Jesus loves us. I know it. 

Love, Hermana Sant

Week 67 - Bariloche

 

 So, this week was good! I have my new companion from Brazil! Hermana Gaertner. She knows a lot of english so we talk in english a lot and she is teaching me how to speak Portuguese! Its fun! And almost spanish with a bit of a gringo accent haha 

She is from Curitiva Brazil and has been out for about 14 months (just one less transfer than me). 

So, this week, we found a less active member from Bolson and her boyfriend who is VERY interested in the gospel! He would have come to church this Sunday but there was an emergency with his grandson. Also, we taught Alejandro and the lesson went GREAT! but he will be in buenos aires for the next 3 weeks! 

Also, Hebe and her kids could go to church for a few weeks, but yesterday, they went! I LOVE LOVE LOVE them. 

I am learning a lot! I love Bariloche! We finally had a missionary work meeting with the bishop this week (because we dont have ward counsel here) and it went really well! 

Today, we are leaving to go to Neuquen! YAY! and next week... we`re going to Neuquen ..... AGAIN! YAY!!!! Yay for not being in out area for 3 days a week! 

We are going to the leadership training conference. They have told us it will start at 10 am and end at 8pm. a LONG conference. I am so ready. Next week we will go to Neuquen to do my paperwork ot be LEGAL! Its only taken almost 16 months, but I think this time it sounds like it will really happen! 

I love yall! The church is true! Read the Book of Mormon every day:) 

Love, Hermana Sant

Week 66 - Bariloche

IM STAYING IN BARILOCHE! I cant believe it! everyone in the mission wants to come to the south of the mission and I still haven't left. this will be my 8th transfer in the zone of Bariloche. I just really felt like my work here was done and that hermana howard would stay and have TONS of success. I guess the lord knows better! I am SO thankful! but EVERY missionary was telling me I was going north ALL transfer! 

Also, I just got the email we never want to get... the email asking for our information so the secretary of the mission can make flight plans.

I oficially only have one more opportunity to leave the south of the mission. I will be here for more transfer! #blessed. 

Our feet were FREEZING the other day. We left in the morning and it was SO pretty outside. We went into lunch and left and it was POURING rain until we went home and we did not put on the shoes we should have for rain. We were sloshing around everywhere. 

So, we had a really good week! We finally had more new investigators. every weeks we've had like 2. This week we had five! We are wokring so hard haha

TRANSFERS! Im starçying here and my companion with be EHrmana Gaertner from BRazil! Hermana Howard is going to Esquel doign white wash! 

Well, thats basically all Ive got to say this week. I love y'all! 

Hermana Sant

Week 65 - Bariloche

So, this week was crazy! We did exchanges back to back because we called the office too late to do them other than week five and six of the transfer... yay procrastination! I LOVE the sisters! I was with hermana coman and Hermana Lastarria. They are so cute and wonderful! Hermana coman is so special! She has the spirit So strong with her! You can just tell the words she says to the people are really from the spirit! And Hermana LAstarria is a scripture master and just knows the exact scriptures to share with people for their problems! Theyre so great!

We were able to teach ALejandro and find a few new investigators this week! Alejandro is very prepared for the gospel.

This week, it snowed... alot. Well, alot for here. Its only like a foot and a half but Barilooche isnt used to more than a few inches! So there have been power outages, crazy car crashes, ice ALL over the city, closed down roads, etc. 

So, we could not leave for part of Friday, almost ALL of Saturday and almost all of Sunday. There are fallen powerlines, everything! 

So, on Saturday, we went to lunch with a fabulous member. Afterwards, HErmana Howard took me out to icecream at Grido. SO YUMMY. We bought a half kilo of icecreama nd they automatically gave us a to-go bag and all. We're like... thats cute! you act like we wont down this is ten minutes. So, we ate the icecreama nd then the elders told us to go to church where Three companionships (the ones that live close enough to come) of the district were there with two cakes, a dozen of facturas and cookies ç. They sang and rapped happy birthday and Elder Ascencio almost lit the church on fire trying to make an improv candle. We werent aloud to leave out to the street unless we had appointments at this point, so we went out back in the church and ended up having an epic snowball fight. It was really fun. Best birthday eve, Ive always wanted snow on my birthday. I started feeling guilty about it but then again, we would have been in the pension... alone... without light... doing nothing. So, it was the more effective thing we could have done. My skirt was fozen like in the movie frozen and everything. 

Yesterday, they canceled churtch in all of bariloche except for one church. so, we went to that church to take the sacrament and then had lunch, left to proselite for an hour before the zone leaders let us know yet again that we had to stay in the apartment for they whole day. Good times in the snow! The whole world shuts down haha 

So, thats been my week! I am very happy in the work and am LOVING Barilopche.