Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Letter #30 coming to ourselves & reaching our potential..

HOLA MI AMOROSA FAMILIA!!!
first things first... i need to send a few shoutouts to the wonderful people that i love so much...
no worries, just the sunrise from my bedroom window
 as i´m doing my morning personal study... nbd. ha ha.
HAPPY FREAKING OSUM BIRTHDAY DYLAN TODAY!!!
HAPPY FREAKING OSUM BIRTHDAY DADDY IN 3 DAYS!!!!
&&& HAPPY FREAKING OSUM BIRTHDAY JARED IN 4 DAYS!!!!
whew... i´m glad i got that off my chest!! ha ha. so... this week was once again another amazing week here in argentina!! i seriously fall in love with the work and gospel all over again from week to week!!! seriously blows my mind how this really is the lord´s work, and us missionaries really are HIS hands, working hard in the field to find his lost sheep!!! :)
the cutest little family in the whole wide world... 
the perez familia kids... every noche de hogar (family home evening)
 we have with them is a total blast and a half!!!! :)
hermana forte and hermana escalante... 
together for yet another transfer... thats whats up baby!!! :)
anywho... this week the topic that has been galavanting in my mind all week has been ¨our divine potential¨... it all began in my interview with president as he advised me to ¨focus learning this language, as he can really see ´leadership potential´ in me...¨ bahhh!! no pressure or anything pres!!! ha ha. geez louise!!! but yes. so all week the ´idea´ of POTENTIAL has been floating in the membrane... then i read the most inspiring talk by elder hales, called: coming to ourselves. and seriously. read it. its life changing!!! :) but it talks about the prodigal son and how in luke 15:17 it decribes how ¨he came to himself¨... he remembered who he was, realized what he has been missing and began to desire the blessings freely available!! and it made me think... he ultimately realized his divine potential in the eyes of our father in heaven!!! :) but... how many of us are TRUELY LIVING up to our individually divine potential!? kinda an interesting thought right!? then elder hales quoted a poem by john greenleaf whittier. that i basically fell in love with...
¨of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ít might have been!´¨
THE TITANIC ELEVATOR...
 everyday we go up & down in our apartment i think of jack & rose... 
oh boy!!! i miss movies... #moviedeprived #sueme
let us not live our lives in regret of what we did or did not do!! let us live up to our individual potential and ¨come to ourselves¨ remembering WHO we are and WHAT we desire most!!! :) ahhhh!!! i´m just so incredibly grateful for this gospel and the road map it provides for us to truely reach our FULL potential!!! and i´m so grateful for this opportunity to be a missionary and help these people here in floresta, buenos aires, argentina reach their own divine potential as well as they come closer to their father in heaven and let HIS love shape their lives!!! :) ahhhh!!! life. is. wonderful. thats all i´m sayin!!! :)
never forget who you are, and let the love of our father in heaven change your life, come to yourself, and ultimately reach your full potential!!! :)
anywho, i love you all SO much!!!
have a fantastic week!!!!
xoxoxoxo.
BESOS!!!!

- hermana jordan ashley forte




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