Letter #46 ¨livin on a prayer¨

HOLA HOLA HOLA... WHAT UP WHAT UP WHAT UP MY OSUM FAM!?!?!? :)

let me see your grill meets jesus wants me for a sunbeam... ha!!!

oh how life is so beautiful and wonderful and how blessed we are to be here in this beautiful earth with so many blessings!!!! :)

awe. i love you. i love you. i love you.

seriously... i have so many feelings of gratitude to my father in heaven for sending me to learn and grow within the bloodline of such a wonderful family... seriously... i love you all so much!!!! and i miss you like currrrazzzy!!!! :)

but yeah. i gots a grand work to do here in buenos aires!!! entonces... i´ll see you in a little bit!!! like 7 months!!!! ha ha ha. (still do crazy to me... where is the time going!? trippin me out!!!! freakin me out!!!!! ahhhhhhh!!!!!)

anywho... this week was yet another ridiculously hard but wonderful week en la obra misional!!!!! :) seriously... i love missionary work so much!!!! its crazy!!!!

the classic ¨missionary jumping foto¨... gotta love it!!! :)

but yeah... i had kinda a cool experience the other day in the collectivo (bus) on our way to a zone conference.... as i was looking out the window marveling at the beauty of this incredibly city and reflecting on this amazing opportunity i have to serve here and the amaizng people i have met and the relationships i have created... but how hard of a struggle this language has been and how hard it is to find ¨the chosen ones¨ here in this crazy big city life of buenos aires... && wow... then.... the song ¨livin on a prayer¨ by bon jovi came on the radio.... and i can´t explain it family... i know i´m such a baby!!! but i almost started to cry!!!! not only is this song a song of my childhood and brought back so many memories as a family... but.... in this moment in my life this song has a WHOLE NEW MEANING!!!! :) and i can´t explain it.... but i felt like heavenly father was talking to me in a language that only us forte´s would understand... music. bon jovi. ha!!! who woulda known!? ha!!! anywho... but this song ended up being my theme song throughout the whole rest of the week!!!! cuz seriously... i´ve been livin on a prayer!!!!! we literally are back to ground zero as we dropped everyone that wasn´t progressing... and he keep contacting, and contacting, and contacting.... but no one has REAL interest!!! and sometimes its hard to know WHAT to do and HOW to do it...

but.... just like it counsels in alma 37...

 36 Yea, and cry unto God for all thy support; yea, let all thydoings be unto the Lord, and whithersoever thou goest let it be in the Lord; yea, let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord; yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever.

 37 Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day.

cute caminto!!! it really is the cutest tourist attraction ever...
 i wanted to but everything!!!! #missionaryproblems

seriously... when i found this scipture a couple days later during my personal study... i literally wanted to belt out ¨LIVIN ON A PRAYER!!!¨ ha ha ha. but yeah. the part bolded in verse 37 really stuck out to me... and in my english scriptures the word ¨good¨ has a little footnote with the words: ¨abundant life¨.... like wow!!! seriously... heavenly father loves us SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much!!!! he wants us to have an abundant life!!!! but... we have to align our lives with his will to receive this ¨abundance¨ of blessings.... ahhhh!!! but thats why we have prayer!!! ahhhh!!! i love prayer so much!!! its such a divine opportunity to talk with our father in heaven, who loves us SOOOOOOOO much!!!! and to align our lives with his will through his inspiration!!!!! :) ahhhhhh!!!! seriously... there are no words to describe his divine love for us!!!! but the best part is... if we ever are lacking in this reassurance... all we need to do is get on our knees and pray!!!! its like the darling quote shaunie has had in her room for pretty much like my whole life... WHEN LIFE GETS TOO HARD TO STAND... KNEEL!!!! its so simple!!!! and yet, sometimes in this busy hectic crazy life we forget the simplicity and get lost within our own lives!!! ahhhh!!! we can´t forget to pray my loves!!! pray for thanks!!!! pray for direction!!!! pray for support!!!! pray and counsel with the lord in ALL our doings!!!! he wants to help us!!! he wants to direct us!!! he wants us to be happy!!! thats why we have this amazing blessing of prayer!!!!! :) but what good is a blessing if we don´t use it.... PRAY MY LOVES!!!!! it works!!!! he listens!!!! i testify of that!!!!!! :)

anyways... i love you so much my lovelies!!! and i pray for you every single day!!!! :) never ever ever forget my love for you!!!!! :)

xoxoxoxoxoxo.

chau chau.

besos.

-hermana jordan ashley forte

p.s. this ghetto ciber were at right now wont read my memory card... so... sorry... i´ll send pics next week!!! :)