oh my wonderful familia that i love so much... how it be!? :)
everything is great and wonderful here in argyland and i´m just lovin every single minute!!! i can´t lie about it though... hermana palacios and i are definitely puttin in work to find them elect... and oh boy!!! it seriously feels SO good!!! i seriously have learned to love talking to everyone!!! and i dunno... i´ve tried to change my mind set and sometimes rejection is just plain out hilarious!!!! ha ha ha. sometimes all you gotta do is laugh when the person literally thinks we are of the devil or something crazy, or when they happily shake their finger in your face and say ¨NO!¨ with a fatty smile... ha ha ha. kills me everytime!!! but i think these moments are what makes the great moments so great!!!! :) like when we had a lesson with the family of ivan and he bears his testimony about the book of mormon and invites his whole family (brothers, sisters, and mom) to read and find out for themselves... awe... kills me!!! i love being a missionary so much!!! :)
but yeah. during my personal studies i´ve been reading in the good ol´ bible as i´m trying to build up my knoweldge to be able to relate to these strong devoted catholics over here in argyland!!! if you didn´t know... the pope is from argentina... and... his foto is all over these parts!!! ha ha ha. but yeah. i was reading in john 18 when peter denies christ 3 times...
17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples? He saith, I am not.
25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
26 One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
and i just got to thinking... wow. peter, one of christ´s apostles, denied being a disciple of christ with his words 3 times... but... how many times have i denied being a disciple of christ with my actions!? i mean... we all know the famous phrase, ¨actions speak louder than words¨, right!? but are our actions really showing our true discipleship to our christ and savior!? ahhh... i dunno. it really hit me hard during my personal study!! and then it reminded me of a amazing scripture i remember my baby sister send out when she was in the mish in albania... romans 1:16...
16 For I am not aashamed of the bgospel of Christ: for it is thecpower of God unto dsalvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
&& thats all she wrote folks!!! ha ha. chiste. but seriously... we can´t be ashamed of our name!!! we are of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints!!! we must honor this title and live it with our words and actions!!! i am a disciple of christ. and i feel so honored to wear his name next to mine every single day in my mission!!! but my discipleship will not end after the mission!!! we don´t need a tag to be his representative!!!! we represent his name and our devotion to him every. single. day. we got this family!!! he knew we could do it... thats why were here!!! this life is our divine mission!!! our divine opportunity to show our love and discipleship!!! :)
ahhhh.... i love this gospel and the clarity and direction it brings into our lives!!! we must never take it for granted!!! :)
i love you. i love you. i love you. ALL!!!! like so so so so so much my lovelies!!! have the most fantastic week ever!!!! :) and never forget how much your missionary in argentina loves you to the moon and back!!!! :)
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo.
chau chau.
besos.
-hermana jordan ashley forte
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