Letter #53 HAPPY (late) HALLOWEEN MI FAMILIA!!!! :)

HAPPY (late) HALLOWEEN MI FAMILIA!!!! :)

oh how my heart is full with love and gratitude this lovely lunes morn... ahhhh!!! i just love you all so much!!! p-day is always the re-boost i need for the next upcoming week!!! i love my family so stinkin much!!!! :)

but yes... as many of you already know... this week i´m going to hit my ONE YEAR mark in the mission... wow. seriously... there are no words to describe the feelings i have in realizing this reality!!! feelings of saddness as i never want my mission to end.. feelings of gratitude as this has been the most incredible year of my life.. feelings of humility as this has been one of the hardest most rewarding years of my life..

stalker foto of our 6 investigators...
#ilovebeingamissionary!!! ha ha ha.

wow. so many feelings of mixed emotions!!! can you tell!? ha ha ha. i definitely have been humbled though... as in the begining of my mission i remember thinking, ¨wow, when i hit my year mark i´m gonna be the most incredible spanish speaking gospel knowing missionary, converting people left and right!!!¨ ha ha ha ha ha. oooooh boy. this missionary has definietly met her maker. and she definitely has been humbled. ha!!! if anything i´ve realized HOW much more i need to learn and HOW much more i need to grow and HOW much more i need to improve my spanish... ha ha ha. life is interesting isn´t it!? but wow. i´m seriously so incredibly grateful for this amazing experience i´ve been able to have here in the amazing bueños aires, argentina. i love love love this work. & i love love love this gospel. &&... i love love love being a missionary!!! like more than you know!!! :) this sunday we were able to have 6 investigators in the capilla.... 6!!!! ahhhh!!!! seriously... nothing brings more joy than being being a missionary i´m pretty sure!!! :)

old foto... but its so adore-able. i had to send!!!
 ha ha. us girls at the temple
- hermana matamoros finally sent it to me!!! :)
#ilovebeingamissionary

highlight moment: on our way to the capilla, luis, one of our investigators was reading the book of mormon in the collectivo (bus)!!!! ahhhh... it was so freaking adore-able!!!! ahhhhh!!!! killed me!!!!! i love being a missionary so much!!!! i love sharing my testimony about this restored gospel and teaching these amazing people the truth of the gospel and being able to see the change in their lives as they apply these gospel truths!!!! 

the church is true people...i don´t have a single doubt about it!!!

YO SE QUE VIVE MI SEÑOR!!!!! we sang this song yesterday in church, (i know that my redeemer lives) and seriously brought tears to my eyes... I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES!!!!! i know this with all my heart & soul!!!! i know this is HIS glad message and this is HIS work!!!! thank you for all your love and support this past year my lovelies!!!! you have no idea how grateful i am for this amazing experience and change in my life... and i know i wouldn´t be here without YOUR support through it all!!! (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!!!)

like my p-day look!? ha ha ha.
elephant pants with my leopard print rain boots baby!!!
#rainraingoaway #iwillalwayslovelephants

anyways... i´m super pumped and excited i still have 6 amazing more months to serve with all my heart, mind, and strength!!!! :) :) :)

hope you all have an amazing next week... with snow!!! ha!!! no worries... its raining like crazy down here in argyland!!! ha ha ha.

welps... love you all more than words can express!!!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo.

chau chau.

besos.

-hermana jordan ashley forte

Letter #52 i love congreso..

EYYYYYYYY FAM!!!! COME ESTAN!?!!? :)

dang... i seriously love you all so much and hope your lives are all grand and wonderful ahora en fall time utah-ville!!!! :)

last p-day our zone went on this ¨nature trail¨
walk thingy... basically walked on a dirt road for a good 2 hours
 and ended over looking the ocean!!! ha!!! psych.
more like the muddy river that eventually opens up the ocean...
 but still i was overjoyed to be back at the ¨beach¨... mas or menos. ha ha.

this week really was another incredible one in the life of hermana forte.... yup. liz and ivan are finally getting married!!! and then two days later ivan is finally gonna get baptized!!!! ahhhhhh!!!! i´m seriously so overjoyed with happiness!!! i´ve been working with this family since the first transfer here in congreso, and i´ve been able to see the change and light that has entered into their home as they have accepted the teachings of this grand gospel in their lives... ahhhh!!!! the only microscopic downfall is that the boda (or wedding) is two days AFTER the transfer next week... and the baptism is two days AFTER the wedding... aka: if i get transfer next monday. i don´t get to see this amazingness take place. so lets just say every night i´m praying so freakin hard that i can have another amazing transfer here in congreso with my lovelies!!!! ahhhhh!!!! I LOVE CONGRESO!!!! like so so so so much!!!!! nuff said. :) but yeah... IF... i do get transfered though... (praying thats not the case)... i know this is the work of the lord, and that HE ultimately has a greater plan and knows whats best for each of his blessed children!!!! :) yesterday in gospel principals we were talking about our loving heavenly father and how the trinity are three seprete beings... i had this moment of ¨DUH¨ inspiration... god is our heavenly father. we are his children. thats why we are all brothers and sisters. so obviously we all look and have qualities like our father in heaven!!!! he has a body of flesh and bones just like us.... and he loves us so much he wants to have the same happiness he has, thats why he gave us this amazing opportunity to come  to earth and obtain a body of flesh and bones just like him!!!! he literally is our FATHER!!!! he wants us to learn and grow and reach our full potential.... so obviously.... like any other earthly father may understand... sometimes he needs to have ¨TOUGH LOVE¨ and let us work through our trails and challenges as he ultimately knows it will help us to learn and grow.... ahhhhh!!!! i love this gospel and knowlege so much!!!! we  really are so blessed to know the truth!!!! :)

i love you all like crazy!!!!

and p.s. mom and dad, next week is transfers so you´ll hear from me on tuesday!!! (lets pray i´ll be emailing from this same ciber here in congreso!!! ha ha ha ha. #missionaryproblems #ilovecongreso #areawithdrawls)

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

xoxoxoxo.

chau chau.

besos.

-hermana jordan ashley forte

Letter #51 because its something real..

HOOOOOOOOOOOLA!!!!

our amazingly incredible ivan... && his dog lobo.
 ha ha ha ha. he´s gonna recieve the preisthood!!!
ahhhh!!! #sohappy #lovebeingamissionary

awe... what an amazing day to be a missionary and  talk to all my lovelies!!!! i seriously love pday and insta-chatting with all my increible hermanitos!!!! ahhhh!!! i love you all so so so so much!!!! thanks for all your love, support, and good laughs... always!!!! i really am the most blessed missionary in the world i´m pretty sure!!!! :)

but yeah... this week was yet another incredible week here in congreso... && seriously... i have NO DOUBT that this is the work of the lord... and he literally places people in the path of us missionaries cuz he loves and wants to gather his lost sheep!!! :)

me and my precioso johnny!!!
he seriously is SO incredible!!!

for example... we were walking to an appointment with one of our golden investigators, johnny (i´ll talk about him in just a minute), and a woman sitting in a chair outside her closed resturant questioned us and asked, ¨are you the mormons!?¨ ha ha ha. uh... why yes, YES WE ARE!!! :) oh man. it was seriously so perfect!!!! and long long loooong story short. this family owns a peruivan resturant. and right now it is being shut down by the government for various reasons and this family is really needing some peace and comfort in their life... and... the aunt that lives in peru is a member, and so the mom was talking to the family about how she feels they need to go to the church her sister goes to... && then... we walked by!!!!! uh... this was no coicidence people!!! it was a miracle from our father above!!! this is HIS work!!!! ahhhh!!! i so believe in miracles!!! nuff said. ha ha ha.

but yeah, also... our other investigator johnny.... ahhhh. i seriously love him so much!!! he seriously is so prepared and ready for this gospel!!! he always has questions and wants to learn more and more and more!!!! the other day when we asked him if he had a friend he coud invite to the next lesson, it was so cute!!!! he told us, i´m going to talk to everyone about this church and invite everyone too!!! then we made a joke about how all of his friends are eventually gonna be mormon, and so dead faced serious he looks at us and says, ¨obviously, because the church needs to grow. and why does it grow!? because ITS SOMTHING REAL!!¨ ahhhh... seriously, my eyes began to fill with tears in this moment. johnny feels the truth!!! he can see the difference in his life with us teaching him day by day... this is our grand message family!!! the gospel is real, living and growing!!! and i´m so incredibly grateful to have this opportunity to be a missionary and see the difference this grand message can make in peoples lives!!!! ahhhhh!!!! we have a loving heavenly father that sent his son to die for us so that we can return to live with him again!!!! ahhhhh!!!!  the church is SO true!!! there are no if´s, and´s, or but´s about it!!!!!! :)

palacios, johnny, y forte... i love being a missionary!!! :)

i love you all so so so so so much!!!! never ever forget it!!!!

have the bestest beyond bestest week ever!!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxo.

chau chau.

besos.

-hermana jordan ashley forte