Letter #59 its glorious..

HOLA FAMILIA!!!!

faaaa.. this week was another GLORIOUS week!!! i love being a missionary didjaknow!? and i love baradero!!! like real talk!!! :) this week the new song glorious by david archuleta has TOTALLY been the theme song.... and every morning its on replay on our ghetto dvd player through my usb!!! woohoo!!! :) if your haven´t heard it yet... check it out!!! its like WAAAAY good!!! :)

-----------> http://www.mormontabernaclechoir.org/articles/watch-glorious-by-david-archuleta-from-meet-the-mormons?lang=eng

all us hermanas in the freakin cheta (rich) resturant... 

#allyoucaneatbuffet #fatkidstatus

but anywho... i don´t have much time to write today cuz as a zone we all bused it to san pedro and ate at the nicest restuarnt i´ve eaten in my whole mission!!! it was seriously SOO nice!!! and it was an all you can eat buffet.... WHATUP!!! super stuffed right now!!! #fatandhappy

but yeah... the bus was late so i´m lacking in time... but.... in a nut shell version...

THIS WEEK WAS GLORIOUS!!! and seriously... baradero is seeing miracles!!! :) this week we held a noche de hogar (family home evening) with the whole branch... the first in 4 years!!! and... it was a hit!! everyone was laughing and having a blast and seriously... we could see the fruits on sunday when we brought our investigator to church!!! ahhhh!!! we finally have the confidence of the members!!! and everyone was welcoming her and oh my goodness!!!! it was was just so GLORIOUS!!!! later alicia told us that at church she felt right at home!!! woohoo!!! and... she accepted a baptismal date for the 27th of december!!!! i´m seriously SO stoked!!! were finally seeing the fruits of our labors!!! baradero is gonna have a bapstism!!! (fingers crossed!!!)

but yeah... i love my life. i love this gospel. i love the light this gospel brings into the lives of god´s children and i love being the missionary to deliver this glad message of light && happiness!!! :)

AHHHH... THE CHURCH IS TRUE PEOPLE!!!!! && ITS SO GLORIOUS!!!!! 

... there´s no other way to put it!!! :)

ahhhh... i love you all so freakin much!!!

have the bestest beyond bestest week ever!!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxo.

chau chau.

besos.

- hermana jordan ashley forte

so... my cute little mili had my camera and i walked in

 the bathroom and found her taking selfies...

 #killedme #ineedtotakeaselfie #soclassic #shesten

cute little black puppy dog!!! #ionlylikedogsiftheyarepuppies 

#sorrynotsorry #mymissionhasmademehatedogs #toomanydogsinthestreet

my cute morena && her new puppy!!!

 #shestehcutestisntshe #noimnottalkingaboutthedog

the light shining through the clouds on our cute 

little toy-like capilla (chapel)!!! #ilovebaradero #thechurchissotrue

Letter #58 el es la dadiva..

AYYYYYYYYYYYY MI COPADA FAMILIA!!!!

faaaaaa.... i have so many feelings of happiness right now as i read my emails and find all these updates... bahhh!!!!!

primero...

remember that one time i had two packs 

of cigarettes in my bag!?

 ha ha ha. #evidenceofanOSUMmissionary 

#dassswhatsup #preachinwordofwisdombaby

 #ilovebeingmissionary #ilovehelpingmyinvestigatorsquit :)

CONGRATUALTIONS SHAUNIE & NATE ON YOUR ENGAGEMENT!!!! :)

i have known about this plans for a few weeks now... and all the families in our branch have known too!!! ha!!! i´ve just been bursting with happiness for you two!!! and i know this is just the beginning of amazing things to come... you two are a power couple. and the lord has incredible things is lined for your future!!! :) ahhhhh!!! i´m just so incredibly happy right now!!!! :) :) :) can´t stop crying!!! you two are perfect!!!! i´m just so happy!!!! i love you both so very much!!!! :) :) :) welcome to the fam, natey-poo!!!! :P

segundo...

FELICITACIONES ALTA ON YOUR CALL TO PERU!!!!

seriously... more than half of my converts and members in my mission have been from peru... they seriously are SUCH incredible people... and the food... YOU ARE GONNA DIE!!!! its incredible!!!! mmmm... makes me hungry just thinkin about it!!!! :) pero si... i love you sis!!!! and i´m so very proud of you and this decision you have made... it really is gonna change your life forever!!!! :)

tercero...

FELICITACIONES DOMI, NATE, && ALTA ON GOING THROUGH THE TEMPLE!!!! :) :) :)

seriously... sounds like the session of a lifetime!!! so sad i coudn´t be there in person!!!! but just know i was there with you in spirit!!!! especially in the celestial room.... that joy and peace is what its gonna be like FOR ALL ETERNITY!!!! but EVERYONE.... TOGETHER. FOREVER. ahhhhhh!!!! i love the temple so much!!!! but yes. welcome to the ¨g-club¨ my lovlies!!! ha ha ha. i love you three so dang much!!!! :) :) :)

whew... dang... big big big week at home in draper, utah!!!! :)

but its also been a big week here is baradero... for different reasons of course. but still BIG for this little country town!!! :)

hermana gonzalez y hermana forte taking 

on the world... or baradero!!! ha!!! :)

we´ve really be working hard with lots of inactive families and old investigators... and family... we has a miracle this week!!! we found this part member family... familia ortiz. their three kids (who are all now grown up) were baptized and active for a long period of time... but the parents were never baptized becuase they both need to be divorced from their first marriage. anyways... long story short: as a family they have been inactive for more than 10 years. but seriously.. they are incredible!!! seriously... from the very begining they have been so wonderful and inviting!!! (and i thought that was OUR job!! ha ha.) anywho... long story short they told us these passed 10 years missionaries have been trying to visit them but they would always lie and say that the family ortiz doesn´t live there. ha ha ha. and the dad, carlos ortiz, told us, he doesn´t know what was different with us, but both him and his wife felt something. ahhh... i love the spirit so much!!!! :) anyways... during our lessons with them they kept using the ¨excuse¨: everyone had their time and we will return when it is ¨our time¨... well this whole time in my head the spirit kept telling me to say, no. that just an excuse!!! but i was fighting it. i didn´t wanna offend this new amazing part-member family with so much potential. but no. family... i couldn´t fight it any longer. so with the most love i could build up from my little heart i told them: ¨yes. its true. everyone has their ¨timing¨... but sometimesm people use this as an excuse as well...¨

sunsets in baradero... seriously. i live in country

 para-para-paradise!!! :) #pinchmeimdreaming 

#lovemylifesomuch

wow... family... it was silent. ad seriously my heart was pounding so fast. crap. maybe i shouldn´t have been so forward. ha ha ha. but then the dad spoke up and said, ¨wow. this north american is right!!! it is just an excuse!!!¨ oh my gosh family... i almost died. ha ha. the best part of this story doesn´t end there though... they surprised us this sunday and ALL came to church. all dressed up and pretty. and... carlos bore his testimony!!! oh my gosh... i almost died. at the pulpit he told this story and said, ¨and the norte americanita told me, its an excuse!!! and you know what, she was right!!! i´m never gonna drop the church again!!!!¨ oh my gosh... i had so much happiness in this moment... but so much embarrassment at the same time... cuz now the grand joke of the branch is.. ¨que excusa hermana forte, hey!?¨ ha ha ha ha. #soembarrassed #imthenewboldmissionaryfromtheunitedstates #oops

but yeah... i´m super stoked cuz today were gonna go and help them with their divorce papers... then marriage papers... then baptism!!!! ahhhh!!! then... with time... they will go to the temple and be an eternal family!!!! ahhhh!!! oh my gosh... i love being a missionary so much!!!! :)

rain coat.. rain boots.. and a beautiful

 baradero sunset. nada mas. :)

but yeah... the next great exciting news is the new promotions by the church that is going on right now for navidad: el es la dadiva... o... he is the gift!!! :)

if you haven´t seen this amazing video yet...

WATCH IT NOW: http://www.mormon.org/christmas

and after... SHARE IT for all to see as well!!!!! :)

seriously... everytime we watch it (the spnaish version of course) with our members or investigators... i get the chills everytime!!! and seriously... i just feel so honored to be apart of this grand work... especially THIS christmas. we have the cutest little ¨el es la dadiva¨ cards with the fotos of mary and baby jesus.... and ahhhh!!!! i just love it so much!!! the church is growing people... and the world is knowing that WE are believers, followers, and disciples of christ!!! he was the first gift... and the most amazing gift that has ever been given to god´s children!!! oh how i love this time of year!!! and oh how i love sharing this glad message with all the people we come in contact with here in baradero!!!

i love this gospel!!!! i love my savior!!! and i love being a missionary!!!! nada mas. :)

ahhhh.. i love you so much familia!!!!

never ever forget that!!!!

i hope you have another amazing week this week!!!!

i love you long time!!! :)

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo.

chau chau.

besos.

-hermana jordan ashley forte

Letter #57 faith proceeds the miracle..

FELIZ DIA DE GRACIAS MI HERMOSA FAMILIA!!!!

did you know there are monkeys in argentina!? ha ha ha. #jokes.

still so crazy to me that a year ago i was in the mtc having thanksgiving with all them crazy missionaries... ha!! life. is. so. wierd. but yeah. to answer everyones questions... no, thanksgiving is an american holiday. so i didnt have a huge turkey dinner with all them gauchos here!!! ha!!! but... i did order one kilo of delicious expensive ice cream to eat during our nightly planning!!! #fatkidstatus i felt pretty patriotic!!! ha!!!! and yes it was turkey flavored.... ha!!! psych!!! nah... it was dulce de leche!!! duhhhh!!!!! :P

but yeah... looks like you had a blast in texas with the fam!!!! hope you all sent my love to everyone and could feel my presence in spirit!!! :)

cute little mili zabala and me... 

she really is the cutest!!! #lovebeingamissionarysomuch

but yeah... this week was incredible here in country country baradero!!! :) i think i love it a little more every day!!!! :) except... not when it rains. no me gusta. but dang... real talk. the phrase: [when it rains, its pours.] has a whole new meaning in my book. ha ha ha. when it rains, it pours... &&& there is alot of mud. ha ha ha. so i want to share an experience i had this week, a complete and utter miracle!!! first of all... i have no doubt that this is the work of the lord. and through his work he is molding and shaping my own personal testimony. this week was hard. i can{t even lie about it. we had lots of rejection and lots of hard work in blazing hot sun (to the point that i had a heat rash) and the next day in freezing cold pouring muddy rain... #argentinaweather #itsfreakincrazy. but... we kept our heads high and kept working our butts off!!! but... still nothing solid. we still havent found our goldens. even up to sunday morning when we went to get our investogators to go to church together... they all failed us. cuz it was pouring down rain and super windy and muddy. so... as we walked to the church in squishy shquashy mud in tormentant wind and rain we were both trying so hard to not get slightly discouraged as we had no investigators in church (by the way... its the absolute worst feeling a missionary can have)... but we still had faith that next week would be better!!!! until.... up to the point of the sacrament hymn... in walked in a man that i didn{t know, but my comp knew... an old investigator!!!  dude, he decided to come to church all on his own!!! like what a miracle right!? then... later that day we went and visited him and his wife in their cute little house... AND... they both accepted a baptismal date for the 20th of december!!!! ahhhhh!!!! im seriously so super excited for them and to help them prepare for this grand moment in their lives!!!! they have some things to work out in preparation for this date... like ramon needs to quit smoking... but.. they both have the desire to follow the example of their lord and savior, and that is the first step!!! today ramon is gonna get a priesthood blessing to help give him stength in this new challange of quiting!!! ahhhhh!!!! this church is so true!!! and this work is so real!!!! faith proceeds the miracle people... i have no doubt about that!!! faith can move mountains... literally!!! we just can{t let our faith ever waver... thats the secret!!! ahhhh... i love this gospel and i love being a missionary!!!!

hermana palacios (my old comp in congreso)

 sent me these pics... LUIS BAPTIZED DALLENA!!!! 

oh my gosh i{m seriously so happy right now... the church is so true!!! 

thats all i{m sayin!!! ahhhh!!! look how happy they look!!!!

 i{m dying!!! so much joy in my soul!!!! :)

and as for the month of gratitude... (that has come and gone... but...) i{m so greatful for this gospel in my life and i{m so grateful for this amazing opportunity i have to share this gospel with the amazing argentines here in baradero!!! rain or shine, accpetance or rejection, i know my calling is scared and called of god!!! and i{m so incredibly grateful for the change and impact this year has made in my life and for all the love and support and i have had from day one!!! you people are amazing and no words can describe my gratitude for YOU in my life!!!

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

never ever forget that!!!! :)

xoxoxoxoxoxo.

chau chau.

besos.

-hermana jordan ashley forte

Letter #56 my new mission..

HOOOOOLA FAMILIA, FROM BARADERO!!!!! :)

faaaa... this week has been such a great fantastic week!!!!

baradero country side baby... please tell me this isn´t gorgeous!? :)

primero...

FELICITACIONES DOM FOR RECEVING YOUR MISSION CALL TO FREAKING BANGKOK, THAILANDIA!!!!! 

seriously... im so beyond happy for you shisstrrr and this grand decision you have made to serve the lord with all your heart, mind, and strength!!! :) i have no doubt that the lord is preparing people as we speak to hear YOUR testimony and to hear this incredible message of happiness and hope that us missionaries have to bring!!!! :) the people in thailand need YOU right now... and i´m so incredibly proud of the woman that you are to have the opportunity to be called to this amazingly incredible work to change lives!!!! ahhhhh!!! being a missionary is seriously the best thing in this whole entire world!!!! and our family has literally been all across this entire world!!!! ha!!!! i love it!!!! :)

but yes. as for this side of the world.... baradero, argentina. ha ha. literally. i feel like im in a WHOLE NEW MISSION... no joke. #cultureshock #wherearetheskyscrapersandbusinessbuildings. ha ha. but seriously... baradero is b-e-a-utiful!!! i die. like everyday. its country landscape paradise kills me every single day as i ride my bike down these dirt rocky roads with my gorgeously attractive helmet... not. ha ha ha. but seriously, i´ll take the helmet, mosquito bites, & my incredibly sore buttox anyday for these amazning views that my eyes witness every single day!!! :)

this steep crazy roacky hill we needed to walk our bikes... 

and i couldnt resist a foto!!! my cute chilean comp 

walking her bike!!!! #loveher #hatehelmets

but.... lets not be deceived... its not just a beautiful view and joy ride here... there is a great work that has to be done. oh boy... this rama (branch), has 30 people more or less... and the chapilla (chapel) is the cutest little toy buidling i have ever seen in my life!!! ha ha. and yeah. the record of baptisms in this area is close to none... like a year ago elders baptized an 8 year old that is now inactive... kills me. like the odds against me and my comp sure are great... BUT... nothing is gonna stop me from working my tail off and allowing my father in heaven to work miracles as WE ARE GOING to find HIS chosen children that he is preparing to receieve this gospel!!!! :) i know this is my prime time in my mission, as all the tools and skills i have gained in this passed year are now mine to help get this work going!!! :) i´m putting all my faith and trust in the lord and in his decision to bring me to this grand area, and i know with my faith in him, i cannot fail...

matthew 19:26... With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible . 

yuuuuup. this is real. like no joke... i love my life. :)

i know this is HIS work and HIS glory... and with him ALL things are possible!!! :) entonces... si!!!! this is my new mission!!! country style baby!!!! i know i´ve been prepared for this moment... not only this passed year in my mission, but also with my expierences in hawaii for 4 years.... bahhhhh!!!! i´m all about this country life!!! #keepthecountrycountry. ha ha ha. okay. but seriously... who knew the lord was secretly preparing me for my mission here in argentina this whole time!? ahhhhh!!!! i love my heavenly father so much!!!! he knows me better than i know myself!!!! and i´m so incredibly blessed for this amazing opportunity i have to be a representaive of HIS son, my lord and savior, with his name next to mine on my plaque!!!! this gospel brings happiness!!! its as simple as that!!!! :)

i love you so much familia!!!! never ever forget that!!!!! :)

have the bestest week ever and ever!!!! :)

xoxoxoxoxoxo.

chau chau.

sometimes there are horses just chillin on the side of the road...

 its normal. ha ha ha. #whereintheworldami #ohyeah #baraderoargentinababy

oh yeah... then eventually the LIVE iguana becomes a DEAD iguana and they dry and sell the skin... #welcometothecountryhermanaforte

sometimes in the middle of lessons the little kids 

of the home bring the LIVE iguana that they caught in the trap.... 

its normal. ha ha ha. #welcometothecountryhermanaforte

all us missionaries in the bus heading back to our areas 

after the zone activity!!!! (p.s. hermana taylor is TOTALLY 

in my zone... love her!!!! :) #draperrepresent

 #drapergossipinargentina #itsnormal ha ha ha ha.)

hermana gonzalez (de chile) y hermana forte (de estados unidos)... 

long bus ride for a zone activity the next day!!! 

(note: when you live in the middle of nowhere, you need to plan ahead 

and sleep in another town to be able to go to a 

zone activity the next morning!!! woohoo!!! ha ha ha.)

besos.

-hermana jordan ashley forte

Letter #55 from capital to campo

FAMILIA!!!!! :)

so... i'm writing from one of the most ghetto computers i have ever seen and the internet is so dang slow i{m dying... pero esta bien!!! :)

awe... luis got baptized... and its was so beautiful!!!! 

#ilovebeingamissionary :)

i got transferred from my precioso congreso to baradero.... aka: country. it was a four hour bus ride. and its waaaaaay hot here. also... they havent had a baptism in this are in quite a while... but i{m determined to change that!!! were gonna find them goldens... i can just feel it!!!! :)

but this passed week was incredible!!! we had a reunion with elder christensen from the 12... and faaaaaa!!! first of all: his spanish is perfect. killed me . i wanan talk like him!!! ha ha ha. also... way rad cuz he served HERE in our mission!!!! #goldenmissionorwhat!? :) but yeah... wow. he is such a powerful servant of the lord. it was exactly the reboost i needed!!! ahhhh... i love being a missionary so much!!!! :)

the second highlight from this week was sunday... as.... LUIS GOT BAPTIZED!!!! (and i{m super bummed cuz this ghetto computer in the area of the other hermanas wont read my memory card to send you the pics... but my comp just told me the ciber in our area is more new... so i{ll send the pics next week!!!! but wow.... it was such a beautiful moment!!!! take my word for it!!!! he was so ready and glowing!!!! ahhhhh!!!!! #happiness) and the best part about it... is... dallena his daughter is gonna get baptized in the next couple weeks.... and... LUIS IS GONNA BAPTIZE HER!!!!! :) :) :) ahhhh... the church is so true. thats all i{m saying!!! and i seriously love love love being a missionary so so so so much!!!! :) :) :)

luis and his adoreable daughter dallena...

 and in a few weeks luis is gonna baptize dallena!!!! 

ahhhhhh!!!! #thechurchisSOtrue

this church is true. this is work of the lord. i don{t have a single doubt about it!!! :) faaaaa... the keys keep sticking in this computer and its making me angry... ha ha ha. but yeah. all is well and happy and wonderful here in argentina!!!! seriously... feeling so blessed!!!! miss my precious people in congreso,,, but feel so blessed to have had the oportunity to know so many incredible people!!!! each one literally changed my life for the better!!!!!

i love being a missionary and i{m so incredibly grateful for all the love and support from you my lovelies!!!!! :)

have a fantastic week!!!!

my adoreable edwin, brian, kareli, valentin, and other 

little freinds... ahhhh!!!! these lovelies are a crazy bunch and i 

seriously love them with all my heart and soul!!! 

miss them like crazy!!!!

ahhhhh... my precisoso liz, ivan, leo, and aaron, 

(and future new baby sister in the belly).... 

ahhhh!!! this family changed my life. literally. 

ahhhh... i love being a missionary so much!!!! :)

my first and only package in the mission... 

lame argentina government... ha ha ha. pero... 

GRACIAS GRACIAS GRACIAS MOM && DAD!!!! 

i love you more than words can express!!!! 

and seriously... i cried when i opened up this package!!!! 

so grateful for the uncle of hermana barli to have 

brought this grand blessing for me!!! 

was perfect timing too... ahhhh... such a blessing!!!! 

thanks again my lovilies!!!! :)

my incredible members of congreso... 

seriously these guys are my second family. 

i love and miss them so much!!!! :)

my lovely little dallena and i in the collectivo after

 the baptism of her daddy... ahhhh!!! i´m so happy for them!!! :)

chau chau.

xoxoxoxoxo.

besos.

-hermana jordan ashley forte

Letter #54 there is no other way..

#missionaryselfie

¡HOLA! ¡HOLA! ¡HOLA!

como esta mi wonderful familia that i love so very much!? :)

it sounds like this was a week of happiness && joy!!!

first of all...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, MOM & DAD!!!!

i´m seriously so incredibly blessed to have such amazing parents to lead and guide me throughout my life!! i thank my heavenly father every single day for your love, support and example in my life!!! 24 years ago you two made the decision to began a new life together and start a family... and oh boy have you done good!!!! ;) ha ha ha ha. i love you both so freakin much && hope your having the most incredible anniversary ever!!!! here´s to another year of love and happiness!!!! :)

&& for another congratulation... 

CONGRATS NATE FOR BECOMING AN ELDER!!!!

i know this is just the beginning of amazing things to come nate!!!! you´re incredible and the lord has amazing things in store for you!!!! ahhhhh!!! felicitaciones natey-poo!!!! :) ha ha ha. perdon, i couldn´t resist!!!! ;)

whew. now that i got all that off my chest... how it be!? ahhh... i just love pdays so much and hearing about all your lives and how amazing you all are!!!! :)

old foto del templo.... but i just love it so much!!!!

 when i wrote in the journal of hermana matamoros 

she told me i had to include a foto... 

so i printed it and relized how much i love it!!!!

 ha ha ha ha. #somuchhappiness #lovebeingamissionary

but yes. this week was definitely a bit different from all the other weeks i have had in my mission thus far as i have been able to see truely how much our heavenly father loves EVERY SINGLE ONE of his children!!! and as the lord´s representative for this short year and a half, i feel like i´ve been able to feel a little tiny wincey bit of the saddness that he feels when his children aren´t exaclty obedient and he can´t bless them with all the blessings he has instore for them becuase ultimately ALL our actions have consequences... 

forte && palacios after playing games with the zone... 

hot and sweaty!!! yeah baby yeah!!!! ha ha ha.

family... OBEDIENCE is the only way to have FULL COMPLETE HAPPINESS... THERE IS NO OTHER WAY!!!! i testify of this with all my heart && soul!!! there is no short cut. no easy way out. we must be obedient if we want to be happy and receive all the blessings our loving heavenly father has in store for us!!!! :) ahhhhh... i love this gospel so much!!!! its is the way to happiness.... literally. and when we do make mistakes, we can turn around and change our path!!!!  we can clean up our lives and invite the light!!!! its not always the easiest... but its always possible!!!!! :) christ is our savior and salvation... without him, we are nothing!!!! and i´m so incredibly grateful for the opportunity i have to wear his name next to mine every single day. i love being a missionary!!!! ... just incase you didn´t already know!!!! :) ha ha ha.

but yeah. i love you all more than words could ever express!!!!

keep being amazing!!!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxo.

FORTE && PALACIOS!!!! 

were both STRONG acne medication... 

&& STRONG converting missionarys!!! ha ha ha ha.

chau chau.

besos.

-hermana jordan ashley forte