FELIZ DIA DE GRACIAS MI HERMOSA FAMILIA!!!!
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did you know there are monkeys in argentina!? ha ha ha. #jokes.
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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!!! :)
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cute little mili zabala and me...
she really is the cutest!!! #lovebeingamissionarysomuch
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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!!!!
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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!!!! :)
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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
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