Letter #64 under the same night sky..

ALOOOOOOOOOOOOOHA!!!! :)

oh my amazing family!!! i just love you so freakin much!!!! && i´m just so incredibly grateful for your love and support every single p-day without fail!!!!

anywho... this week was another amazing week of work, work, working!!! and seriously... i´ve never been happier!!! we found a new investigator named jesus, that accepted baptismal date in 3 weeks... and real talk - hes awesome!!! he had a really bad accident just a year back where he was in a coma for 14 days and he told us that he knows its a miracle that hes still living and that hes knows its for a reason... and i´m here to tell you people... THIS IS THE REASON!!! he really is so humble and so open to this gospel!!! its still the beginning as we just met him the other day, but i´m feeling good about this one my dear family... FINALLY!!!! HAY ELIGIDOS!!!! NO TENGO DUDA SOBRE ESO!!!! :) :) :) ahhhh. i just love being a missionary so much and being HIS intrument to gather HIS sheep!!!! :) 

ummm... this is real life. :) #baraderosunsets #youbettabejealous

so... as i was thinking about what i wanted to share today... i decided i wanted to share a cool experience i had just last night... ha ha. maybe its like way super cheesy... but... oh well. just soak it all in and love it okay!? ha ha. anyways... as we were riding in a ¨grey hound type of bus¨ to sleep in zarate for our activity as a zone we had this morning... i was staring out at the dark night sky with all the brilliant bright stars shining so bright... and this amazing feeling of love and gratitude and just pure joy came over me as i began thinking about life and our purpose here on earth and in this vastly large universe. and wow. it just struck me deep family... i know my purpose on this earth and my purpose in this HU-FREAKING-MUNGO universe... but also i´m just so incredibly grateful to be here in argentina to share this glad message!!! and for a split second... i didn´t feel so far away from home!!! i cant explain it family... we´re under the same night sky!!! utah, argentina, albania, thailand... no matter where in the world you are... its the same night sky!!! its the same life with joy and happiness. the same life with pains and saddness. the same life with trails and tempations. but the best part is... no matter where in the world you are... its same everlasting gospel. with the same everlasting convenants with the same everlasting promises that will literally ¨ever-last¨ into the eternities!!!! :) what an increidbly blessing it is to have this amazing gospel in our lives!!! what an incredible knowledge it is to know we have a loving heavenly father that knows and loves each and everyone of his children in this universe!!! so much so, we know that he sent his only begotten son to suffer and die for us so that we can repent of our sins daily and one day return to live with him again!!! :) dang family... i just love my savior so much. && know without a doubt that he lives.

that is our glad message family... HE LIVES. nada mas. :) oh my goodness... i just love you all so much!!! hope 

you have  the bestest beyond bestest week ever and ever!!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxo.

chau chau.

besos.

-hermana jordan ashley forte

fotos:

we love bus rides to zarate!!! woohoo!!! (hermana taylor &&
hermana hawkins creepin in the background... #lovethem)

yup... can you tell who is a ¨good missionary¨!? ha ha ha. yup the broken shoes are mine.
 #dassswhatsup #noworriesmom #gonnagetitfixedthisweek

 hermana doughty && hermana forte.. hija && mama..
#bowlingitup #strikesfordayzzz #pdayfun

Letter #63 their eyes tell all..

HEEEY CHE!!!

faaaa mi familia!!!! este semana fue de diez!!!! en serio... estoy re re re feliz!!!! :)

oh crap... english. ;) perdoname!!! ;)

 so... I FINALLY BOUGHT A GAUCHO HAT!!!  #itsanargentinecowboy  #youhavenoideahowexcitediam #iloveargentina

okay... lemme try again... wow my dear family... this week really was OSUM!!! seriously... i just am so happy like all the time!!! its kinda crazy!!! we still dont have any solid investigators, we get chased by scary dogs on the daily, we sweat about a gallon of sweat everyday from this crazy hot syco sun, we return home sunburned and eaten alive by mosquitos every night && we get rejected about 50 times every single day... but im just so stinkin happy!!! i love it!!! && i dont understand how its possisble... BUT ITS SO POSSIBLE!!!! i{m living proof baby!!! :)

but yeah... i just feel like i finally know how to be the missionary i wanna be... confident in my own skin and in my abilities... but lets be honest... my abilities with HIS help!!! && obvio... i still struggle with the language here and there... but the confidence is there!!! and thats all that matters!!! :) i{m able to testify and bring the spirit in even just a simple street contact... AND IT JUST FEELS SO GOOD!!!! :) i seriously love being a missionary so much!!! :) and i{m just so grateful i{ve been able to experience this amazing journey with my shister shaunie at the beginning of my mission and now my shister domi at the end of my mission... i seriously am just the luckiest missionary on the planet... thats all i{m sayin!!! :)

but anywho... this week i{ve really been trying to focus on how you can tell if someone is a GOLDEN investigator or not... and... how i can use HIS time as a missionary as effectively as possible and how i can know if someone has real interest or no... well let me tell ya family... i{ve really had an enlightening and inspiring expierence... and literally the phrase: the eyes are the window to the soul... has a whole new meaning in my book!!! not only are the eyes a window... but the eyes of a person literally tell all!!! when a person is lonely or sad and needs comfort... you can see it in their eyes. when a person is happy and content with their life...  you can see it in their eyes. when a person is a total snake and talking to us for ALL the wrong reasons... you can see it in their eyes!!! (ha ha ha. had to include that one in there... ha!!!) && when a person is touched by our message and can feel the spirit... you can see it in their eyes!!! dang... and what an amazing experience it is to see someone feel the spirit and to see their eyes brighten in a split second... its the light of christ people!!! it literally is an indescribable light that brings more joy and happiness then anything else in this world could ever bring!!!! :) 

i love how ether 12 decribes it...

 19 And there were many whose faith was so exceedingly strong, even before Christ came, who could not be kept from within the veil, but truly saw with their eyes the things which they had beheld with an eye of faith, and they were glad.

HE is the light of world... and if we have EYES OF FAITH... its enevitable that we will be incredibly and undescribably glad!!! :) ahhh... this gospel is such an eye opener of happiness!!! through HIM we literally can have an eternal perspective and see beyond this world!!! what a blessing that is!!! and why!? because our heavenly father loves us more than any words on this computer screen could ever express!! HE LOVES US. and wants us to grow and become like HIM someday!!! :)

just having a mother-daughter moment in the park... ha ha ha. #bejealous

anyways... i hope this random train of thought actually makes sense && that you can feel my love and gratitude through my words... i just love this gospel so much family... and i{m so grateful for this amazing opportunity to be a missionary for a short 18 months!!! dang... its seriously flying by right before my very eyes and its freakin me out!!! but anyways... no more talk about time... no me gusta!!! ha ha.

but i love you all so very much!!! and hope you have the bestest week ever!!!

keep being amazing and showing HIS light through YOUR eyes!!! :)

love you long time!!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo.

chau chau.

besos.

love always,hermana jordan ashley forte

fotos:

hermana doughty && hermana forte.. takin on the world.. or at least baradero!!! ;) #ilovemyhija

so... this is like the prettiest park in my entire life...  #ilovemymission  #nadamas

gaucho hat selfie... ha ha ha. #dontjudgeme #ijustreallylovemyhat #merrychristmastome

just me and my beach cruzer bici... #ha

Letter #62 relying on the lord..

HOLA MI FAMILIA!!!!!

oh wow.. oh wow.. oh wow.. this week just sounds like it was one for the books!! new years then sending off our baby domi to the mtc... oh my goodness!!! im just so proud && happy of my baby sister so much!!! thailand really is SO lucky to have such a incredible blessing in their territory for a whole year && a half!!! :) your gonna kill it dom!!! and i´m seriously SO stinkin excited to hear of all the miracles that the lord is gonna do through you!!! :)

hermana doughty && hermana forte... #lovemyhija

but yeah... this week has definitely been a week of growth and faith for this missionary as well over here in baradero, argentina... with my new baby missionary... hermana doughty... from... tokerville, utah!!! yup. es verdad mi familia. i´m training a junkie. :) seriously i dunno how i´m doing it!!!?!? were BOTH relying on my spanish!!! but lets be honest... we´re relying on the lord... nada mas. ha ha ha ha. but real talk... familia... the gift of tongues is SO real!!!! i cant even express to you... like who am!? living in argentina... on my own!!! but seriously... i don´t even know how i´m doing it... but i´m totally doing it!!! and seriously ever day i just thank my heavenly father so much for his strength, direction, and trust in me to do his work!!! :) we´re still struggling to find his ¨goldens¨... but faith proceeds the miracle right!? so i just gotta keep my faith and i know the miracles will come!!! :) the fact that we haven´t been lost, robbed, or arrested yet is a miracle in itself. so... i´m just gonna count my many blesisngs!!! ha ha ha. #twojunkieswalkinaroundincampo #yes #mycompisblonde #obviooutsiders #oops #thelordtrustsus #soitrustthelord :)

anywho familia... i just love you so much!!! and i´m so grateful for ALL your love and support in my life!!! :) thanks for being so amazing!!! can´t wait to spend the eterinities with you!!!! #soFREAKINGblessed #ilovemylife #&&ilovemyfamily

&& this is why all of argentina are mate addicts!! ha ha ha. they start them young baby!!!
 ja!!! #andrecito #stokedtodrinkmateafterthemish

&&... i want to remind you all how incredible this gospel is && how incredibly grateful i am to be a representive of jesus christ and to share his glad message with the amazing people here in baradero!!! we made 30 contacts in the street just yesterday... and i seriously just ended the day with SO much joy!! we still haven´t found our goldens yet... but were planting seeds!!!! dang... the church is growing people!!! the church is true people!!! goodness!!! it brings light && clarity into our lives that NOTHING ELSE can!!!! its so simple no!? and yet we make it so complicated sometimes... but first hand in my own life i´ve been able to see... when we rely on the lord. everything falls into place && everything works out. cuz when we rely and trust in the lord, were trusting in HIS plan for us!!! && ultimately HIS plan is WAYY better than any plan we could EVER have for ourselves!!! (my new years resolutions from last year are a BIG example of that one!! ha ha. #chauexboyfriends) goodness gracious!!! i just love my heavenly father so much!!! and know that he loves and knows each and everyone of us!!! && thats why he sent his son, jesus christ... FOR US!!! :)

&& thats all she wrote folks!!!

... until next time!!! :)

xoxoxoxoxo.

chau chau.

besos.

-hermana jordan ashley forte

p.s. fotos:

oh you know, just chillin in my san pedro p-day paradise. si... #iloveargentina

i love baradero. nada mas. welcome to my daily paradise. :)

Letter #61 that one time i became a mom..

FAMILIA... I´M HAVING A BABY...

... MISSIONARY!!!!!! ;)

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

please excuse the bad joke. ha!!!

my adorable ortiz familia... love them so much!!!
our ¨family christmas fotos... with hats!?¨ ha ha ha. #theyinsisted #lovethemsomuch

but faaaa... you seriously have NO idea how nervous i am... such a responsibility!!! so much pressure!!! but at the same time... such an honor!!! dang. i just feel so blessed that heavenly father trust ME to train one of his new servants that just entered the field!!! i already told domi... i´m gonna teach and take care of my new baby missionary as if she was my baby sister, in hopes that the trainer of my REAL baby sister is gonna do the same for her in thailand!!! :) dang... still can´t believe domi enters the mtc tomorrow!!! faaaa!!!! good luck dom!!! your gonna kill it!!!! and always remember that we have the bestest beyond bestest family rooting us on and praying for us every single day!!!! :) ahhhh... i love being a missionary so much!!!! :) thank you so much familia for your love and support through and through!!! :)

this week was kinda a rough one as the baptism of alicia fell through... we showed up with the elders for her interview and she told us she wasn´t ready to get baptized as one of her brothers attacked her with anti-mormon rubbish and basically shes doubting everything... and wants to push off her date a couple months... it was definitely a ¨stab in the heart¨ kind of moment... but i´m not gonna give up on her!!! i know she knows the truth and i´m gonna continue visiting her with my new baby missionary... but... i also know that the lord has prepared people in baradero and i need to use my time wisely to find his chosen ones!!! :) the field is white and ready to harvest... and i know the lord is preparing hearts for us to teach this very moment!!!! just need to listen and trust the spirit to lead us to them!!!! :)

hermana gonzalez y hermana forte... love her so freakin much!!!

anyways... other than that sad and depressing news... my christmas was fantastic!!! and i absolutely loved seeing your beautifully glowing faces!!! ahhh... i just love my family so much!!! how did i get so lucky!? still blows my mind in the how!? :) but then i remember... its not luck. its a blessing from my father in heaven. nada mas. :)

awe... i love you. i love you. i love you. so so much!!!

like SOOOO much!!!!

have the bestest week ever && good luck sending off dom to the mtc!!!

woohooo!!!!

#calledtoserve #fortestakingovertheworld #fromalbaniatoargentinatothailand #dasssswhatsup

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo.

chau chau.

besos.

-hermana jordan ashley forte

fotos:

my darling marie ortiz... and her husband foto bombing the foto with his feo river jersey...
ha!!! ha ha ha ha. #bocaforever #theargentinarivalry #bocavsriver
 #itskindalikebyuanduofubutargentinasoccerversion

our cute little paula luquez... love this girl with all my heart && soul... juss so you know!!! :) 

our cute alicia... goodness gracious!! love her so much!!! :)

hermana espinosa y hermana forte... shes my soul sistah!!! jusss so you know!!!
 shes from mexico but speaks english perfectly... entonces...
were gonna be besties at byu baby!!! woohoo!!!! :)

christmas with the luquez family!!!! this family is seriously my segundo familia!!!
no doubt i was suppose to meet these incredibly girls!!!
they will forever have my heart!!!! :)

dang... i miss the ocean so much!!! #hawaiianbeachgirlatheart #sorryboutit

Letter #60 feliz navidad && merry CHRISTmas.

ahhhhh... mi familia!!!!

we may or may not have added OUR 

foto to their tree... ha!!!! #lovethem

i love you.

like so much.

and i´m seriously so so excited to see your beautiful faces... basically tomorrow!!! ahhhh!!!! christmas is almost here!!! && i´m so excited!!! seriously, i think this year i have the most christmas spirit then i have ever had in my life!!! && i´m just so happpy!!!! i love navidad!!!! :)

but yeah. this week here is baradero was FULL of miracles!!!! ahhhh. i just love being a missionary so much!!! i love sharing the REAL meaning of CHRISTmas... CHRIST!!!! ahhhh!!!! the church is just so true!!!! nada mas!!!! :)

the cutest beyond cutest christmas tree i have ever seen
in the house of the familia luquez... ahhh. i love them so much!!
and seriously raquel is SO creative!!! i´m so doing this is my future house...
who needs a real tree when you can have a tree of fotos!? #brilliant

but yeah... also... alicia!!! ahhhh!!! shes seriously SO prepared!!! and i feel so incredibly blessed to be able to be the insrument in the hands of the lord to be able to teach and help her prepare for this grand covenent of baptism!!!! ahhhhh!!! i love being a missionary so much!!!! :) and... were preparing her baptism for this saturday... but... part of that preparation includes clenaing out the baptismal font... #spiders&spiderwebsaful #thankgoodnessforraidandvaccumms #ihatespiders #whenwasthelastbaptism? ha ha ha ha. but real talk... feel so honored to be able to break this drought with the beautiful waters of baptism!!! ;)

oh my goodness... i love this little girl so freakin much!!!
she is ALWAYS playing with my hair!!! its so cute!!! :)
p.s. totally broke a missionary rule with this picture...
#firsttimeever #suchabadmissionary #whitehandbook #sueme
#shewastheonethatjumpedupforthefoto #itswasonlyforthepicture
 #crap #sorrypresidente

and thats all she wrote folks!!! chirstmas isn´t about the gifts, the food, or the parties... its about family!!! its about giving!!! its about service!!! its about love!!! its about christ!!! this unrepayable gift that our heavenly father gave to us... his son!!! and with our savior our life has a purpose!!! with our savior... we literally are saved!!! but we must do our part!!! we must accept him and his love and sacrifice for us!!! we must use his sacrificing atonement in our daily lives!!! ahhhhh!!! i love my savior so much!!!! and feel so incredibly blessed to wear his name next to mine on my plaquita every single day!!! :)

yesterday we had a presebre viviente (living nativity) with the whole primary in  the branch... and oh my gosh. it was just so perfect!!! i seriously feel like this little branch has become my family!!! and we seriously felt the spirit of christmas A FUL!!!!! :) also... my comp and i bought santa hats a few weeks ago... and decided to surprise everyone at the activity... and... it was a hit!!! we basically are the coolest missionaries ever!!!! ha ha ha ha. #sorryboutit #sorrynotsorry ha!!!

ahhhh i just love being a missionary!!! like so much!!!! this gospel is the TRUE SPIRT OF CHRISTMAS!!!! && we have the grand opportunity to have its light with us ALL YEAR LONG!!!! but this christmas season is especially special because the rest of the world is celebrating the birth of christ WITH US!!!! :)

alma 7:10-12...

 10 And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which isthe land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious andchosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.

 11 And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses ofhis people.

 12 And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bandsof death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according tothe flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succorhis people according to their infirmities.

i love you all so much!!!

have the bestest beyond bestest christmas ever... and... no vemos en navidad!!!! (translation: we´ll see you on christmas!!!!) woohooo!!! :)

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

xoxoxoxox.

-hermana jordan ashley forte

were the life of the party pretty much... ha!!! #currrazzzymissionarystatus #sorrynotsorry

the rodriguez family... i seriously love them so much!!!
still trying to figure out why no one smiles here in argentina
 for fotos tho... they really are a happy family... i promise!!!
ha ha ha ha. #lovebeingamissionary

forte & gonzalez... utah & chile... FELIZ NAVIDAD!!! :)

 the cutest little primary my eye balls have ever seen... am i right or am i right!?! :)

please tell me this isn´t the cutest little wise man ever!?!? :) #andrecito #hehasmyheart

PRESEBRE VIVENTE DE LA PRIMARIA!!!! (the living nativity by the primary!!!)

hermana papa noel!!!! oops... i mean forte!!! ha ha ha.

the whole cranzy branch of baradero... mas o menos!!! ha!!! ahhhh... i love these crazies so much!!

 these kids have my heart... dang it!!! i´m such a teacher!!! ha ha ha.

the missionaries && the band!!! #werebasicallygroupies
#seriouslythough... #theortizfamiliahassomeserioustalent