Friday, January 23, 2015

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

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