November 3,
2014
Happy
halloween everyone! Hope you had lots of fun! Argentina doesnt celebrate
halloween, but the weather did! We got tricks instead of treats this year, and
a tornado came into the country! unheard of. So out came the winter coats and
boots and tights and the sleeping bags and light up the heaters once again
because it was cold! We really are in the last days here.
So last week
we met a guy named Emmanuel as we were walking through the park. He said he
wanted to change his life around and come to christ, so we were happy to help
him! When we went to his house however, we could not find it. He had said it
was on a corner so we knocked all the corner houses. A girl came out and said
that he didnt live there. Sad, we left. Then, as we were going to a less
actives house on that street later in the week, we walked by an old
investigators house and i had the impression to knock it. SO we did, and out
comes Emmanuel! The brother of an old investigator! The Lord is totally in the
details of the work.
Cool fact
about argentina, they are super family oriented and often we find a ward that
has the whole family, all grown up and with their own kids now, and that one
family makes up the majority of the ward. Changes the meaning of ¨ward family¨a
little bit haha. THey literally are family here! So when something happens in a
family, it has a huge impact in the ward. so Hermana Flores passed away, and
although we did not get have the privileege of meeting her in person, we did
have the privilege of hearing many wonderful stories of her and the legacy she
has left behind. It is so wonderful to know the plan of salvation when hard
things like this come our way, beecause we understand God's plan and take
comfort in the knowledge that she is in a beautiful place, where she has no
pain or hardship, and that she is helping others on the other side now come to
christ too! one thing that really impacted me though was the description of her
beauty. Everyone described her as hermosa(beautiful). When she was living, and
when they saw her all in white before burying her, she was hermosa. Many men
use this word in a vulgar way, and it has been my least favorite word in
spanish as i have spent the past year disgustingly listening to men of all ages
shouting out to me and my companion. I lost completely the feeling of beauty.
But listening to all the people talking about Hermana Flores, the word
completely changed for me. Hermosa. When they said it, I could almost feel the
love, the purity, the strength and the tenderness that she had. She was hermosa
because of who she was, not because of how she looked or anything like that. It
was part of her being.That is the true meaning of beauty. The kind that comes
from within. All you beautiful women reading this, will you take this challenge
with me to become hermosa from the inside out? I know that as we do this, we
will not only change ourselves, but also the world. Remember that God looks on
the heart, and so should we. He loves us, His precious daughters, and will help
us make this world more hermosa as we lean on HIm and spread His love.
I love you
all and wish you a wonderful, hermosa week.
Hermana
Albright
my new comp
is great. So funny! and a little crazy. Haha we attack each other randomly
throughout the day, usually ending it sumo style hahaha. and shes teaching me
portuguese! But mostly its very cheeky stuff haha so if i ever want to get in a
fight with a brazilian i am good to go!
October 27, 2014
So this week has been super crazy (I dont know what happened
to my keyboard but i cant do excalmation points. Just imagine them on basically
every sentence like normal) From Monday to Thursday, we were rocking a trio
again. You know I was loving that. Hermana Cooper, a missionary serving in our
zone and in the second ward that shares the church building, is training. So
she stayed with us until her newbie came on Thursday. We also did two tsunamis
for the elders in our district, thursday and friday. Put that all together and
we had very little time to work in our own little area this week. But its been
good.
My new compy comp is Hermana Oliveira. Shes super cute. From
Brazil, has nine months, and is helping me learn lots of fun porteguese. We are
having lots of fun together. ummmm any other questions about her, i cant think
of more to say haha but she really is great.
So spring time is in full force, moving quickly to summer.
Its been soooooo hot this week. And the mosquitos have come out again yayyyy. I
already have a ton of bites. Whoops. But the best part. I dont know what in the
world it is but there is white fluff flying around everywhere. It comes from
the trees here and makes walking in the sunshine so beautiful. Sometimes it looks
more like snow, and sometimes it looks like magical. I love it.
This week I-ve been really trying to find a menos activo
that I taught my first week with Hermana Caballero. I dont know why but we were
never able to visit her agian after that first visit. But since I was new in
the area and i am also always directionally challenged, I had no idea where her
house is. I asked every member that came out with us, called her, checked the
area book...nothing. So domingo i asked her member friend and she drew me a
sketchy map. So that night, we went on a hunt for herª I had a vague memory of
what her yard should look like but it was pitch black our first visit so not
even that was great. So we just started walking down the streed and im praying
for guidance and none of the houses look familiar. The member tells us that we
are probably lost and maybe its not even on this street and we should go visit
someone else but something told me to just keep going. And there, at the end,
there was a yard that looked familiar. So we knocked, and there she is. Ah it
was so exciting. We had a great lesson and shes coming to our family home
evening tonight whooohoo.
Last but not least little bit of news, our zone leaders
invited us to change how we knock doors. Now, we are to pay more attention to
go where the Spirit directs us, knock where we feel, and then present ourselves
as representatives of Christ, here to bless this person through a simple
prayer, and ask if we can have two minutes of their time to offer a prayer with
them. OH how I love it. It makes me focus more on the spirit, really think
about the meaning of my calling and who i represent, and helps us and the
person feel the spirit so much more. I am so grateful for this change and for
the opportunity to feel the spirit even more.
How great of a priviledge we have to offer a simple prayer
to our Father in Heaven. He is the Almighty God, the Supreme Creator, and He
wants to talk with and hear from us. From you. From me. And from a simple
prayer, we can feel His love. We can receive His guidance and help. We can work
miracles. Oh how I love prayer. I hope you really take advantage of this
priviledge this week and really take the time to talk with your Father in
Heaven. ANd not just to Him, but rather WITH HIm. I know that He hears and listens to our
prayers. I know that He loves us with a love infinite and eternal. I know that
He will always answer.
I hope you all have a great week. Happy Halloween
Hermana Albright
October 21, 2014
Man can you believe how fast time is flying? Gah! It's
craziness.
So transfer news, Hermana Caballer is going to Confluencia
and I stay here. My new companion is Hermana Oliveira and is from Brazil! So
I'm going to learn Portuguese!
This week was amazing! We achieved or even bettered most of
our goals! WHOOO! SO exciting. We have been having so many great moments and
lessons. One of which comes from a new investigator, Natalya, who lives in the
Military Neighborhood. I love working there it is so beautiful and calm and has
so many trees! Anyway, we had an awesome first lesson with her. She is an old
investigator, and started listening to the hermanas in the beginning of this
year when she was having trouble with her depression. The hermanas helped her
learn to depend on Christ and she is so grateful and has overcome many of her
problems. The hermanas were transferred so she got lost in the mix but a member
told us that we should pass by and she was very happy to receive us! WE talked of
Christ and how he can help us in our life, through His Atonement, and how we
receive the fulness of the Atonement as we fulfill His commandments, one of
them being baptism. We read Alma 7:11-15 (my favorte!) and then invited her to
be baptized and she said I would love to! What do I need to do? Such a great answer. I am so excited to keep
teaching her.
As we left the lesson, the couple that had accompanied us
said Today I learned just how fearless you hermanas are! (they both served a
mission some years ago). Haha the hermano said Man when you started talking
about baptism I just thought ok this where i shut up and let the Spirit do the
work! He is definitely leading these hermanas! I am just going to hide under
the table and hope everything goes well! Hahahaha dont worry he didnt really
hide under the table. But we talked about how the Lord really is hastening His
work and we have to follow His directions to help bring aobut the salvation of
more of His children. I am so grateful for this time that I have to serve the
Lord and see His promises fulfilled. I invite all of you to find a way this
week to participate in the work of salvation! I promise that you will have
greater peace and happiness as you do so, because when we participate in this
great work, we are working side by side with the Lord. There is no higher honor
than that and no greater joy. Hope you all have a great week!
Hermana Albright
totally gluing this to the front page of my journal! She
walked and walked, by Heidi Albright, based on a true story hahhaa so many
great tresures in the liahonas!
erika, an amazing member that helped us so much, moved to
brazil! Ah so sad!
Well hermana caballero forgot to bring her camara and she
has the most fotos from this week so thats all sorry!
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