Happy Holidays???

Happy 2 month anniversary today! How is it already been 2 months?? I feel like I've only been on the mission for 3 days and 17 years at the same time! So much happens in such little time here.

Esta loco.

Zone Conference

It feels like Christmas here. I know I already said that but I am serious. On Monday and Tuesday we spent all our time in Mar Del Plata for our P-days and zone conference. We went to one of the malls (which are wayyy nice by the way. They had toilet paper in the bathrooms) and I felt like I should be buying everyone gifts for Christmas.

Zone conference was amazing. We had this super bomb lunch of chicken and potatoes and I almost cried with happiness because I haven't eaten such good food since before I left on the mission. 

MTC food was... yeah.

I didn't understand a word of anything but I loved it!

Mar Del Plata is super bomb. I would love to come back and vacation there in the super time. Except I have NEVER been stared at so much in my life. Not even in Miramar which isn't a touristy place like Mar Del Plata. Hermana Nomellini and I ate lunch at this little shop and we laughed as we watched as literally everyone walking passed would just stop and stare at us like we were in a zoo.

Blonde hair + blue eye probs.

JULY 9

So the 9th of July is the Independence day of Argentina. And we spent almost our entire day with the ward at an activity to celebrate. Honestly, both Hermana Nomellini and I felt like it was more like Thanksgiving than anything else. 

We ate this soup that I still have no idea how to pronounce. It was the first time I tried traditional Argentine food since I cant eat meals with the members. But when I let my soup settle for a little bit a saw the oil separate and there was like a half inch of oil sitting on top... I am grateful I cant eat with the members. 

I enjoyed it though but I didn't think it was something out of this world.

Alfahores are a different story haha

And we also helped make Tortas Fritas! (fried cakes)

​I promise I do something with my hair most days!

Argentines LOOOOVE bread. 

Bread is life here.

for breakfast they eat bread with tea

for lunch they have pasta with more bread

for desert they have fried bread with sugar

for dinner they have mate or tea with crackers

...

or bread

To the Beach

I'm (almost) living my dream! I live right next to the beach! Every morning Hermana Nomellini and I go running to the beach it has brought me so much happiness in my life. She is the best running buddy. We are going to run a marathon together in the future.... I'm serious!

This morning was so cool! We woke up to this really thick fog that had rolled in during the night. And since it was P-day we hung out longer than usual at the beach and watching the sunrise above the ocean and fog is just pure magic. I wish I had my camera. Also we had three dogs follow us on our run. Feels like Lake Point ha!

Playa pics

Doesn't it look so warm and like you want to jump right in???

NO

But we LOVE it! 

Also just take a moment to appreciate this... 

This mural is just so Argentine. 

I just had to.

Expect more pics like this to come!

So this week we have another baptism date for JULIA! Yaaaaaaas!!!

We didn't know when she would ask to be baptized but we had a lesson with her one day and I could tell from the beginning that she had received her answer to be baptized. She was acting so happy and her eyes were just so full of light.

Its so cool to me how much the gospel changes lives. Every time we have a lesson and the spirit is just so strong in the room we are sitting in where there is mold growing on the walls, the door is falling off its hinges and the floor is made out of dirt and I just cant help but think "wow, this is sacred ground here" because the gospel is being taught to those ready to receive it. Milagros I tell ya, milagros.

So we are just focusing on getting Cirilo and Julia ready for their baptisms. We have a bunch of stuff to do and we are always kept busy. 

Im understanding the language better and better everyday. I just need to be patient with myself. 

But honestly there is no other place I would rather be than in Argentina!

Con Amor,

Hermana Davidson

Quotes of the Week

Me: "Ahhhhh why is my leg so itchy?"

*pulls up my legging*

Me: "GAAAAASP" *in horror*

Hermana Nomellini: "Girl, you need to shave."

Don't worry guys I shaved for the first time in over three weeks today!

I'm winning!

Elders in our District

Elder Way: "Whoa, que capo!"

Elder Schiess: "What does capo mean?"

Elder Way acting like Elder Schiess just swore: "We don't say that word"

Elder Schiess: "But you just said it!"