Transferrrrs

Sep 13, 2016
                              Tres Lados!!!

Last Zone picture (from left to right): Hermana Menacho, Hermana Jensen, 
Elder Passos, Elder Way, Hermana D (your´s truly), Hermana Nomellini, 
Elder Marin, Elder Schiess

This week we had transfers and some MAJOR changes in our zone! 

Like, everyone has gone to different areas except for me and Elder Way (he´s going to train!)

It broke my heart to see Hermana Nomellini leave, but I think I might see her in a big Mar del Plata conference that might be coming up pretty soon. She is probably one of my closest friends now, I cried when she beared her testimony for the last time in Miramar. I don´t know what I did right to have her as my companion and Miramar as my first area because it is literally Zion.

Narea and Nati

Ward mission leader and Nemi

Branch President and his wife

Graciela

Graciela and Juan Sanchez

This member is like my Mom away from my Mom. Love her to bits and pieces!

I pose the same in every pic lol

This little cute old lady is gold. We love her so much!

​​Last pictures together

Narea came to the terminal to say bye. Even though I´m staying in Miramar, my heart just broke watching my companion say bye to these people we have come to love so much

Hermana Nomellini is going to tear it up in Balcarce!

And now...

Meet my new companion!

​​Hermana Hurtado! 

I already love her. She is BEAUTIFUL, from Bolivia, and is probably the sweetest person, THE sweetest I tell you. She is so cute I´m so excited to see what amazing things we´re going to do together! My Spanish is going to get hecka good.

I can´t believe that my training is over, but I still feel like such a newbie.

President asked me in my interview if I felt ready to end my training and I said no lol. I told him though that I didn´t feel ready to go on mission either but here I am!

I think for big changes you´ll never feel ready, just jump in and do it!

I hope everyone will have the best week ever!

I love you and pray for you all!

Ciao!

Quotes of the Week

"Hermana Davidson, I know that we never understood each other (language barrier lol) but, I know that on the inside, we understood each other." - Elder Marin

(A family writing in Hermana Nomellini´s journal when she was saying goodbye)

son: "I have no idea what to write."

Hermana Nomellini: "Just your name and facebook is fine"

Willy (the dad): "Just open up your heart and let your feelings be free."

son. "NO"

Hermana Hurtado: "Hermana Davidson, do you know the Hermana in our mission that looks like Barbie?"

Me: "Oh, that´s Hermana Ahlmer"

Hermana Hurtado: "Creo que sí" (I believe so)

haha my MTC companion IS Barbie

"You´re going to have to speak now that Hermana Nomellini is gone!" - Everyone

"Do you have a boyfriend?? Have you ever had a boyfriend?? Have you had your first kiss??" - Everyone on the mission within 7 seconds of meeting you for the first time.

"Good night, Hermana Davidson. I hope that you have sweet dreams of your future husband tonight." - Hermana Hurtado

Everyone in this mission is soooo trunky haha. It´s like I never left BYUI.

Also shoutout to my brother Matt! Thanks for sending that photo resizing link when I was the MTC! You´re a lifesaver!

LES AMOOOO!

Find those Who are Prepared

So I just got the word from my Mom...

My cousin Kylee is getting MARRIED???

No.

No one can get married, graduate school, have babies, birthdays, parties, or any kind of fun until I get home.

I have FOMO big time.

But like wow I´m stoked for her!

I would love to see a picture of her and her cute fiance (fam *cough, cough* pictures, pictures) 

And at least know his name haha.

Pero bueno.

Wow I can´t believe that this transfer is already going to end this week. It was rough for awhile because we couldn´t find anyone to teach and I want to thank you all for all your thoughts and prayers! I feel blessed to have such amazing friends and family!

But last week we got a new investigator and he CAME TO CHURCH. I started crying no joke he made me so happy. He ´s so sweet and has a desire to baptized. He just needs to wait for his divorce, get married, quit smoking, y ya esta. We´ll see what happens with him.

And then final found not one, not two, but THREE references. One is the daughter of a member and the other is sister´s with Julia. Both of  them are super interested and are our investigators now!

So now we have 4 investigators instead of one!!! 

I feel so blessed.

We were having a really crappy day on saturday. Like, super crappy. But we kept going and we found the third reference. It was this little old lady. She let us in and we talked for a little bit and found out that her husband died 3 years ago and she and her daughter both struggle with depression from it. 

We started teaching the plan of salvation and I just can´t explain how special it was to see her face light up. It was like she recognized everything we were telling her. It then it got better.

Her daughter and her "amigo" (he wants to be more than friends but she doesn´t lol sounds like my life) came in and sat down and started listening too. Like, actually showed a lot of interest and asked a lot of questions. They all took turns reading out of the book of mormon and the pamphlet of the restoration and the plan of salvation. It was too good.

AND THEN

We had another cita with Julia´s little sister and she is gold. Like, she asked us to come. She told us there that she prayed a little to know if our church was true like we asked and that night she had a dream of a voice calling to her and she saw a picture of Jesus. She immediately woke up and looked through the Restoration pamphlet and found the picture of Christ ministering to the Nephites in 3rd nephite and realized that was the picture of Christ she saw in her dream.

Um helloooo.

An answer straight from heaven! That picture is of our church because we believe in the Book of Mormon!

And then we taught her about praying, reading the scriptures, and coming to church and she was like "yep I need to come to church" like we didn´t invite her or anything she just KNEW  what she needed to do. Then she told us the next time we can come that she wanted to talk about Joseph Smith.

You guys,

She ASKED to talk about Joseph Smith. ASKED. That never happens!

And then she said the most beautiful prayer!

Lol who am I, the gospel makes me so happy!

But we just walked away with tears in our eyes because we felt like our prayers had been answered. I was just so shocked and amazed that after weeks of searching, we finally found those who were prepared to hear the gospel. You could just feel that they were.

I´m so grateful for this opportunity to be an instrument in the Lord´s hands and serve these wonderful people of Argentina. I love seeing people come unto Christ and enjoy the blessings of his teachings of the gospel. There literally is no better way to live.

ALSO

Big news...

In october we´re allowed to eat with members! 

So sike, I´m coming home fat after all lol have the salads ready at the airport and I´ll run home hah

But really I´m kind of stoked.

Just pray for me I won´t have to eat something weird like stomach lining. Yes that is a thing here, yes I have seen them eat it with my own eyes.

I can´t wait to tell everyone what kinds of things I eat haha.

Let´s see what happens 

Con amor,

Hermana Davidson