Con fuego

I think the weirdest experience I have ever had is 

Learning a foreign language in a foreign country. 

For the longest time, I felt like I was in a movie or something because I couldn´t really communicate or express myself with anyone besides my trainer.

Like, (Hermana Hurtado thinks it´s funny that Yankees say "like" so much) talking to someone felt like talking to a computer screen. I´m not sure if it was culture shock or what, but up until now I didn´t really feel like I was living in the real world. I felt so isolated. And the people only talked with my trainer because they were just used to her talking for me.

But now that I have a Latina companion, I can talk and understand soooooo much better. I´m starting to have normal conversations again and it´s so weird to me for some reason that the same things we say in English translate into Spanish too. I don´t know why, but it blows my mind that we can speak two different languages but mean the same thing.

I kind of felt lost for while like I was forgetting who I was, but I´m surprising even myself that my personality is shining through my spanish now. I´m starting to tell jokes again whooo! 

But honestly I know that it´s because I´m doing the Lord´s work that He has blessed me with the ability to learn this language. Sometimes I amazed by how much I can understand for only having 4 months in the mission. And after only a week with a Latina, my spanish is already getting better!!! Stoked!

Hermana Hurtado brought Fire

This week with my new companion, I feel like I saw soooo many miracles. We found so many more people to teach and we taught soooo many lessons. I think she is extra loved by Heavenly Father or something. But she is honestly an answer to my prayers because I was so afraid that when Hermana Nomellini left, my area would fall apart. But I´m so happy to see that it´s still growing! I can´t wait to see where our fire will take us! We have a goal to have a baptism in October, and so pray for us that we can reach it!

Mi Nueva Compañera

My new companion is sweeeet. I mean it. She is the kindest person I have ever met. She loves everyone and everything. I have never been hugged so much in my life before haha. She´s even kissed my head a few times haha. Sometimes I don´t know how to handle all the love. But I have learned soooo much from her already in so many different ways. And she is so fun too! She dances with me in the streets and taught me how to salsa so we´re tight.

 The Cake that made My Companion cry

So for zone meeting I had this gigantic desier to make a cake for all the Elders (we´re the only hermanas in our district now) escpecailly since half of them are fresh from the MTC. Making a cake in Argentina is soooo hard though because the ingredients are so different. It took me forever and I think I have a permanent wrinkle on my face for frowning the whole time. 

(notice the broomstick keeping the burner for the oven on because you have to constantly press it to work. So we have to wedge the broom stick between the oven and the counter behind us haha. Welcome to the mission in Argentina where you do ghetto stuff on a regular basis haha)

Cakes stress me out. I don´t know what I was thinking. Plus the cake made my companion cry because she felt like she didn´t help haha. There wasn´t really much she could have helped with but oh well. I promised her she could help with the next one. But I don´t think there will be a next one haha. But seeing the Elder´s faces with the cake was worth it. The orange buttercream frosting I made off the top of my head was bomb too. They don´t make frosting at all here so I was pretty proud. 

And then I dropped it in the bus terminal on the way to the zone meeting.

Classic Hermana D amirite?

All what I could do was just laugh. 

At least the cake was covered. It just came out ugly but the Elders didn´t care. 

They thought it was bomb so mission accomplished. I proved to them I can bake so I don´t have to do it ever again haha

Feliz Cumple 9 meses!

Hermana Hurtado completed 9 months in the mission!

I asked her what she wanted to do to celebrate and all what she said was "la pansa." (the belly)

Entonces of course we took the traditional 9 month mission pictures!

​It looks so fake and disformed it kills me lol I die

Also take a moment to appreciate this picture of my companion on the floor. ​

This is how you know you had a really good day. The more tired and happy you are, the better!

Quotes of the Week

"Hermana Davidson, have you ever killed a chicken?" - Hermana Hurtado

"I want to marry someone serious like Ferb from Phineas and Ferb" - Hermana Hurtado

"Hermana Davidson, the frogs are your friends." - Hermana Hurtado

All the frogs are starting to come out and they are huge and creepy and freak me out haha

*Me sitting down eating lunch*

*Hermana Hurtado gets up and puts her plate in the sink*

Hermana Hurtado: "Gracias"

Me: "Por qúe? Yo no hizo nada." (Why? I didn´t do anything)

She tells me thank you for doing nothing haha. She is so funny.

During get to know you´s in Zone meeting

Elder Sisson (DL): "Elder Tew, would you like to explain a little bit more to us why you wrote that you are a Momma´s boy on your paper?"

Elder Way: "The guy just loves his mom."

Elder Sisson: "Yeah but why?"

Elder Tew (ZL): "It´s true. I just love my mom so much. I cuddled with her right up until the day I left..."

Elder Sisson:"... Sorry I didn´t mean for this to turn into one of those moments."

I died

Guys I have good vibes coming on. Amazing things are coming for Miramar I can feel it! Can´t wait to share all of my experiences with you all next week!

Les Amo Un Montón!