Well that's a wrap!

October 30, 2017

Holis everyone! This is officially my last weekly letter of my mission! So I have been trying to think about what I wanted to say in my final letter. 

First off I feel so grateful that I listened to that little prompting I got when I was 14 to serve a mission. I have learned so, so, so many things. I have met such amazing people, learned to speak a different language, make new friends from all over the world, overcome hardships and trials, and gained a better understanding and a stronger testimony of our savior Jesus Christ.

I think the biggest thing I can testify to is just how much He and our Heavenly Father loves us. Everything about life is because they love us so so much. I know that the missionary work is in other words, a work of love. Everyone, not just the missionaries, as the opportunity to share this love with everyone they know.

As I was listening to some missionaries teach the restoration of the gospel during a capillas abierta, I had a little sadness hit my heart that my time to teach as missionary is now coming to an end. I felt a little regret too, because my time in capillas abiertas has limited a lot of my time teaching. I felt as if that maybe I could've had touched so many others lives if I could have just not been in capillas abiertas. That night I read a letter my sweet cute grandma Penrod sent me a few months ago. In that letter she said that "any effort given to bring people unto christ is enough for our Heavenly Father." I felt the spirit comfort me in that moment, and I know she is right and in my efforts in capillas abiertas I was helping others come unto Christ. And I know that even if we aren't full time missionaries, our efforts to bring others unto Christ will be always be enough to God too.

I have truly loved serving in my three areas: Miramar, Puerto, and Independencia B, and I have especially loved serving in the church open houses. I have loved loving the people here and my companions, and all of them. I love President and Sister Cifuentes. I love Argentina, this work, and my loving Savior. I love you all as well, and as much as I hate leaving, I will be happy to be apart of your lives again.

I know that the true church of christ has been restored upon the earth by the profet Joseph Smith, and I know that we have a living profet today and his name is Thomas S. Monson. I know that this gospel is true, and that we are here on this earth because God loves us, and he wants us to learn how to love like he does and so he gave us life. I know that if we live our lives according to his gospel, if we rely on the atonement of Jesus Christ, we will make it back home and we will help others make it back home too.

Estos 18 meses, han sido lo mejor. Estoy agradecida de haber podido ser misionera y compartir este mensaje con todos. Amo la misión! 

Con amor,

Hermana Davidson 

It went by fast

Oct 16, 2017

Everyone loves letting me know these days how close I am to coming home.

My response is the same everytime: "It went by fast".

Lately I have felt so grateful for the decision that I have made to serve a mission. I have loved all the people I have met (except angry taxi drivers) and have loved being in the chuch open houses. It has been a stretching and growing experience, but I have loved every second of it. I feel so lucky to have been here, and am grateful I still have a few weeks to keep doing what I love.

Anyways, not much to say other than that I LOVE YOU!

Con amor,

Hermana D

Deja-vu

October 9, 2017

Holis peeps!

I'm so glad that everyone enjoyed the video I sent last week.

This weekend was really kind of special for me. The idea of a ward having a capilla abierta is that they do it every 6 months, so I have been here for 8 months so that means I'm doing some capilla abiertas in the same ward for the second time haha. It's actually really fun. 

Last weekend we had a capilla abierta in Azul. I was there a few months ago for the last capilla abierta. The sisters gave us a plan in the morning to go invite people, and as we were walking in the streets looking for the houses I started laughing because I was literally inviting the same exact people 6 months ago with Hermana Estrada haha.

 During rehearsal with the branch, one of the cute members there came up to me and recognized me from the last time. She introduced me to a sister that was a recent convert that got baptized about six months ago. She had known a little bit about the church because she had a few friends from the branch, but had never listened to the missionaries. One of these friends invited her to the capilla abierta back in April and she had loved everything and accepted to listen to the missionaries. A few months later she got baptized and is faithful member of the church serving as the secretary in the Relief Society presidency. 

It was so special to meet someone that had gotten baptized from the capillas abiertas. I knew that there are a few in the mission but I had never had the chance to meet any until then.

I love this work and I love this program! I know that it is inspired of God to help bring His sheep back to His fold. I honestly wish I could do capillas abiertas forever! I'll skip the bus rides though, those I won't miss at all haha!

Love you all and have a great week!

Con Amor,

Hermana Davidson

Week of Lasts

September 25, 2017

This week was really good. There's so many things I want to write about that I just don't know where to begin. 

Well it was Hermana Leguizamóns last week in her mission. It was crazy to think that 3 transfers came and went so quickly. We learned soooo much together and we went through a lot of amazing and really challenging times together. Between almost missing buses, the challenges of having a broken foot, having successful stake trainings, we have had quite the adventure.When we had our last companionship inventory, I pretty much bawled. She did too, so it's fine.

Our capilla abierta was in a little pueblo called Lobería. The weather has been so nice and warm lately that we even had a part of it outside. 

Our ward training on Sunday was the perfect end. We did it differently this time, and we focused more on how to invite people to the capilla abierta. Me and Legui did some examples, and even the stake mission leader came and did examples too. It was something totally different from all the rest of the trainings that I have done, and the members responded really well to it and I felt the spirit so strongly.

Also, in sacrament meeting, the branch president decided to let Hermana Leguizamon give a short talk because it was her last Sunday. But then everyone thought it was my last Sunday too so they decided that I should give a talk too. Except I didn't know about it until it was announced during sacrament meeting haha lol. But it went really good for completely winging it. 

Well, this week I will be getting my new companion. It's weird that this will be my last one, but I feel pretty excited about it.

Love you all and hope you have a great week!

Con amor,

Hermana Davidson

Tender Mercies

September 11, 2017

Holis!

This week was really quite interesting. Because we live close to the mission office, sometimes we house sisters that come to Bahia Blanca to do tramites (visa stuff that I still don't understand). This week we were 5 in our teeny apartment and it was really weird living with more people than just your companion haha. But it was really fun in the end.

This week we had interviews with President Cifuentes. We had to teach him what being "your own agent" means and give him scripture examples and an example of when in our lives we were our own agents. I was nervouse because I had never had an interview where I had to teach him but he liked everything I had to say so I was relieved. We talked about next transfer (my LAST) and my new companion (also my LAST). He asked me to focus on teaching the next hermana as best I can. I don't feel too nervous. I did it once, I can do it twice. Poor Legui was the guinea pig haha!

So this week I just about lost everything. Right when I think I have all my marbles together, I lose them. One of the things I lost was our cell phone, oops, and so we had to run over to a members house to ask if we could use their phone. Somehow we took advantage of the situation and we were able to talk the hermana into letting us help her clean her back patio for her daughter's birthday on Saturday. It was a lot more than we had originally bargained for (they're part-time hoarders I think) but it felt great to help clean their house, especially because it would be so pretty if they remodeled it. I totally thought of "flip or flop" from HGTV the entire time ha.

Bahia Blanca is famous for crazy winds and dust, and so I took a broom and literally swept the sides of the house because it was just caked in dust from years of Bahis winds haha. The hermana had no idea that her house was a different color.

Our capilla abierta was in Mar del Plata this weekend, and luckily enough we didn't have a ward training on Sunday because of General conference coming up (we don't do capilla abiertas during conference weekend). So we took advantage of our time on Sunday to go to church to PUERTO on Sunday. I hadn't felt so happy in such a long time seeing old member friends. Flavia was there too, so it was extra sweet. Sadly my camera died so I wasn't able to take pictures with everyone, but it was happy day. We visited a few people in their houses as well, and felt so weird to be walking in the old streets that I used to walk in everyday. Even though there were some streets I remember I hated contacting, I felt so happy to back again haha.

We felt sooo soo soo lucky to have been able to spend a day in Puerto because

1. Hermana Leguizamon completed 18 MONTHS on Sunday

2. She started her mission in Puerto

3. We both served in Puerto

It was so so so needed.

Anyways, that is pretty much everything from this week! Love you all and can't wait to hear from you soon!

Con amor, Hermana Davidson

PS. Thanks Mom and nice neighbors in Mountain Green for sending me packages! The goodies aren't going to last very long 

Sorry

Hey everyone! 

August 28, 2017

Sorry if I had you all worried because it has been a while since I've written. Life on the mish has been a rollercoaster. The mish has been like the cat and mouse rollercoaster at Lagoon, fun at the moment but you walk off with whiplash haha.

Anywho, We keep chugging along. We had transfers two weeks ago and Hermana Leguizamon and I are still together for the third transfer for a row. We haven't killed each other yet, no worries  She is honestly so great and am so grateful for all the things she does for me and the assignment.​

So here is a little run down of what has been going on: We had 2 STAKE trainings, where we talked in front of stake presidencies and bishops and ward mission leaders. I almost peed my pants but they went really well. One of them was in Mar del Plata and the Stake president that weekend came to a capilla abierta we had over there and accompanied none members during the tours. We were so touched that he made an effort to come and participate.

The area has been a bit rocky. The two investigators we had... Are two fruits that haven't quite matured yet. But we have plans to work with members, incomplete families, and less actives to look for new potential investigators. Lets see what happens with that.

Anyways, love you all and hope you have a great week!

Con amor, 

Hermana Davidson

Just Grateful

August 7, 2017

So after yesterday I have just felt so incredibly grateful for my mission and the things I have experienced and for the miracles that I have witnessed.

Every month I send a monthly updated of the capilla abiertas with the data of capilla abiertas during the year and dates of capilla abiertas for the approxiamte 3 months. I have been really worried for the past month because it seemed like none of the wards here wanted to schedule anymore. When I sent the update to president I kind of had a break down because we had weeks with no capilla abiertas planned. Legui and I decided that we would fast specifically to schedule capilla abiertas yesterday. The minute that we ended our fast, the stake mission leader of Bahia Blanca called us to schedule one. Later that day we called other stakes and were able to fill the months of August and October. It was a huge relief and I just felt so much of Heavenly Father's love.

Our capilla abierta this weekend was probably my favorite so far. We were in  the tiniest little branch but the members worked so hard and invited so many people. We had the biggest group of visitors come that I had seen in my time here and we received 13 references. There are only two elders there so they were on cloud 9 to have 13 references for themselves.

That's pretty much all I have time for to share this week but I just love you all and thank you for all your prayers! Love you have a great week!

Enjoy this lovely picture. The sister is cute and pregnant but the elders are just examples of what happens when you come to the Bahia 

Con amor, Hermana Davidson

Another week gone by

July 31, 2017

Holis, Holis, Holis!

This week we had 2 really great lessons with our investigators. Legui and I have been really focusing on listening to our investigators and teaching them what they want to learn rather than what we think they need to learn. They have been progressing little by little, and they still have their obstacles but we are happy and positive with their progress. Please keep Guillermina and Angie in your prayers.

 

As for capillas abiertas... I can't believe I have been in the assignment for six months now. The time has just flown by it's nuts. I love it so much even though there are times I want to pull my hair out. Things have been pretty calm lately and I am getting worried that I am the only person that really loves the program haha. I know my prayer list is a little long, but please keep the program in your prayers to so that we can get more member involvement, visitors, and references

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If I think of anymore things for guys to pray for, I'll let y'all know.

Pic 1 -We visited Legui's convert in Puerto while we were in Mar del Plata. It feels good to see our old friends again

Pic 2 and 3-BUS Rides 

Pic 4-Goofing off at the physical therapist. That thing Legui has her foot in sends off electromagnetic waves. Not quite sure how that is supposed to help, but I have a good attitude and feel positive that it is doing something ha!

Quote of The Week

"I'm just killing!" - Legui saying "I'm just kidding"

Have a great week!

Con amor,

Hermana Davidson

Vos sos familia

July 24, 2017,

There was a lot of things that went on this week. Liiiiiike we have investigators now! whoooooo. It felt great to spend time and focus on our area. And then when we got to our capilla abierta we forgot lik 58 things in our house because we were so focused on working on area. It was righteous fail I think.  Yep, still trying to find that balance. But we are working on it.

Yesterday was really special. We had to travel to Mar del Plata on Sunday to give a ward training. Now that Legui can walk again, we decided to spend our sunday afternoon visiting our converts in Puerto (we both served in the same area, just at different times). I was able to see my cute Gloria again. She and her Dad went to the temple two months ago and she now has two callings in the ward nursery and as a ward missionary. She is so great and I loved seeing her and catching up with her.

After visiting her we went and saw Flavia. Oh my goodness I love that woman so much! It was raining and dark when we popped in on her doorstep so she didnt recognize me right away but she could tell that I was blonde and she told me that even though she didnrecognize me right away, she knew that "vos sos familia." (you are family) I don't think there has been anything that anyone has told me that could ever make me feel as happy as she did. Flavia was finally able to get baptized about a week ago, and she is so happy and content with her life. I could just see how happy she felt.

 

Other than that, we have another busy week ahead. I love you all and hope you all have a great week!

Flavia is my family too 

Gloria will always be the cutest and I will always have a double chin

Me in my favorite spot in Puerto where you can look down in all of Mar del Plata

Con Amor,

Hermana Davidson

Happy

How is that it has already been a week?

July 17, 2017

Not that I don't like writing you guys but I feel like I just barely wrote. This week went by really fast, just like they always do.

We did more divisions this week with the sisters in Pringles after district meeting on tuesday. We focused on challenging the investigators to be baptized. It felt good helping the sisters out with their investigators. I got to teach one of their investigators named Milen about baptism. The sisters had invited her to be baptized before she hadn't really taken it that well. Hermana De las nieves and I were able to invite her to think and pray for when it is her time to be baptized. She took the invitation well and seemed happy to know that it was her decision and that she could receive an answer from God through faith and prayer. Please keep her in your prayers! She's a good one!

Our capilla abierta this weekend was in Viedma. Even though it had rained alll day long, we still had people come. Legui and I had a chance to participate because the sisters had to leave early. I actually really enjoyed it!.

On sunday at 2 in the morning, we traveled to a little Pueblo called San Antonio and camped out in the church. Something I never thought I would do on my mission: have a sleepover in the sacrament room at 4 am haha. Not sure if we broke a rule or not buuuut you gotta do what you gotta do

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The little branch we trained was so darling. I absolutely love the people in the district of Viedma. The branch President invited us over for lunch. San Antonio is the farthest south you can go in our mission and I had heard if go to the the beach there, you might be lucky enough to see a penguin.ñ So I had been dying to go of course, and we were lucky enough that the branch President and his family took us to the beach. It was so pretty and so freezing cold. I was so happy. Sadly we didn't see any penguins, but it was still worth seeing. So much prettier than the beaches in Mar del Plata . Pictures coming in two weeks haha.

Lately I feel like that I am truly losing myself in the work. We have so many things to do that sometimes we don't finish our work in the office or sometimes we don't have time to work in the Falda and normally that would stress me out but I feel so much comfort in knowing that I am doing the best that I can and using my time to the best of my ability and that Heavenly Father understands my efforts. I really love being a missionary and the capillas abiertas and am so grateful to be lieving this crazy adventure and serving the Lord's work.

Wouldn't change anything!

picnic with the hermanas in pringles

Love you all, and can't wait to talk to you next week!

Con amor, 

Hermana Davidson

Hey fam bam!

Hey fam bam!

July 10, 2017

This week fleeeeeeeew. We spent two days helping Hermana Cifu with sending the old missionaries off and welcoming the newbies. It was a lot of fun but I don't think I will be making another sandwich anytime soon ha!

Our capilla abierta was in a little military town called Punta Alta just outside of Bahia Blanca. The missionaries there are in our zone so we decided to take advantage of being there and do divisions with the hermanas there.

I was with a sister from Boliva named Hermana Muñoz. We came to the mish in the same group so it was fun to talk about all the things and experiences we have had in our missions since then. We taught 2 lessons together to her investigators and found one of their contacts that they haven't found in like 3 weeks and taught her too. All in all, it felt good to teach again!

Our capilla abierta went better than I had hoped. We had 2 of the new missionaries there, and so I tried explaining to them in English everything  and it was so embarrassing I struggled so hard. The sisters wanted me to pray in English so that they could hear my accent and I almost couldn't do it haha bye English. At least I can still write haha!

Lately we have been so busy that we are struggling to find time to do everything. If you all could send a little prayer our way so that we can find time and balance between all our duties, it would be very much appreciated! 

I love you all and hope you have a great week! With love, Hermana Davidson and my friends from Villa Mitre (my zone)

Abrasitos! 

SURPRISE

Hi guys!

July 4, 2017

Bet you all thought that I forgot to write you all this week but jokes!

Well, another transfer has come and gone so quick. They keep going by faster which is kind of scary but it makes me feel better knowing that the time is going by fast by doing things worth while.

Legui and Davi stick together yay!

I was thinking recently (especially after the questions that I got asked on Mother's day) that I haven't really explained very clearly what a capilla abierta is. 

To start of, capilla abierta = open chapel.

This is a program that is based off of the concept of visitor centers at the temples.

During the week, we make lots of preparations. The stake leaders over the missionary work talk to all the bishops and Branch Presidents in their stake and plan dates (on Saturdays) to have their capilla abierta. The stake then contacts us and we plan their CA and trainings.

Every Sunday, My compy and I take hour of Sunday School explaining to the members what the program is like and what they need to do. This is their "training" which is really important because this is how we get them excited and invite people to come. The more they invite the more success we have obvio!

On Thursdays, we travel via bus (the only part I don't like) to the area and on Fridays we have rehearsal. All the missionaries and members participating in the activity come and clean the church, set up their stands, practice their 3 minute presentations, and we give the missionaries their assignments and train them on what they are going to do.

Then on Saturday, we all get together in the Sacrament room and open with a prayer and wait for visitors. When they come they first go into the sacrament room where two sister missionaries welcome them and explain how the tour will go. They listen to an audio of Christ speaking, the sisters bear their testimony about Christ and invite them to follow their guide. In the cultural hall, there are 2'4 missionaries waiting for them to teach a little bit about the Restoration of the Gospel. After that they go visit the baptismal font where there are two Elders dressed in white ready to "baptize them" (the joke everyone cracks at ever CA I have ever had haha) But really they teach them about baptism and receiving the Holy Ghost. Then they go visiting all the organizations such as the Relief Society, Priesthood, Young Women's, Young Men's, Primary, Family History, and Self Reliance. 

In the end they visit a table filled with missionary lesson pamphlets, liahonas, family history guides, and other fun church things to take home. I have two other missionaries stationed there to get their references from them. We ask references from everyone and their dogs here.  In the end, the visitors get to enjoy a little refreshment and hang out if they would like... If the members and missionaries haven't eaten all the food. 

And that is pretty much what I do every weekend and love it! I pretty much feel like I have the best gig in the mish. Even though it makes me want to pull my hair out sometimes it is so fun and so worth it. I think my companion and I are the only one's besides President that thinks that this program is really going to take off, but I know that it is an inspired program that helps bring people closer to God.

 

I love everyone and this work. Special shout out to my Mom...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM

Hope it was the best! Have a great week!

Con amor, 

Hermana Davi

Look for the Miracles

Hi guys!

June 26, 2017

This week was busy busy busy. We traveled twice this week and am feeling so grateful that our Capilla Abierta this weekend is here in Bahía Blanca so we get to live in our house this weekend yay!

Speaking of being grateful, this week we had the opportunity to listen to Elder Bragg. There were many things he shared about the missionary work that I loved, but I think one of the things that really hit me hard was when he talked about gratitude. He said everyday, look for the little miracles throughout the day and find the things you are grateful for. He promised that we will be much happier and see a difference in the work.

 

I had always thought I was a pretty grateful person but the mish makes you realize that you kind of suck at a lot of things and so I realized that being grateful is something I need to work on recently.

There were two miracles this week that I would like to share. The first one is one that happened to me. 

When Legui and I got to Necochea, we had to wait 6 hours in the church until the members and missionaries could come. While we were waiting, we went to go get something for lunch. When we came back to the church, we noticed a guy show up in this big water truck. He got out and said something like "I think you are the one I've been looking for" and I just about grabbed my compy to run away and then realized he was holding a little camera case and it dawning on me that it was mine. Hermana Estrada can testify that I sometimes have a nasty habit of leaving my camera on the bus but this time I had zero clue that it had fallen out of my backpack. He explained that he found it in our seat and tracked every person down that had seen us and talked to the taxi driver that took us from the bus terminal to the church until he had found us. What were the odds that he would have found outside of the church when he showed up? I don't think I had ever felt so grateful for someone and I had no idea how to thank him enough. Things like that just don't happen here. I felt very looked after today. People are good guys.

The second little miracle is that it rained, and rained, and RAINED all day saturday. Not a single person showed up to the capilla abierta and I felt so sad that my promise that I tell everyone every capilla abierta of "someone ALWAYS comes" was going to be broken. 

Well it turns out we just had to eat all the refreshments for people to come because after the members ate everything and were cleaning up, some investigators showed up last minute haha. But everyone was happy to put up their stands again and I sent the young men with some of my money to go buy cookies for the visitors haha. 

I hope everyone has had a great week! I love hearing from you all and hope that my letters brighten your day up a little bit.

Enjoy pics of Legui and Davi adventures!

Bus rides make you a bit loco

Proseltying in a TAXi

The scariest dog I have ever seen... Yes it is real!

There is no Comfort in Growth

Hey guys! 

June 12, 2017

Sorry I didn't send a letter last week, from now on we only have 1 hour to write so I lost track of time answering personally to other letters last week. I am trying to manage better time so I will have time to write everyone in my weekly letter from now on  (I had no idea I could send emojis yay)

So last week we had interviews with President. He asked me if I was stressed now that I am the one with the most experience in the Capillas Abiertas. I told him I was. Then he told me it was normal and that I am doing a good job so it's fine and keep on stressing! Not sure how but it was comforting to me to hear that ha!

Also with every interview with Pres, he always tells me something mind blowing and life changing. Here is what he told me... Legui and I are both staying in the capilla abiertas until we go home! And on her last transfer, we will likely be in a trio so the new sister will have two transfers to be trained in the assignment. (Legui goes home 1 before me) I didn't really think much about it until I got home and while I was doing my workouts I kind of started tearing up because I realized just how finalized the rest of my mission is now and how fast it is coming to an end. I know 5 months is a long time, but I know from experience that it will go by way too fast.

Ander here is something that will make it go by even faster... WE ARE GETTING AN AREA. Sort of haha! From what I can understand right now, we are going to be helping our zone leaders out in their area if we happen to have some time to go proselyte. So it looks like we might be sharing investigators (and baptisms *cough, cough*) I am still kind of confused on how everything is going to work but Legui and I are super stoked to start teaching again. Hopefully her foot will heal up so we can go help a little more in the field. Capillas Abiertas are still our number 1 priority.

Legui and I have had a lot of bonding moments this week. I have always said that I have gotten my companions when I needed them the most and I can testify to that even stronger now. I am such a worry wart but she makes me laugh and relax about things. Last week out of nowhere I had a weird dream about home that left me feeling the most homesick I had ever felt during my mission and last night I really felt it affecting me along with the stress of our last capilla abierta (it was pretty much a circus) and I broke down and started crying for the first time in front of my companion. She immediately made me feel better by being her crazy self and making me laugh and she was telling me that I am stressed because I am working hard  and soon that hard work will pay off. We sat down and put President's philosophy of "being your own agent" and made a list of the things that went wrong in the capilla abiertas, set goals of how we want the capilla abiertas in the future, and made plans to reach them. I felt soooo  much better after like I had a much better grip on my life. Companions are such a great blessing!

After listening to Legui share her studies about hope during companionship study this week, I decided to dedicate my personal studies to studying it as well. To me, hope had always sounded like a concept like if you hope enough, something you want might happen if you get lucky enough. Bunt in "True to the faith," it says that "in the language of the gospel, the word hope is sure, unwavering, and active" Or as I like to think of it now as the spanish translation of the verb "to hope" which is "esperar." Funny enough, the spanish translations for "to expect" and "to wait" are still "esperar." So when you say you are hoiping for something, you are pretty much saying you are waiting and expecting for something too. This gave me a whole different perspecting on reading the scriptres. How many times is the word "hope" used in the scriptures? For everytime the word hope is used, replace it with the words "expect" or "wait" and it gives it a whole new meaning. "Faith is to Expect/Wait for things not seen nor heard." This was something that I loved learning a little more about and thought I would share!

Well, that was pretty much everything for the last two weeks! I hope everyone has great week! Love you all! 

(I have really missed emojis)

Con amor,

Davi

Goodbyes and Hellos

May 22, 2017

So I just wanted to send out a shout out to my brother Nate for sending me those face swapping videos I had asked for. I started watching them in the ciber and started silently cry from laughter and tried so hard to act normal and it failed because one of my zone leaders saw me, thought I was crying uncontrollably because someone had died in my family and told Hermana Estrada which made her freak out and she came running to see if I was okay haha. I ended up showing pretty much the whole zone that was in the ciber those videos to understand why I was laughing so hard. I think I was the only one that really found them that funny haha.

This weekend we went to an area called "Viedma" for our capilla abierta. It is the most south you can go in our mission, and it was soooo pretty. It was everything people had told me it was. I went running with one of the Sisters serving there Saturday morning and I was so mad at myself for not taking my camera with me. It was sooooo breath takingly beautiful. We ran along this river while dawn was breaking and it was a little bit foggy and rainy. I felt like I was back in England! I just feel like nothing I can say to describe it will give it justice.

As for the capilla abierta, it went better than I thought it would did just because the ward there hadn't been very well prepared. But we still had a few people come and we still got references, so it was still a success! We had a weird moment where it was so slow, and the members were starting to get discouraged. I started talking to one of the sisters there and trying to make her feel better by telling her how their efforts were not wasted and that there is success in everything that we do by trying to be apart of the work, and pretty soon the whole branch and the missionaries started gathering around me to listen. I felt like I was in a gospel movie or something haha! "Capillas abiertas are great! People come to visit, we get their reference, and we drink hot chocolate! What is there not to love by saving souls and drinking hot chocolate at the same time?" 

Our Sunday was probably one of the best sundays we had ever had. We gave a presentation to the next branch that is going to have a capilla abierta

Something is happening tomorrow which is very sad... Hermana Estrada is going HOME! I am so sad to see her go. I have really loved being her companion so much. I have learned so much from her and have feel like I have just been having a really long sleep over with my best friend the last two transfers. But I don't have to be as sad because we both live in Utah, so we'll be seeing each other in the chosen land soon :) 

As for my new companion, I'm FINALLY getting a Latina companion! Her name is Hermana Leguizamon, and she is from Rosario Argentina. My castellano is going to get so much better! I am actually so excited to have a Latina companion because I didn't think I would get another one, but now I do! Luckily I already know her, and she is so fun and spunky. It's going to be a fun next two transfers (I am predicting that I am going to kill her too haha)

Anyways, I ´ll share more about what happens next week! Love you guys! Chau chau!

Con amor,

Hermana Davidson.