Amy En Argentina: 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!