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