Dear Family and Friends
This week has flown by. I need to write more in my journal so that I remember the things that happen each week. CONFERENCE! It was amazing. I especially loved Saturday's sessions, and we got it in english so I could understand it. They had it in the sacrament room with like three projectors but the north american missionaries were all in this little room with this tiny tv. But it was in english!! Yay!

One interesting experience, Hermana Gordillo wanted to go to the rebroadcast of the relief society session saturday morning at 11. We were walking and she was pretty sure we would catch our bus then we saw it pass by up ahead and we couldn't reach it. Hermana Gordillo wanted to run after it but, I didnt think we would be doing much walking because of the conference and so I had worn some shoes that have a centimeter of a heel so they are a bit wobbly which is weird because they should be more sturdy. Anyway I was like I am going to die if we run after that bus so we sat at the bus stop and Hrma Gordillo called people and thought about what to do. Finally she decided to get a taxi. My desire to see that session was not as strong as hers so I was pretty much just following. The taxi took us to the stake center and no one was there. Literally all the gates were locked and not one woman in Salto came for the rebroadcast. Hermana Gordillo couldn't believe it and so she called people to make sure that we were at the right place at the right time. We were, but no one was there to open the church or turn it on. I guess she called the zone leaders and they called someone to go and turn it on. So we were the only ones in the chapel/gym watching the relief society session. I understood some but it was hard for me to remember and put together ideas of what they were talking about.

After that though, we figure it out so Hermana Gordillo and Hermana Jordan listened to the sessions in spanish and hermana coral and I listened to them in english with the other english speaking elders. It was a very spiritually uplifting experience. The last talk of that session from Elder Uchdorf I think, was really powerful about how the people in the church are not perfect and why people leave the church. Sometimes I worry and have questions about stuff in the church and one thing he said was to "stay a little bit longer". It kind of takes the stress off and helps me relax. I just need to take one day at a time.

Update on the family Suarez, their daughter Yennifer was baptized last week. Their mom is back and forth, being accepting of the doctrine and the other day doesnt want to have anything to do with it. One thing that hurt me was we went and visited them and Ingrid, the mom, started off about how I offended them and how I was really rude. I didnt understand at first but I finally caught on that I was in trouble. This last week for english class, Stefani Suarez was supposed to come before to the chapel and we were going to teach her lesson there so we could have more time. She wasnt there and so Hermana Gordillo told me to call her. I did. I thought she said that she was on her way, apparently she asked when our next discussion with her would be and she wouldnt be able to come. I said o si ciao and hung up the phone. She didnt come and I was a little confused but thought something came up or whatever. So in our meeting with them her mom went on to tell all the ways I had offended her family. I felt so terrible. I had no intention of hurting their feelings at all, my actions were I thought, motivated by love, but they did not take it that way. I apologized for everything and Ingrid started crying and said she was sorry too. I felt a little offended that they would use my lack in the language to attack me. I am careful now around them because I feel like they are trying to find ways to attack my language or actions. I am tired of it. I am trying to forgive them and I think I have a little bit but I am a little wounded. The other thing I did to offend them was I took a pen from Daiana and closed her hymnal during the lesson and that was disrespectful to Ingrid. I just wanted Daiana to pay attention. I continue forward but I dont have the same feeling of love when I enter their home.

There is another Hermana in our zone, Hermana Coral that is my friend. We get along pretty well so on pdays and stuff we hang out. I love being around her. She is actually leaving today for Montevideo but I hope someday to be companions with her. Oh the atm machine ate my debit card that for the mission. I wanted to figure out how much money I had on it and I put in my pin and it gave me a receipt with the amount on it and then warned me not to share my pin and wouldnt give me back my card. We have had a fun time calling the financiers and trying to figure out what to do. I know it will work out but for the mean time it is a little annoying.

One lesson that we have been doing is the one with the rocks and the jar and sand. If you dont know this one ask someone. It is about priorities and building your life on the rock of the gospel. When you put the sand into the jar first and then try to fit in the rocks the rocks fall and dont all fit. This represents a life of stress and unhappiness for your spirit. BUT if you put in your rocks first and then the sand. Everything fits. When we place our lives on Jesus Christ and place those things with importance the things that we want to do and the things that are good to do we can do as well. Before my mission I loved to watch tv. I didnt have much time to read my scriptures because I didnt have enough time. I noticed that the nights I decided to read and pray before watching tv, I had enough time for both. I know that if each of you will build your life on the important things the other things will fall into place. 

Other than that we walk, we talk, we plan, we pray, we read, and we invite. This is our day in a nutshell. I am thankful for your love. I pray for you and I need your prayers as well. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the church that Jesus Christ established during his life on earth and it has been restored in these days. I invite you, as well as everyone in Salto :), to learn more about the gospel. Gospel means Good News. IT is good news, news that we can live with God again through our covenants or promises. Vamos Arriba!
Love,
Hermana Beatie

Dear Family and Friends,

It has been a good week. My heart is feeling lighter today and my relationship with my companion is getting better. More on that later. So the big news is that one of our investigators Yennifer Suarez was baptized last Saturday. It was my first time and her first time:) So I wanted it to be special. She is nine years old and is a tiny thing. We were a little worried that she wasnt ready to make this big commitment. Her father is a less active member that doesnt want anything to do with the church but he is okay with us teaching his children. And before I got here one of Yennifer's sisters Daiana was baptized. We try to teach the whole family and we are concentrating on Stefani (15) and their mom Ingrid. They are not very good at keeping their commitments and it is a little frustrating but Yennifer was praying and reading. She had been waiting for an answer to her prayer and it took some time but she finally got it!! Yay! One of the problems is that she is young and her family doesnt always do what they should but we want her to be a leader and a light. So we got everything ready for the baptism. It wasnt the most perfect baptism but I think it was good. Her mom and sisters came to support her. I really wanted to make it special and so I paid for us to have icecream after the baptism. Apparently the missionaries are responsible for refreshments after the activities. So we had to get the icecream and they dont have freezers or refrigerators at the church so it was a little melty but it was good. After the baptism I was scooping the icecream into cups when Hma Gordillo told me to that we needed to go invite her father, Miguel to come in. So we ran outside with sticky hands :) He was standing in the middle of the streeet on the divider thing. Cars here stop to let you walk across the street but he kept waving them forward. I realized he wasnt coming and so I crossed the street. I told him that we had icecream for Yennifer. Hma Gordillo asked him if he wanted to come. He said si. I was like oh okay great!. I kept looking behind me as he followed us into the church to make sure he didnt run away. This was the first time we have ever met him or seen him. He is not interested in coming to church but it was amazing that he was able to come and support his daughter in her desire to follow Jesus Christ. The whole family was happy, I think they realize that together is the best way. I was so happy to have them all there. We invited them all to see Yennifer be confirmed in church the next day, but Ingrid and Miguel said they wouldnt be there. Sad. Sunday morning, Stefani, Daiana and Yennifer came and so that was good. Right after she was confirmed I saw her go and give hugs to people in the front row. Hmm who was it. I looked and it was her mom and dad, they had COME! Then we had the sacrament and it was a little awkward because Miguel got up and left during the sacrament. I am not sure why but I want to help their family be strong and be one. After the sacrament their whole family got up and left and it broke my heart. We didnt know if Yennifers baptism was a good idea but we had faith and we felt like there were miracles and then they left. My heart was shattered. I love them, I prayed and read my scriptures to try to find comfort. I felt like we had done everything and everyone has there agency. It was not my fault. That made me feel a little better. And then the sisters came back into the chapel. YAYAAY! I know the Lord listens to our prayers and gives us tender mercies everyday. 

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 I didnt finish my letter but I should probably go. I accidently sent it. Oh well. The first two are from the baptism and the last one is from our first Ward Family Home evening. It was really fun. This last week fhe wasnt as big but I think we had fun and felt the spirit. 

Love,

Hermana Beatie

Dear Family and Friends,

It has been a rainy last couple of days. The weather is so weird. For a week we had super hot weather, and no airconditioning so we had to open the windows to get a breeze. At night it was not much fun because I have a hard time sleeping when I am hot. Then a storm blew in and it rained so much. It has been consistent rain since Wednesday. I love storms so I was excited but it is starting to dull because we have to be out all day in the rain. I like rainy days when you can cuddle up in a blanket and play games with your family not when we have to brave the storms. Also alot of people dont come out of their houses when it rains and they sleep alot, so we have trouble working with them. Every night Hermana Gordillo and I say 3-6 things that were tender mercies for us that day. Sometimes it is hard and sometiems it is easy but we can always find them. The Lord does love us. 

My list for this week

1. Storms!

2. Held a frog today, I wish I had a picture but my camera is out of battery :(

3. One of our contacts last week did not live in our area but we gave her address to the elders and they are teaching her and she came to church!!! That is a big accomplishment!

4. I had to drink this malta stuff. It is like mormon coffee. Gross. I only drank half a cup and then my companion was nice enough to drink the rest. 

5. We eat almost everyday for lunch at members houses, but sometimes we eat at our apartment when the appointment falls through. I actually really like it. It makes it feel like home. 

6. I have been in some interesting bathrooms, I dont want to say they are the worst n the world because I have not seen all of them in the world but yeah.

7. We sing a hymn in every lesson, it is actually really cool and the people dont really think it is super weird. One cool experience was with Hope of Isreal in spanish is Juventud de Israel or Youth of Israel. I had never realized that song was about youth. Maybe I was oblivious but I was able to share with a 9 year old girl named Yuliana that la esperanza es en la juventud. It is true, the next generation is where the hope is that we will pull people out of the darkness.

8. More and more I feel like I am fighting a war against the evils of the world. Not that I dont have my problems with disobedience but the things we teach can change their lives, only if they DO them. 

9. For service every week there is this huge mountain of dirt that we are moving. It is hard work but it is good. The elders help and we make a little more progress each week.

10. It is weird that people can tell I am from the united states, a lot of the people here look like they could be from the united states but I dont look like I could be from here. It is interesting, sometimes it is fun but sometimes people are annoying and I am not willing to put up with them :) Oh well. 

11. My spanish is getting better every week, I hope.

12. There are so many inactive members of the church here. We have over 1000 people in our ward boundaries and less than 100 come to church. It is so frustating. We now spend the majority our time working with them. My companion says that it is like when they get baptized they get put into a bag that has so many holes that they slip out. We are working on plugging the holes and fortifying our ward. 

My testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ has expanded so much. I think I understand a little more how Jesus felt when I was like I dont want to go to church or read my scriptures today. He was probably saying, you know what is good for you so why wont you do it? I find so much joy though when people do come or they have read. The culture here is that they believe in Jesus Christ but that belief doesnt cause them to do anything different. People dont really like them to change but our message is one of change. Repentance requires us to change. I am learning that as I am changing my life and helping others change their lives as well. Also don't please dont let a week go by that you dont help the missionaries in some way. You dont have to be scared to have to missionaries over and have them teach your friends. Just tell your friends that you care about them and this is something that makes you happy and invite them. We can only invite as Jesus does. He cannot make us do anything, read, pray or attend church, He can only invite like it says in Alma 5.

I love you all and I am chugging forward,

Krista

Dear Family and Friends,

Thank you all for your sincere and loving letters. I have loved Reading them and laughing and smiling. There are a lot of things I have to adjust to here and it has been hard. One thing I have found more and more is that my love for the scriptures has increased. When I am tired, hungry, impatient I can find alot of comfort in the book of mormon. One thing that is difficult is that my companion loves to give super super long prayers, like 20-30 min long prayers. on our knees. I am not used to that, and it hurts my knees. She is nice but she doesnt like to change things that she does. There are good times so I am working with her to love the good times.

My list for Salto (My área, Cerro 1)

1. There are so many motorcycles/dirtbikes here. Everyone drives them. The old grandmas and the 7 year olds. Apparently it is cheaper than a car. I went from only seeing motorcyles with men and serioius bikers to everyone. It is a Little different.

2. Alot of things are broken in our apartment (the bathroom mirror, the toilet flushing knob, window, most of the lightbulbs. Also the my companion and her past companion did not clean much or very thourougly so it is kind of gross. Like moldy shower curtain Gross

3. My comapnion is a perfectionist and that is a Little trying sometimes. She wants to help me so much though, it is a Little frustrating.

4. Finally had a meal I didnt like. Like a meat pie with olives and onions and stuff. But I ate it all. Then Hermana Silvia asked me if I liked peaches and I said "Los siento, no) She gave me an orange, but Hermana Gordillo said she may have been ofended. I dont know, she asked me if I liked it.

5. Realizing that you cant translate straight into spanish from english, some things just are not said the way they are in spanish. Oh it is also really great that they want me to learn spanish but language study each day is always the first thing to go.

6. I have learned not to judge a house by the outside. Most of the houses here look like nothing but they are actually prettier on the inside.

7. There are alot of innactive members here in Salto. Like all of them. We go looking for new investigators and find out that they are actually members already but have fallen away. I studied at BYU Family Science and I just see how and why these families have so many problems. We want to help them. All the families want peace and happiness but they are not willing to do anything to have that peace and happiness. They are not willing to pray with their families and teach them the góspel or come to church.

8. One inactive man we went to visit was this big black man that was really scary. He and his mom. Apparently he was baptized but I am not sure how converted he was to the góspel. He smoked 3 cigarettes while we were there. And he kept quoting scriptures about Satan. I dont really know. It was weird. That was a weird day.

9. It was cold for a couple days when I got here but it has warmed up considerably. And the locals say this is nothing and it goes until March or may. I dont know if I will survive. AHHH. I am sweating buckets.

10. I want to wish my lovely sister Angela a very Happy Birthday. I know this is after her birthday but I am thinking about her. I love you.

11. My companion is fairly new, she has been on her misión for 3 months. Sometimes, I dont agree with what she wants to do or how she does things. And even though we both speak english, she is by no means a native english speaker and sometimes when I am explaining something she doesnt understand. I can tell by what she says after I finish. I dont think I have ever had a friend that was from a different culture/language and it is difficult. Communication.

I think that is the end of my list. We are working with a couple investigators that are progressing so that is exciting. Carlos needs to get divorced so he can get married to the woman that he is with before he can be baptized. Aparently that takes a long time here. But he wants to and is really ready. Two sisters we are teaching are not very diligent in their learning about the góspel. We found a family that we are going to teach as well. I dont know how receptive they will be. The father is an inactive member but the rest of the family has never Heard about it. They are going through some financial difficluties.

On sunday, my second. I guess they didnt have enough speakers so they asked the missionaires to speak. At first they said just two, so my comapnin and one of the elders. But then they said they wanted us all to speak for 5 min each. I was like "Are you kidding me" I have talks that I have written but they were at home because I had no notice in advance. So I am trying to find a scripture and I chose Alma 32 about the seed which is the góspel. Later in the chapter it talks about the result of the seed. It mentions that we  need to have faith, patience and diligence to nourish the seed. I know that a lot of people have faith and maybe patience. But how many have diligence. Nosotros necesitamos tener diligencia. Yo se esta dificile pero El Senor pedir nos hacer dificile cosas. Como mi mensaje en extrajero país en mi segundo domingo. Pero este es posible. Yo testificar. En el nombre de Jesucristo. Amen

But then my comapnion took up all the time. so no I didnt give it but I was confident and happy with what I prepared. Which was a big step for me.

I will finish with my testimony that I know the Lord lives and He has promised to help me do all the things I need to here.

Love you all,

Krista

My picture

1. my district at the ccm. I love them. They were my brothers!

2. My companion in the ccm. Hermana Nielson. Looking back I love her more and more.

3. My comapnion now, Hermana Gordillo. She is from Guatemala and loves oatmeal.

More pictures next week!

Buenos Dias mi Familia y mi Amigos,

 

My dad told me in an email that I had written spanish words in my email, so I decided to add a couple more. Today we are getting a new group of Norte Americans and I am excited to see how much I have learned since my first day here. The elders in my district want to play a little trick on them and not speak any english to them on their first day. Haha I don't think it will actually work because they are way too nice :)

 

Different things about my week

1. Feeling much better, I received a priesthood blessing from my district leader, Elder Billings and I have graudally been feeling better every day.

2. Last Saturday after proselytismo one of our elders found out that his father had died, we had a little testimony meeting in our district. It was pretty awesome. TODAS PERSONAS were crying. It was at the beginning of my cold so I used so many tissues that it was so gross. Crying plus running nose equals a whole box of tissues gone.

3. I really look forward every week to going to the temple. At first I thought it was a little odd what they do there, more and more I appreciate the calmness and quietness of that experience.

4. My hair has been super gross. Greasy. The water here, I guess is different from home. My hair did not react well. For the last 4 weeks I have tried everything. Finally on sunday, I mentioned it in relief society and Hma Openshaw (President's wife) said that she would give me some baby shampoo and it would fix it. YAY! It is such a small thing but I am happy to have clean hair.

5. Pretty much everyday I play pingpong during actividad fisca. Yesterday I was playing with Elder Hilton and we were playing around the world pingpong where you spin after you hit. I spun right into the huge metal trashcan. I have a nice colored bruise on my arm now. Our elders think that my companion abuses me. Hehe.

6. The elders in my district (Alma distrito) tease me alot, they act like my brothers :) I love them alot. They are teenage boys and sometimes I just shake my head.

7.  Katrina asked what we eat here at the CCM. We eat alot of meat. It is alright. Sometimes it is annoying that they give us it on the bone. There is like no meat on it sometimes and all fat. We have french fries sometimes. Every morning we have cereal. Every single morning. I don't love cereal that much. I do like their lentil soup stuff. I did not like the fish or the mushy cornbread lasagne. We eat alot of fruit. It is really good. Everyday they have bread. I really like it when they put cheese and chicken in the lettuce. After lunch every day it is our job to clean the comedor. It is kind of annoying that the cooks always give me less than the elders. I am hungry too. Sometimes I don't eat it all but sometimes I wish I had more.

8. My companion and I are good. I felt like she wasn't giving her opinion and I felt like I decided everything. I hate deciding everything. We talked about it in companionship inventory and she has gotten better at in her words "not being a doormat".

 

Our last weeks proselytismo was so  sososososo much better. We went back to the same area from before. This time we were much more relaxed. We met so many old ladies that gave us hugs and kisses. Here they do the greetings with a kiss on the cheek. We even got into someone's house. I asked to use their bathroom. It was these two older sisters. They weren't interested in the church. I think they had had lessons before because they knew a little about us. They said we prayed alot. I thought that was kind of funny. Anyway they live in this little house and they sew for a living. It was so nice to see something familiar. I am from a family of seamstresses. Unfortunately I didn't know the words for the sewing stuff. I hear stories about how I need to bring toilet paper with me because alot of houses don't have it, well I was happy to say that the bathroom was very well equipped. Although I couldn't find the flush until I realized it was a pulley thing in the hole in the wall. We met some people that were really nice to us and that always makes us happy. We met 3 people that wanted us to come back another time and talk to them about our message. We give their names and addresses to the missionaries assigned to their area and they go and teach them. One woman said that when we knocked on her door, we knocked on her heart. My heart just about broke. I can't say alot in spanish but I said "Puede embraso" or Can I hug? She unlocked her gate and we gave her big hugs. I felt really good to be an instrument in the Lord's hands. There are many people in this world that are lonely and need a hug. One last experience. Towards the end of our time on the outside. I really wanted to go to a store and buy some food. Real Argentinan food. So we went into this little grocery store. It was so much fun. We bought this chocolate. Delicious. Anyway but while we were standing in line at the one register, in front of us was this little boy about 4 or 5 and his grandpa. It was so adorable. The grandpa was bending down because his grandson wanted a hug. I just smiled. Grandpa wanted him to say hello to us and give us kisses on the cheek. He was so shy. :) I just wanted to eat him up he was so cute. Anyway I told him who we were and he really didn't understand that we spoke pretty small amount of spanish. He kept talking and telling us stuff. I really have no idea what he said. I nodded and said si alot. I got the feeling that he was interested in religion and so we handed him a pamphlet and he seemed really excited about it. It was the best feeling. Okay proselyting story over :)

 

This sunday or the next sunday I will give a talk in church in spanish. I am kind of nervous but I have already started writing it. It is about repentance. Buenos Suerte!

 

I have a testimony that Joseph Smith Jr. talked to God the Father and Jesus Christ. I know that the Book of Mormon is true and I learn more and more about how it can solve life's problems. I know that I am here for a reason and there are people that I need to influence and people that I need to learn something from. Sometimes I think about what the person next to me will learn from me and it makes me want to be a better person. I love my family and I know that even if I die on the mean streets of Buenos Aires I will be with them forever. They are my life and my joy. I have had to ask for miracles this past couple weeks and it is amazing how the Lord provides. He will give you what you need. I know it. I was sick when we had to go out and talk to people. I thought no one will want to talk to me because I am gross and everyone  will stay far away. I had no problems. I blew my nose a couple times but the Lord worked a miracle in my life. My intentions were pure, I wanted to share the true gospel and He provided a way for me to do that. I love you all and can't wait to hear from you.

 

Con Amor,

Hma. Beatie

(Krista)

Hola! Family and Friends,

I am proud to announce that I know more spanish now than I ever have in my entire life. It took me a while to get going but I am feeling more comfortable in the spanish language.

Exciting random things from the past week

1. Bottle of shampoo fell on our toilet and cracked the toilet seat cover.

2. My blankets fall off my top bunk bed almost every single night so I wake up cold.

3. Going through the temple in spanish is very strange

4. My district is the best and all the elders have this strange obsession with this shack they can see through our window. Apparently it is a grill but the elders swear they catch dogs and cook them up.

5. My new roommates desperately want to teach me spanish but it is a little frustrating when they repeat the same word that I do not know over and over again. I still don't know what it means even after the 10th time. It is better now, we had a little talk.

6. We now have 6 girls to one bathroom so if you want in you have to be fast and a little stubborn.

7. The strangest elder here has a little crush on me and it is a little weird.

8. We have really good talks, devotions and firesides. They are all pretty much the same thing but they call them different things.

9.On sunday we have a movie every night, it is usually something like Joseph Smith prophet of the restoration or a talk or something. We really like it because it is a movie and it is in english!!

10. The elders got in a little trouble because they were wrestling at night and one elder in my district got a concussion. Another elder in my district two days ago got his finger kind of pulled off, super gross. He had to go to the hospital. It was kind of exciting for the rest of us.

11. During Actividad fisica hma Nielson and I were throwing a football back and forth. She doesnt like as she calls it "american football" but I convinced her to practice. I threw so hard with such strength that when she tried to catch it her finger got jammed.

12. We have 2 teachers Hmo. De Oliviera and Hmo. Krasnoselsky. One in the morning and one in the afternoon/evening

So this week. On the saturday after I wrote last week we went proselyting on the mean streets of Buenos Aires. It wasn't my favorite thing but I think every week we will get better. I wish I had had a companion that was older and knew what to do and could speak the language. Here we are with about 2 weeks of language study our by ourselves trying to get people to talk to us. We had one kind of funny experience. We had this lunch that the ccm had given us and so we were looking for a place to sit and eat. There was no park or any tables so we sat on these steps next to the sidewalk. Little did we know that it was a bus stop, so people started hanging out next to us. This guy sat down near us and asked us how we were or something. So we are trying to communicate but it is not working very well. You get used to how your teachers talk and I am sure they talk slow for us so I really had little idea of what he was saying. I asked him if he believed in Jesucristo and pointed to a cross tattoo he had on his hand/arm. He proceeded to pull up his shirt and nodded emphatically pointing to a lovely mural of Jesus Christ on his chest. I was so happy that we understood each other that I was like si si si Jesucristo. We gave him a pamphlet but he had to get on the bus so we didn't get to talk to him much. That day we handed out 4 pamphlets and knocked on almost every single door in our area. The people are mostly nice but most of them did not want to talk to us unfortunately. There were so many dogs....I really don't even know. Luckily all the ones that are wild running in the street are good and don't pay us any attention. The ones behind fences though are are kind of scary. When we got on the bus the elders that were there had not had any luck and so I felt a little better until we got to the next stop to pick up some elders and some of them had taugh 3 lessons and placed 4 book of mormons. I was also tired, really tired. I am not super excited to go out again but I am resolved to talk to more people that walk past me.

I am sick with a sore throat and a bit of a cough. Hermana Openshaw is never around!! We are supposed to talk to her when we are sick but she is always so busy.

I love you all and I do have a testimony that Jesus Christ's gospel is on this earth. It was restored to Joseph Smith Jr so that we could have all the blessings of living by God's commands. The Book of Mormon is a testament of Jesus Christ and His visit to His people in America. He loves all His children and wants them all to "Come unto Him".

Love you all,

Krista Beatie

Dear Friends and Family,

I put off writing the update of my mission until I had answered all my letters. That may not have been a good idea, now I only have 8 minutes to update you on the last week in Buenos Aires. This may actually be good because it will be short haha.

 

One of the first things I learned on the airplane was that it is Buenos Ahhhrrreess. With a rolled r.

 

So the latinos only stay here for 2 weeks and then they enter their mission field. So on tuesday the missionaries left and we lost our 2 roommates. We loved them so it was kind of sad but we know that they are doing good. They gave us gifts of pudding and yogurt haha. One hermana wrote me a note in spanish and hopefully my spanish will improve enough to be able to read it. We got 4 more roommates last night and so it was a little crazy with everyone trying to put their stuff away and get ready for bed. I planned on taking a shower last night but it was so crazy that when the bathroom was empty and we went to wash our faces a hermana was like can I use the bathroom. Uhhh yeah I guess hold on a minute haha. Well all is good here. we had a bit of a scare when there was like 20 planes/helicopters flying overhead. Is there a war we don't know about. I know the Lord will take care of my family while I am away so I don't worry about that too much.

 

Next week I will write this letter first haha.

 

I have a testimony of the atonement of Jesus Christ, I know that this is the true gospel. I know because I get a warm comforting feeling in my chest when I think and pray about it.

 

People are yellling wrap it up.

so love you all,

Krista

Maybe photos next week and I know I said that last week but it did not happen this week :)