Monday, April 14, 2014

So on Saturday night we had the opportunity to have a Capilla Abierta ("open chapel") and it was so amazing! I loved it so much! I was actually able to step out of my comfort zone and talk and actually be myself! It was awesome! I'm actually making friends and I'm not being the shy grengo who doesn't understand anything and doesn't talk. Yay me. But actually the Capilla Abierta amazing. The ward here is incredible. They put so much work into this event and it was a HUGE SUCCESS!!!! We had 53 new people walk through the event! Which was the most a Capilla Abierta has had! The missionary couple in charge of it, the Emhkes, they said it was the most successful one they've had! ROCA 2! WHOOO! So amazing! I felt the spirit so strong there! It was amazing!

This past Friday we went to Paso Cordova. It's an area in our mission. We need to take the bus to get there. Then we walk an hour and a half to our investigators house. It's like a desert. They're cacti, a river, and trees. No houses. No people. No nothing. It freaked me out the first time we went there. I'm like where are we, where are we going, dying. Haha but now that I know where it is I don't feel completely abandoned like my first time. Haha, I couldn't have even communicated with them to ask where we were going my first time. But it's really pretty there. I like it! Then after we went to a members house and she had homemade bread and tea for us. She also gave us like 10 apples and we just hung out until our bus came! Love the members here! =)

Also we have a baptism date for the 19 of April. So this Saturday! Her name is Paloma Melo, she's actually a member, but doesn't have the papers to prove she was baptized. So we've been working with her and preparing her for her baptism! The Melo family is so nice! Hermano Melo is always talking to me in what English he knows and it's so funny! Makes me laugh every time!

The language is coming along. I'm able to have a conversation now. But when it comes to teaching the lessons I still struggle. I just bear my testimony when my companion tells me to. Haha, everyone says I'm learning it really fast, which helps me but I feel like I know nothing still. Whatever, it'll come. I keep telling myself it'll come.

ALSO COOL FACT.
So I sent a picture of me and an older lady. I don't remember her name but she was in the temple the last day I was in Buenos Aries, the day I left for Neuquén. I found out at the temple that her and her husband were called to the Neuquén mission. She told me they'd enter on March 27, anyways,they were at the Capilla Abierta. I gave her the biggest hug and asked her if she remembered me. Then she kept kissing my cheek and it was so good to see her! I was so happy! Ahhh so happy. She's the nicest, happiest, sweetest lady. Andddd she was in Tyler's ward back in Buenos Aires. I was freaking out, I'm like he's my ¨mejor amigo¨ best friend! I showed them a picture I have of him and myself and she's like ya that's him. This made my life! Cool eh!

Anyway overall this week was cold. Lots of rain. We couldn't leave the pension all day Monday, and on Tuesday we couldn't leave unless we had a meeting. The rain is somewhat gone now but it's still really cold. In the morning you can see your breath. I wear gloves and a toque, and my green coat. It's not freeeezing. Just chilly. My companion is dying though, she's never experienced the cold. She gets headaches and her bones hurt. I help her stay nice and warm. Give her my scarfs to wear and what not. We've been helping each other get through the difficulties that missions bring. Yay missions.

Love Hermana Miller