I want you to know that I have been thinking for about 12 hours how I would start this e-mail. And I have varied in the number of ways I could fully express to you how I am feeling right now. Some of them were witty. Some of them were spiritual. Some of them were movie quotes. But none of them do justice. So I will just say it.
GOD LOVES ME SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I¨M GOING SOUTH FOR THE WINTER/SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope that crystallizes it for you. I don´t think I put enough exclamation marks in there to really justify the sentiment. But that´s okay. It was actually really funny. When Elder Withspoon told me last night I was leaving for the south, I pretty much went in to shock. I didn´t even do a little happy dance until 15 minutes later. I´m going to be with Penguins! Muahaha. And, since I´ve almost reached my year mark (hello crazy right) I´ll probably end my mission in the south. How freaking awesome is that? I love my life! God loves me. And this is exactly what I needed. Because I will admit, I didn´t think I would ever be going south. Which saddened me, because the mission gossip is that only the really obedient and dedicated go down there (because we´re essentially left on our own...forever). And I hadn´t been sent down, so what does that say about me? Now, I know that´s only partially true. You can´t send down someone who is going to slack off, because it´s not like President Gulbrandsen can just whip on down there to baja la caña. But there are obviously diligent, dedicated, obedient missionaries that don´t have the chance to go down south. BUT I GET TO GO!! I´m ridiculously excited. And my new companion´s name is Hermana Gutierrez, who is actually from the United States, she came in with Hermana Alvey. So, another Hermana from the U.S. as a companion. I have had a lot of those. We actually don´t have many latinas (hermanas) in our mission right now. Kind of funny to think about. Anyways.
Okay. Mah! okay. I´m focused. What even happened this week? I don´t know. Uh, I´m pretty sure I taught people. I have to go look at my notes. Oh, want to hear something funny? So, Thursday we had a cita with Monica. And we were praying to know who would be our miembro justo to come with us, and we end up calling Jeremy, who is in her class in Primary. So we go, and Monica gets all bashful! She goes back inside, comes back and had changed into her skirt. Then she goes back inside and is doing her hair for like 15 minutes. Super funny, super cute, mildly annoying. It was super hard to teach her, because she didn´t want to answer, she just wanted to hide her face. If they end up getting married, I want a wedding invitation. When we told Elder Leon about this little experience he just started laughing, called us little matchmakers, then said good job. I´m glad we have such a good relationship.
What else happened. Oh, and we did divisions this week again. I went to Hermana Renteria´s area this time. And it was actually a really spiritual experience. We were going to teach the law of chasity to a 19 yr old single male, with a recently married couple on Valentines Day (hey, you find ways to enjoy the mission) but he wasn´t there. So that was a bummer. But it gave Hermana Renteria the chance to improve her "following the spirit" skills. As she essentially had to be senior companion for the day. I obviously knew the area (I´ve been here 6 months, only 3 of which the area being divided), but I gave her the reins. And she just flourished. And then during nightly planning we prayed specifically to know where we should go in the morning. And we both received the revelation to go to a certain area (one of those, pray and look at the map and listen to where God wants you to go.) And we both picked the same spot on the map. Obviously revelation. So we went there, and we ended up doing contacts for about 2 hours. But it was a great experience. We found a couple of people, we were able to share our testimonies. And we ended up contacting this Testigo de Jehovah who just couldn´t accept that miracles are being done today. (hoy en día? how do you say that in english). He even said "After Jesus crist died, miracles stopped, the power to do miracles wasn´t there anymore". Well, yeah! But that power was restored to the Earth once again! "no, no, miracles can´t happen anymore". It was sad, because I see miracles all the time. And I know the blessings that we have through the priesthood. But by that time we´d been talking for about 45 minutes so, I was super suave and we ended with "Well, I promise you that God will show you a miracle. And that´s a promise from two missionaries sent from God...." And then we walked away.....I thought it was cool. Maybe it was a bit catty. But I´m still happy with the experience. It was a great experience for Hermana Renteria. She was able to share her testimony, and she told me afterwards that all she could think about was "by the mouth of two witnesses" so she made sure she shared what she knew. Even though she still struggles with the language. So, no new investigators, but our faith was bolstered and we felt pretty shnazzy afterwards. Thanks Heavenly Father! We knew we were supposed to be there at that time, we have no idea what´s going to come of it. But it is very likely that one of those people will be baptized, eventually. We were supposed to contact them. That´s God´s plan.
Anyways, so. My mind is down south. I´ll be there soon. My flight doesn´t leave until Thursday (at 4 in the morning) I´ll get in to Rio Gallegos about 8 in the morning, and then I´ll take a convey (yes, that is how awesome and desolate the area I´m going to is) until about 12. I don´t know the plan after that but I¨m stoked. The area I will be in is called Calafate. I think. I didn´t really pay attention. Elder Withspoon just said the name and I responded "......I don´t know where that is." "Hermana, you´re going south." "oh! well, I still don´t know where it is, but now I at least know the general area." Anyways, googlemap it. Maybe you´ll see me proselyting. Just kidding. Like you´d be able to pick me out. I´m that black dot! *do the little chin jutting thing that Granddad always does*
Anyways, got to jet. I love you all! Thank you for your prayers. I really needed them this week. And God is blessing me so much for the dedication of my family!
Hermana Reed
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