Maybe It's Emily

I didn't write on Monday because we had zone conference. My first zone conference! It was really cool, like actually meeting missionaries here in the Patagonia, and also it's just a really nice bolster in all this chaos to see President and Hna. Peterson. There's nothing like being around your mission president and his wife. They bring such a calm and reassuring spirit, me encanta! Our focus in conference was the Atonement and the Book of Mormon. We have a challenge to read the Book of Mormon before Easter as a mission, and we were encouraged to read with an emphasis in the Atonement. We talked a lot about that, and really what blessings we have because of it. I know it has blessed me to be able to realize what blessings I have received, what mercy the Lord takes on us. But also that so many people don't have this comfort or this hope. They don't know and they suffer because of it. How important are our callings as members of the Church to minister to all. My plaque...

¡HOLA! We're in week three of our transfer! How nuts! My first full transfer. Wow. I feel all super. Everyday from 1 to about 4 all the stores are closed because of the siesta, and normally what we do for lunch on Pdays is everybody from the district gets together. Today we made tacos! Mexican food doesn't exist down here, and you can never find cheddar cheese or tortillas, but today we went to a different store and found the cheese, and we just cook up some stretched out empanada shells and call it good. Needless to say I'm very happy right now :) I can't really say too much for what's going on around here, the same missionary stuff at the same missionary times. Walking, teaching, walking, talking, teaching...But it's all for a good cause, right? Actually, I really like it here in Zapala. The people here are super friendly and open. You ask for their address and they just give it to you. My companion said that it's never happened to her in her entire missio...

Mamma, you don't have to email everyone. The reason I started the blog was for people to read whenever they had the chance. I appreciate it, but you don't have to do it. Speaking of Janelle, HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY!!!! But I remembered on your birthday and yelled out "Happy birthday Janelle!!" Does that still count? No, I haven't felt any earthquakes or anything since I got here. Let's start from last week...My companion and I were getting ready to leave Puerto Madryn on Monday night for a 18 hour bus ride, when at about 6:00 we got a call from our zone leader that was coming with us that our ride was cancelled. They had major flooding on the route we were going to take and a bridge collapsed in a town that we were supposed to drive through, so we weren't going to leave on at least monday. My companion and I were " AJSNDGGUFIDÑ!!!" because we didn't have any appointments, any investigators, lunch or food or anything. But thank goodness we had a w...

Huh.... This has been an interesting week. And now an interesting Pday. We have transfers? I don't remember the word in english anymore, it's only traslados. We have them today. The surprising news is that I'm being separated from my trainer already. I've only been with her three weeks and they already want to separate us! She thinks that one of the main reasons they're doing this is that she's leaving two weeks early to go home because in four weeks she'll have 18 months and her brother is getting married, so the mission president gave permission for her to leave the mission two weeks early. I think I totally now have the new record for the least amount of time with your trainer. I'm going to Zapala, about three hours away by bus from Neuquen. My new companion is going to be Hna.Porter, who I've heard is a really hard worker. We have something called the Standard, which are the mission goals for lessons taught, contacts, baptisms, and she's met ...

Surprising or not, I really didn't feel the earthquake. I know many places in Argentina felt it, but alas, I was not one of the lucky ones. I'm kind of on the other side of the country if you haven't noticed :) There are elders here who are from parts of Chile, so we're hoping their families are okay. This week has been okay. Frusterating at times. Very hot. I'm still sick, I'm pretty sure it developed into a sinus infection, so right now I'm taking amoxacillin, a nasal spray that's a lot like flonase, and am going through tissues like crazy! I can't taste any of the Argentine food (sad day), don't smell much of anything, and can't hear anything either. It's been a lot better since I started the medicine, but from time to time it gets icky. On the missionary front, things are okay. My companion had an investigator with a baptismal date, Luis. All he had left was to be interviewed and attend one more Sunday in order to be baptized on the 6...