Okay this week has been a roller coaster ride because we have been having problems with our apartment. But all is well in Zion because we have awesome members who has been helping us through and through. Also because I know that Satan has been super scared of me. He knows that I am on a mission to search my brothers and sisters and teach them the gospel! So now hes figuring out ways to stop me from proselyting! So 50 points to Griffindor for being courageous and diligent!
Funny thing this week: So I have been experimenting on my language goals and whatnot. Being trilingual is pretty cool and difficult at the same time hahaha As I am learning Spanish, more Tagalog words are making sense. Also my English is slowly deteriorating. I have been having some difficulties remembering English words (which I think is great because I substitute them with Spanish). The lanugage is still difficult but its improving. This week a good amount of people thought Im from Peru or Spain because they said my Spanish is different. My companion also said that Im improving. PRAYER WORKS! hahaha!
Another funny story. I'm the angel of our activity in church this past Saturday. The angel who welcomes the people in the Celestial Kingdom. I mean, who else is a better option right? haha Kidding. Humility. Still working on it. HAHAHA! Anyway we had this church activity, Trip to Hawaii! Some members thought that I was from Hawaii because I looked like Lilo from Lilo and Stitch.
Which leads me to another funny thing, so I either look like Lilo or Dora the explorer. 3 people said I look like Dora this week. To make things worse, I have this huge bag pack all the time hahahahha! So I AM DORA DE EXPLORADORA!
Super stressful week but also super grateful. All is well in Zion!
With lots of love,
Hermana Garcia
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Uh oh. Im twenty one!
*Insert EYE OF THE TIGER song here* Yeah, this week is legit. It has been a super hard week because Satan has been annoying. Other than the frigid weather, and the constant cancellations of our appointments, our members are also too busy to accompany us. Other than that, I feel like my castellano us declining! Man oh man. This week has been tough too because its my moms birthday (and mines too, if you didn't know). So Ive been missing the land of the free ('MURICA) this week. Which is a no no because I should focus on the work. BUT! Great things happened this week too. We met two families who are super awesome and were so excited to learn about the gospel. Both families cried because they felt the spirit so strong! They were like, "You missionaries are angels." I mean, i already know that. I mean, look at this face. I'm super angelic. Kidding. Ill work on Humility as my Christ-like attribute this week. HAHAHA!
For my birthday a member invited us to eat with them (like every Sunday. Im super spoiled here!). Hermana Silvetti baked me a chocolate cake! It was super rico and I lalaloved every single crumb. And my compañera was super hilarious. The morning of my birthday she started singing Happy Birthday, in a really dorwsy voice, and then she was like, ¨"Okay, now lets pray... Amado Padre Celestial.." It already made my day hahaha!
Anyway my people of the interweb who's stalking me right now. I just wanted to say that the church is true and the book is blue!
Stay golden and keep staying fresh!
*Mic Drop*
Hermana Garcia
PS- Another funny event this week, people have been either calling me Rocky Balboa (because I'm from Philly) or Manny Pacquioa (because I'm from the Philippines) Both boxers ya know? They know not to mess with me. KIDDING!
For my birthday a member invited us to eat with them (like every Sunday. Im super spoiled here!). Hermana Silvetti baked me a chocolate cake! It was super rico and I lalaloved every single crumb. And my compañera was super hilarious. The morning of my birthday she started singing Happy Birthday, in a really dorwsy voice, and then she was like, ¨"Okay, now lets pray... Amado Padre Celestial.." It already made my day hahaha!
Anyway my people of the interweb who's stalking me right now. I just wanted to say that the church is true and the book is blue!
Stay golden and keep staying fresh!
*Mic Drop*
Hermana Garcia
PS- Another funny event this week, people have been either calling me Rocky Balboa (because I'm from Philly) or Manny Pacquioa (because I'm from the Philippines) Both boxers ya know? They know not to mess with me. KIDDING!
Monday, June 22, 2015
Gains
Other than gaining weight, I am gaining so much knowledge in here.
Funny thing that happened this week. We are quite popular in here and this is why. Whenever were walking on the street to visit investigators, we would always hear, "Mami! La Iglesia!" These little kids playing on the street would yell and tell their parents that were here to visit them. Its the funniest thing ever. It happens all the time. Man, it brightens my day so much haha!
We were tracting one day and no one was outside at all. Its like Racoon City. It was dead. Then we finally realized that there was a football game and everyone was watching it. They're super huge in football here like we are with American Football. Brother Huber wasn't lying when he told me that no one will be around the teach haha!
This week has been the best so far. We had like 4 investigators who attended church. Two of them were disabled so they had to get a ride from a member and one of them was in this electric wheelchair so the member had to lift him up and down the whole time from the car to the chapel. Man, the members here are so awesome. I'm so thankful for all of their effort and love for our new investigators. They were all so willing to help and just make them feel so comfortable. Its such a humbling experience.
Also our member here are so protective of us. At night they would accompany us and make sure that we got to our apartment safely. Were super spoiled too because they feed us like so much. The gaaaains!
PS- I finally understand what Brother Debenham (sorry if I butchered your name) was talking about when he was explaining the facturas and Dulce de Leche here in Argentina. Its the best thing ever. I eat them like all the time.
Funny thing that happened this week. We are quite popular in here and this is why. Whenever were walking on the street to visit investigators, we would always hear, "Mami! La Iglesia!" These little kids playing on the street would yell and tell their parents that were here to visit them. Its the funniest thing ever. It happens all the time. Man, it brightens my day so much haha!
We were tracting one day and no one was outside at all. Its like Racoon City. It was dead. Then we finally realized that there was a football game and everyone was watching it. They're super huge in football here like we are with American Football. Brother Huber wasn't lying when he told me that no one will be around the teach haha!
This week has been the best so far. We had like 4 investigators who attended church. Two of them were disabled so they had to get a ride from a member and one of them was in this electric wheelchair so the member had to lift him up and down the whole time from the car to the chapel. Man, the members here are so awesome. I'm so thankful for all of their effort and love for our new investigators. They were all so willing to help and just make them feel so comfortable. Its such a humbling experience.
Also our member here are so protective of us. At night they would accompany us and make sure that we got to our apartment safely. Were super spoiled too because they feed us like so much. The gaaaains!
PS- I finally understand what Brother Debenham (sorry if I butchered your name) was talking about when he was explaining the facturas and Dulce de Leche here in Argentina. Its the best thing ever. I eat them like all the time.
Sunday, June 14, 2015
To Talk Or Not To Talk, That Is The Question
¿Como esta? Whew this week flew by so fast! So what happened this week? Nothing much. Its kind of depressing actually because it felt like my language skills are not improving but my lovely and oh so patient compañera said that I'm getting way better. We also didn't have any new investigators or investigators who attended church :( Sundays are stressful because of the nerves. We don't know if they will come to church or not. But it doesn't stop me from inviting and helping them return back and remember their loving Heavenly Father!
We had a zone conference this week. It was super fun. It's kind of like mini devotional! We talked about talking to everyone, like EVERYONE. I still get scared to just randomly speak to people because 8/10 they dont understand me and 15/10 I don't know that they replied to me. But guess whaaaat?! That day we talked to and invited 37 people!!! I mean, its not much but its a big jump for us! Hooooraaaay!
Funny thing that happened this week. It's fast Sunday so we fasted Saturday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. Hna. Maciel said that whenever we fast, people will offer us delicious food or just give us food in general. And yep. It happened. A lot. This recently converted family offered us this super delicious bread but we had to turn it down (my heart was broken. I love food. I never say no to food, you know?!). Then this less active member gave us this whole package of milk (milk here is not liquid like from a cow but its powdered like from the factory. LOL). Then this man that we invited to church, who happens to be the owner of the well known bakery shop (that sells super awesome bread), gave us like 30 medialunas and 5 facturas. Like oooooh my lanta, the temptation was real. I didn't budge though so score for Hna. Garcia and none for you Gretchen Weiners (name that movie).
I lalalove each and everyone of you! Stay awesome and if things get tough, just laugh it off and eat chocolate or ice cream or both!
Much love,
Hna. Garcia
We had a zone conference this week. It was super fun. It's kind of like mini devotional! We talked about talking to everyone, like EVERYONE. I still get scared to just randomly speak to people because 8/10 they dont understand me and 15/10 I don't know that they replied to me. But guess whaaaat?! That day we talked to and invited 37 people!!! I mean, its not much but its a big jump for us! Hooooraaaay!
Funny thing that happened this week. It's fast Sunday so we fasted Saturday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. Hna. Maciel said that whenever we fast, people will offer us delicious food or just give us food in general. And yep. It happened. A lot. This recently converted family offered us this super delicious bread but we had to turn it down (my heart was broken. I love food. I never say no to food, you know?!). Then this less active member gave us this whole package of milk (milk here is not liquid like from a cow but its powdered like from the factory. LOL). Then this man that we invited to church, who happens to be the owner of the well known bakery shop (that sells super awesome bread), gave us like 30 medialunas and 5 facturas. Like oooooh my lanta, the temptation was real. I didn't budge though so score for Hna. Garcia and none for you Gretchen Weiners (name that movie).
I lalalove each and everyone of you! Stay awesome and if things get tough, just laugh it off and eat chocolate or ice cream or both!
Much love,
Hna. Garcia
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Guess who got bitten by a dog?!
Not me, don´t fret hahahaha but I now figured out the reason why people never walk on the sidewalk. It´s because of the dogs! There´s an Elder in my Zone who got bitten by un perro. The dog reached out and bit his elbow. Isn't that crazy?! So yeah, lesson learned!
Last week has been super crazy. We changed apartments because the dealing with the old one expires. It´s okay though because we moved to a better one. A super brand new one. But that also means that the gas wasn't on yet. Hooray for cold showers! hahaha But all is well in Cabildo.
It was a bit depressing for the past few days because it has been raining a lot and it was cold. Okay but this week has been great, actually. There´s this woman who randomly called us and asked if we can teach her the gospel. Like whuuuuut?! We didn't find her, she found us. Seriously though, Heavenly Father already prepared the people that we´re going to teach. Its so awesome!
This week I´m working on Patience and Humility for my Christ like attribute. Let me tell you, I am so humbled to be serving the people of Cabildo. Their lifestyle is so simple and relaxing. Not like the fast-paced life in the States. They also don't have much but they´re so happy on what they have. It´s such a humbling experience to see that we don't need so many things to make us happy. I love this place. I´m learning so much day by day.
Also for patience, I have been struggling a lot with speaking and understanding Castellano but all is well. President Uchtdorf said in his talk Continue in Patience: Often the deep valleys of our present will be understood only by looking back on them from the mountains of our future experience, Often we cant see the Lord´s hand in our lives until long after trials have passed. Often the most difficult times of our lives are essential building blocks that form the foundation of our character and pave the way to future opportunity, understanding, and happiness.
Things are a little hard but that only means that I´m learning and paving my way to become a better me!
I love each and everyone of you!
Love,
Hermana Garcia
Last week has been super crazy. We changed apartments because the dealing with the old one expires. It´s okay though because we moved to a better one. A super brand new one. But that also means that the gas wasn't on yet. Hooray for cold showers! hahaha But all is well in Cabildo.
It was a bit depressing for the past few days because it has been raining a lot and it was cold. Okay but this week has been great, actually. There´s this woman who randomly called us and asked if we can teach her the gospel. Like whuuuuut?! We didn't find her, she found us. Seriously though, Heavenly Father already prepared the people that we´re going to teach. Its so awesome!
This week I´m working on Patience and Humility for my Christ like attribute. Let me tell you, I am so humbled to be serving the people of Cabildo. Their lifestyle is so simple and relaxing. Not like the fast-paced life in the States. They also don't have much but they´re so happy on what they have. It´s such a humbling experience to see that we don't need so many things to make us happy. I love this place. I´m learning so much day by day.
Also for patience, I have been struggling a lot with speaking and understanding Castellano but all is well. President Uchtdorf said in his talk Continue in Patience: Often the deep valleys of our present will be understood only by looking back on them from the mountains of our future experience, Often we cant see the Lord´s hand in our lives until long after trials have passed. Often the most difficult times of our lives are essential building blocks that form the foundation of our character and pave the way to future opportunity, understanding, and happiness.
Things are a little hard but that only means that I´m learning and paving my way to become a better me!
I love each and everyone of you!
Love,
Hermana Garcia
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Don't Cry for Me MTC
Get it? High five if you do. If not, change Provo to Argentina and you'll get it. Okay, do you get it now? Ayeeeee! There you go. Pat yourself on the back. You go, you! Hahaha anyway, time is flying by so fast here in the MTC. In four days I'll be leaving on a jet plane to Argentina. Isn't it crazy?! It feels like I just got here! Six weeks flew by so fast. Well they did said that time fly by really fast when you're having fun :)
I'm flying out with the rest of my zone because we're the Argentinian crew. However, when we set foot in Argentina, we'll all take different flights to our mission fields. Thinking about it makes me super emotional. I love these people and it's just to hard to leave when you're super close to someone. It's like leaving your family all over again. The coolest thing about it though is that we didn't meet each other from school, work, or parties. We all met each other through God. We were all called to be here in the MTC and meet each other. Everyone here in my district has a purpose. Hna. Ratliff is here because God knows that she'll tone us down when we get too hyper. Elder Miller is here because God knows that we'll need help to reach high places. Hna. Abernethy is here because God knows that we need to laugh and she's great at making us laugh. We were joking one day and said that we had a little group in the pre-mortal existence. We all planned to be here in the same time so that we can all meet again and wreck havoc in the MTC hahahaha! I love my district so much.
Well we're all going to our respected places soon. Next time I post something in the blog, it'll be about Argentina! Super stoked but also super nervous about it! I hope I have a native companion so that I can practice my Spanish skills like a pro. I heard so many great things about Argentina and I'm super excited to see and experience them myself!
Spreading all the love,
Hermana García
PS- Yesterday at choir we sang a missionary medley. I Hope They Call Me on a Mission, Valiant Servants, Called To Serve, & We'll Bring the World His Truth (Army of Helaman). I almost cried my eyes out but I can't because the camera was roaming around. hahaha! Choir is like a mini devo and the songs that we sings always invite the Spirit.
I'm flying out with the rest of my zone because we're the Argentinian crew. However, when we set foot in Argentina, we'll all take different flights to our mission fields. Thinking about it makes me super emotional. I love these people and it's just to hard to leave when you're super close to someone. It's like leaving your family all over again. The coolest thing about it though is that we didn't meet each other from school, work, or parties. We all met each other through God. We were all called to be here in the MTC and meet each other. Everyone here in my district has a purpose. Hna. Ratliff is here because God knows that she'll tone us down when we get too hyper. Elder Miller is here because God knows that we'll need help to reach high places. Hna. Abernethy is here because God knows that we need to laugh and she's great at making us laugh. We were joking one day and said that we had a little group in the pre-mortal existence. We all planned to be here in the same time so that we can all meet again and wreck havoc in the MTC hahahaha! I love my district so much.
Well we're all going to our respected places soon. Next time I post something in the blog, it'll be about Argentina! Super stoked but also super nervous about it! I hope I have a native companion so that I can practice my Spanish skills like a pro. I heard so many great things about Argentina and I'm super excited to see and experience them myself!
Spreading all the love,
Hermana García
PS- Yesterday at choir we sang a missionary medley. I Hope They Call Me on a Mission, Valiant Servants, Called To Serve, & We'll Bring the World His Truth (Army of Helaman). I almost cried my eyes out but I can't because the camera was roaming around. hahaha! Choir is like a mini devo and the songs that we sings always invite the Spirit.
I love walking to the temple because look! Isn't such a beautiful sight to see?
Missionary jokes be like.... love it hahaha
Oh and just because we only have 4 days left we can just be lazy bums. No, this means we have to study more!
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Update #6: Two Weeks Left
Oh man. Oh man. Oh man! I only have two weeks left here in the MTC! It's so crazy because it felt like yesterday when I was all awkward and all I can say in Spanish was "Si" and "Como esta". I mean, I'm still kind of awkward but at least I can say more things like, "Padre Celestial nos ama mucho." or "Seigura un ejemplo de Jesucristo al ser bautizado por alguien que posea la autoridad del sacerdocio de Dios?" I'm still horrible at speaking Spanish but I learned recently that I am not going to grow or be able to spread the gospel if I am not going to open my mouth and speak.
Great things that happened this week:
1. My companion and I was able to Skype with a member in Argentina.
--- One of our routines here is to be able to practice teaching with investigators and members. This week we were able to speak from someone in Argentina! Not in Salta though but in Neuquen. It was so fun because they were so patient with us. They were helping us and just being so awesome. Man, I love Argentina. That experience just made me even more excited to just fly out there and meet all these cool people! Sad thing though, it's going to be winter there. It's cool. The cold never bothered me anyway. *cue Frozen Soundtrack*
2. We met new people to teach.
--- My companion and I like to study outside, especially when the weather is great. But this particular day is great because we met this couple! They were looking for other Hermanas that they were supposed to talk to but they weren't there to teach them so I asked if we could teach them instead. Guess what?! They said yes! It was great because they had so many questions and are so willing to find answers. It is just so great to talk to them and teach them what are Heavenly Father's plan for us. We both gave them commitments and we made another appointment! It's just so great to have someone to teach who is not my teacher or assigned investigator. It's just so great to teach someone you seriously just met by accident (though I seriously think it was not an accident but purely intentional. I see you, Heavenly Father. I see you).
3. Baptism Invitations
---- One of the people that we're teaching just accepted our baptismal invitation! Like for real! When he said, "Yes, I will get baptized" I wanted to jump and twirl around. But that'll be awkward and embarrassing so I kept in all in. It was difficult, you know?! This is my first yes! Oh man, and to think that this is a practice too. What if this is a real deal?! We have two more investigators that we are working with and I feel like they will say yes soon too! The church is true and the book is blue!!!
We're all super excited to get out there and do what we are called to do but at the same time we're freaking out because this is the real thing! It's sad to leave the MTC and leave my new friends but at the same time I'm super stoked to get to Argentina and just preach! 12 more days (not that I'm counting).
District 21 B and C! We have the coolest zone. We're not even allowed to lie here in the MTC so you know that this is forrizzle.
Funniest room mates ever!
With lots of love,
Hermana Garcia
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Sister Pauline Garcia
Argentina Salta Mission
BTW, We found this pajamas in a random box here in our dorm and it's a perfect fit! Dont you think so? HAHAHAHA
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