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this week was pretty good. we did splits on wednesday...my first...and it was incredible! this hermana came to my area, her name is hermana so-and-so and my companion went to another area. it was so nice cuz we worked hard and together! it made all the difference! we talked to everyone and i was bearing my testimony right and left and following her lead. we contacted a bus, where we ask the driver if we can talk about our gospel and then we talk with people on the bus. i got to bear my testimony in front of everyone and they asked me where i was from after....guess i still have an american accent ...haha but it was the best ever!
together i felt like we were on fire! we were seeing all these miracles! we found this familiy that wanted to get baptized and we prayed with them as a family and it was so awesome. they were kinda teasing their mom because i don´t htink she could read very well. i just bore testimony that god listens to all of us, even those who can´t really speak and those who maybe can´t read. after that, the kids were little angels. it was neat to see the change. the companion tha tcame here has a way with people and they listen.
i forgot to mention that this hermana is blonde. i´m blonde. and.....true blonds are kinda rare in argentina. everywhere we went together we were getting cat calls and everyone noticed us. it was a totally different experience that way too. but she would still talk to everyone and i would give my testimony in the end. it was so nice to walk fast, wake up and work at every moment. i felt i was on a spiritual high with her and it was great! we were seriously on fire! i am trying to keep that fire going! she allowed me to talk, even though i am sure i didn´t say things, but i could say a complete sentence! that is probably all i can really say. but that day i felt like a true missionary! she helped me a ton see how it is done!
it is sad though because we have gone back to that family and they haven´t been there like everytime....but they keep telling us to come back...so they better be there one of these times!!! she will be ending this mission with my companion too. there are 4 hermanas that started together like me and the other 3. all started at the mtc and will end in the field at the same time.
i am so glad to have the other hermanas from the mtc with me in the same mission. we are all great friends! one hermana especially, and i, are like best friends! her name is hermana svedin! seriously she is the best and we understand each other. we laugh and joke and cry together! i get to see her every week because we are in the same district!
we had a meeting with the president Benton, our mission president...he is awesome by the way.....and we brought investigadors. our investigadors didn´t end up coming...we had a ton that said they were and no one ended up coming-sad day! but hermana svedin...my best friend missionary...brought someone. neither of us could speak spanish, but hermana svedin´s investigador was laughing at us the whole time. she was really quiet but we had her smiling the whole time! it was great! although neither of us could speak, we could make someone enjoy living! i was counting on the spanish video we watched together to make up for the spiritual knowledge we couldn´t tell her about. haha!
thanks for your prayers and everything! haha, seriously, some times i get it, others i have no idea. but this is why we have companions. i guess i am a little bold sometimes...partly it is a language barrier i think and i lost some people skills. haha but a lady was reading the bible next to me and i asked if she liked to read the words of god (duh...she was reading the bible next to me) and i asked her i she wanted to read more and pulled out a book of mormon and tried to express this added and supported the bible...not sure she understood that part... and she ended up leaving... i felt bad, but god in heaven knows i was just trying to spread the gospel and not offend. oh well....i keep talking . . . .haha
anyhow, life is great!
siempre,
hermana schneider
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