So this past week we have had A TON OF RAIN!! Seriously, some streets were so flooded people had to practically swim to get from one place to another!! We were eating at a members house, we had just shared the spiritual thought when it started raining like it was the end of the world, so we waited a little to see if it would lighten up a bit (we had forgotten our umbrellas) when all of a sudden something in the roof broke and water started falling inside, but like more was falling inside than out, so we jumped up and started helping them move everything away from the water, it was so flooded inside, when we finished moving everything we all just looked at each other for a second and then the lights shut off!! There are no windows in that house so we all rushed outside and sat in the doorway of their house watching the rain, it was crazy how hard it was raining!! Once it stopped raining so hard we left to go work, and as soon as we left it started raining super hard again, and we found out no one had light, which means doorbells don't work, and no one lives in houses here, they are all very tall apartment buildings that
you can't enter unless someone lets you in... we weren't able to do too much, but hey at least we tried!! There have been a ton of accidents and there are people who still don't have light, luckily we never lost power in our apt, I love th rain, I def. prefer rain than dying of heat!!
This week was a lot better in finding, we found 3 kids who love to know about the church, their aunt told us they ask everyday if it is time to go to church, and thy were all so excited to receive a Book of Mormon that as soon as they got home they started reading it! The little girl in the middle of a lesson asked how can I be Mormon, I'm just dying to know I want to be Mormon... haha I laughed so hard, I just hope their parents let them be baptized (they live half a block away from the church!!) We are now trying to find people to be baptized, all of our investigators want to be baptized, but they all have to get married first!! It is so hard to get married here in Argentina, it will be a while, so please keep praying we can find people who are ready for baptism now!
Thanks so much for all your love and prayers, I have been able to feel it this past week!! I love you all and pray or you all all the time!!
Love
Hermana Gosnell
PS Ladd, your letter made me laugh loud and heave, everyone was looking at me... I'm gonna try to get a letter out to you this week!!
Monday, February 22, 2010
Happy Valentines Day
Happy Valentines Day
Ok so I didn't have much to write, but I wrote a quick letter, and well it got
erased... ahhh I hate computers!! Well to make my short letter even shorter, I'm dead tired, I worked harder this last week than I have ever worked before in my mission, but we still didn't find any new people to teach, and a lot of our investigators have dropped us, so please pray for me and my comp so we can see some miracles, because at this point a miracle is what we need!!
The support of the members is so important, you all just don't understand, it is almost impossible to find someone to teach without a reference, not impossible, but almost impossible!! So please give your missionaries references!! I promise all of you know at least one person that isn't a member that is ready to accept the gospel, don't hide this gift from them because you are scared, or lack the faith, you don't have to be the one to invite them, the missionaries can do it! Please today before you go to bed kneel and pray to your heavenly father, and ask him who it is you know that is ready to accept the gospel, and act on the answer, no matter what, it doesn't matter if you felt impressed to invite someone who has rejected you a million times, if you feel like you need to pass the reference... to quote a prophet of this dispensation (Kimball?) JUST DO IT!!
Ok well thats all I have to say, I hope you are all well, I pray for each of you often, I love you and have a great day!!
Hermana Gosnell
Ok so I didn't have much to write, but I wrote a quick letter, and well it got
erased... ahhh I hate computers!! Well to make my short letter even shorter, I'm dead tired, I worked harder this last week than I have ever worked before in my mission, but we still didn't find any new people to teach, and a lot of our investigators have dropped us, so please pray for me and my comp so we can see some miracles, because at this point a miracle is what we need!!
The support of the members is so important, you all just don't understand, it is almost impossible to find someone to teach without a reference, not impossible, but almost impossible!! So please give your missionaries references!! I promise all of you know at least one person that isn't a member that is ready to accept the gospel, don't hide this gift from them because you are scared, or lack the faith, you don't have to be the one to invite them, the missionaries can do it! Please today before you go to bed kneel and pray to your heavenly father, and ask him who it is you know that is ready to accept the gospel, and act on the answer, no matter what, it doesn't matter if you felt impressed to invite someone who has rejected you a million times, if you feel like you need to pass the reference... to quote a prophet of this dispensation (Kimball?) JUST DO IT!!
Ok well thats all I have to say, I hope you are all well, I pray for each of you often, I love you and have a great day!!
Hermana Gosnell
Monday, February 8, 2010
Another day in the neighborhood
Well time just keeps flying by, I cant believe it is time to write you all again, and well I don't really have much to say! I had zone conf last Thursday, and I would like to send a shout out to Ashley and Ben, they receive best friend awards, they sent me a package that had stuff I really needed!! And well Ladd, sorry to say your package still hasn't gotten here yet, Hermana Kroff says she will send it to me if they get it before I leave, but she also told me of an elder whose family sent him a Christmas package in November, and it didn't get here until October (o sea it took 11 months to get here!!) But you get best friend award too because I know you sent it!!I got lots of fun things and thank you to everyone who sent me a letter, I loved it!! So hard to believe I wont be getting any more letters or packages in my mission... sad day!
This last week has been kind of hard, we have been losing a lot of investigators, or dropping them because they are progressing, I really want to see some baptisms before I come home, but I have a lot of work to do, because as of right now we don't have anyone that can be baptized, they all have to get married first, and here in Argentina it isn't easy... its like a 3 months process, if your lucky!! I'm praying to find a family to teach and baptize before I come home, please continue praying for me!!
Welp It has been raining A LOT here, which is amazing, it means it isn't hot... i def prefer to be drowning in puddles of rain then in puddles of sweat!! But today the sun has come out, I think our wonderful rain spell has come to an end, the heat is coming back... yipee!!
I feel like I had something more to say, but now i cant remember, but I hope all is well and I pray for you all continually!!
Love
Hermana Gosnell
This last week has been kind of hard, we have been losing a lot of investigators, or dropping them because they are progressing, I really want to see some baptisms before I come home, but I have a lot of work to do, because as of right now we don't have anyone that can be baptized, they all have to get married first, and here in Argentina it isn't easy... its like a 3 months process, if your lucky!! I'm praying to find a family to teach and baptize before I come home, please continue praying for me!!
Welp It has been raining A LOT here, which is amazing, it means it isn't hot... i def prefer to be drowning in puddles of rain then in puddles of sweat!! But today the sun has come out, I think our wonderful rain spell has come to an end, the heat is coming back... yipee!!
I feel like I had something more to say, but now i cant remember, but I hope all is well and I pray for you all continually!!
Love
Hermana Gosnell
Monday, February 1, 2010
2-1-10
So I hope everyone up north is enjoying the nice cold weather, because I'm here dying in a puddle of sweat... yeah its really really hot here!! So I've noticed a definite pick up in time here, time is just flying by at an incredible speed, how does this happen? I'm praying for it to slow down and I feel like I don't even
have time to breathe one second! There is so much to do, and so little time to do it! These last 2 weeks were crazy, I'm still so tired from everything we have been doing, I plan on sleeping all day today... haha ok well not all day, but at least until 6, and then I'm up and out to work again!! The members are trying to get used to my new comp, she is 100% different than Hermana Mora, and it is hard for them to get used to that, she is like a really good person, but very different from any of my other companions, please pray that we find our niche and can work in unity. Don't worry we get along, she is really nice, but just very different
from any other comp!! Last night we ate with a family here in the ward, they are from Russia, they are so cool, and the food was soooo good!! The dad doesn't speak Spanish very well, and the mom speaks pretty good, but prefers Russian, so their son translated for us most of the time, they showed us pictures from Russia and books in Russian, so cool! I totally want to go to Russia now!! HAHA I love new things, but I'm def glad I didn't have to LEARN Russian, looking at those books last night made me appreciate how easy Spanish is!!
Welp I think there was like a lot more I wanted to say, but now I cant remember, but I'm happy, please keep praying for me, I need all the prayers I can get! I have my last zone conf. this Thursday, Elder Aidukitis will be there, that should be fun!
Welp love you all lots and please keep writing me!! I need the love and support now more than you can imagine!!
Love
Hermana Gosnell
So I hope everyone up north is enjoying the nice cold weather, because I'm here dying in a puddle of sweat... yeah its really really hot here!! So I've noticed a definite pick up in time here, time is just flying by at an incredible speed, how does this happen? I'm praying for it to slow down and I feel like I don't even
have time to breathe one second! There is so much to do, and so little time to do it! These last 2 weeks were crazy, I'm still so tired from everything we have been doing, I plan on sleeping all day today... haha ok well not all day, but at least until 6, and then I'm up and out to work again!! The members are trying to get used to my new comp, she is 100% different than Hermana Mora, and it is hard for them to get used to that, she is like a really good person, but very different from any of my other companions, please pray that we find our niche and can work in unity. Don't worry we get along, she is really nice, but just very different
from any other comp!! Last night we ate with a family here in the ward, they are from Russia, they are so cool, and the food was soooo good!! The dad doesn't speak Spanish very well, and the mom speaks pretty good, but prefers Russian, so their son translated for us most of the time, they showed us pictures from Russia and books in Russian, so cool! I totally want to go to Russia now!! HAHA I love new things, but I'm def glad I didn't have to LEARN Russian, looking at those books last night made me appreciate how easy Spanish is!!
Welp I think there was like a lot more I wanted to say, but now I cant remember, but I'm happy, please keep praying for me, I need all the prayers I can get! I have my last zone conf. this Thursday, Elder Aidukitis will be there, that should be fun!
Welp love you all lots and please keep writing me!! I need the love and support now more than you can imagine!!
Love
Hermana Gosnell
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