Raiiiiiin

HOLA!!!!

So this one will be shorter....but a lot of my week will be explained by pictures :) 

This week was super great!! We had to do a TON of traveling this week with my companion`s hospital appointment, tramites (document work so we`re legal), and conferences, so the work was a little bit slower, pero igual, we have seen some pretty great things, have met a lot of great people, and have developed a lot of great friendships! 

It has been raining like crazy here. We kept getting caught in the rain super unprepared and soaked, so that always turns out to be an adventure. But luckily we had our gear yesterday because it was INSANE! There were hardly any people in the streets so we walked in the streets because it was like little rivers at some parts! I feel invincible with my 4x4 rain boots, they rock! We`re probably just easily entertained but it was super fun walking against the flow of all the water haha. The raindrops are HUGE! 

My companion and I are seriously having a blast! It`s a little crazy how alike we are haha, but it`s been super fun. Definitely a lot of laughs, jokes, and blonde moments. 

Me encanta obrar en la viña del Señor y estoy tan agradecida para ser un instrumento en sus manos. He visto tantos milagros y bendiciones. Sè que hay tiempos difíciles, pero Él está caminando a lado de nosotros cada día y sabe exactamente lo que estamos pasando...sabe exactamente como a ayudarnos. Por eso, me siento felicidad y me ayuda tener esperanza, paz, y consuelo :D

The work is going great, I`m having a blast, and I`m so grateful for you all. I think about your examples and support often and it brings me a ton of joy! I love you all and hope yall have a great week! School`s startin for many of ya...woot ;)

I know it's hard to see but....we found this funny. They've got the European building, the Brazilian tiki thing, the super poor villas, and then the bazillion buses (city life...ha), it's just super diverse haha.

For a zone activity we had a "Minute to Win it" Pday.. with a bunch of super fun competitions. I have some hilarious videos from it and now I have so many good ideas for when I get back lol. If ya look closely in the pic you'll find something a little off... just a lil where's Waldo for ya. :)

A member surprised us one night with Mcdonalds......what the! Mcdonalds here is SUPER expensive, it's fine dinin here. It was super thoughtful. I have never liked Mcdonalds at home....and it's not any better here, but....like I've said, things are different in the mish haha. So yeah, eating Mcdonalds during verifications with the district leader has.

The scarf isn't because it's cold...because it's not! I had to wear it because it smelt SO bad in the streets! I have no idea why.

I cut my companions hair

These four pictures were to animate the other Hermanas in our zone....just for good laughs! We have flags (representing when Captain Moroni threw his flag for liberty) with quotes for animo. Porque somos fuetes como Moroni :)

Hermana Baldwin... my twin

BUEN DÍA TODOS!

This email will be a shorter, perdòn.

First off...I`m having a blast with my companion! President really put me with my twin of the mission! Somos iguales. We like the same things, have our blonde moments, and laugh A TON! We`re going to make this transfer super fun and see lots of miracles :)

We have a lot of high goals for this transfer, but we have faith to accomplish them! There`s a TON of work in the area and we have a lot of ànimo for that. We also have a goal to ALWAYS be super happy. Because yeah, the work can be a little tough sometimes, or things fall through, but that`s just a part of life. Attitude really makes the difference. We make specific plans of how we will reach all of our goals. So we have a list of things we will do when times like that happen lol. So we will never be disanimada and always keep optimistic! :D

I`ve been teaching piano to help young women with their personal progress, it`s been fun! I definitely miss piano, but I`m grateful for the times I get to play it here. My companion is a killer singer, so we were practicing a couple songs, singing and playing piano...just for fun. Then a young woman asked us to allow her to take a video of a song we were just trying out. She put it on like every social media site and told us she`d make us famous (how embarrassing).....and all of her hashtags were pretty much an advertisement for the missionaries. But hey she`s inviting everyone to talk to missionaries through hashtags, so that`s pretty cool haha.

We didn't have money on our sube (our bus pass) and had to walk way out in Egypt to contact some people, but we figured we would just talk to everyone on the way. It seemed like a nice day, but as we got about halfway out, it started POURING! Argentina rain rocks. I loved it, but we weren`t prepared para nada! When we arrived, we were completely soaked....water in our shoes, heavy/wet clothes, hair like a lion...I felt a little weird showing up to the appointments haha, but it`s understandable! It`s a good thing I love the rain.

The work is doing good, I have met a lot of awesome people and have made a lot of great friends...the mission life rocks. Excited for another great week!

It poured rain all day....The lighter part on my skirt is were my fanny pack (yeah I have one now....things change in the mish lol) was covering, so the rest of the dark area is my soaked skirt haha.

After a little rain

About to go out and play ultimate frisbee with the zone!

My companion and I were watching mormom messages and eating galletitas in her bed....those beds are the tiniest things ever!