Dear family,
Today has been a fun p-day. we went to a stake center in a city called san antonio de pardua and played some volleyball and soccer and ate yummy food. basically it was a party because the zone i´m in right now broke the record or something last transfer and so they have lunch with the president if they do. there were two zones there. it was fun. but i still dont´really know anyone, and so i don´t really talk to anyone...i just do my thaaang.haha (gina...that one´s for you.)
ok, let´s see. we have had several miracles this week. we are teaching someone named juan manuel dadone. he is 22 and he started coming to church a couple of weeks ago with his girlfriend. we have been trying to teach him, but he is always at work and so we really can never teach him, but he still comes to church. anyway, so the miracle is that we have run into him several times during the week. fortunately for us there were 2 fediados (holidays) and so he was out and about one of those days because he didn´t have work. and we ran into him. haha but 2 times earlier in the week we ran into him. it is really funny, because we never just happen to run into anyone. EVER. it really is a miracle. obviously Heavenly Father really wants us to be able to teach him. plus we have another conflict, because the aunt of his girlfriend doesn´t like it when we call him or talk to him (we don´t know why because she is a memeber, but she says she doesn´t want us pressuring him into being baptized) and so it has been really hard to talk to him let alone teach him anything. my poor companion was yelled (quite literally unfortunately) at on sunday by this aunt because we tried to call him the night before and see if he was going to church the next morning. it was really sad. and she started to cry because of everything that went wrong this past sunday and then this just burst her bubble. but it is ok. there are big problems in this ward with the members and it is really sad. but things are improving! it is amazing the miracles we have seen. haha and don´t worry, there are some really good things about this ward too.
but be grateful for our home ward. there are so many people that make our ward great, but it all starts with the members. if a ward is bad, then it is the members fault, and they need to do something to change it. you can´t always rely on your bishopric to change everthing.
oh and then sunday when we were walking to our lunch appointment a boy stopped us and said, "are you the mormons?" so we talked with him. his grandma is an inactive member and he said he wants to be baptized. haha, golden contact. his name is Abram. If he will take the time to keep the commitments he will see that there is hope in this world. I think he has had a pretty hard life and it isn´t in his nature to do wrong. just a good kid.
it was a miracle because this was after all the problems in church on sunday. we were so happy. actually, h. salazar started laughing when he said he wanted to be baptized. he looked at her like, "what´s so funny?" haha.
this is random, but my hair is getting longer. (haha gina, that one´s for you too) haha i´m so excited! i like short hair, but i miss my long hair. and EVERYONE here (ok that was an exaggeration) has long hair. anyway, i can now pretty reasonably put it into a small ponytail. it is so nice. now i don´t have to wash my hair everyday.....hahahahahaha (andrew...you love that i just know it).
the weather has been nice. but you never know if it is going to rain or be hot, so it is kind of a guessing game in the morning deciding what to wear. i´ve been very fortunate so far and i haven´t frozen or died of heat stroke.
anyway, i guess that is all.
love sarah
oh, erik. i think the empenadas here are different than they were in chile. my companion says they are a lot smaller here than in chile, they are still yummy though. jacob, did you have empenadas?
ok peace.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Week 12
Ok, so I forgot to answer some questions. Actually the only one that I can remember is my companions name. Haha I can´t believe I didn´t tell you. That is horrible. Anyway, her name is Hermana Salazar. She was born in Argentina, but lived a lot of her life in Chile and now she lives in Argentina again. She is AWESOME. haha. super great. one of those people that everyone gets along with.
Anyway, my week. We didn´t have anyone to make lunch for us this past tuesday, so i tried. But i´ve forgotten so much being on my mission. haha i even forgot to make a simple alfredo sauce. so i forgot the milk, and it was too floury and it was gross. my companion made fun of me. that is her favorite thing to do i think. haha jk. but she was nice and ate it anyway. but don´t worry, i remembered the milk and made it again later on in the week and it was sooo good.
the work in south america is difficult because no one wants to go to church. maybe that is a world-wide epidemic, but i don´t really know. all i know is everyone is great because almost all the stores are closed on sundays, but everyone still seems to work on sundays. haha i don´t get it really. we are trying to find scriptures that will help us teach to the needs of our investigators and our less active families. we have some people that want to be baptized, but are failing to keep the commitment of going to church. this is huge. if only they could have the vision we have...haha but i´m sure that is how the prophet feels all the time with the members of the church in general.
one of satan´s greatest tools is laziness. i see it everywhere, and as i think back to my life before the mission, i can see how satan used laziness in my life to keep me from becoming a better- more rounded person. anyway, prayer is the only way we can do anything. prayer, prayer, prayer. it is the key. specific prayers.
one of our investigators is 13. she has been reading the book of mormon (a lot! she read the whole book of moroni in 1 day...!), but didn´t come to church on sunday and we don´t know why. we haven´t been able to contact her or anyone in her family the past 2 days and it is really weird. they have a lock on their gate that they don´t normally have, so we don´t know what is going on.
let´s see what else. oh...we have a jehovah´s witness investigator. well, not really an investigator. i think he wants to convert us. they make me sad. they don´t even want to go to the celestial kingdom. they don´t even believe in anything hopeful. what kind of life is that? seriously. it is so sad. and all they can do is argue the bible. our "investigator" haha said we can´t use the book of mormon to teach we can only use the bible. and he likes to use the book of mormon against us. it is silly really. every jehovah´s witness we talk to says they respect us, but then they like to attack us with their beliefs and they don´t say respectful things. it is sad. i just wish they would take a moment to test the word. then they would see the fruit and taste of the "sweetness" of the gospel. but i guess if they just want the terrestrial kingdom, that is fine. that is where they are going. but i´m sad. i want them to go to the celestial kingdom. maybe they will accept the gospel in the next life....i hope so. they are so close. i think they do a pretty good job for not having the Book of Mormon or modern revelation to learn from.
unfortunately i don´t know the bible well enough (sad day) to prove them wrong, but that is probably a good thing. then i have to resist the temptation to bible bash. my companions dad used to be a jehovah´s witness and she said it was really, really, really hard for him to convert. but now he is a hard core member! :) anyway, i´m loving the jehovah´s witnesses. haha.
i´m seeing miracles in the ward i´m in. we had a new mission leader that was just called right before i came, and he is helping the mission work tons. they are calling ward missionaries and we are having meetings once a week with the relief society and elders quorum presidents. it is great. things are starting to turn around and our numbers in sacrament meeting are starting to climb. i hope they can keep climbing. we have a ridiculous number of inactive families..and if we can get them active, things are really going to improve in this area. missionary work is a hopeful work.
hmm...what else. oh. i teach English on saturday´s. it is really weird to teach english. there are all these rules that i haven´t thought of in ages it feels like, and i even forgot that we had a whole bunch of specific rules. and i never realized how difficult english was to read, but there are so many different sounds for every letter that everyone gets really confused. i´ve been trying to teach my companion the little tricks i know...but half the time i don´t even know why a word sounds the way it does. it is really funny.
anyway, that´s all for this week!
love you!!
sarah
Oh, and I got a dearelder from someone and I don´t know who. The email address was stephen@viamankind.com . I have my guesses, but I don´t have an address either, so I can´t send anything. Anyway, so if you read this stephen@viamankind.com , maybe you should send me your address and I can respond...maybe. Turns out it is hard to write letters on P-days.
Oh, and whitney hebbert, I don´t have your address too, so if you could dearelder me that, i´ll try to write you a letter as well. :)
Anyway, my week. We didn´t have anyone to make lunch for us this past tuesday, so i tried. But i´ve forgotten so much being on my mission. haha i even forgot to make a simple alfredo sauce. so i forgot the milk, and it was too floury and it was gross. my companion made fun of me. that is her favorite thing to do i think. haha jk. but she was nice and ate it anyway. but don´t worry, i remembered the milk and made it again later on in the week and it was sooo good.
the work in south america is difficult because no one wants to go to church. maybe that is a world-wide epidemic, but i don´t really know. all i know is everyone is great because almost all the stores are closed on sundays, but everyone still seems to work on sundays. haha i don´t get it really. we are trying to find scriptures that will help us teach to the needs of our investigators and our less active families. we have some people that want to be baptized, but are failing to keep the commitment of going to church. this is huge. if only they could have the vision we have...haha but i´m sure that is how the prophet feels all the time with the members of the church in general.
one of satan´s greatest tools is laziness. i see it everywhere, and as i think back to my life before the mission, i can see how satan used laziness in my life to keep me from becoming a better- more rounded person. anyway, prayer is the only way we can do anything. prayer, prayer, prayer. it is the key. specific prayers.
one of our investigators is 13. she has been reading the book of mormon (a lot! she read the whole book of moroni in 1 day...!), but didn´t come to church on sunday and we don´t know why. we haven´t been able to contact her or anyone in her family the past 2 days and it is really weird. they have a lock on their gate that they don´t normally have, so we don´t know what is going on.
let´s see what else. oh...we have a jehovah´s witness investigator. well, not really an investigator. i think he wants to convert us. they make me sad. they don´t even want to go to the celestial kingdom. they don´t even believe in anything hopeful. what kind of life is that? seriously. it is so sad. and all they can do is argue the bible. our "investigator" haha said we can´t use the book of mormon to teach we can only use the bible. and he likes to use the book of mormon against us. it is silly really. every jehovah´s witness we talk to says they respect us, but then they like to attack us with their beliefs and they don´t say respectful things. it is sad. i just wish they would take a moment to test the word. then they would see the fruit and taste of the "sweetness" of the gospel. but i guess if they just want the terrestrial kingdom, that is fine. that is where they are going. but i´m sad. i want them to go to the celestial kingdom. maybe they will accept the gospel in the next life....i hope so. they are so close. i think they do a pretty good job for not having the Book of Mormon or modern revelation to learn from.
unfortunately i don´t know the bible well enough (sad day) to prove them wrong, but that is probably a good thing. then i have to resist the temptation to bible bash. my companions dad used to be a jehovah´s witness and she said it was really, really, really hard for him to convert. but now he is a hard core member! :) anyway, i´m loving the jehovah´s witnesses. haha.
i´m seeing miracles in the ward i´m in. we had a new mission leader that was just called right before i came, and he is helping the mission work tons. they are calling ward missionaries and we are having meetings once a week with the relief society and elders quorum presidents. it is great. things are starting to turn around and our numbers in sacrament meeting are starting to climb. i hope they can keep climbing. we have a ridiculous number of inactive families..and if we can get them active, things are really going to improve in this area. missionary work is a hopeful work.
hmm...what else. oh. i teach English on saturday´s. it is really weird to teach english. there are all these rules that i haven´t thought of in ages it feels like, and i even forgot that we had a whole bunch of specific rules. and i never realized how difficult english was to read, but there are so many different sounds for every letter that everyone gets really confused. i´ve been trying to teach my companion the little tricks i know...but half the time i don´t even know why a word sounds the way it does. it is really funny.
anyway, that´s all for this week!
love you!!
sarah
Oh, and I got a dearelder from someone and I don´t know who. The email address was stephen@viamankind.com . I have my guesses, but I don´t have an address either, so I can´t send anything. Anyway, so if you read this stephen@viamankind.com , maybe you should send me your address and I can respond...maybe. Turns out it is hard to write letters on P-days.
Oh, and whitney hebbert, I don´t have your address too, so if you could dearelder me that, i´ll try to write you a letter as well. :)
Monday, March 14, 2011
Week 11 lost in space
We think Sarah's latest letter got lost in cyberspace because this is all we got:
oh happy anniversary to erik and aubrie as well. :)
At least we know she's alive and well.
Her letter finally came!
Dear family,
So, guess what. The world is going crazy with destruction and Argentina is going crazy. Well not really. They have been talking about it a lot obviously, but they are glad they are safe. At the same time though, some people are worried because Argentina is in no way built for any kind of disaster. They just never have earthquakes or anything, so they would know how to handle the situation and their buildings would all tumble because they are all terrible. haha. But seriously, it would be bad if there was a disaster here. I´m just waiting for it to happen.
Ok, my addresses that I forgot to give you. The address that I am supposed to have mail and other things sent to is:
Hermana Sarah Yingling
Misión Argentina BAW
C.C. Nº 92
1702 Ciudadela
Buenos Aires, Argentina
so to all my friends (since I have sooo many...:D), because I can´t email any friends or cousins or anyone really, that is where you are supposed to send mail. Or you can just send letters through DearElder. It is way easier...and cheaper. Plus I don´t know how often I´ll get mail from this address, but I get letters from dearelder every week....anyway, yeah.
Now for the good stuff...haha
The man sitting next to me makes me sad. He is playing some computer game with the volume up all loud and he just shoots people and it just sounds awful. haha Reminds me of when Erik and Jacob used to be addicted to computer games....haha. such a waste of time. This poor man isn´t just wasting time, but also money. It isn´t cheap to use the internet here! Well, i´m just a cheap person and I don´t like to spend money on anything but food, so maybe that is why I think like that.
Speaking of computer games...two boys we are teaching Alberto 15 and Ariel 11 (yes ariel is a boy....i thought it was a girl at first...haha until i met him...) love WarCraft. I think that is what they play. I´m not all knowing when it comes to computer games (but for other things...yes...haha), so yeah..i don´t really know. Anyway, they stay up all hours of the night playing these games, and they can´t get up to go to church. it is so sad. they don´t even know what they are doing. they want to get baptized...and they want their family life to change, but because they are so young, they can´t see that it is them that has to change. they think that their mom causes all the problems (because parents are evil and cause all problems in the whole wide world until you are 18 or older and you realize they were always right) but we promised them that if they went to church, their family would be better. not because their mother would change (she is a recent convert) but because they would change. We are really hoping they will go to church this week.
My companion told me that the area we are in right now is really bad. It is true. There is a lot of fixing that needs to be done. Fortunately a good mission leader in the ward was called. He isn´t afraid to tell people what´s up and that is exactly what needs to be done. Also, the people in the ward are kind of lazy, and because of this many have become inactive because they were offended. ugh...lame huh? I get sad when people say things like that. Honestly, the people here just don´t understand the consequence of their laziness... it is sad. I wish everyone could serve a mission to understand how every little action (literally) affects the work of the Lord. If we sin, we fall further from Christ thus making it harder to understand whisperings of the Spirit, thus making it harder to do things for others that the Holy Ghost prompts us to do. If we are lazy, we don´t get anything done. If we are angry, we can hurt people´s feelings....etc. Everything. It is crazy.
Oh yeah, this week I got to sew some men´s underwear for a service. haha. I used a surger and it was sooo fast. holy cow! I couldn´t even control that thing. Oh, and we stopped by an inactive members house and her kids had just started learning how to play the violin, so she let me play. I didnt´undertand what was going on at first because the bow was curved the opposite direction. So I thought, "well, i´m a little dummy (pff...haha mom it is just a phrase...haha andrew) and maybe they just have a different kind of bow..." so I tried it. and it wasn´t even working at all. plus because i can´t really speak spanish, let alone anything about violins or music, I just used it. but then the teacher came over and he showed me that it was tooo tight. haha duh. eliza and abby, the bow was sooo tight that it was curved the other way. it was terrible!!! and you can´t even play with it like that. it is the worst thing ever. but i got to play a little bit (for like 5 maybe 10 min) and then we left. i decided I should "need to borrow their violin" for a ward function and ask the mom to bring it (she is the inactive member). I hope this tactic works. haha and it was so good to play the violin again. i miss it. but there is no time to play anyway.
speaking of violins. president benton knows several people who are coming down here (that live in utah) and he said if i still wanted to bring my violin down, i could have you take it to one of their houses, and they could bring it safely. my companion who is argentinan says that no one is going to steal a violin. i think she is right. but...that being said, maybe it should still be eliza´s. and she could use mine. (just send my music and switch out the shoulder rests). or not send it at all. i could just rent (from somewhere) if I need/want to play it sometime. the reality it, this might be a better option, because i don´t have tons of time to perform (it would only be at baptisms...maybe in church...firesides...etc. all of which don´t happen too frequently here) anyway.
anyway, let me know what you think about all that parentals.
ok my last story. the other day (two days ago i think) it down poured and we weren´t expecting it so we didn´t have an umbrella or anything. it was a lot of rain by utah standards. i asked if that was a lot for here and my companion said, more or less... I loved it. fortuantely a member let us use plastic bags for our books and and umbrella. and my shoes were soaked through. it was nice to have a break from the heat for a couple days. it felt like spring in utah. perfect.
anyway, lot of amor.
Bonita chicita sarita flacita gordita hermanita and all other itas you can think of. :)
oh happy anniversary to erik and aubrie as well. :)
At least we know she's alive and well.
Her letter finally came!
Dear family,
So, guess what. The world is going crazy with destruction and Argentina is going crazy. Well not really. They have been talking about it a lot obviously, but they are glad they are safe. At the same time though, some people are worried because Argentina is in no way built for any kind of disaster. They just never have earthquakes or anything, so they would know how to handle the situation and their buildings would all tumble because they are all terrible. haha. But seriously, it would be bad if there was a disaster here. I´m just waiting for it to happen.
Ok, my addresses that I forgot to give you. The address that I am supposed to have mail and other things sent to is:
Hermana Sarah Yingling
Misión Argentina BAW
C.C. Nº 92
1702 Ciudadela
Buenos Aires, Argentina
so to all my friends (since I have sooo many...:D), because I can´t email any friends or cousins or anyone really, that is where you are supposed to send mail. Or you can just send letters through DearElder. It is way easier...and cheaper. Plus I don´t know how often I´ll get mail from this address, but I get letters from dearelder every week....anyway, yeah.
Now for the good stuff...haha
The man sitting next to me makes me sad. He is playing some computer game with the volume up all loud and he just shoots people and it just sounds awful. haha Reminds me of when Erik and Jacob used to be addicted to computer games....haha. such a waste of time. This poor man isn´t just wasting time, but also money. It isn´t cheap to use the internet here! Well, i´m just a cheap person and I don´t like to spend money on anything but food, so maybe that is why I think like that.
Speaking of computer games...two boys we are teaching Alberto 15 and Ariel 11 (yes ariel is a boy....i thought it was a girl at first...haha until i met him...) love WarCraft. I think that is what they play. I´m not all knowing when it comes to computer games (but for other things...yes...haha), so yeah..i don´t really know. Anyway, they stay up all hours of the night playing these games, and they can´t get up to go to church. it is so sad. they don´t even know what they are doing. they want to get baptized...and they want their family life to change, but because they are so young, they can´t see that it is them that has to change. they think that their mom causes all the problems (because parents are evil and cause all problems in the whole wide world until you are 18 or older and you realize they were always right) but we promised them that if they went to church, their family would be better. not because their mother would change (she is a recent convert) but because they would change. We are really hoping they will go to church this week.
My companion told me that the area we are in right now is really bad. It is true. There is a lot of fixing that needs to be done. Fortunately a good mission leader in the ward was called. He isn´t afraid to tell people what´s up and that is exactly what needs to be done. Also, the people in the ward are kind of lazy, and because of this many have become inactive because they were offended. ugh...lame huh? I get sad when people say things like that. Honestly, the people here just don´t understand the consequence of their laziness... it is sad. I wish everyone could serve a mission to understand how every little action (literally) affects the work of the Lord. If we sin, we fall further from Christ thus making it harder to understand whisperings of the Spirit, thus making it harder to do things for others that the Holy Ghost prompts us to do. If we are lazy, we don´t get anything done. If we are angry, we can hurt people´s feelings....etc. Everything. It is crazy.
Oh yeah, this week I got to sew some men´s underwear for a service. haha. I used a surger and it was sooo fast. holy cow! I couldn´t even control that thing. Oh, and we stopped by an inactive members house and her kids had just started learning how to play the violin, so she let me play. I didnt´undertand what was going on at first because the bow was curved the opposite direction. So I thought, "well, i´m a little dummy (pff...haha mom it is just a phrase...haha andrew) and maybe they just have a different kind of bow..." so I tried it. and it wasn´t even working at all. plus because i can´t really speak spanish, let alone anything about violins or music, I just used it. but then the teacher came over and he showed me that it was tooo tight. haha duh. eliza and abby, the bow was sooo tight that it was curved the other way. it was terrible!!! and you can´t even play with it like that. it is the worst thing ever. but i got to play a little bit (for like 5 maybe 10 min) and then we left. i decided I should "need to borrow their violin" for a ward function and ask the mom to bring it (she is the inactive member). I hope this tactic works. haha and it was so good to play the violin again. i miss it. but there is no time to play anyway.
speaking of violins. president benton knows several people who are coming down here (that live in utah) and he said if i still wanted to bring my violin down, i could have you take it to one of their houses, and they could bring it safely. my companion who is argentinan says that no one is going to steal a violin. i think she is right. but...that being said, maybe it should still be eliza´s. and she could use mine. (just send my music and switch out the shoulder rests). or not send it at all. i could just rent (from somewhere) if I need/want to play it sometime. the reality it, this might be a better option, because i don´t have tons of time to perform (it would only be at baptisms...maybe in church...firesides...etc. all of which don´t happen too frequently here) anyway.
anyway, let me know what you think about all that parentals.
ok my last story. the other day (two days ago i think) it down poured and we weren´t expecting it so we didn´t have an umbrella or anything. it was a lot of rain by utah standards. i asked if that was a lot for here and my companion said, more or less... I loved it. fortuantely a member let us use plastic bags for our books and and umbrella. and my shoes were soaked through. it was nice to have a break from the heat for a couple days. it felt like spring in utah. perfect.
anyway, lot of amor.
Bonita chicita sarita flacita gordita hermanita and all other itas you can think of. :)
Monday, March 7, 2011
Week 10
Awesomest family ever,
guess what? i´m in argentina. oh wait. you already knew that. ok here is a little bit about argentina...or at least where i´m at.
my apartment is in the city. not sure which city...but one that is closer to buenos aires rather than further. we proselyte in two areas to either side of us. the ward i´m in had problems. on sunday we had 59 people attend and there are 300 members on the list. so basically everyone is in active. it is really sad. we can´t seem to talk any sense into them. it is also weird, because they respond differently than people in the united states, so i can´t every really tell if they are sincere. or maybe they are sincere, but not sincere enough to actually do something about anything. it is really sad.
also, i´m a little confused and trying to catch up. i´m trying to learn a whole bunch of peoples names and everyone has the same name (like 3 margaritas, 3 marias, 2 juans, etc. etc.) basically i´m just super confused, but i´m learning. i´m starting to get to know the area a little bit more, but there are no mountains, so i never know which directions i´m going. it is so weird. haha i love utah mountains. :)
let´s see. the other day we started talking to a man named leonardo and he seemed sincerely interested. so i hope as we go back to teach him (and his family...that is why it so sooo cool...a whole family!!!) he will realize that he needs this gospel. i hope we can teach by power. if we teach with the spirit, we will.
the lives of the people here are sad. they are all poor and they all have huge family problems. probably because a lot of them have kinds with several different people, and they can´t control their children. and they have no jobs. and everyone loves piercing in weird places ( i have seen nose ring more than earrings i´m pretty sure...haha jk. probably not). but basically argentina is awesome. and the food really is good. i don´t understand how people can really get fat, because i don´t feel like i really have that much of an opportunity to eat lots. i mean i eat at the memeber, but there isn´t much time at night when we come home and not much time in the morning. so i can´t eat loads and loads of food. i can only eat just enough. it is perfect. you don´t even have to worry about me getting fat and you don´t even have to worry about me starving. you just have to worry that i´ll be super out of shape. haha...because i am. but i can´t do much about it. i can´t go running....and i can´t jump rope (becaue of neighbors) and so all i can do is abs and stretch. but that´s ok.
the work is going well. i am starting to understand people more and more each day. it wasn´t too bad at first, but depending on the person i talk to...it is a little crazy. haha but guess what i´m understanding spanish more and more!! yaya
anyway, i´m out of time. love you lots!
sarah
Here is Sarah's address in Argentina
Sister Sarah Yingling
Argentina Buenos Aires West Mission
Ballesteros 1076
1706 Haedo
Buenos Aires
Argentina
The best way to write to her is still through DearElder. It is fast and cheap.
She sent a few pictures from the MTC, but I have to get them scanned. Hope to do that soon.
guess what? i´m in argentina. oh wait. you already knew that. ok here is a little bit about argentina...or at least where i´m at.
my apartment is in the city. not sure which city...but one that is closer to buenos aires rather than further. we proselyte in two areas to either side of us. the ward i´m in had problems. on sunday we had 59 people attend and there are 300 members on the list. so basically everyone is in active. it is really sad. we can´t seem to talk any sense into them. it is also weird, because they respond differently than people in the united states, so i can´t every really tell if they are sincere. or maybe they are sincere, but not sincere enough to actually do something about anything. it is really sad.
also, i´m a little confused and trying to catch up. i´m trying to learn a whole bunch of peoples names and everyone has the same name (like 3 margaritas, 3 marias, 2 juans, etc. etc.) basically i´m just super confused, but i´m learning. i´m starting to get to know the area a little bit more, but there are no mountains, so i never know which directions i´m going. it is so weird. haha i love utah mountains. :)
let´s see. the other day we started talking to a man named leonardo and he seemed sincerely interested. so i hope as we go back to teach him (and his family...that is why it so sooo cool...a whole family!!!) he will realize that he needs this gospel. i hope we can teach by power. if we teach with the spirit, we will.
the lives of the people here are sad. they are all poor and they all have huge family problems. probably because a lot of them have kinds with several different people, and they can´t control their children. and they have no jobs. and everyone loves piercing in weird places ( i have seen nose ring more than earrings i´m pretty sure...haha jk. probably not). but basically argentina is awesome. and the food really is good. i don´t understand how people can really get fat, because i don´t feel like i really have that much of an opportunity to eat lots. i mean i eat at the memeber, but there isn´t much time at night when we come home and not much time in the morning. so i can´t eat loads and loads of food. i can only eat just enough. it is perfect. you don´t even have to worry about me getting fat and you don´t even have to worry about me starving. you just have to worry that i´ll be super out of shape. haha...because i am. but i can´t do much about it. i can´t go running....and i can´t jump rope (becaue of neighbors) and so all i can do is abs and stretch. but that´s ok.
the work is going well. i am starting to understand people more and more each day. it wasn´t too bad at first, but depending on the person i talk to...it is a little crazy. haha but guess what i´m understanding spanish more and more!! yaya
anyway, i´m out of time. love you lots!
sarah
Here is Sarah's address in Argentina
Sister Sarah Yingling
Argentina Buenos Aires West Mission
Ballesteros 1076
1706 Haedo
Buenos Aires
Argentina
The best way to write to her is still through DearElder. It is fast and cheap.
She sent a few pictures from the MTC, but I have to get them scanned. Hope to do that soon.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
She's finally in Argentina.
Dear family,
I dont have a lot of time to write, but I just wanted to say, that I am finally here in Buenos Aires. And boy do i have a story for you. I just got here yesterday. why? because i was stuck in atlanta. what happened was monday night while flying from SLC to Atlanta, we couldnt land in atlanta because there were storms. so we re-routed to tallahassee, florida. then we sat there and fueled up and waited for the storm to pass by. so then we got to Atlanta and missed our flight to Buenos Aires. Because they only have flights once every day to Buenos Aires, we took a shuttle to a bus and stayed in a hotel. we didnt keep any mission rules because we were up until 1am. we were in contact with the church travel offices this whole time. and it was crazy, craziness!!!
anyway, then we woke up and went back to the airport to try and get on a flight for that night. well, the problem was all nine of us in the group had to be put on stand-by and the church didnt want us to be separated so they told us they were going to send us to the atlanta south mission home and stay with the president (satterfield) and his wife for a day. man, it was crazy. it was like a little minnie vacation. i wished they would have put us to work, but they didnt. we did have a lot of good missionary opportunities in the airport though (because we spent HOURS in the airport...haha). anyway, now i can say ive been to georgia. it is so beautiful there.
anyway, then the next day we went to the airport early and finally got on our confirmed flight to buenos aires. it was cool to see the MANY opportunities we had to share the gospel that we may not have had if we hadnt been held up like that. the Lord works in mysterious ways. granted, there would have been tons regularly im sure, but still.
anyway, so im here in buenos aires. it is great. im in the city...no country for me. at least right now. i hope i get to some day, but right now nope. there is a lot of work to be done and we have a lot of people to teach. last month they got 200 baptisms for the mission and that is our goal again. i really hope we can get it. 200 more children of God entering into covenants...awesome! anyway, ill email again on monday. thats my p-day.
i love you all, and im happy and healthy. dont even worry.
love,
sarah
p.s. i can{t figure out how to use the apostrophe... maybe i{ll learn by monday.
I dont have a lot of time to write, but I just wanted to say, that I am finally here in Buenos Aires. And boy do i have a story for you. I just got here yesterday. why? because i was stuck in atlanta. what happened was monday night while flying from SLC to Atlanta, we couldnt land in atlanta because there were storms. so we re-routed to tallahassee, florida. then we sat there and fueled up and waited for the storm to pass by. so then we got to Atlanta and missed our flight to Buenos Aires. Because they only have flights once every day to Buenos Aires, we took a shuttle to a bus and stayed in a hotel. we didnt keep any mission rules because we were up until 1am. we were in contact with the church travel offices this whole time. and it was crazy, craziness!!!
anyway, then we woke up and went back to the airport to try and get on a flight for that night. well, the problem was all nine of us in the group had to be put on stand-by and the church didnt want us to be separated so they told us they were going to send us to the atlanta south mission home and stay with the president (satterfield) and his wife for a day. man, it was crazy. it was like a little minnie vacation. i wished they would have put us to work, but they didnt. we did have a lot of good missionary opportunities in the airport though (because we spent HOURS in the airport...haha). anyway, now i can say ive been to georgia. it is so beautiful there.
anyway, then the next day we went to the airport early and finally got on our confirmed flight to buenos aires. it was cool to see the MANY opportunities we had to share the gospel that we may not have had if we hadnt been held up like that. the Lord works in mysterious ways. granted, there would have been tons regularly im sure, but still.
anyway, so im here in buenos aires. it is great. im in the city...no country for me. at least right now. i hope i get to some day, but right now nope. there is a lot of work to be done and we have a lot of people to teach. last month they got 200 baptisms for the mission and that is our goal again. i really hope we can get it. 200 more children of God entering into covenants...awesome! anyway, ill email again on monday. thats my p-day.
i love you all, and im happy and healthy. dont even worry.
love,
sarah
p.s. i can{t figure out how to use the apostrophe... maybe i{ll learn by monday.
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