Escobar and....Tigre?

Hello again! This week it has been so humid and hot that when you breath you are literally breathing in water. So that´s fun. 

So this week was good! We did divisions with other Hermanas and I got to go to Tigre for a little bit. Tigre is awesome and Hermana Vasquez is an awesome missionary. I always learn so much from divisions. :)

Anyway. 

Pablo. 

Dang. Pablo broke my heart yesterday. We went to visit him and earlier this week he has a girlfriend who is a pretty bad influence and he grows drugs. So.. yeah. We went to figure out for suer whether or not he wants to change. So we got there and I just straight up asked him if he was ready and willing to give up everything. And he looked at me and just said "no". In that moment my heart literally broke. So all we did was testify. We shared scriptures and just promised him that if he changed he would be blessed with so much more happiness than he has ever felt. We then taught him the plan of salvation. He told us his goal is to "get to the celestial kingdom", but "not right now". Ouch. So he's no longer going to be baptized but we´re going to continues to visit him once every one or two weeks and hopefully the disire will come. 

Isabel. She completely stopped smoking!!!! Miracle. But. She didn't come to church yesterday. We went by to take her with us and she said no because for the first time in forever her daughter and husband showed up and she doesnt want to lose them again. I mean, understandable but I also know that if she showed her faith and went to church God will bless her. So now her baptism date was pushed back. 

Also. Rita. She´s a miracle. She had always refused to talk to us. Remember Lucia? The little girl we baptized a couple weeks ago? Its her grandma. She accepted a baptismal date and came to church yesterday. She´s awesome. 

As for everything else, it's good. It's hard. It's the mission. There are ups and downs. But what I've been thinking about lately is how the mission changes everything. All of my thoughts are about others. All of my actions are for the benefit of others. When I'm sad, it's because someone doesnt want to accept our message. When I'm happy, it's because someone has chosen to walk the path back to God. I would never get the chance to experience this if I didn't serve. And there are sad times and there are happy times, but everything and every feeling I have is gospel related and I love that. :)

I hope you are all enjoying your cold weather and your new year! 

Ill talk to you soon :)

Love,

Hermana Prestwich

PS. Next week are transfers! :) :) :)

Picture: This is what happens when you let two missionaries into an apple store. ;)