Baptizing Buenos Aires: En el cora

So much has happened since last Monday.

My comp left to Oregon on Wednesday. It was so sad. Its so cool how the mission introduces you to people from the other side of the world that become your best friends and helps you build that relationship that will last even longer than the mission. I miss my comp :( But anyway, when she left, I was put into a trio with the other sisters from Zárate. I was not looking forward to it to be honest, because working in 2 areas is not that fun.. but it was SO FUN. Haha the sisters are awesome, and we had such a good time together! I love their ward.

Alicia was baptized on Saturday! We had set up her interview for friday, and when we got to her house with the elders, she wasnt there. So the elders went tracting while we went looking for her. We found her and she told us that she couldnt be baptized. That she had been thinking a lot and that she wasnt in a position financially to be able to pay tithing. So we called the elders and they said that we should have the interview still just to see how it goes. So they went in, and we waited outside. I could hear and see though, and that interview is exactly what she needed. I was praying so hard that Elder Dote would be able to say what she needed to hear, and from what I heard, what he said was pretty dang powerful. Even I was touched, just from being outside overhearing.

So Alicia was baptized on Saturday. It was weird because I was without a companion. I dont like doing missionary work without someone to go through it all with me. BUTTT the bishop called me yesterday saying that when he said hi to Alicia on sunday, he smelled cigarette smoke. So we might have a small problem there. We´ll see what happens this week.

Monday was the day before transfers, and honestly its the day the no one does ANYTHING. Theres a member in the other ward that does hair so we went. Well, she ruined my hair, do Im gonna have to figure out how to fix that, so if you dont get many pics these next few weeks, well.. im saving myself from embarrassment. But it was one of the elders birthdays, so we had a little surprise party for him. It was super fun.

But transfers came!! Im still here in Zárate! My comp is named Hermana Urgilez (still have yet to pronounce it right) from Spain. She´s 26, and a convert pf 2 years. She seems super cool so Im excited for (hopefully) one more transfer here in BautiZárate!!

The other week was stake conference, and the had the returned missionaries share their testimonies. One of them shared a testimony that hit me hard and made me think a lot. He talked about the Atonement, but in a way that I had never heard it before. He said how he was studying one day and imagined Christ suffering in the garden, and imagine the moment when Christ asked if there was another way, and if it was the Father´s will, to not have to do it. Instead of thinking of it from Christ´s perspective, he imagined it from his own view. He said that he pictured himself in heaven watching this happen and just pleading and praying that Christ would be able to do it. Because he needed the Atonement. It made me think and I applied this to myself this week in my studies. I imagined myself up there watching Christ suffer and just pleading that He would be able to do it. Because I need the Atonement. We all need it. We´re going to make mistakes. We DO make mistakes. But thanks to Christ, we can forget them and move on. We can start again, and we can live with our Father and Heaven again.

I challenge you all this week to think about the Atonement and how you can make it more personal.

I love you all! Have a great week!

Love,

Hermana Prestwich