Finished the Book of Mormon in Spanish!

This week was such a great week here in Argentina!!!! Not anything out of the ordinary happened but it was a great week!!!  Hermana Dayes and I had divisions this week with our sister training leaders!!!  We were able to contact so many great people and talk with EVERYONE!!!  That is something I learned to do better is talk with EVERYONE with the sister that I worked with. 

We found another family this week.  V1… and R….  They are so great!!!!  The missionaries were working with them like two years ago.  I am so excited to work with them.  They I think seem so great!!!  We don’t know a ton about them yet.  But they are going to be great!!!!!!!

V2… kind of dropped us and we dropped two others this week.  So all we have right now is V1… and R….  But this week we have lots of plans to talk to EVERYONE and find more!!!!!!!

I haven’t seen the women’s conference and probably won’t see it just read it maybe.  :(  I actually didn’t realize it until this morning that it would have been sat night.  Jajajajajajaja.  That’s pretty cool that it was filmed in our church house and about people in our stake.

I LOVE being a missionary and being able to get to know people.  Also we had a family home evening Sat night with a family in our ward who has two young kids.  It was so much fun.  Hermana Dayes and I shared s little lesson on prayer and were able to bear our testimonies about prayer.  Then, as we left we were able to pray with this family for the people who they are praying for.  The spirit was so strong. 

I know that our Heavenly Father hears our prayers.  I know that he answers our prayers.  I know that sometimes our prayers aren’t answered in the way that we want, but they are always answered in His time and in the way that will be best for us. 

And... because I completed a year in my mission on Thursday it was that time to finish the Book of Mormon.  I FINISHED reading the Book of Mormon is Spanish.  I know that it true.  I know that it is able to draw us closer to our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and help us be more like them.  I know that it was translated by the prophet Joseph Smith.  I know that he was a prophet of God.  I know that we have a prophet of God today named Thomas S. Monson.  I am beyond excited to hear from him and the apostles of Christ in less than a week!!!!  I LOVE this gospel and know that it is true!!!!! 

Love and miss you all lots and lots and lots and lots and lots!!!!!!!

Hermana Kent

One Year!

Good Morning!

A Visit from Elder Teixeira

Well this week was another great week here in Argentina!!!!!  We had Elder Teixeira from the 70 and his wife come and visit our mission this week!!  It was such a neat experience!!  They spoke a lot about finding people and the companionship!!  We all really felt the spirit during the meeting!!  I had the opportunity to sing in a small hermanas choir!!  We sang “I Know that My Redeemer Lives” in Spanish.  It was so neat!!!  We than all got to say hello and meet him and his wife as we left the meeting!!  It was so neat!! 

Saturday night we had another Capilla Abierta!!  It was at a church in our zone that we got to go and help!!  It was so much fun I LOVE capilla abiertas!!  We also had a lesson this week that was so great with an investigator that we have!!  We taught her the restoration and about the Book of Mormon!!  The spirit was so strong in this lesson.  She had a few questions for us and we were able to answer them!!!  This was our second lesson with her and at the end of this lesson with her we asked her if she could offer the closing prayer.  She said YES!!!  It was a beautiful prayer and she finished in the name of our Savior!!!  I LOVE when these experiences happen!!  I LOVE when our investigators pray!!!!  Prayer is an incredible gift that we get to be able to talk to our Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ!!!

I know that this church is true!!  I know that it is the church of Jesus Christ that was restored by Him through the prophet Joseph Smith.  I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God.  I know that we have a prophet today, Thomas S. Monson.  I am so excited for the opportunity we have to hear from him in just about two weeks!!  I know that our Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ live and love us way more than our human minds can comprehend!!  I love and miss you all lots and lots and lots!!!!

Con mucho amor,

Hermana Kent

Prophet and Apostles

Well our investigator was confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints yesterday!!!!!  It was a great experience!!  I LOVE missionary work!!  I LOVE being a missionary!!!  I LOVE watching people making the decision to come unto Christ!!  I have been so blessed!! 

Well other than that our week was another week full of trying to find people to teach who have been prepared by our loving Heavenly Father to accept his gospel in their lives!! This week our mission will be able to hear from a 70 Elder Teixera!!  I am so excited to hear what he has to say to us to know what our Heavenly Father has prepared for us through him for us this week!!  I will be singing in the missionary choir at the conference, so that will be fun! 

I know that this church is true!!  I know that our Heavenly Father and savior Jesus Christ love us more than we can understand!!  I know that they know us all personally!!  I know that the Book of Mormon is true and that by reading it we can become closer to our Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ!!  I know that it was translated by the power of God through the prophet Joseph Smith.  I know that he was a true prophet!!  I LOVE hearing from our prophet and apostles and cannot wait to hear from them in about 3 weeks!!  I love and miss you all lots and lots and lots!!!!

Con amor,

Hermana Kent

Zone Conference

Fourth Area - Fourth Baptism - Strong Testimony

Well Hermana Dayes and I had a great week this week!!!  We had a baptism!!!  Our investigator was baptized yesterday!!!  It was so neat!!  I LOVE being able to watch our investigators enter the waters of baptism and make this first covenant with our Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ!!!  I LOVE this gospel!!!  I know that it is true!!! 

With a new area comes lots of different things!!!  I am in an area that is very city and so Hermana Dayes and I are trying really hard to find more people like our friend who was baptized yesterday to help bring them unto Chirst!!  I really love my new area though!!  There are great members here in Haedo!!  I LOVE being a missionary!!!  We were able find and teach a family this week!!  Hermana Dayes and I are praying really hard for them that they have been prepared by the Lord to accept the gospel in their lives!!  They are really great and we are really excited to get to know them more and teach them!! 

I LOVE this gospel and I know that it is true!!  I am so grateful for this gospel in my life!!  I can’t imagine my life without it!!  There is such a peace that comes from the knowledge that we are blessed to have and that we know where we came from, why we are here on earth, why we pass through hard times, and where we are going after this life!!  I LOVE this gospel!!  I know that our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ live!!  I know that they love us way more than our human minds can comprehend and that they are always there to help us!! I know that they know us personally!!  I know that they can become our best friends if we let them!!  I LOVE the Book of Mormon and I know that it is true!!  I know that it was written by prophets of God and was translated by Joseph Smith who was a prophet of God called to restore his church here upon the earth today that we could enjoy the blessing of having it in our lives!!  I know that our prophet today is Thomas S. Monson who is called of God to receive revelation for us today!!  I know that these things are true!!!  I love and miss you all lots and lots and lots!!!

Hermana Kent

My Fourth Area!

Hola!

Wow this week was a great week!!!  We had lots going on!!  We had transfers!!!  I am now in my 4th area, Haedo!!!  It is crazy how time is flying!!  My new companion is Hermana Dayes!!  She is from Arizona!!  She will complete 6 months this month in September!!!  I am still getting to know this new area but so far I love it!!  We have great leaders!!  I am so excited to see what blessings are in store for Hermana Dayes and I this transfer.  I am so excited to find out what is in store for me to learn from Hermana Dayes and this area!! 

This week other than transfers nothing has really happened!!  Monday and Tuesday were filled with goodbyes which were not easy.  Wednesday was filled with nerves and nerves and nerves and nerves!!!!  Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday were filled with learning this new area and getting to know the new leaders that I will now be working with.  Saturday night we had a ward activity that was filled with lots and lots of games and fun!!  It was really great to get to know the ward because yesterday we had an area conference.  A lot of the speakers talked about keeping the Sabbath Day holy.  I have learned in my mission how important this is!!!  There is such a spirit in keeping the Sabbath Day holy.  When we keep this commandment we are blessed more than we can imagine!!!   

I am glad you guys saw Hermana Edwards!!!  Where are pics of you guys with her!!!  I am SO sad that you don’t have the package yet!!!!!!!!!!!!  She is great!!!!!  She gave me a necklace and some earrings before she left.  I don’t have her email address.  Can you tell her thank you from me!!!???

It has been BEAUTIFUL this week!!!  It hasn’t ever gotten super cold.  Everybody has told me that it usually is A LOT colder.  Which means, and I am nervous that this spring and summer are going to be HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I will be here for all of summer.  Summer ends March 24^th!

I LOVE this gospel and know that it is true!!!  Love and miss you all lots and lots and lots and lots!!!!!

Con amor,

Hermana Kent

Happy Birthday to me!!  Thanks for the treats family!!

I LOVE HER!!!

Making homemade bread

Monday morning selfie...I didn't get ready today:)

 

Oh The Places I'll Go in Argentina!!

Well last night was the night we received the call that would tell us if we will be having changes or not.  Turns out my time here in Hurlingham is finishing and I am on to my 4th area to learn what I need to learn there and to learn what I need to learn from my next companion.  I have LOVED Hurlingham!!  I am so grateful for my time here and for everything I have learned in this area and the things I have learned from Hermana Hale and Hermana Chineppe while here in Hurlingham. 

Today I complete 11 months!!  The time has gone by so fast.  I LOVE being a missionary.  It has been the best 11 months of my life.  There have been ups and downs and twists and turns but I have changed so much and learned so much.  This week we had trainings.  One of the trainings we had was about using the Book of Mormon.  I LOVE the Book of Mormon.  I know that it is true.  I know that if we read it we can become more like our Savior Jesus Christ.  I know that is the keystone to our religion.  I know that it was translated by the prophet Joseph Smith.  I know that it is true.  I know that Joseph Smith was a true prophet called by our Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ to restore this gospel here upon the earth today. 

I LOVE this gospel and I know that it is true.  I know that our prophet today is Thomas S. Monson.  I know that our Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ live.  I know that they love us each individually.  I know that they love us way more than we can imagine.  I know that when we obey the commandments and the covenants we have made with them they are able to pour blessings upon us.  I know that this gospel is true.  I LOVE this gospel.  I LOVE this gospel and I LOVE this gospel.   I cannot imagine my life without this gospel.   I am so grateful for my time as a missionary to be able to serve our Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ.  

I love and miss you all lots and lots and lots and lots!!!!!

Con mucho amor,

Hermana Kent

 

P.S.  My camera is struggling.  I have tons of pictures to send to you as soon as I can get the internet down here to cooperate with me:(

Birthday Surprises!

Well this week was such a great week!!!!  I got to go back to Caseros for a day!!!  We had divisions this week with the sisters who work there and well off I went to Caseros!!  It was such a humbling experience to be back there after 10 months and reflect on the progress I have made these 10 months reguarding the language, my teaching abililty, and as a person!!  I have changed so much since I was first there.  

This week we had a miracle!!!  We went to visit a family who is less active and when we went we found a family who also is less active who are wanting to start coming to church again.  The wife has a little sister living with them that is not a member but wants to follow the example of our Savior Jesus Christ.  I LOVE being a missionary and seeing miracles like this everyday!!  

We also have an investigator that we are working with that came to church on Sunday.  He is progressing and we continue to pray for him.

Ummmmm how did you get a birthday package here?????????  I don't have any pictures yet because I haven't opened it and I was out voted to open it the other night and so my companion and roommates all hid it from me until Friday!  Ugggghhhhhhh between you two and Hermana Chineppee there are WAY too many surprises!!!!!!!  I cant handle it!!!  I am my mother's daughter!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you EVERYONE for the birthday wishes!!!  There were so many that I did not get to respond to you all, but I am so grateful for all the love and support that you show me.

I know this church is true.  I know that our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ live and love us very much!!  I know that they know what is happening in our lives and that we can pray and ask for help from them to keep moving from day to day.  I LOVE this gospel!!  I LOVE and miss everyone very much!!  

Thank you EVERYONE for the birthday wishes!!!  There were so many that I did not get to respond to you all, but I am so grateful for all the love and support that you show me.

Les amo,

 

Hermana Kent