Hola from the increasingly cold Buenos Aires! It´s funny because Argentina really can´t decide what kind of weather it wants right now. Some days it´s totally hot, and others it´s nice, and other it is bitter cold. It´s worse than Arizona weather!!

I head out of here in 5ish days. Next Tuesday we head out to Uruguay, which is ultra scary! I don´t feel prepared at all. Okay, it´s not that bad, but I just don´t feel like I have enough Spanish yet. I know it will come, but I want it now! ;) It´s weird to think I´ve already been out two months. It´s true what everyone says that a mission goes by so fast!!!

It´s been like a roller coaster this past week. Our threesome is still trying to adjust to everything. It´s getting better some days, and other days it´s tough, but we are learning that it´s all about attitude, or that´s what I´ve learned so far.

Hna Kubly and I haven´t been feeling well today. Thankfully today was P-day so we both took long naps to work it out of our system. We both feel terrible, so please keep us in your prayers so we can keep our minds on the work.

It´s ridiculous to hear what Jen is doing. I don´t understand her at all. She just keeps digging herself a deeper hole, and hopefully one day she´s going to have to dig herself out. I pray that things will move along so everyone can move on in their lives.

Give Jojo and Josiah kisses and hugs for me! I miss them so much!

Sorry, there´s not much to write this week, life it pretty much same old, same old in the CCM. Because I´m leaving on Tuesday, I get to write you all again on Monday! I love you all, and I know that the Lord is protecting you because I´ve asked Him to. Please keep me in your prayers, and that the hearts of the people of Uruguay will be softened.

XOXO Hermana Grow

¡Hola! Today has been great! I got three packages (from Heather, Mrs. Bruce and Mom and Dad), and three letters! It is so much fun to get mail! Thanks for keeping me in mind. My companions are both really excited to share in my packages!!

So i had one of the most exciting experiences last Saturday during proselitismo. The only appointment that went through was the best ever. So let me back track. Two weeks ago we were out proselyting and we walked past this older woman shuffling along on the sidewalk. She didn´t look like she was in the best of moods, so we just walked past her and said hello. Well a few minutes we were walking, and we walked past her again as she was unlocking her gate. We took this as a sign that we needed to talk to her. She was a little wary of talking to us at first, we were about to give her a pamphlet and leave, when she just looked like she was in a lot of pain. I asked if she was alright, and she just started to tell us all these things that were wrong, like she has really bad arthritis, and a few other things. We didn´t understand most of it, but we were able to pick out a few things. We asked if there was anything we could help her with, like housework or something, and she said not that week, but we could come back and help her the next week. So we got her phone number and her address and set up an appointment and gave her a pamphlet to read in the mean time. Her name is Nora. Anyways, we came back to her house last Saturday, fully ready to just help and do house work and stuff. When Nora saw us, her whole face just lit up, and she was so excited to see us. She brought us into her home and sat us down, and we asked what we could do for her, chore wise. She was like "No, no, no...that stuff isn´t important. Only the word of God is important" or something like that. How exciting! She just wanted to hear us teach and share the gospel with her! We asked her how she was and what life was like. It was hard to understand, but through the Spirit, we were able to understand way more than what we could have by ourselves. She told us how she has been hit twice (2 separate instances) by the buses that drive crazy around the neighborhoods. She said that she´s in pain a lot of the time. We were able to teach to her the love that God has for her. We shared 1 John 4:7-9, which she had memorized, and really seemed to love. Then we shared a scripture from the Book of Mormon, Ether 12:27, about how we have weaknesses, and through Christ, our weaknesses can become strengths. The Spirit was so strong! Nora loved the scripture we gave her, so we introduced the Book of Mormon to her, and what it was, and that it was Another Testament of Jesus Christ. We read the last two paragraphs of the Tilte page with her and and challenged her to read Moroni 10:3-5. She was so shocked and grateful that we would give her a book about Jesus Christ. She insisted that she read Moroni 10:3-5 with us there. She was soooooooooo excited. We all were able to testify and to share our love of the Book of Mormon with her. The light in her face was just beautiful! She promised us that she would read the Book of Mormon right after we left. She wanted to know if we would be back, and we told her we were not going to come back to that area. She was so sad to see us go, but she gave us her address to give to the Missionaries, and she wanted us to write her about our adventures on our missions. Can you believe it! It was the single most thrilling experience of my life. So exciting!!!! After that, my testimony of the church was completely solidified!!! It is amazing, this love that i feel for a woman that i hardly know. I know that she will fully accept the gospel!

Family, I love you, and i just want to let you know that through the Lord we can do all things. Life is hard, but if we rely on the Lord, we can do all things!!

XOXOHermana Grow

Hello mi familia! so today my MTC experience just got rocked. Every three weeks we have a group of people leave, and then a new group of people come in. So we were expecting two north american sisters, and then today come to find out that one is going to be in the Latino group because she knows a lot of Spanish, and the other one was going to be in another district but she was going to be our companion during free time and what not. Now that was shocking enough, because Hna Kubly and I have really become close these past few weeks, and to add a new person was going to be weird, even for a few hours a day. But Hna Kubly and i decided it would be fine, and we would love her no matter what. Then in the middle of our class this morning, we got introduced to our new companion, who was going to be in our class, and our companion all the time...Let´s just say it´s hard working with three people. I thought it was hard working with the wills of two people, but three people is just nuts, and we´ve only been together for a few hours. Our new companions name is Hna Kelly, and she´s from Utah. She is so full of energy, it´s shocking, and she just is so excited to be here doing the work. She also knows a ton more spanish than anyone of us, so it´s intimidating, because she is not afraid to give answers in class. Everyone in our district is still trying to get used to the new personality. I think the Lord has sent Hna Kelly to teach me and my companion love, and patience, and understanding, and i don´t know. These last three weeks here are going to be interesting. Please pray that this companionship will work out. I know it will, but it´s hard to see that when i´m so stressed out.

So life here is going pretty good. Slowly but surely spanish is coming. We just learned Subjunctive and Direct and Indirect Object and i think my head is going to explode. Seriously, i don´t think i can fit anymore spanish into my head!

So you know how we go out proselyting every saturday? Well last week, we went out, and we were able to make three appointments for this Saturday!!!! Three appointments! we are so scared!!!! Oh my goodness. Now we are preparing ourselves to teach them, and hopefully they will be able to feel the spirit. I´m so excited though. Please pray that their hearts might be softened to our message. Their names are Norma, Emilio and Maria. It is going to be interesting, especially now that we have a third person that we are working with.

Well life at home sounds as though it´s going pretty well. Good, that´s what i like to hear. I pray for you all every day. Did Prop 101 pass? How are the wards doing? Anything exciting?

I am so relieved to hear that my FBI clearance came through. So many prayers have been said, hoping that it would come. I did not want to stay here any longer than i had to. I´m getting serious cabin fever here!

Well I just want to say that I know this church is true. I know that the Lord sends us trials in our life to make us stronger, and that He won´t send us anything we cannot handle. Please pray for our appointments this weekend, pray that I may have patience, and pray that I can be prepared for the day when I leave the MTC. I love you all and I miss you!

XOXO Hermana Grow

Hey guys!!! So I am so glad you guys write me!!! It makes my week!

So things are slowing down here, but also speeding up if that makes any sense. I am really comfortable with everything. My teachers are great, my companion is great and I just love it here. Slowly I understand a little bit more each day, but it´s all gospel vocabulary I´m learning. When we go out proselyting, I still can´t understand a word the people say. It´s so frustrating. Last proselitismo, we went out on Friday because there was a world cup soccer game on Saturday, and Argentina was playing. Just think about it, the whole country of Argentina goes and watches the game. It´s nuts. The whole world comes to a stop just so everyone can watch the game! Well we went out on Friday and it was going pretty okay. Hna Kubly and I are slowly becoming more comfortable going up to complete strangers and talking to them. Well we ran into the Hnas that taught in that area. We were so excited to see them, and one of them was from Utah, so we were able to talk to her. We got to go around with them for a few hours, and we got to go to a lesson with them. The lesson was with this cute old man named Luciano. He lives in a little shack that´s probably as big as our living room. The sisters were telling us that he had all this porn up on the walls when they first started teaching him, and now he has pictures of Christ. It´s great. I got to say the opening prayer, and halfway through the lesson I got to bear my testimony. It was so hard, but I truly felt the spirit fill in all the gaps in my Spanish. It was great!

So everything seems to be going well at home. I wish I could be there to see Jocelynn walking, and Josiah´s big boy bed. Can you guys e-mail me, or send me some pictures of our family. I forgot to bring some, and I want to show my companion what you all look like.

Elder Anderson from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles came to the CCM on Tuesday, and it was awesome! We all got to shake his hand, and I got to sit on the front row. He did most of his talk in front of the pulpit, so he was just feet from me and my companion the whole time. He looked at me straight in the eye. It was so powerful. He related, that he really struggled with the language (he went to France) and that he didn´t feel like a strong missionary, and that he struggled at times. It was so nice to hear that even Apostles are people too. It was so nice, and I just feel so eager to get out in the mission field!

Winter hasn´t hit quite yet here in Buenos Aries, so I´m good for now. It was funny Mom, I told my companion about how you found 5 unfinished blankets in your sewing stuff, and she was like "She should finish 2 of them and send them our way!" Hahaha! I thought that would be a great idea! (j/k we don´t need blankets). Well I need to get off now, but know that i love you guys, and you are all in my prayers. This is the true church, and I am so glad to be out here doing the work. Please pray for me and the people of Uruguay!

XOXO Hermana Grow