Week Forty-Nine!

Rain rain go away come again another day. So it's not raining but it's doing this weird thick mist thing. Kind of like the mists of darkness that it talks about in the book of mormon. It was another great week in the mish. At the beginning of last week, we did an intercambio with the Hnas in Nueva Cordoba. It was so awesome! I got to work with Hna Steward. She's from Utah and entered the MTC at the same time as me. Anyways we had some awesome lessons. We taught these two guys that live in a poor area called the villas. They both had super interesting stories about their hard lives but we just testified to them how they don't have to follow in this way of life and a how Jesus Christ can help them over come this and leave their past behind. We also got to teach a couple Manu and Marysol. He is a less active but when they started dating he taught her everything pretty much about the gospel. And then one day his dad asked the missionaries to pass by and so they started to go by like 9 months ago but then the missionaries got changed and what not and lost contact with these people. Marysol was heart broken because she just wants to get married so they can get baptized. So she started going to a pyshcologist and low and behold it was the only mormon pyshc in Cordoba. Then one night Hna Steward needed some plans of people to visit and she just grabbed random pages from the area book ( a binder that has a teaching record for everyone in the area that was taught by the missionaries in the last 2 yearsish). Anyways Marysol was one of them and now she's going to get married this weekend so she can get baptized and then they can get sealed. It just testifies how much Heavenly Father really cares about each and everyone of his children to have so many miracles happen for just one person to come unto Christ.

This week Carlos learned how to tie a tie and was there in church to receive the Priesthood! It was so amazing to hear the blessing that he received. He is also an awesome missionary. He's been helping us teach his friend, José. Tonight we are going to go by and try and teach them how to read. It's been a really amazing experience with José. Hna Frias found him when I was in NC and I wasn't too happy to hear they were teaching him because of some things that had happened. But I started praying and as we started teaching him I started looking into his eyes and I felt my feelings change into a love and caring that only comes from our Heavenly Father.

Last thing, I heard this really cool parable from our mission president. About how God asks his servant to go out and push this giant rock. And the servant goes and starts pushing and pushing until they have no more strength to push and they stop and realize the rock still hasn't moved and they become frustrated and he goes to God and says I've been pushing and pushing but I can't move this rock. How can I do this? Then God says to him I didn't ask you to move the rock I asked you to push the rock, but look at how strong you've become. Love it right. It helped me a lot. Because as long as I'm doing everything that I should be and working as hard as I can, I know that the Lord is strengthening my for His purposes, not mine. Sometimes I think we just forget that we've been called to push sometimes, and not to move the rock.

Oh and just to let you know the package and letters lately have gotten to Cordoba they are just in Capilla del Monte - the area I was supposed to get transferred to. There was a little confusion in the office. So I know they're here, just not in Oncativo. Pero está bien. But it's all good. Thanks so much for the photos. I have the cutest niece and nephew in the world! Also, little Alma is so cute and definately has Sarah's eyes.

Lots of Love,

 Hna Potrie