Lexie - October 26, 2015

Ok here we go. I am freaking out that I only have 2 weeks left. I can hardly get my brain to concentrate in the morning when we study but oh well. It was a wonderful and stressful week! We had a baptism on saturday. Hermana Iris. Pictures to come. She is wonderful and it was so cute on Sunday after she got confirmed I tapped her on the shoulder and asked how she felt. She says, how did he know exactly what blessings I needed? We got to talk about how all the blessings that she will recieve from preisthood holders come directly from God and I could tell her confirmation was a real testimony builder for her. Very cool! I gave her a couple of my shirts and skirts and she has been using them all week long lol. Anyways, a part from that we are suffering a little bit in finding new people but we have a couple people that should be getting baptized in the next transfer which will be cool for my companion. the next trasnfer is her last. We had a fiesta/family home evening last night for Hermana Marisol, yesterday was her 1 year mark as a member of the church! We bought cake and balloons and it was super fun. We played a game at the end where I held up cards with words on them and the person that could see the card had to explain the word to his group without actually saying the word. I made a super hard on and one of the hermanos that was there was rocking it so his next roung I started with the super hard word and BOOM, no one guessed it lol. The word was somebody. or in spanish alguien lol. It was super fun. This week should be great, at least I hope so. Everything just feels a little weird but I guess I will just keep working. Love you ton and hope you have a great week!


Love, Hermana Baer


See you soon!

Hermana Iris...

 

Happy 1 año de ser miembro Hermana Marisol!

Fiesta!

Paco likes to buy us ice-cream!

Tayler - October 26, 2015

We had a pretty good week. On wednesday we set up a table in the feria wich is like a flea market type thing, and we gave away books of mormon and pamphlets and magazines and stuff to the people so that was fun. And this one lady came up to us she told us she was hebrew and tried to convert us to her religion, she thought that we were wrong and she was trying to save us. I think she was a little crazy she talked for like 30 minutes and then she left and then came back and talked some more. But other than here no one else really stayed and talked but we did give away lots of stuff. And yesterday one of our investigators came to church we have been working with her for a while but it had been like a month since she came to church so that was good. And also yesterday was the presidential elections here in argentina so due to potential danger we were not allowed to leave our apartment after church yesterday so we just hung out and didnt really do much so that was nice. And yeah that was basically my week, also i learned a card game it is like the official card game of argentina i will teach it to you guys when i get home its pretty fun. I love you mom and have a good week.


Love Elder Baer

Jacob - October 29, 2015

Hey Mom, It's kind of crazy that Halloween is only in two days. I think my district is going to buy a bunch of candy from the Tienda and I'll probably share some of the stuff you sent me with. But this week was pretty good. I got sick last thursday night until about Saturday. It wasn't fun, but im doing better now. There were a few things that were hard this week. One of my lessons was really bad, really bad. We got talking about deep doctrine in our second lesson and it was not good. Im going to try and get back on the important stuff this coming lesson though. I think that was the hardest part this week though. Everything else was pretty good. Our devotionals were really good this week and also the little movie they show on sunday's was good. My language skills are getting better, but it's a little slower than i'd like.. I just wish I could speak fluent now, but I know I will in due time. I've found a few ways that I really like to better my language, like comparing english and spanish scriptures. By doing that I can usually pick out the words I don't know in the spanish one. Also I really would like if you sent me a package or letter. I think the website is Mexico MTC care package or something like that. I got a friend request from them on my facebook, but if you googled them, I'm sure you'd find them. Um I'm not sure what else to write about. It was a normal week here at the CCM, just lots of ups and downs, but I'm glad i'm here. I love you Mom and i hope you and John can get everything together for lexie's homecoming. Its crazy that its less than a month away!

One morning this past week.

Just some more pictures.. but Its cool cause the mountain looks like 4B and that's the district i'm in.

Lexie - October 19, 2015

Hey Mom!
Sounds like everything is going good. I havent read jacobs letter yet, you are always first on my list! Dont tell Tyrel lol. Anyways, it was a super fast week.... again.  In othernews we are going to have a baptism on saturday! We are suuuuuuper excited and the hermana is wonderful. Sad news and happy news with Christopher. We told him that we were going to stop vising him every week because he still just dont have the desire but he was super sad and said he is going to take us out to dinner this week lol. Then he gave us tamales. Anyways, he was sad, and I think that might just help him to realize that this is something important. Since we started having lessons with him everything has gone up hill for him, he got a promotion and everything. But hopefully he will be able to feel and see the difference. I am getting more and more nervous every day about what comes next but I am feeling confident that Heavenly Father will guide me in what I need to do. I still dont feel like its over yet, and its not! But it is coming soon. Ugh, so weird.


So this morning I killed a chicken! Actually 2. Pictures to come lol. that is all for right now. Super quick I know but we dont have a ton of time today. I love you tons and I hope we can chat a second!


Love, Hermana Baer

Happy 17 months, Hermana Baer (:

My companion refused to kill one. So I killed two, and then she took a picture ha. We are going to eat caldo de pollo for lunch!!! Yumm!

Mi amigo! This buddy lives in front the church and always comes to visit us when we arrive lol.

Tayler - October 19, 2015

It was kind of rainy down here too, the other night we got back to our apartment right as a down pour started and for a good 30 minutes it was coming down in buckets and then it stopped and the next day everything was muddy but now it is all dried out and good. We were looking a lot for new investigators this week but havnt found anything yet but we will keep looking. Also yesterday it was mothers day here in argentina so happy mothers day even though its in october. And yeah we have a new ward mision leader so we are trying to work a lot with him but he works a whole lot so its kind of hard but its possible. Also the other day i went on an exchange with another missionary and i went to his area and it was insane we went in this place that is a villa or in other words the really rough neighboorhoods and it was intense it was all like 3 or 4 floor buildings and the street was only like 10 feet wide and it was like a homemade road it was really interesting i have never seen anything like that in my life. So that was my week basically. I love you mom and have a good week.


Love Elder Baer

Jacob - October 22, 2015

Hey mom, its good to hear your doing alright, even if you've had a busy week. I think i understand what it feels like to be busy because here at the CCM, its nothing but busy. We get up at like 6:30 and are busy all day clear till like 10:30.. Im glad I worked for the DOT cause Its not hard for me to wake up. Anyways this week was alright. The food is good and Ive been nicknamed the Americanizer, because every oppertunity I have i try to make a sandwich with rolls or toast. Last night I made a spaghetti sandwich and one of my teachers looked at me like I was crazy, but I dont care cause it tasted good. Not as good as your cooking, but I manage. I have tried quite a bit of different stuff, mainly with the entrees, but at least im branching out. My classes have been good, but learning the language is hard... I found myself liking to memorize scriptures the most. One thats been on my mind is Ether 12:6 and 2nd Nephi 31:20 I think... Ether 12:6 says, Y ahora you moroni quisera hablar algo conocerniente a estas cosas. Quisera mostrar al mundo que la fe es las cosas y se esperan y no se ven, por tanto, no contendais porque no veis porque no recebis ningun testimonio sino hasta despues de la prueba de vuestra fe. I really like it because It talks about how we wont receive an answer from God, until after the trial of our faith. Ive been sharing it in my investigator lessons trying to get them to understand that we will only recieve an answer if we have a trial of faith like prayer or reading the book of mormon.. Tomorrow I have another lesson and I hope my investigator prayed, but well see. Anyways Ive been fine. I miss some stuff from home, but they keep us busy most of the day so I dont have time to think about it. Oh and this sunday I gave a talk in spanish at sacrament meeting for my branch. I talked about consecrating ourselves in the work and doing the will of god. Also I spoke about having complete faith in God. Im thankful lexie sent me a letter cause it talked about just that and I kinda stole her ideas for my talk, but everyone liked it i think. My spanish was probably brutal, but now Im most likely off the hook for giving talks now. Um Im not sure what else to tell you, but im doing good. Ill try sending you some pictures.

Lexie - October 12, 2015

Hey Mom!
Holy smokes I love the pictures. Jacob looks so grown up, kind of freaks me out a little bit lol. Yesterday was sundayand I made an effort with my hair and make up and someone told me that I look about 24 years old.... ugh. Has the mission aged me!? Be honest.. Anyways, How crazy is that! We are all out the country learning and spanish haha. So awesome. I have been praying a lot for your well being this week! Hopefully it hasnt been too weird. I am glad you have John! This week went awesome.... during the week haha. We have some really good investigadors right now. I am pretty much posotive Iris and Darinel will get baptized in this transfer. We have aothers that are really awesome people but that are progressing a lot slower. havent quite understood the importance of the gospel. One of those investigadors is Christopher, holy smokes that kid makes me want to pull my hair out! He is so awesome mom, and we found him in an awesome way. He ALWAYS reads and says his prayers an he has finally started going to church with us and went to a family home evening we had last night. Anyways, he is awesome, but he says he doesnt feel like he needs or wants to be baptized. We think he is scared to make the changes. But at the same time I know he hasnt been able to fully understand the restauration. Anyways, honestly one of the most frustrating things in the mission is meeting people who are so so special and that feel the spirit in the lessons but they still decide not to accept it.... we are going to keep teaching him and see what happens! Pray a lot for Hermano Christopher so God can touch his heart!


Funniest thing the other day we were walking down the street and a guy comes up to us and gives us alittle card, we accepted it and he flipped it over and it said something about how he was deaf and was asking for money. He was a super strange character but his acting wasnt very good because I started talking to him and well.... he obviously understood and heard everything that I said haha. So I guess he needs to practice a little more. We had divisons with some of the hermanas this week and I was with hermana cook. That is the second DAY in my whole mission that I have worked with an american, but it was super fun. She is the hermana that is like world class violin player and is studying music at the university of utah. In all the lessons she sang the alto part of the hymns and it was super fun. Everyone made us sing more than one hymn lol. I cannot tell you how much I would have liked to know how to play piano during my mission. I need to really work for that goal when I get home because I am sure learning now is going to be a lot harder than before but you should ask around if there is someone that would be willing to give me lessons. And then you can help me practice lol, but the whole lessons with your mom thing never works how we want it to lol. And we should start playing out flutes more, I dont want to forget how!


Hmmmm...what else happened this week. not sure what else to write right now. It was a good week and we are working lots. I love my area and everything about being here. I am just happy and going to enjoy what I have left! I love you tons! Have an amazing week and hopefully you are online for a second!


Love, Hermana Baer