February 14-February 20, 2017
This week has been amazing!!! The Palavecino Family got baptized!!! The mom Natalia, the father Pablo, and their two oldest daughters Ipi and Mika!!!! It was such a blessing to be see them make such wonderful promises with our Heavenly Father!! Even though they are still building their house and trying to get at least one room done so that they can take shelter in their own space they knew that the blessings of making this amazing covenant outweigh anything else they could ever do. Nati told us yesterday that now she feels so much more confidente about the future and ¨Es segura¨ because she know Heavenly Father will provide it all! We also had a member of the 70 come visit us in our consejo de los lideres and I learned SO MUCH!! it was awesome!! After the conference President chose 4 missionaries to represent the mission in a video that would be used to capacitar mision presidentes in Buenos Aires and the rest of Argentina! He ended us choose the assistances and US, my companion and I!!! We were asked a few questions about how we felt in the conference and what we learned. I won't lie the first question they asked me was how I felt and I almost starting crying with joy as I explained the spirit I felt and how grateful I was to be apart of the Lord´s work. One of the last questions Elder Teixeira asked us was, ¨What advice would you give to a new missionary?¨ I responded with, ¨I would tell them to enjoy every second of their mission because ¨jamas¨ will we have another opportunity to be so blessed to work with the Lord side by side in His vineyard. Never again in life will we be blessed just for getting up at 6:30 in the morning so love every minute of it.¨ Sunday the family Palavecino got confirmed and Sister Teixeira (who was born in Africa and speaks portagis and english) asked me to translate for her in front of the congregation. So i did! It was an awesome experience and I will never forget it. In her testimony she spoke right to Ipi (12 years old) and explained how she got been eating at a restaurant and there was a young girl siting with her parents and grandparents and the whole time she was on her cellphone. She explained that she wanted to see what was so important and looked over her shoulder and that it was all trash, that she was liking whatever post on facebook or instagram. Sister Teixera said that she couldn't help but feel sad thinking of how she misses her father and grandma and how all she wanted to tell the girl was, ¨Talk with them! Don't waist the time you have¨ She lifted up the for the strength of the youth booklet and said. I don't think she had this. She began to tell all the young teens that they need to draw close to the Lord that they need to follow his teachings and follow the counsels in for the strength of the youth. She testified and I translated every word. At the end she dedicated her personal true to the faith that she had in her wallet and gave it to Ipi. The palavecino family is soooo amazing and they are sooo converted to the gospel!! They are going to get sealed in a year in the temple for all time and eternity!! And I´m planning on being there along with my companion :)
Hope you all have a great week and love your families!!! They are a blessing!!! Thank you for all your prayers and support!! Remember that you are all children of our Heavenly Father and that HE LOVES YOU!
Hermana Jarvis
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| Palavecino Family got baptized! |
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| Pablo & Natalia and their two oldest daughters Ipi and Mika |
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| Training with Area President, Elder Teixeira, in Bariloche! |
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| Training with Area President, Elder Teixeira, in Bariloche! |
