So as many know, Presidente Ávila and his family finished their mission of 3 years YESTERDAY. Sad day, no? Well instead of just taking off, and flying back to Buenos Aires, Presidente and his family decided they wanted to do a Leadership P-day "play day" and then haveour Consejo the next day! (: Alrighty! So we headed out Sunday night, stayed the night in the offices, annnd the next day we played sports, games, had an asado, made up HILARIOUS skits, and then while the zone leaders went to a mini-meeting, us hermanas went out to Mendoza Centro to find a decent pizza place! (: Dang, it was WEIRD. A group of sister missionaries "out on the town" hahaha. Nah, not at all, but it was a blast to get together and just have fun as missionaries. So we enjoyed that delicious pizza, and since I was the only one who had served even remotely close to Mendoza Centro, I guided us to the train station, and we took the train back to the mission offices. (:
BUT...Not all ends there. (; The Ávila family was having a dinner with the couple missionaries in the offices, so we went to the nurse´s apartment and bought 3 kilos of ice cream! :D :D :D Hahaha. So yeah. We enjoyed it thoroughly. :P
Then Tuesday morning we get ready for our last Consejo with Presidente. ): And DANG, it was a good one. Long, but so great. I wish I could´ve sent videos, because I´ve got some good ones. We not only sang the mission hymn, but then us leaders gathered around in a half circle and sang Para siempre Dios esté con vos (God Be With You ´Til We Meet Again) to the Ávila family. It was hard, not gonna lie. Hermana Ávila just stood there, crying, and watching all of us sing to her. Then we received permission to hug Presidente, and the elders received permission to hug Hermana Ávila. It was bomb. (:
We then came back to San Rafael and have seen a couple of miracles! (: We´re giving lots of tours of the church, and we have a program going where you put a baptismal date with the investigator right there in front of the baptismal font. It´s a way cool experience. So we found a gal, Belén, a couple weeks ago on a Friday, and she let us right in. She said she´s been waiting for us to pass by, ever since we talked with her in the street. The next day, Saturday, we have a tour of the church, and she was SO excited to be baptized and come to church. She said she was even going to come in a skirt! Haha. It was incredible, because she truly has a great need for the Gospel. She has some problems as well as a baby girl, but she is so ready and willing to change everything. She just hasn´t known HOW to...Until we came along...Well...She didn´t end up coming to church, and after our trip to Mendoza for Consejo, she kind of disappeared. We couldn´t find her, nor did she answer her phone. We stopped by a few times, and nothing...Last night, we decided that we´d pass by just one last time...We ring the bell. Nothing. Wait. Ring again. Wait...FOOTSTEPS. She came to the door!! She was so excited to see us. (: Her phone broke, and she went out to visit her parents during the week. SO we´ll be stopping by again tomorrow to start teaching her more of the Gospel that will change her life. We´re really stoked. (: Plus, our recent convert just received a calling to be the Young Men´s counselor! Which is bomb, because he´s 19, and the president got home from his mission not too long ago. (; So we´ve got our fingers crossed and our knees dirty from praying. (;
WHEW! Okay, now enjoy the bajillion photos that we took. (: This next week will likely have quite a few photos, too, becauuuuse we got a call this morning! Frommm the assistants. Presidente Goats arrived Saturday night, had a charlita with Presidente Ávila Sunday, and Pste. Goats wants to have ANOTHER Consejo--WEDNESDAY. SO...We´ll be having our zone meeting tomorrow morning, lunch with Hna. Cácamo, a lesson with Belén, and then we head out to Mendoza on a 3.5 hour bus ride all over again hahaha. Whoots! We´re gonna meet our new presidente! (:
-Ultimate frisbee!
-You have no idea how dirty and muddy I was...Muddy volleyball. 4hours. I was sore afterwards. (:
-The 2 assistants in the middle, showing us how to play some game...? Haha.
-Predicad Mi Evangelio races
-Me and the comp I JUST left a few days before! Hahaha. We were way tired. (:
-Hna. Cox and Hna.Hales were in charge of a couple donut games. (;
-Playing "Amas a tu vecino?" Do you love your neighbor?
-Hna. Hales loves and misses me. (;
-Elder Pelayo making us an asado!
-BEFORE the pizza came. (;
-Telling stories while waiting for the pizza
-Our 3 kilos of icecream haha
-AGain haha.
-Me and the Ávilas!
-The sister training leaders!
-My first hug in 15 months. (:
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