Week One

The MTC is great and the plane ride was okay. I couldn’t sleep. But when I was waiting to board the plane from Atlanta to Argentina a huge group all from Salt Lake came in and I wasn’t alone! The MTC is gorgeous and is literally right on the temple grounds. I love how I get to see the temple every day and recognize all the blessings that I have received in my life. In the CCM there is a big fruit basket of fresh fruit every day and it is so good and amazing. That is what I always snack on. And there is meat with every meal so Reagan you would love the food here. The only thing is that they don’t have anything spicy. At all! They also always have fresh squeezed strawberry juice, pineapple juice and orange juice always. It is muy bien!

When you see the MTC building it is all white and looks like it is housing for the temple. There are Latinos everywhere at the MTC, There are only 76 missionaries here at the Argentina CCM. It is nice to have a small number because it is more individual with learning and we all see each other every day and it just makes the environment not as much overwhelming. We found out that our MTC changed to this location because the president of all the MTCs changed the way of teaching and he needed fresh Americans that didn’t know much Spanish to be the guinea pigs for this location and it has been great! I love my Presidente Benton and his wife. They are so sweet. 

Every morning I hear these weird sounds because we all sleep with the windows open because though the air conditioning works it is expensive to make it run all day long and night. I hear birds chirping and horses neighing every morning. Haha. It is so fun because I feel like I am in a tropical forest. 

My Spanish is okay and getting better. It is very hard to speak Spanish because I know words but making sentences at the top of my head is what I’m struggling with and all of the conjugations. But I know the more I study, the more I will learn the language. I will be better soon. Today we are going to the temple and it will be my first Spanish session! Yay! I cannot wait to see the inside of it. 

Funny Story. Haha. Hermana Jarvis is my companion btw and she is from Kansas City and is serving in the Nueqen mission. My last day in the MTC will April 19. Anyway on with my story. Haha. Hermana Jarvis asked me if I know what that Hermanas name is and I said La hermana en la verde. And she thought her name was Hermana in the green. I was dying in laughter, it was hilarious. Well I love you all! Have a great rest of your week!
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P.S. Im going proselyting next Saturday and I am so scared. I’m hoping the gift of tongues is helping me big time next week! Haha. Out in the streets. 

My First Foto is Hermana Barnes and I on the airplane to Argentina. Such a long Flight!

 Second foto is the missionaries that are assigned to my missiion, Buenos Aires Sur!

My Third foto is Hermana Jarvis  and I in front of the temple.  

My fourth foto is Me! You have to have fun on the mission. Lol. 

My District also is one of the pictures. Haha. And then all the rest are lovely pictures of what i see every day. 

Cucumber Trees!  They have ugly fruit! 

 Found our mission on the map!

The spirit is so strong at the MTC. Feeling it every day and listening to Jeffrey R. Holland speak to us in a devotional makes me want to exceed and not cheat myself. You have to convert yourself before you convert anyone else.