MISSIONARY MOMENTS:
SISTER ADAMS:
What's good in the hooooood?
This week was so busy! I arrived at 2pm and by 5 pm we were out working!! And we have already seen the blessing of working hard!!
So my companion Hermana Crofts is such an amazing missionary! I feel like I have already learned SO much from her in just one week!! She is so loving and you can just see how much she loves the people and this work! We are working hard with all of the recent converts and the investigators that we have.
Milagro of the week: We have two recent converts, Sandra and Muriel (mother and daughter). In this family the father and son want absolutly nothing to do with the church, but they both came to the baptism for Sandra and Muriel. We learned that Sandra has been praying and asking the Lord to soften the hearts of her son and husband.. well, the husbad watched all four sessions with her and her daughter AND then he went to the preisthood session all by himself!! WE talked to him after one session and he said the talks were so beautiful and powerful!! WE are so excited! They are such a great family. We are hoping to pass by and talk with the husband and ask him what he thought!
This truly IS the Lords work and I am so happy and loving the opportunity I have to see HIS hand in everything!! I am so grateful that we were able to watch and hear from our beloved Prophet. How exciting that we will have 4 more houses of the Lord in the world. Ourt mission moto is prepare the Patagonia for a Temple. We are working and praying for the pepple here in this mission so that these wonderful people can one day have a temple near to them . We are so lucky to have the gospel in our lives and all the many blessing that it brings.
I am so grateful to my wonderful family and friends for the great examples you have been to me in my life! I hope you guys loved conference as much as I did!!
Have a wonderful week.
con amor,
Hermana Adams
Another week… and another P-day,
Another week… and another P-day,
Yesterday Hermana Crofts and I were talking and we decided that our bodies seem to know when it’s almost PDay.. Our area is VERY big, so we are walking a lot of the day and by the end of the day we are just so tired!! It's always good to come home after being so tired from working.
This week we learned how to make Pan y Ñoquis! :) We spent the morning on Saturday with one of our Recent Converts (Sandra y Muriel) because they really wanted to teach us how to make bread and ñoquis. We each made our very own loaf of bread (and mine came out better! ) They gave us the recipes and then we had lunch with them. They are such a great family!!
So… it turns out that there are quite a few dogs here.. Well, there is an Hermana in the Ward who has a dog that just follows her EVERYWHERE. So when she goes to church this dog comes along and sits outside by the door. At any and every opportunity this dog tries to sneak inside to the meetings. Well, during sacrament meeting the dog got in to the foyer and was scratching at the chapel doors … we were sitting in the front row, right next to the doors. We tried to ignore the scratching, and then all of a sudden the dog is on its hind legs and looking in through the little window. We looked over at him and I was trying so hard not to laugh! hahahahah Someone came in late and sat in the back (and the dog’s owner was sitting in the very front next to us) well the dog came in when the door opened and walked along the isle searching the rows to find her.. Now there’s something you don’t see everyday!! hahah it was so funny!!
I met two more of our investigators this week. Two little girls names Valentina and Milagros. Vale as she is called is 13 and Mili is 8.. They are SO cute and they need lots of love. They live with their grandparents because their mom has had some challenges and now she doesn’t have custody of them. Their grandparents are almost never home.. so Vale is in charge of watching and finding food for her three younger siblings. It’s honestly so sad but they are amazing kids. It’s very humbling to see the way this little 13 year old cares for these children. They ALWAYS want us to sing hymns.
Before I arrived, the Hermanas had taught them about the Plan of Salvation. When we stopped by the other day we could only talk with Mili and decided to ask her about God and what she thinks he is like… She said that He is fun and He is probably sad because we aren’t living with him right now :) She is a very smart 8 year old and remembers a lot! She says that we were invisible because we didn’t have bodies, when we lived with him before we came to earth. The little girls want to be baptized it’s hard to be so young and not have support of parents to help them stay active. We are going to keep visiting them and just show them love. They need someone that they can count on.
I have considering the blessings that have always been a part of my life. We are so lucky to live where we do, to be able to get an education, have the opportunities and the many things we do. In Argentina, it is VERY common to see 15 year olds with a toddler. A lot of kids smoke, drink and do things that 14 year olds shouldn’t do.. It’s very humbling to see their circumstances and it also gives me hope and I pray to find and teach these people that they can change and choose to be different from the rest. There are so many who simply follow the examples of those around them in Argentina… I am grateful everyday for this chance to share my knowledge and testimony of the gospel and to be an example of the happiness that comes from living what we teach.
I hope everyone has a great weekend. Count your blessings everyday!!
Hermana Adams
The weeks are flying by!!!!!!!!!
This week on Monday we found a new investigator, her name is Jessica. She has several different challenges that she needs to overcome but she is VERY honest, never has been baptized and wants to go to church. We taught her and invited her to get baptized! She agreed and we have a great feeling about her!
Yesterday I gave a talk in Church 
Every 4th Sunday is Missionary Sunday.. So I talked, Elder Clark talked (District Leader) and then our Mission Leader talked. My topic was El Libro de Mormon and the role for missionaries. I re-read the talk given by Elder Holland in 2009. We have used the Mormon Message of him and this talk before and everytime we do it just gives me the chills and makes me tear up. We are so lucky that the Lord loves us SO MUCH that He gave us ANOTHER book of scripture to provide guidance for us!!
I love 2 Nephi 29:8-9
8. Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive more of my word? Know ye not that the testimony of two nations is a witness unto you that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto another? Wherefore, I speak the same words unto one nation like unto another. And when the two nations shall run together the testimony of the two nations shall run together also.
9. And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak forth my words according to mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken one word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is not yet finished; neither shall it be until the end of man, neither from that time henceforth and forever.
A lot of people here are Evangélicas and Católicas... And they don't want to accept the Book of Mormon or they just try and find scriptures in the Bible that say we can’t have other books.. It's really hard. But we are trying really hard to help them see the importance of having a second witness of Christ. I have discovered a new love for the Book of Mormon! It has the power to change lives! It has changed mine!! I understand more now as I read it than I did before. I love reading it and thinking of my purpose as a missionary and how I can apply everything to missionary work!
Next Pday we are having a 'Super' PDay.. Which is just a really long Pday and we get to go and do something special! For our Super Pday we are going to Gaiman. It is a really pretty little town about two hours from where we are. We don’t really know what we are going to do there, for sure, and we will have a big Asado as a Zone and play games. The last super Pday they went and saw the Penguins!! Go figure it was the Pday before I got here.. I JUST MISSED IT!
Fun fact about Gaiman... It's known for it's Tea House.. In Argentina they have a thing where during the middle of the day, EVERYONE drinks tea… So in Gaiman there is a place to have tea and it's about 200 pesos for a cup of tea and cake and some tarts.. kind of pricey, but hey, that's Argentina..
Well I hope everyone is doing good and enjoying spring!!
Con amor,
Hermana Adams
ELDER DRAPER
Hello Everyone,
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Elder Draper is now home!! ELDER TANNER JORGENSON 
Elder Tanner Jorgenson
So pretty unexpected news, Elder Cox is leaving! Pretty disappointing to have him go after only 1 transfer but I honestly do know it's for the best! Maybe we goofed off a little too much hahah. My new companion is Elder Sam Newman from MURRAY UT. I literally sat next to this guy in English. How crazy is that haha?
I'm pretty psyched for this next transfer, even though it'll be sad to see E Cox go on Wednesday. I really do love being right where I'm at right now though. The gospel works and mission presidents are inspired!
We did exchanges with the Zone Leaders earlier this week, we blitzed campus so essentially there were 6 elders split contacting all over campus today haha. But we hit our goal of teaching 70 lessons this week which was really solid. We got a couple return appointments out of it so we'll see how those go. The hard thing about this area is that we teach a ton of lessons but finding someone who's willing to take time away from studying and friends to meet up is tough! But if nothing else, I'll plant plenty of seeds for the future in the rest of my time here.
Rebekah was unable to come to church this week because of midterms, so that was disappointing as well but we're still keeping in contact! Life is good! Love you all!
Have a great week.
Elder Jorgensen
308 Forest St Apt #5
Madison, WI 53726
yeah so it's not really summer but it sure as heck feels like it! The last couple days have been consistently in the upper 70s and totally clear, and walking around in white shirts in the humidity is kind of horrible. Summer (when it actually gets hot) is going to be rough here on campus!
Other than that though it's been an awesome week, we met with Rebekah and committed her to a "soft" baptismal date for May 21st. She's pretty unsure about it but she's hoping to get an answer about the Book of Mormon by then. And she's reading even with school conflicts so that's awesome!
Saturday we basically just tried to do a ton of less-active visiting across the city. It was pretty rough because we found out that like half of the people we were trying to find had moved and the rest weren't home. One of the perks of trying to work with students I guess! Anyways I'm pretty sunburnt from biking and walking everywhere.
It's been great though! Elder Newman and I have been working hard and my testimony has definitely grown as a result. I know that the gospel of Jesus Christ is real and blesses lives. We're praying for miracles every day and are loving planting seeds of faith with amazing new people every day. Love ya'll and talk to you next week!
Elder Jorgensen
308 Forest St Apt #5
Madison, WI 43726
-We've bowled on P-day like the last 3 weeks, it's been a blast haha
So this week we worked hard and got a couple new investigators, from China and India. I love the members of this ward - we talked to on older Chinese man named Jie on the street the other day and he speaks VERY little English. But when we told him our church building was RIGHT there (we were across the street from the institute) he was super excited to come try it out. When he arrived Sunday morning Xi Lu, a recent convert himself, jumped right up and welcomed him, and talked him through everything. When we talked to Jie afterward all he said was "I feel good." The spirit that exists in a group of people worshipping God is very real! Sometimes I think we take those basic "good" feelings for granted - at the end of the day, that's the best way to describe the spirit. We don't always understand it, but we do know it's good.
Well other than that not a lot happened this week! Rebekah is doing well, she definitely has some concerns to work through but she has the desire in her heart to know the truth and she feels good about her path right now. Elder Newman and I have been working hard and even though college students rarely have softened hearts our efforts have been worth it! Talk to you all next week!
Elder Jorgensen
308 Forest St #5
Madison, WI 53726
--Pictures of our new loft lighting system and foxes chillin on campus! Spring is sweet
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