This week was one of the most stressful, yet most rewarding weeks of my entire life! We spent nearly all of our time planning for the wedding recepcion of Maxi and Araceli! We bought the asado, put up the decorations, planned the music, and got everyone invited and the night organized so they wouldn´t have to worry about anything. When they came to the church, we threw rice at them and everything, and we had some great music to dance to as well. Once the cumbia came on, everyone lost their minds and started dancing and wilding out. I managed to see my stake presdient dance like a young kid and when I tried to give my bishop a hug at the end we ended up wrestling each other to the floor while he tried to tickle me hahaha que loco! But it was a great event for all, easily the funnest night of my time here in Argentina
Saturday we cleaned the church and got it ready for the baptisms. I baptized Araceli, and my companion baptized Maxi. It was a super spiritual experience and the look of excitement on their faces was so amazing. Helping this family get married and be together in the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been one of the greatest joys I have had as a missionary. After the confirmation on Sunday, the Bishopric asked them to share their testimonies. They both did a stellar job, and Araceli shared how she felt Heavenly Father and His love in her heart after her baptism. She also shared how when she first starting taking the missionary lessons, she prayed one night before bed and asked if this is the right path to go on. That night she had a dream of her and her family all together in the Church, and she new it was a sign from God that this was His church! That was the first time we learn
ed of this experience she had, and it was incredible to hear her bare her testimony like a pro! We are going to help them prepare for an eternal marriage in the Temple this time next year. In the Church, we don´t believe in only "till death do us part" Instead, the priesthood power to seal a couple and a family together for the eternities has been restored back onto the Earth through the modern-day prophet Joseph Smith
This week I also visited Walmart for the first time down here, and I had a case of deja vu. It felt like I was in the U.S. because it looked like a Walmart from back home, just in Spanish. I started to get confused and seriously thought that maybe I got teleported back home by accident, but before I could get too lost, I walked down the deodorant aisle and saw a dog just chilling there, and had a back to reality moment like "Oh yea, still in argentina" LOL|
Love you all! Que tengan una buena semana!
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