2 months 9/9/24

Hola a todos! This week was pretty great and I'm starting to get in the groove of this missionary thing. As of yesterday I've been a missionary for 2 months! Time is literally not real here and I have a feeling I'm gonna wake up one morning and it's all gonna be over, so I'm making the most of every day!🤩 #grindneverstops😤


This week I did my first intercambios with Elder Hinckley from Dallas Texas⚒️. He's super cool and it was fun to see a different area, apartment, and missionary in the works for a day🎸🗽.

There's a treat here called Alfajores, which is like and they are BANGER, especially the white ones. They also have meat and bread and juice a lot and me gusta mucho😋🍴🫎 Today my comp made us asado which is the special delicious Argentinian barbeque🤯🥳

One of our friends Sabastian has a baptismal date but we have to postpone it so we are working hard with him. Another friend is Luna who is 18, and we put a baptismal date for her this week. Her little sister Mia who is 9 also said she wanted to be baptized by Elder Cook so that was crazy and awesome!😆🌊

We played fútbol friday night and I absolutely smoked all 2 people who showed up 😉⚽️🏆(🥲)

I've realized this week that I am just a little person with silly little person abilities. But through Christ and the Holy Ghost's sanctifying power, I can be a great missionary, even with my limited spanish skills, knowledge, and experience. Wherever you are at in life, you can be made strong through His power, and that's what everything in the Gospel and Church is for: to strengthen us in this life and help us become like Him in the next. Trust in Him and all will fall into place. 

Ether 12:27 - And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give gunto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them. 

Sorry that email was kind of long, but love you all! Have a great week! Thanks for all of the prayers and support!

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