Dancing in the Rain- Photos :)

1- FHE with Maxi and Maya: Brownies! Yumm :)

2- Completos!

3- District selfie

Dancing in the Rain!

Another rainy week... I got sick Friday from being outside in the rain a little too long on Thursday, so we had to stay inside all day. I was super bored! But my companion took good care of me and I was all better to go out and work the next day. :)

Saturday, we went to a place called Veronica to help the missionaries there with a Tormenta Blanca. There were 10 of us missionaries all together and it was a great time! We did lots of street contacting and a lovely member couple made us empanadas for lunch afterwards.

Yesterday, the sun came out and the weather was PERFECT! It couldn`t have been a more beautiful Sunday :) We had a full chapel! It was amazing! We also had our first ´Family Home Evening´ with Maxi and Maya, two of our English class students. Maxi is a 23 year-old guy who doesn`t have much of a church background. Maya is his 9 year-old sister. We decided to share a message about Jesus Christ, who He is and what He did, which went really well! They were very interested and the spirit was there :) Afterwards, I taught them how to make brownies and we played a quick game of checkers. They are awesome! Little by little, they are coming to know the gospel!

Today for P-day we had our District Activity! We made Completos, a typical food in Chile :) It`s basically a foot-long hot dog with tomato, avocado, and ketchup! Very tasty! We also watched two Disney movies: Big Heroes and Inside Out. It was a fun time :) 

My Grandpa sent me this quote last week and I love it! 

"When you feel like you are DOWN to nothing-- God must be UP to something!"

I couldn`t agree more :) God has a plan for every single one of us! All we need to do is try our best every day, and then wait patiently and faithfully. Heavenly Father always fulfills His promises :) 

Take care! Love you all!!

Con amor, Hermana Orgill

Photos:

1- Happy Birthday to Hermana Dominga and Hermano Martìn!

2- Hermana González and I, ready to go out and work in the cold :)

3- Tormenta Blanca in Veronica

4- Dancing in the Rain!!

Pictures are worth a thousand words :)

1- Playing in the rain puddles :)

2- Ward Family Home Evening with Hermana Meeks :)

3- Asado (BBQ) and Lemon Pie with the Landa family! YUMM

Con amor, Hermana Orgill

The Sky is Falling!

Rain, Rain, GO AWAY! :) After the beautiful weather on Monday, it rained almost all week! Which means 3 things... humidity, lightning and thunder storms, and mud! I couldn´t get my hair to lay flat if my life depended on it, the humidity was so high! On the bright side though, if I was thirsty and needed a drink, all I had to do was open my mouth and suck in the humidity ;) 

Thursday night, my companion and I were woken up by a major lightning and thunder storm! There were so many strikes of lightning happening at the same time that it looked as if it were daytime outside! Then, one morning while we were studying, lightning struck so close to our apartment (maybe it even struck our apartment) that the thunder made the light covering come loose and crash to the ground! Luckily, no one was harmed :) The Lord watches over His missionaries!

And the mud... I think my leg muscles are about 10 times stronger from struggling to bike through the muddy roads! It has been quite the adventure this week :) 

This quote by President Monson is pretty fitting for this week :)

"Though the storm clouds may gather, though the rains may pour down upon us, our knowledge of the gospel and our love of our Heavenly Father and of our Savior will comfort and sustain us and bring joy to our hearts as we walk uprightly and keep the commandments. There will be nothing in this world that can defeat us.

"My beloved brothers and sisters, fear not. Be of good cheer. The future is as bright as your faith."  :)

Here are a few pictures from the week, they´re worth a thousand words ;)

1- Playing the game of strength that Joseph Smith played with his friends and family :) I won this time ;)

2- Zone picture!

3- The light cover that fell inches away from where I was studying! :O

Love you all!! Take care :) 

Hermana Orgill

Sunshine in my Soul :)

What a week :) Monday we ended Pday early to go to the baptism of one of the little girls in our ward, Evelyn. She turned 8 that day and wanted to get baptized right away! My companion and I helped her prepare a few weeks before by teaching her a little more about baptism and confirmation. She´s so sweet! 

Tuesday we had interviews with President Nuñez. He asked my companion and I to read Alma 17, which is one of my favorite chapters in the Book of Mormon! If you haven´t read it recently, I encourage you all to read it :) 

Thursday I taught an English class, and on our way home to the apartment it was pouring rain! Not just a light sprinkle, POURING! We were soaked from head to toe! Luckily it wasn´t too far from home, but as we were walking, a huge strike of lightning lit up the sky right above us! I think we started running after that... but after changing out of our wet clothes and drinking something warm, we got to fall asleep listening to the rain :)

Saturday we taught another English class, and afterwards we had an activity at the church! We played volleyball out back and the weather was perfect! It was very fun, a mix of investigators, missionaries, and members (active and less active)! I loved every minute of it :)

Sunday was fast and testimony meeting, the spirit was very strong during the entire meeting! I´m still the ward "pianist" which is interesting :) We got asked to teach the Gospel Doctrines class at the last minute! Luckily, it was on service, so it wasn´t too hard to wing it :) 

Today we just relaxed, took a breath and enjoyed the sunshine :) it was a pretty good week! Take care everyone, love you all! :)

Con amor, Hermana Orgill

Photos:

1- Hermana González and I with Evelyn before her baptism :)

2- Little Evy and I :)

Mundo Magico! :)

This week was a little bit of a slower week, with it´s ups and downs! Sadly, we had to stop visiting the Cristobal family. :( It breaks my heart, but they stopped progressing because they can´t come to church on Sunday´s. I pray that one day things will change and they can become an eternal family :)  We didn´t get to work as much as we would have liked to this week either! And when we did get to work, no one was home when we went to visit them! This week was the start of Winter Break for the school´s of Argentina, so all of La Plata was out celebrating! 

We spent all day Friday in another meeting with our new mission president, except this one was only for the newer missionaries and their trainers. It was a great opportunity to think of how I can continue to help my companion, Hermana González, feel more comfortable with missionary work and create habits that will help her all throughout her mission! :) We also had delicious, super cheesy pizza for lunch, so that was a plus!

On the bright side: there was a free activity in La Plata to celebrate Winter Break, so we got to go to that with the other Hermana´s in our area! It´s called "El Mundo Magico", or Magic World :) it was basically a cheap version of Disneyland, but it was still super fun! Mickey Mouse was there, and the Disney Princesses, and... Jurassic Park! Kind of an odd mixture. We got some ice cream afterwards too! It was a good day :) 

I tried something crazy this week! We had another Family Home Evening with the Paco Family this week, Rosana and Raul, and they cooked asado for us! (BBQ) Except, it wasn´t just an ordinary asado with chicken and beef! They also cooked Chinchulin, which is cow stomach/intestines! I just about died!! It took some convincing, but my companion and I decided to try it in the end! I think it must be an acquired taste ;) yikes! Haha!

Here´s a quote for the week :) 

"Decide to do something that will have eternal consequences." - Elder Richard G. Scott

(Thanks Grandma)

Take care, love you all! :)

Con amor, Hermana Orgill

Photos:

1- Our last visit with the Cristobal Family, Angie and Brigida 

2- I did not want to eat that... Chinchulin!

3- Mundo Magico with Mickey Mouse :)

4- My new buddy, Fredrico :) watch out, he bites... 

Abrir la boca! :)

Sorry I don`t have a lot of time today! We had our Zone Activity and we all traveled to La Plata to eat at a buffet, so we got back a little late! But it was delicious! Pizza, empanadas, pasta, potatoes, salads, flan, ice cream, and muuuch more! I never want to eat again ;)

My testimony that Heavenly Father is preparing people here in Olmos, Argentina to receive the gospel was strengthened a lot! My companion and I had the opportunity to find 2 new investigators this week, and a whole bunch of possible future investigators! We also had the opportunity to meet our new Mission President. He is amazing! He has such a strong spirit, you can literally feel it right when he walks in the door! I`m very excited to begin this new adventure serving with him in the Argentina Buenos Aires East Mission :)

Here`s my new mailing address:

Hermana Tayler Lynne Orgill

Argentina Buenos Aires East Mission
Rivadavia 599
Quilmes 1878
Argentina

And here`s a quote by Elder Holland to sum up my week :)

"Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don`t come until Heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Christ, they come!"

Con amor, Hermana Orgill

P.S. Our new Mission President lets us drink "Mate" in our apartments now! Mate is VERY popular here! It`s like a type of herbal tea, except I think it tastes like dirty water ;) everyone says it takes time to get used to though! I guess we`ll see :) 

Photos: 

1- One of the little member girls, Camila, wearing my missionary tag :) future sister missionary!!

2- Zone Activity at an Argentine Buffet :) 

3- Hermana Meeks and I- Our first "Mate"