The Lord`s Time :)
March 7, 2016

I`m short on time today, but it has been a crazy week! I had to travel to Quilmes this week for a Leadership Meeting and it`s a 7 hour trip! Plus, I guess it`s expensive to travel from Villa Gessel to Quilmes, so they sent me on my own! I traveled with 2 other Elders, the Zone Leaders here in the Coast, and my companion stayed behind with the Sisters in Villa Gesell B! It was definitely a new experience being without a companion at my side, very lonely! But now I`m back in Villa Gesell with Hermana Lemos :) 

Yesterday, our Branch had a Talent Show! It had a great turn out! Lots of members and less active members showed up :) My companion and I, along with the Sisters of Villa Gesell B, did a skit about a lifeguard saving a little girl from drowing at the beach. It was quite the site :) Other members sang, did comedy, and the Young Men and Young Women did a musical number using random household items as instruments! It was a fun time :)

I was out of my area for 2 days and then I had an intercambio with Hermana Cannon! We had a fun time working together in Villa Gesell B :) It has been kind of a slow week, not being able to work in my area much, but I found a scripture in D&C 123:17.

"Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed." 

Everything happens in the Lord´s time :) All we can do is try our best, do our part, and do it cheerfully :) Then God will do the rest! 

Love you all! Take care! 

Con amor, Hermana Orgill

Photos:

1- 4 Generations at the Elder Bednar meeting! :) My "daughter" Hermana Wilson, her "daughter", and so on! 

2- Intercambio with Hermana Cannon!

3- Loving those beach sunrises in Villa Gesell :)

4- Live the Gospel Joyfully :)

The Lord Works in Mysterious Ways :)
February 22, 2016

Well, turns out that our investigator, Julio, is going on a trip to Corrientes, Argentina this week and he doesn´t know when he´ll be coming back! He thinks it will be in about 3-4 weeks. So a big pause has been put on his baptism! He took the Book of Mormon with him though, to read during the trip. So we´ll be praying for him and we´ll see when he gets back :)

We found an amazing investigator this week though! Her name is Karen, she´s 20 years old and the daughter of one of our investigators. We taught her about the Restoration and showed her the Restoration video, the spirit was so strong! She even said the closing prayer to end the lesson, which was the first prayer she has ever said in her entire life! She also came to the sports activity that we had at the church on Wednesday. Best of all, she came to church yesterday!! :) It was amazing! She has a little 2 year-old boy named Alexander and another little one on the way! The only thing is that she´s not married... but she really seems to be feeling the spirit and loving every minute of it! Miracles happen every day, the Lord works in mysterious ways :) 

For P-day today, we went to the sand dunes as a district! It was a blast! And super hot and windy! Now I understand Lehi´s journey through the wilderness with his family a little bit better ;) 

We´re going to hear from Elder Bednar this week, so we´ve been studying some talks from him! Here´s a quote that I really like :)

"Knowing that the gospel is true is the essence of a testimony. Consistently being true to the gospel is the essence of conversion." 

-Elder David A. Bednar

I hope that this is the goal each day that we rise out of bed: To become truly converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ, little by little and step by step. I love you all :) Take care!!

Con amor, Hermana Orgill

Photos:

1- District activity at the sand dunes :)

2- Relief Society Activity with our investigator, Karen :) 

Welcome to the Coast: Villa Gesell A!

February 8, 2016

Transfers!!!

It was tough to say goodbye to everyone in Berazategui and especially to Hermana Magdaleno. I have learned so much during my 6 months in Berazategui and during my 3 months with Hermana Magdaleno! The Lord knew what he was doing when he put us together in an area so amazing! The people, the experiences, and the memories made there will be a blessing in my life forever. I`ll never forget my little piece of Heaven. :)

Now it´s time to get to work! 4 hours away by car, 6 hours away by bus: Welcome to La Costa! I am now in the area of Villa Gesell, on the Coast of Argentina! And can I just say... I am NOT in Quilmes anymore! It´s a whole different world here! It´s going to take some getting used to, but I know it will be amazing! My companion is Hermana Lemos, from Cordoba Argentina. We had a companion exchange while I was in Olmos, so we had already met before! She´s a crack up, we get along great :) So let the adventure begin!

Love, Hermana Orgill

Photos:

1- Mi hijita, Hermana Magdaleno! All grown up :) 

2- My new companion, Hermana Lemos, and I on our way to Villa Gesell :)

3- Guess who I will be sharing a house with in Villa Gesell... Hermana Cannon! :) 

4- The Jancko family

5- The Martinez family

6- The Cardoso family

I´m going to miss my Berazategui ward family!

I LOVE TO SEE THE TEMPLE :)
February 1, 2016

Another wonderful week in the Argentina, Buenos Aires East mission! :) Nothing too out of the ordinary. Oh yeah, except... we went to the temple!! I LOVE the temple :) Every time I go there, I am reminded of the many blessings that our Heavenly Father has prepared for us! All we have to do is live the gospel :) Everything that Heavenly Father has created for us- nature, families, friends- is so that we may have JOY! So let´s live the gospel joyfully :)  

We met a new investigator this week, Sarah. She´s amazing! She´s 22-years old and is very open to listen to our message! We were able to share with her the Book of Mormon and she expressed to us her curiosity towards our church. She told us that she had always passed by the church and felt like she should go in but that it was always closed. She didn´t know that we meet on Sunday´s at 9:30-12-30pm. It´s never a coincidence that we meet people in the street! The Lord has a plan :) 

Today is the last P-day of the transfer, so we went to Burger King and Grido ice cream with our recent convert, Aldana. A fun little treat before transfers :) We´ll see what happens next week!

Have a great week, love you all! :)

Con amor, Hermana Orgill

Photos:

1- Intercambio with my little beefling, Hermana Sánchez :) 

2- Temple trip with Hermana Magdaleno :)

3- My sisters :)

4- P-day with Aldana- Burger King and Grido ice cream!

Zone Temple Picture :)

The Everyday Powers of Christ!

HOT HOT HOT! This week has been super hot outside, up in the high 90´s, with a high level of humidty as well! I´ve never taken the phrase that the members always say to us so seriously: "Caminan por the sombra Hermanas!" (or "Walk in the shade Sisters!") It has been quite the adventure :) luckily the people have pity on us and invite us in to share a message, drink a glass of ice water, and rest for a moment. So that´s always a plus!

We got to teach a new investigator this week, named Gustavo. He´s the husband of a recent convert here and has recently shown interest in listening to the missionaries. So we shared with him and his family a little message about love and unity in home and family. It was great! He even went to church on Sunday, which was quite the surprise, because he´s kind of a stubborn man and refused to wake up early on one of his only days off of work. But anything is possible in the Lord´s work! :)

I had an intercambio with Hermana Cannon this week! I don´t know if some of you remember, but I was in the MTC with Hermana Cannon! We arrived to Argentina the same day! But she had an accident playing soccer and had to go home for a few months, but she´s back now and we got to spend 24 hours together! She´s such a sweet sister and we got to work hard together as a companionship for the first time! 

Today for P-day, we had our Zone Activity. Our Zone leaders planned a big Amazing Race activity, so we were running around Quilmes all morning, looking for the next clue, trying to finish with the best time! My companion and I finished 3rd out of 12, so not bad :) It was a fun experience, even with the heat! Then we all went and got pizza afterwards!

Our District Leader shared something with us in our meeting last week that I really liked:

The Everyday Powers of Christ

Cleansing Power

Healing Power

Restoring Power

Identifying Power

Strengthening Power

Transforming Power

I know, with all my heart, that through Jesus Christ, we can do all things. He has the power to cleanse and heal even the deepest wounds and to strengthen and transform us into the divine beings that we can become :) I love this gospel!

Con amor, Hermana Orgill

Photos:

1- Happy Birthday to our ward mission leader´s wife, Hermana Galvan :)

2- Selfie at the Zone Activity!

3- Loving life with Hermana Magdaleno as my companion :) (she may or may not have told me to put that...)  ;)

Luke 18:15-16

15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
I love seeing little kids make the decision to follow Christ´s example! :) This week, we got to help prepare the baptism of a little girl in our ward named Melisa. She´s from Italy and is the sweetest little thing you´ve ever seen! We had such a fun time decorating and cooking food for the baptism, which was held on Saturday: the day of her 8th birthday! I really do know that we should follow the example of the little children in being more humble, obedient, and full of love each day!

We also had interviews with President Nuñez this week. He talked about being exactly obedient and making goals that will bring us closer to our Heavenly Father and our Savior, Jesus Christ. It helped my companion and I to work even harder during the week to reach our goals and help as many people as possible come to know the Gospel of Jesus Christ! We met an older lady, Maria, and she is absolutely a woman of faith! She loves her Savior and really strives to listen to the spirit. We shared with her the message of the Restoration and, after clearing up a doubt or two about Joseph Smith, she committed to read and pray about the Book of Mormon. That´s all we needed to hear! The Book of Mormon is the best missionary out there :)

All in all, it was a great week! Take care everyone, love you all!

Con amor, Hermana Orgill

Photos:

1- Pringles Street! :)

2- Little Melisa´s baptism! Precious :)

3- Intercambio with Hermana Callis in Gutierrez!

4- Sprinklers! (It´s not swimming, right?) It´s definitely summer time in Argentina! :)

5- Hermana Magdaleno and I after the baptism!