Que privilegio he tenido

Dear Family and Friends,

Our investigator-friend Oscar was baptized this Saturday!!!!! It was a beautiful baptism! His friend who introduced him to the Church 30 years ago was at the baptism and bore a beautiful testimony. Oscar cried with happiness as he came out of the font!

We had a service project with another investigator family. The wife is a member less active and her husband is investigating the Church. They are trying to build their house as fast as they can. We went over on Saturday morning and helped them lay some bricks and move stuff around. We were covered in cement powder after the activity!

We had two great Noches de Hogar (FHE) this week. We had one were the children of the family invited their neighbor friends over. It was a blast. We talked about the meaning of Christmas and watching the He is the Gift video (Él es la dádiva)!!!! I love working with the members!!!

It was really hot this week!!! And sandy! And windy!!! I love the weather. I think I am going to get sick when I get home because of the drastic weather change from hot to cold! 

I really can't believe that this is my last week!! The time has flown by so fast. I am so excited to see you all and give you all hugs! 

Being a missionary for the Lord has been a privilege. The time I have been here, for a year and a half, has been a year and a half that will forever change my life. The things I have learned in serving a mission I never could have learned from going to school, working, or visiting another country.  It is because of this mission that my whole perspecive of life has changed. 

I have come to understand our purpose here on earth and have come to learn that our Heavenly Father really does exist. I know that He REALLY does love us. In John 3:16 it says that becuase of the Love that our Heavenly Father has for us He sent his beloved Son to earth so that we can return with Him again. He has given us our Savior Jesus Christ as the only way we can truly be happy. I know that there are living prophets on the earth again. He has given us guides and directions to follow to be on the correct path again. I know that the Book of Mormon is true. I know that if we read it with real intent to know of its truthfullness and ask our heavenly father in prayer with faith He WILL answer us. Put it to the test. I have.  For the last year and a half this has been my invitation to all of the Argentinian people. 

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the true and Living church of our Savior Jesus Christ. Que privilegio he tenido de poder servir a nuestro Salvador por un año y medio en Argentina! Amo ser misionera y estoy agradecida por poder llevar su nombre sobre mi corazón.

I end this testimony in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Ciao!

Hermana Zubeldia

Message of the week

Dear Family,

We made tons of popcorn this week!!

This week we had lunch with Moira and her dear family!!! They are progressing so well and are feeling the Spirit in their lives. I can't believe how much they have changed these past 4 weeks. They still need to get married but they are working on it right now. We also had lunch with Oscar, another investigator. He invited us and a sister (Hermana Estella Maldonado) in the ward over on Saturday. He made us canalones, and I have to say that they were the best canalones I have had on the whole mission!!! They were absolutely delicious!!! We also went to have lunch with a sister in our ward who just had surgery. She taught us how to make pasta using the empanada dough! They were super good :) This week we had some great lunches! We aren't going hungry at all!

And the best part of the week... Oscar, our investigator, is getting baptized this weekend!!! Oscar, 20 years ago, almost got baptized. Because of some personal events, he wasn't able to. But a month ago, Hermana Godoy and I found him outside his house. We started talking to him and he invited us over again. That was a day before Hermana Godoy left. When Hermana Barker came, we continued to visit Oscar. He has progressed so much. He has stopped smoking and is reading the Book of Mormon. I am so happy to see how much he sees himself changing. He defends us when his friends come over and tells us how much peace he feels at the church. He is so excited to get baptized!!! Tonight we have an FHE with him and a member family. Its going to be great!!

I am so happy to share this gospel. I love to see the change it makes in the lives of those we meet. The change that occurs is that people start to recognize the Holy Ghost and feel their faith growing. I have seen this time and time again as people read and pray about the Book of Mormon. My brother Pablo always talks about the power of the Book of Mormon. Some may say its just another book. But the truth is far from that. This book contains the words of God. The God who created this earth. He has given us instructions on how to return to him and how to have faith on that path. His instructions are contained in the Book of Mormon.

I invite all of you to read this book and ask our Heavenly Father in prayer with REAL intent to know if it is true. I promise you as a Representative of the Savior that you will feel the spirit inside of you tell you of its truthfulness. I know that The Book of Mormon is the word of God. Just like the bible, this book testifies that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior of the World, my Savior, and your Savior.

I hope you all have a great week! I love you!

Hermana Susana Zubeldia

The true Church!

Look...a member gave me a grass head!!! its growing! :)

Hermana Barker, yo, Hermana Morgan y Hermana Williams

My companion and I waiting for the bus

In the colectivo

Waiting for another bus.

Sooo cute!

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