Faith in the Lord is more than just a belief, its what we do

Dear Family,

I am super happy! This week was so wonderful! We had many miracles happen. First of all, we had Stake Conference and then interviews with our mission president. We also, contacted a lot of great people and worked a lot with the members. My companion is so wonderful. She teaches me so much. I love her enthusiasm for the work and her energy every morning when we wake up. When the alarm clock goes off she throws her pillow at me and says, "Wake up. It's a new day. Lets pray!" haha She is wonderful!

This week was very hot and very very very humid. Its only spring time... I wonder what summer is going to be like!!! Today its raining though. What a miracle it is.

This week we were supposed to have the baptisms for Belén y Fernando y Sofía but they all three decided at the last moment that they weren't ready. It was a little disappointing... Okay, very disappointing, but we are going to keep going!! They are ready, but they need to discover for themselves that they have received an answer! Satan always tries to put thoughts of doubt into our minds. He knows us very well and knows where and how to attack us. But we aren't going to let him get into the way of these wonderful families!!!

This is the last week of the transfer! The time is going by so fast. We are going to work hard and work with the Spirit. We are trying to help our investigators, Fernando, Belén, Sofía, Sofía, Moira, Fermín, Rosa continue to progress.

This last two transfers here in Santa Rosa have taught me a lot. I am not the same as I was 3 months ago. I have learned a lot here in Santa Rosa.  One of the things that I am learning is to have faith. Faith that miracles can and will happen. Faith that this is The Lord's work and that he can change lives. I am not talking about faith in things that are not seen but are real, but Faith that Jesus Christ is our savior. He really lives and knows who we are. The work here in Santa Rosa is slowly moving forward and we are planting many seeds. I know that those seeds will grow. This is the Savior's church and he wants all of his siblings to return to Him. Because of this love, he will give all of us the chance to accept the Gospel.

I love this Gospel. I know that his Church is the Church of Jesus Christ. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet. I know that miracles can happen. Faith isn't just something we believe, its something we do. When we have faith in the Savior, we believe that his commandments are real and then we act with hope that we will receive those blessings.

I love you all so very much!!!

Hermana Susana Zubeldia

It's been very hot. It finally rained, and it was a relief.

Temple blessings

Dear Family,

¡Hola!

I LOVE being a missionary! This week was super busy. My companion and I have been so busy that we get home so exhausted...it might be that we walk a lot! I think we walk like 10K each day! I wouldn't be surprised actually.

This week we have interviews with Presidente Parreño and then we have Stake Conference on Saturday and Sunday. And then the next week after that is the last week of the transfer. The weeks are flying by really fast.

This week we had some amazing experiences.  First of all, we have two investigators (Belén y Fernando) that are getting baptized this Friday! They are a married couple who have been meeting with the missionaries for a year or so. They are really prepared but the wife is a little nervous. We are praying that she and her husband can make the wonderful decision to get baptized this Friday!

And then, after contacting for many days we found this amazing family on Friday. The mother and her son came to church on Sunday. We are hoping to meet with them again and talk to the husband. They are very receptive to the Spirit and the son and mom both accepted to get baptized! Heavenly Father really has people prepared to hear the gospel! I love serving here in Santa Rosa! It truly is a city of miracles. My companion is also amazing. Each day I learn from her as she does her little acts of kindness. She is always willing to lend a helping hand to everyone we meet.  I hope that I can learn from her!

It rained the other day, after a very hot day.

The weather this week was hot and humid! I can't imagine what summer is going to be like here. The summer hasn't officially started yet either!  Its great though because I am getting a nice tan line :)

This week we have been teaching a lot about the temple. Yesterday in church my companion and I taught about temples and family history in the gospel principles class. I am so grateful for the temple. The blessings of the temple are available to all who change their life around to be worthy to enter. As we keep ourselves worthy to enter the temple we are preparing ourselves to return with our Heavenly Father again. The temple is the house of The Lord.   I love the temple and can't wait to enter again. If you haven't been to the Temple lately I invite you to do so. If you haven't been inside the Temple, I invite you to prepare to enter. It will change your life. Thanks to the restoration of of the Gospel and the restoration of the priesthood we can be sealed as families forever!

I love you all so much!

Alma 37:46 (last line) actually you can read Alma 37:38-47

Hermana Susana Zubeldia

La Pampa is different from other areas in Argentina

It is Spring time!

Typical Santa Rosa road

Santa Rosa streets

No mountains here. Tandil was all mountains.

Santa Rosa....i love it heres

Dear Family,

I love Santa Rosa so much.  I am so happy here. I am excited to continue to work this week and see miracles.  We are working a lot with the members and are finding many great people who are willing to hear our message.

This week we are going to refocus our efforts and align our work with the vision to help those who want to learn more.  This week is going to be amazing.  My companion is great. I didn't mention this two weeks ago but I am staying here another transfer haha.

This week we worked a lot with the members to visit many of our investigators.One of our investigators is named Sofía. She went to the General Conference session on Sunday and loved it. She had accepted to get baptized this last Saturday but for some reason she has postponed it for another week. We were a little disappointed but we know that she is feeling the Spirit more and more each time we meet with her. This week we talked with her about the temples and showed her a lot of pictures of the different temples. A member, her friend and neighbor, shared with Sofía her testimony of the temples. Sofía loved the temples and said that she would love to be sealed to her husband who passed away 4 years ago. I know that Sofía is progressing. Her daughter, is also warming up to us. Her daughter's name is Sofía too and she is in her early 20s.

I love you all so very much. I know that this Church is true. I now that the Book of Mormon is another testament that our Savior is the savior of the world. I know that as we have faith and keep working miracles happen. I know that happiness really is when we share the Gospel with those we love. I love Argentina and I love each one of you.

Love,

Hermana Susana Zubeldia

Una abuelita nos dió rosas! :)

Me and my companion!

Last week Soraya said it was princess day! So for my birthday we went to the park and I took these pictures in honor of Princess Day! :)

HAPPY PRINCESS DAY!!!!

Happy Birthday from Argentina!!

Dear Family,

Sorry that this letter is going to be short. I spent my time talking to Mami and Soraya through chat!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I can't believe that I am now 22 years old! Where does the time go by? Yesterday it hit me... in 8 years I will be 30! Yikes! :)

Conference was absolutely amazing! I felt that the talks were all for me. I really liked the talk about staying on the boat and holding on with both hands and the need to wear a life jacket! The gospel is the only thing that will keep us stafe and on the course to our heavenly father again. We are on a journey here on earth and need to stay on the boat so that we can live in the Celestial kingdom. As we trust in the Lord we can know that everything will be okay. This week I have learned a lot about Faith and trust in the Lord. I can't wait to read the talks from conference!!!

I love you all! Thank you for all your support and birthday wishes! Dont worry, I will celebrate a great birthday!!

Hermana Susana Zubeldia

Tuvimos divisiones con las hermana entrenadores!

Our ward mission leader has a sign outside of his house. He named his property: Helamán and Teáncum. What a great missionary family!!

It rained a little yesterday during Conference.

We had a little trouble trying to cross the streets.  Haha :)

My umbrella broke yesterday... Goodbye umbrella!

The garbage containers here are really creative! :)

My birthday this morning.

It's not a two on my head but a Z

She made all the crowns and the flower for me!

The flower of paper my companion made for me

Me hugging my companion this morning :) She is a great companion!

Miracles in Santa Rosa

Dear Family,

Well, this week has been wonderful. Yesterday, Sunday, was a very special day for me. All the talks in church talked about our purpose in life and about the reason as to why we need to continue our life with faith and hope.

I love being a missionary! I love sharing the Gospel and I love helping people come unto Jesus Christ. The work here in Santa Rosa, Argentina is moving forward really fast. We have been seeing many miracles and have been blessed in so many ways. Our investigators are progressing and moving forward.

My companion is wonderful. I'm so blessed to work with Hermana Godoy.  She teaches me everyday. I admire her desire to serve and her hard work. She had a lot of challenges before the mission and yet she was determined to serve the lord. I pray that one day her family will see what a wonderful daughter they have! I love her so much!

This week my companion and I talked a lot about the purpose of baptism.  During my study time yesterday I was studying about Sin and the need to be baptized and to receive the holy ghost.

Why are we baptized? This is a quesiton we ask many people. Many people are "baptized" when they are babies. Baptism isn't an inauguration ceremony into a certain church. Baptism is for the remission of sins.  Jesus Christ was baptized because he wanted to show us they way to  how we can return to live with our Heavenly Father again. When we are baptzied we are cleasned from sin! After are are baptized we receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost sanctifies us. The Holy Ghost is also refereed to as baptism by fire.

For example, when we want to clean a pacifier we put it in water. But if we want to purify it we put it into boiling water. This cleansing process purifies the pacifier.  Just like this process, when we are baptized we are cleansed, and when we receive the Holy Ghost we are sanctified.

I know that our Heavenly Father loves us so much. I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior. It is because of him that each of us can change. It doesn't matter how old you are or where you live, we all can change and repent and try harder tomorrow. I know that people can change. I have seen miracles happen.  All it takes is faith in Jesus and determination to change.  Just like my brother Pablo said, The gospel is for everyone!

I love you all so very much! Have a great week!!

Hermana Susana Zubeldia

Hermana Godoy and me in the locutorio writing to you this morning.

Celebrating Hermana Williams' birthday

Summer is now here in Santa Rosa!!!

Dear Family,

This was a great week! My companion has been sick with the flu the past 4 days but she is doing a lot better today. We have been staying inside so that she can sleep because she hurts all over. I hope that she gets better!  Besides her being sick we have had a fantastic week!

We have been trying to work really hard with the investigators that we have. None of them could come to church yesterday but we are still going to work with them. Here is a summary of what we did this week:

Lunes (Monday)
For P-day we went to the laguna and spend a few hours strolling and talking. It was such a beautiful day and there was almost no one at the "lagoona" (English spelling?).

Martes (Tuesday)
We had district meeting! Hermana Loza was able to accompany us to two lessons and was able to bear amazing testimonies. One of the people we visited is a man who said that he has been on the search his entire life for the true church of Jesus Christ. Hermana Loza bore her testimony as to how reading the Book of Mormon changed her life and helped her find the true church. The man invited us back this next week to talk more about the Book of Mormon! I know that if he has a real desire to know if the Book of Mormon is true he will find out. His life long search is about to end!

Miércoles (Wednesday)
We had Lunch with a recent convert and she made us meat bread. It was really good! It was just like eating hamburger. We also were able to visit our investigator Sofía who is progressing so much! She loves reading the Book of Mormon and always reads what we leave her. We are now helping her recognize the spirit and the answers to her prayers.  We also had a beautiful lesson with our young investigator couple, Romina and Francisco! Francisco accepted to be baptized and now we are helping them get married! I love seeing their desire to get married.

Jueves (Thursday)
We had a beautiful FHE "Family Home Evening" with a family in our ward and Rosa and her family. Rosa, our investigator loved the FHE, specially the movie on the Restoration.  I hope that she starts to recognize the spirit and starts to read the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is the key to everything we do! We can't help someone become converted if they don't read the Book of Mormon.

Vienes (Friday) Sábado (Saturday) and Domingo (Sunday)
We stayed home because my companion was sick

During my study time yesterday I studied Alma 31-33. Read it and think about how you can increase your testimony.

Hoy (Today)
This morning we were able to go out a bit and visit a less active and an inactive family that we are trying to reactive. Its was great! We went food shopping and now I am emailing you!

I love you all!  Have a great week!!!

Hermana Susana Zubeldia

Me and my district

Me and Hermana Vera! I can't believe she finishes her mission today!!

Do you think we look good with these glasses??

Me and Hermana Williams

Me and my companion when we found out we have another transfer together!!! haha my companion is actually sick and wasn't looking at the camera :)

Good morning! This is us this morning!

May we never tire of doing good

Dear Family,

This has been a great week!!!!  I love being a missionary! This week is officially 15 months on the mission!! Where on earth does the time go? It definitely goes by way too fast! Each day on the mission is a miracle. Each day my companion and I go out and talk to everyone. One may say that we do the same thing everyday. "How crazy!? Don't you wish you could go home and take a break?" Honestly, no. I love being a missionary and I love studying, teaching, testifying, finding, talking to the members, and walking everywhere we go!!

This week my companion and I saw many miracles!! Yesterday, after weeks of working, 5 investigators came to church!!! I want to share with you one miracle that happened on Tuesday. After lunch we asked the hermana who invited us over to go out with us. After 40 minutes we didn't find anyone home or interested in listening to us. As we walked the hermana home she said she wanted to introduce us to her son's friends, Francisco and Romina. Romina is a less active and she and Francisco are about to get married. They were very happy to see us and accepted to listen to us. On Sunday they came to church!! They loved it!  Miracles happen when we work with the members.

Yesterday, after talking to a member about a reference he gave us told us to never tire of doing good. In D&C there is a scripture that says, Por tanto, no os canséis de hacer lo bueno, porque estáis poniendo los cimientos de una gran obra. Y de las cosas pequeñas proceden las grandes. (D&C 64:33)

May we never tire of doing good. Every act we do for good will one day be compensated. From the little acts each day miracles will happen. Its like the parable of the 12 virgins, little by little, drop by drop we add oil to our lamps for when the time comes that the Savior appears we will be ready. De las cosas pequeñas proceden las grandes!!!

Have a great week family!
I love you all so very much!

Hermana Zubeldia

We made cinnamon rolls y Sopa Paraguaya