First off.... I'm in Cañuelas... Second of all... I'm not in
Pinamar!!!!! :(
But, I'm needed elsewhere right now and I'm super excited!
I never knew that I would grow to love the people of Pinamar so
much. Four months in that place made me super fond of it. It was my home! I
love the people, I love everything about it and right when I was super super
comfortable, The Lord needed me somewhere else. So here I am in Cañuelas...
There's a bunch of cows and sheep and a cute little center towny thing. My comp
said we buy our milk from a member that has a cow... where am I?? But it's
seriously super nice! I love my new pench and my companion is Hermana Villena.
She's from Peru and is super sweet! I've been here for four hours so I can't
say too much but the transfer from Pinamar to Cañuelas was long and difficult!
haha
Wednesday night I got the call that I was being transferred so
Thursday we spent all day visiting the families and saying bye... hardest thing
of my life. But I know that I will see them again someday. It was all so
bittersweet and I didn't know how hard it would really be until I'm actually
here.. without it all, in a new area. Pinamar will always have my heart.
We started at 3 in the morning on Friday and with no sleep
because I was packing all night... oops!
Then we headed in a small bus with 18 people ( the whole zone) and a good 12 or so
suitcases... yeah we didn't sleep one wink and finally got to the temple. After 7 hours and literally safari riding
through rivers of flooded streets from the huge amount of rain we had! You'd
think Argentina would do something about that but… no, the rain keeps coming
and it just keeps flooding! So we got to the temple and it was so beautiful!
It felt so great to attend after 4 or so months and even more great to go with
all the people I love!
After the temple we said our goodbyes.. to Hermana Blanco...
Hermana Diaz and Hermana Figueroa. We built such a strong friendship that I
will never forget. I was the only one that got transferred. So that's a
bummer but I'm also super excited to see what's ahead in this area! We headed
to a pench of the Hermana's in Banfield and stayed there until Monday morning
doing divisions. Monday morning we headed to the chapel for the transfer
meeting and guess who I saw right away... Hermana Rodriguez!!!!!!!!! We chatted
for a while and I was so happy to see her! The meeting was great and as soon as
it was over I met my companion and we were off. We went from train to train
lifting a bunch of suitcases.... I felt like I had super strength like one of
the members in Pinamar who explained to us the other day that he had the
strength to throw a car.... yeah... Idk. But seriously, it was hard work and the
wheels on my luggage... gone. But it's whatever haha. We're here and I'm super
excited to start the work here! It's a fresh start and I love my companion so
far!
Miguel got baptized Sunday!!!! Miracles Happen!!! I wasn't there
to see it but what a great time I had in Pinamar... I will always remember
it!
This week I had exchanges with Hermana Blanco! We got super wet
and Pinamar was totally flooded.. haha I find it quite fun :)
Well I hope everyone has a great week! I love hearing from
everyone and we will see what Cañuelas has to bring this week! Until next
week!!!
Con mucho mucho amor,
Hermana Barrett
No pictures this week…on a new computer and the pictures would not download. Hopefully she can re-send them next week, then I will add them to this post.
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