Hermana Conference

Kara was able to attend a Hermana conference and meet all the sisters in her mission. She said she had a great time. She also says the Spanish is coming along better since she is speaking it more. She also reports that her mission is the hardest thing she has ever done! But that she loves Argentina.

Also this last week she says she played soccer for 4 hours on her p-day. So now she is sunburnt and tired but she loved it. Also she says she tried Argentina stake for the first time and loved it. And that she is learning to cook a lot of food.

She also says that there investigator Jorge has set a baptism date for September. She says they had been teaching him for a while (2 months) and finally had a softened heart after hearing someone bear their testimony to him.

This taught me a lesson that I need to share my testimony more often with others. It is good to hear that Kara is doing so well :)

Picture FUN

So Kara must have had extra time this week and sent me a few photos to share with you. I hope you enjoy them since it took a while to get them in the right format to post. The captions below the photos are what Kara wrote about each photo. So Enjoy!When Argentina was playing in the world cup for soccer there was no one on the streets. It was dead and when we clapped at peoples houses they would either get mad or not answer. Argentina lost and a lot of people cried it was really funny they just looked at me and say "you don´t understand how I feel." I said you are very right I don't! Then they would say "well the US lost last week." I would just laugh and say "yo se esta bien (I know all is well)." Oh man I love Argentina :)
I believe this is my 2nd day in the mission I saw this really cool looking plant and wanted a pic those were very hard days I had to get use to walking everywhere everyday and the area is huge but I love it so much now!!!!This is my trip to the Indian ruins it was so much fun. I bought a bag while I was there. The Indians live in these really small mud houses. I learned that the reason missionaries don´t live in mud houses here is because there is a certain beetle that lives in them and if he bites you will have heart problems the rest of your life. Crazy! But our whole zone went it was so much fun. Look I was even taller then the door hahaha
At the Indian ruins they had these cactus's. It's crazy how big they are there were tons. And when we were standing on a ledge one of the Elders shoved one of the dogs and he almost fell off into a field of cactus. I hate dogs but that would have been so so sad to watch!
One of our investigators was telling us she couldn't go to church cause she had to walk behind Mary. I was so confused because there are status every where of Mary but they are in the ground. So how do you walk behind her?? Then I heard music playing this Sunday and realized they walk all around town holding this statue of Mary and playing music. It's super weird but they do it every Sunday. HA HA and they think we have a weird religion!
I don't even know where to start! It was really cold and i put my pants on the mini heater and walked away. I came back in and there was smoke everywhere. I melted my pants and the heater. Our only heater! But it still works it didn't really heat anything up in the first place. That same week while I was at church I was sitting up against a heater and my skirt got burnt. It was so sad I loved that skirt now it looks like a pee stain yuck!!!

This is Hermana Vilma and I eating these buñuelos. They only make them in Jujuy. And they are amazing!! Hermana Vilma is the Relief society president in our ward. Some inactive members came and made them for an activity and they are divine!!

I don't have any baptisms yet but its a work in progress. I made a goal this week to only speak Spanish this is my 3rd day and it is so so hard! But I'm learning so much faster!! The only investigator that is going to church every week is Ariel. And Ariel won't stop doing drugs. We made a potential baptism date for him on the 3rd of October but he needs to stop doing drugs.

We have another investigator named Carmen she has wanted to be baptized for a long time but she wasn't married to her husband. And he has not divorced his first wife. We tried to teach him and have him do the paper work to marry Carmen but he wouldn't. He died about 3 weeks ago. So we were reviewing the discussing for baptism with Carmen and come to find out she doesn't remember any of the lessons. So were re-teaching everything and she is praying to know if she should be baptized. Oh I love Carmen!

Anyways I got to go I love you all. I promise I'm doing my best. Out!! :)

3 Days of Snow

Her is Kara with Hermana Pippia in the snow. Kara said that is snowed for three days and that it is very cold there. Which for me is weird to think about since it has been over 100 degrees in Vegas for the past several weeks. She says that in her apartment they have no heater and that you can see your breath while breathing. She seems to be making the best of it. She reports they are singing Christmas songs in July :)

She says one of the sisters their Herman Ryder has helped her come up with a study program to help her with her Spanish and now she is learning a lot faster. She also says she is loving her mission and the people there.

New companion Hermana Pippia

Hermana Pippia and Hermana Morris. This is Kara's new companion on one of there P-days they went on a hike to some indian ruins nearby in Welcuta . Kara reports she is doing well and that her Spanish is getting better. She says she can now have whole conversations in Spanish and that she can understand more then she can speak.

I'M HERE!

I made it! I am finally here. OK so after my forever flight to Salta Argentina I spent the night with the Hermana missionaries in Salta Argentina until they decided where I was going the next day. The heater was broken in our room so we froze cause its winter here so it gets cold at night and without a heater we might as well be sleeping outside. Then when I went to take a shower there was no hot water. That is why I look so ugly in the picture with the president.

I thought to myself please don´t send me to Salta cause one of us had to stay in that apartment and the other one took a bus to Jujuy. Well shortly after that I met with the mission president and he sent me to Jujuy!!! and my MTC companion stayed in Salta.

My Companions name is Hermana Pippia she is a native to Argentina. We live with two other sisters and one is from Chile the other is from Uruguay its awesome living with all lats. My Spanish is coming I can understand a lot more. Now Don´t worry by companion speaks English she is going to school to be an English professor.

I still have no heater but its OK i think someone is coming to fix it today. I´m sore everyday in places I didn't know you could be sore like the back of my knees lol. I love the feeling cause it lets me know I´m working super hard everyday. I just wish it would be less painful. We have cockroaches in our kitchen lol.

The people here are really humble I love teaching them I've only had one door slammed in my face so far. They call my mission the promised land cause there is so much success. My companion has been here for 3 months and baptized only 1 person but I think its because we never followed up with the people. We are now and we have 6 baptism dates for next month and 20 new investigators.

I can´t wait until I can speak fluent Spanish then I could do so much more. When I got here I came to this weird cold country where everyone spoke gibberish. I felt like I kept running at a wall with Spanish over and over again but the wall wasn't moving. Now I've grabbed an axe and I'm chopping at the wall. I have some holes made where I see the light. I understand a lot more. I'm so happy the lord has blessed me with the gift of tongues.

I've been totally humbled by being here everything is in the Lords hands now. I just do my best everyday and leave the rest up to him. I know this where I'm suppose to be right now and its a real good feeling. I've got some souls to save so I'll see you all later :)

Hermana Morris

Mission President

She made it!

Kara has made it to her mission! After a very long trip. Here she is with Pres. Northcutt and Sister Northcutt.

Her mission President sent her family a lovely photo and message saying she was doing well. And that she is off with a great missionary as her trainer. Now we just have to wait for Kara to tell us all is going well. It is good to know she has arrived and is where she needs to be!

Phone Call at the Airport

Kara's Phone Call

Kara (oops Sister Morris) was able to call her family this Memorial Day and it was such a treat! She talked to lots of different family members and it was great to hear her so happy :) At the time I talked to her on the phone she was preparing for a 17 hour flight to Buenos Aires. She said after she arrived she would then find out if she was taking a two our plane flight or a 21 hour bus ride.

She was traveling with her MTC companion since they were heading to the same mission and she was also going with another group of Elders in her district from the MTC that were also heading there.

She sounded so happy and she said she had changed a lot since entering the MTC already. And that she can not wait for the mission field. She knows it will be hard but that it will be worth it.

Kara we will see you in only a few months. I can't believe you are leaving already! Best of luck with your two day journey. Her next letter will be from Salta Argentina.