Let us go Forth!

McDonalds Twice in One Week!!

Last Pday we hit up downtown Rosario with the one and only President Allred and Hermana Allred. They took us to McDonalds, ROUND 2, only this time is was free so that made it all the more better. The McDonald's was hoppin. We got some fun stares.

So we had another lesson with Luis and Liliana, investigators we met last week. They also invited us to lunch Saturday and fed us empenadas and we made brownies. We are truly confused because they are just SO unusually kind to us and love us. We are seeing how we can help them grow more in the faith and understand our purpose as misisonaries, but they have adopted us as their daughters (they only have one son).

Empenadas and brownies with Luis and Liliana

Yesterday was DIA DE NIÑO here in Argentina. It's like another Christmas for the children where they eat a lot and get more presents. A member in the branch made all the missionaries fun little presents with Mickey mouse ears and such, with candy inside. It was precious. This couple, the Lupinuccis, recently reactived in the church  with all the energy and fire in the world! They love the missionaries and have seen the power of repentance bring joy and hope into their lives. 

Dia De Nino: The Missionaries with the Lupinuccis

A missionary asked our missionary leader this week what he hoped for us. He says it was the same as what Heavenly Father hopes for us- that we can be faithful and firm. That we can be and embrace who we are, not just as missionaries, but children of God. We must always live worthy to claim this title. 

In my studies this week I read about the army of Helaman--the many young men who truly understood  and embraced their divine nature, divine parenthood as well as the value of their earthly parenthood. They who entered into a coventant to fight for the liberty of the Nephites, to protect the land, even laying down of their lives, covenanting that they would NEVER give up their liberty, but that they would fight IN ALL CASES...stating, "Our God is with us and he will not suffer that we should fall, then let us go forth!!" Upon reading this I thought of the importance of the covenants that we make with God. We, like them, must be willing to keep these covenants in all cases, all circumstances, at all times, trusting that God will always be with us. 

 Hermana Mathis