and assuredly it was great....

Bah. Ya esta.

Well. It is officially my last week in the missionary work and I’m not really sure how I feel about it. I have learned SO much and felt SO much love and have been SO happy! But I know that God is preparing amazing things for my future. So that’s cool. I trust you God.

Anyways...pls enjoy 78 lessons that I have learned in the mission (one for every week that I got to represent Jesus Christ):

PS: enjoy this Spanglish

1. God is good. So so good.

2. Donde hay césped, van a comer

3. Serve with your HEART

4. Dios nos da poder

5. Los obastaculos están para ser superados

6. Gratitud es la clave por felicidad

7. Be more comfortable being uncomfortable

8. La navidad es cada dia

9. Come home

10. You can’t pray about Shakespeare

11. Wear sunscreen

12. Esperanza

13. Spanish. Yup. I learned Spanish

14. Para que ganen los malos, solo es necesario que los buenos no hagan nada

15. When life gives you lemons, ask for 2 ice cream cones

16. Don’t plateau. Use it as a stepping stone to improve - Sean t

17. I’m just a saxophone. And God is one jazzy man

18. Una obra de ALMAS no números

19. En Argentina, hacen feriados por todo

20. Gustar mate

21. Beber mucho agua

22. ensenar a orar

23. HUMDINGER

24. Life is hard. But it’s harder if you’re stupid.

25. Ensenar PERSONAS

26. amor es accion 

27. White wash train a gringa

28. Bruised knees

29. Tengo muchos fracasos para disfrutar una vez el éxito

30. I fricken hate Satan

31. God is not a God of secrets

32. Superar fomo...kinda

33. Corazón quebrantado

34. Top bunk bottom bunk

35. si quiere que venga el cole, hable con todos

36. When your comp is not a morning person...

37. La felicidad verdadera no requiere arrepentimiento

38. Public transportation is NOT reliable

39. La expiación es REAL

40. Amar y sostener mis lideres

41. Things can be clean again

42. Mom walk like a pro

43. hacer mil maletas en 2 horas

44. SALTA TENDRA UN TEMPLO

45. La confianza de los miembros -- todo

46. Do NOT peel your grapefruit

47. How to change a life in 5 min - la restauración

48. If you are scared, you are selfish

49. Dios me llamo por 18 meses

50. The only opinion that matters is Gods

51. Dios cumple sus promesas

52. When things don’t go as planned...

53. Be happy ever

54. LAUGH

55. Priesthood blessings come from God

56. Dios no nos dejara solitos....but he might just leave you hangin

57. But they might not love us...

58. Haga ejercicio por Noelia

59. When you travel, ALWAYS bring toilet paper

60. Make rice without a rice cooker

61. Las cosas pequeñas y sencillas

62. I love drinking my calories

63. Escuchar

64. Si se puede lavar su ropa con shampoo

65. Provecho!

66. A veces esperamos un huevo cuandoios nos esta preparando una milanessa

67. Hay 90000 oporutnidades

68. Si se puede ser obediente y divertirse a la vez

69. Attack the problem

70. La verdad duele pero la mentira duele mas

71. Think before you speak

72. You can’t shove el evangelio down their throat

73. If you are constipated, eat an apple, if you have diarrhea eat a banana

74. Ice cream floats hearts

75. Por cada doming hay un lunes

76. Gods opportunity is man’s extremity

77. Live everyday like its senior year

78. ______________________________

^^^^^ still got one more week to learnnnnn

Bahhhhh my heart is so full! I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father for this incredible experience He has and continues to give me. *tries not to cry*

I feel a little like Moroni when he was finishing the Book of Mormon

"And I, Moroni, will not deny the Christ"

I, HERMANA MANNEWITZ, WILL NOT DENY THE CHRIST

His power to heal and to love and to fill us and to make us everything that God wants us to be.  I have felt it in my life and seen it right before my very eyes in the lives of the people I LOVE

And as a closer...

I’VE HAAAAAAAAD THE TIME OF MY LIIIIIIIIIIIFE AND I OWE IT ALL TO YOUUUUUUUU

(No, I did not plan that my whole mission) lol I actually just thought of that with H. Rindy. Which also, huge shout out to her for putting up with me this transfer! And we still got a week to make memories and tomar mate cocido con dulce de leche :))))))

Prayer list:

NAZARENA porfa

thx.

Max out. Peace out. Deuce out.

COME WHAT MAY AND LOVE IT

hermana mannewitz

Familia Garay

fer!  she always calls me Kelly...pls no

the good ole district!

FAMILIA ALPIDES <333

LOOK AT MIA!  she is so cute

MADAGASCAR

HOLAAAAAAAAA

Another great week in Oran! You know you are in Oran when...

1. You use 2 bottles of bug spray in one week

2. It has already got over 100 degrees (AND ITS WINTER)

Today was another great p-day! We played soccer and I scored a goal against a brasilero so I feel pretty accomplished!!!!

Anywayyyysss...back to the good stuff:

Chistosos:

·       I had some microwave popcorn that I have saved all my mission and we decided that we would share it with Tiara and Zoe. IT WAS AMAZING. It was the first time that they had seen microwave popcorn and they were just watching the microwave saying "it’s growing" "wow, you can hear it" then we watched the Joseph Smith movie on their bed and ate popcorn. It was a good moment.

·       I don’t think this belongs in the funny section but our bus driver had a heart attack. Luckily, we were able to stop and he is okay and is living but we had to wait for over an hour in the middle of nowhere for another bus. Good times.

·       A WOMAN THREW A BANANA AT ME then blamed it on her 1 year old son. I know babies can’t throw that hard. bahahaha

·       When someone asks Hermana Rindy and I to share a message on baptism and we walk away saying ...lucky for you that’s what I like....

Milagros:

·       MY BROTHER IS GOING ON A MISSION TO MADAGASCAR AND I AM SO HAPPY FOR HIM. The mission has changed my life and I know that he is going to be an incredible missionary. So happy for him and the decision he has made to serve our Savior. And luckily he is going to the 2nd best mission in the world (cuz the gran misión Argentina Salta is the best...of course) but I know that that is EXACTLY where God needs him!!!

·       We had an incredible missionary fireside last night and it was JUST what I needed. The fireside was for return missionaries and future missionaries but H. Rindy and I went so I could play the piano and we were just in the middle of the group. It really helped me have more love and encouragement for the work and give the Lord ALL I got!!!! Plus all the RM’s that are married sang “Bring the World His Truth” and it was probably the highlight of my week!

I FINISHED THE BOOK OF MORMON. AND IT’S STILL TRUE. And I know cuz I asked God and He told me so. But this time I did a special study looking for the purpose of a missionary and why I am here in the mission and wow. GOD IS SO GOOD. SO SO GOOD. I know that I had to be here in the mission and that I am still here in the mission cause God loves me. And I love HIM!!!!

But the Book of Mormon makes us a sick invite:

“Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodlinessand if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, 

mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be 

perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise 

deny the power of God.”  (Moroni 10:32)

^^^^^^ And that is the beautiful invitation that I get to make every day!

SO SO HAPPY!

Come what may and love it

Hermana Mannewitz

best lider misional everrrrrrr

CHECK THESE OUT

just look at this cutie

THIS IS HERMANA MARTINICH AND SHE IS ABOUT TO HAVE HER BABY

Rindy? or a koala?

<3

Tiara watching the popcorn pop

Tiago!!!!  Es bautizado!!!!

US of A

We love Oran!!!

SUPER DEMASIADO ULTRA MEGA ICE CREAM

Adventures and memories are what it’s all about unless you die or go to jail.

^^^^^uplifting advice from the mom of H. Rindy lol thx

HEY FRIENDS DO YALL WANNA HEAR ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING WEEKS OF MY LIFE????? idk how to organize all this goodness so here goes nothing...

·       I SAW HERMANA WILLIAMS and it was the sweetest reunion. We talked and hugged and laughed and made the most of our sleepover. Maybe tears were shed when we said "see you later" maybe not. But I LOVE HER SO MUCH. Also I got to meet her companion aka mi nieta and they are killing it in Jujuy. Not to mention, Jujuy is BEAUTIFUL!!!! I’ll be back for you Jujuy.

·       God is so good. He has given me a recap of my mission....like last week when we went to Limache and this week when we got to go to GUEMES! And we only had like 45 minutes so we made the most of it and went to my favorite ice cream shop. We all bought 1/4 kilo of ice cream and then an ice cream cone bc it just wasn’t enough. I almost died when the lady asked H. Rindy if she wanted chocolate syrup and she said "No, I’m on a diet!"

·       MISSION RULE #85 if you see a slide, always go down the slide. It just makes you 10x happier.

·       OKAY LISTEN TO THIS. So H. Rindy and I had this great idea to eat a whole liter of ice cream in one day. It’s from grido and it’s called a tentación. We thought it was gonna be really hard so we started at 7 am and gave ourselves all day to eat it. BUT WE FINISHED IT TOO QUICK. H. Rindy finished for breakfast and I finished for lunch. And we felt so dang fat. So we made plans to not eat anything the rest of the day. Fast forward a couple of hours and we were out working and had to use the bathroom.  So we pass by grido cuz their bathrooms are super good. While H. Rindy was in the bathroom, I was telling the lady how much ice cream we had eaten and she said “I GIVE YOU A FREE ICE CREAM CONE.”  She was so proud of us. So she gave us free ice cream, we took a selfie and we left with fat hearts and a huuuuuge smile.

·       P. Orquera "I would rather see you with helmets and no bikes then with bikes and no helmets"

·       When you walk up to the window of your investigadora and she is currently READING HER BOOK OF MORMON - milagro

·       When your investigadora has plans to be married and you haven’t even taught the law of chastity yet lol

·       Zoe (sister of tiara) shared the gospel with her little friend and it was so cute! She said that she invited her to church and she felt good in her heart after doing it! Makes me so happy!

·       Matias every time we see him – “whaddup girl”

·       GET THIS. So on Saturday we had the baptism of Tiara and Matias Aldana was supposed to come but we couldn’t get ahold of him all day bc he was working. H. Rindy and I were praying so that he didn’t have to work. One hour before the baptism, we still hadn’t heard from Matias but then out of nowhere, Matias segundo didn’t have to work and came to our baptism! God is so sneaky. He answered our prayers in a very unexpected way! Matias didn’t have to work!!!! The baptism was so beautiful and I just feel so so happy.

·       Marta - new person- says she isn’t gonna come to church bc she is lazy. Well....at least she’s honest.

·       ELDER DEL PAPA won a whole page in my smile book...some highlights

ü  Hay un bano in here che?

ü  Can I sit with vos? Gotta practice vos amiright?

ü  I’m gonna major in teaching the restoration in 4 minutes and walking all day

ü  Good luck with life.

ü  The sun is really mas brillante que el sol hoy

ü  Check out these letters. They are hecka dated.

ü  Let’s be like a baby and head out

ü  Shakespeare was written over 500 years ago, we can’t understand it and you can’t even pray about its truthfulness

ü  The calefón is not calefoning.

·       GRATITUD FAST!  I just have felt so blessed lately so we fasted for gratitude and let me tell you. My heart has never felt so full. I know that God lives and He loves us soooo much. Too much. He listens to us and wants the best for us!

·       We went to the border of Bolivia and it was sooooo cool! And we didn’t even get deported!!!!

Wowzer. I feel so blessed.

A special invitation from God to you ----- "Come unto me, and I will show unto you the greater things" (ether 4:13)

ITS TRUE MAN! God can show us so many greater things!

Come what may and love it

hermana mannewitz

ZONA ORAN/TARTAJAL

Oh H Williams.  mi corazon

H RINDY IS LIFE

3 Generations

right there across the river is Bolivia

best FHE activity ever

GOD IS SO REAL!  This is Guemes ice cream

WE WENT TO JUJUY!!!

long bus rides....

Tiara!  a princess!!!

we ate that in one day.  be proud.

MARIELA aka angel

it just keeps getting better

Well friends. The future is lookin bright. 

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK

·       Angel Cabana got his mission call for SANTOS BRAZIL. Shout out to my best friend who is heading to that same mission. They are gonna change the world together. Also I love Brazil and all the brasileros. 

·       DIA DE NINO which is basically Christmas here in Argentina and it was a party in church yesterday. Complete with balloons and cake and a ton of candies during sacrament meeting. It was really special. 

·       WE ARE HEADING TO JUJUY TODAY AND I GET TO SEE HERMANA WILLIAMS TODAY.  I am a little more than excited. 

·       MATIAS ALDANA IS OUR MISSION LEADER. He is legit my bff. I am so so so excited to work in the Lords vineyard together!!!!!

Chistosos:

·       Damian asked Presidente if he could direct sacrament meeting yesterday. He is 8 years old. Presidente said not today....but maybe in a few years lol

·       When a 20 year old young man walks into relief society yells BUEN DIA and is about to take a seat when he realizes that he is in the wrong class....runs out as fast as he can with a super red face lol

·       Naza showing us the latest project she did in school..."look what I made."  Her brother "No, mom made that and you just brought that to school" jajajaja sounds like my childhood too. I understand you Naza. 

Milagros:

·       When you show up to the primera cita with a new person and they are waiting for you with their Book of Mormon, two chairs and Phineas and Ferb. That was amazing. 

·       Tiara is getting ready for her baptism and greets us with a great big hug every time we see her!!!

·       One day, we did proselitismo for 9 hours in 90 degrees (AND ITS WINTER) but we did it anyways and saw sooooo many miracles. If you just show God that you want to work, He will help you. 

·       I got to go to Limache!!!!!! And let me tell yall...riding in the bus to Limache was the weirdest thing. I had so many butterflies in my stomach cuz I was so excited to see them and also super nervous that maybe that had forgotten about me but THEY RECIEVED ME SO GOOD. With lots of hugs and good memories. My heart feels so full. 

I have feel too blessed lately. Like straight spoiled. But Hermana Rindlisbacher helped me realize that the blessings aren’t just for me. That God wants to bless all his children. And that just got me so excited to try to help other people feel of God’s love. Then I found this:

“And behold, all that he requires of you is to keep his commandments; and he has promised you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should prosper in the land;”

SO LETS BE OBEDIENTE!!!!!!!!!! cuz God is perfect and always keeps His promises. 

Prayer list

Naza, Tiara

LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH! Thanks for everything 

Come what may and love it 

HERMANA MANNEWITZ 

look out for Andres in the USofA

LOOK I WENT TO LIMACHE

my bffffffs <3

NELLY!!!!!

McDonalds with the familia Ward

just look at them

BEST CONFERENCIA EVVERRRRR

Sister Leaders

Mission Leaders Conference

ndh with la familia espindola