poca a poca

Another humbling week in the life of Hermana Mannewitz! I seriously love the mission so much and I am learning so much...little by little. My two go-to phrases are pero, esta bien (but it’s okay) and vive and aprende (live and learn) because that is just how the MTC life is! 

Mi semana:

- Word of the week is ROJO.  Three hermanas in my district got pink eye this week and it was really rough.  But now we are all healed and feeling better!!  I also chose the word rojo because our district has a strange obsession with flamin hot cheetos.  We literally eat them all the time and most of the time the cheetos are not very good for our digestive system...

- New responsibility!!!  I am no longer the district leader but now Hermana Tolson and I are the sister training leaders which means we get a flip phone to call the front desk in case of emergencies WOOHOOO!  We also got to help with orientation for the 2 new districts we received this week!  It was so fun.  Our new district makes us feel really old but not that old because one elder is 6'8".  CRAZY!  But we really love our new district and their sense of enthusiasm they bring for missionary work. 

- Being a host missionary was so fun!  This week I got to host a sister missionary who is from Taiwan and does not speak English. I got to take her off campus to get some x-rays and some clothes which was super fun but also super hard because she does not speak English. pero, esta bien.  We still connected and I really love seeing her around campus!  There was another missionary who also had to run around Provo so I got to hang out with two girls who are from Tonga.  If you know me, you know I love Polynesians so I was pretty excited.  At the end of our fun day, the sisters told me that I COULD SIT WITH THEM AT DINNER. THAT'S LIKE SITTING AT THE COOL KIDS TABLE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I'M SO PUMPED. SO CHILL. LIFE IS TOO GOOD. 

- I know Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers because on Wednesday morning I prayed that there would be french toast sticks for breakfast AND THERE WAS! Sounds silly, but it was really a testimony boost for me that Heavenly Father is aware of every little detail of our life. And He wants us to talk to Him!!! I know that it is only through Him that I have had the success and good times on my mission thus far. I'm so happy to be able to share His message with the people in Argentina.

- The gift of tongues is so real and I am so grateful for it.  I thought that the gift of tongues was going to be this miraculous things where I can automatically speak Spanish fluently but it is not. The gift of tongues comes when you love the people. Hermana Tolson and I witnessed the gift of tongues in a lesson with one of our investigators, Mirna. Once we were more focused on Mirna and less focused on our abilities to speak Spanish, we were able to convey the feelings of our heart and she was able to understand us. She then shared that she felt a desire to increase her faith.  fue una milagro. 

- Update on Patricia: she is doing great!!! She has been reading the Book of Mormon and has been praying but doesn't feel the need to be baptized yet. We will focus on her concerns next week and hopefully things will go will! Thank you for the prayers for her as well as myself. They are working!!!

- let me just brag about my teachers real quick. Hermana Richards is the best!!! On Thursday morning, we didn't learn grammar and all we did was have a heart to heart with her. She is such a good example to me and I really want to be like her when I grow up!! I have so many awesome role models in my life and I am so grateful for them. 

- The countdown is on. I only have 2 more weeks in the United States (so if you were planning on sending hand written letters, now is the time)!!! I am so excited and so nervous at the same time. 

Has flat Kelly had any fun adventures? I love seeing pictures of fun family activities!!! 

Yo se que esta iglesia es verdad. Yo se que Jose Smith fue una profeta de Dios y que el tradujo el Libro de Mormon. Yo se que el sacerdocio es en la tierra hoy y solomente mediante esta poder, podemos la oportunidad a regresar con Dios otra vez. Yo se que Jesucristo es mi Salvador. Yo se agradecido por la Expiacion de Jesucristo entonces nosotros tenemos la oportunidad a ser limpios de nuestras pecados. Yo se que Thomas S. Monson es la profeta de Dios y que el recibi revalaccion de Dios para nosotros. Yo se ques Nuestro Padre Celestial nos ama muchismo y quiere que nosotros hablamos a el mediante la oracion. Yo se estas cosas porque yo ore a mi Padre Celestial y El conteste mi preguntas. Yo se que si usted ora a Dios, el eschuche a sus sentimientos de su corazon. 

Have a great Easter Sunday and remember the reason we celebrate!!! Love you all!!!

xoxo

Hermana Mannewitz 

Desperate times call for desperate measures

Temple walk

WE FAILED RESIDENCE CHECK :( pero esta bien

I "hop" they call me on a mission - cute decorations from Hermana Young's family

Hermana LeSueur eating flamin hot cheetos.  What's new?

The 2 new districts

Date night with Hermano Oxford (our Spanish dictionary...don't worry dad!)

Shout out to my loyal pen pal, Ashtyn, for these uplifting pictures

Poor Hermana Newson had pink eye in both of her eyes

Sister missionary shoes smell gross.  Daily gym clothes smell gross.  Hermana LeSueur and
I put all our gross things in one closet and now call it the "regga nasty closet"