This Day

¡Hola!

How are you all doing!!! First things first... the big call next week!!! Can you believe that it is already time for Mother´s Day? Ok so I can call from the phone in the Bishop´s office in the church here. I am planning on calling at around 5 o´clock Argentina time... I am not exactly sure what time that is in the states. I have 40 minutes to talk and we were adviced to tell you to make a list of questions that you want to ask me and things that you want to talk about. I will do the same thing so that we can use our time the most effectively.

This week was really good but ït´s FREEZING here now. Ok so not literally freezing here but sooooo cold. I think it is mostly the fact that I am walking around in the street all day in a skirt that makes it feel so cold. Also as Kyle warned me most of the houses that we go into are not insulated and also very cold so I kind of feel like a popsicle by the end of the day. Funny argentinism is that they turn on their stoves (like that they cook from) that are gas to heat their house... kind of interesting. I actually laughed the first time an Hermana did it in her house because I thought she was joking.. she wasn´t.. oops. :) It has been raining here a lot as the weather gets colder and the sidewalks in some parts of the town are tiled. Well some of the tiles are loose so when it rains water gets underneath of them. Yeah you guessed it... everytime it rains either my companion or I step on one of these tiles and either spray each other or ourselves. Yeah it´s pretty good times. Usually we are so wet anyway that is doesn´t matter and it´s usually pretty funny.

Dad thanks for sending me the little tid bit about the talk that President Uchtdorf gave in conference. I related it to my companion and we have been sharing it with our investigators all week and even used it in one of our lessons where one of our investigators commited to be baptized!

News this week in America seemed to be a big topic of conversation. I did hear about the royal wedding...(She seems to have forgotten that America doesn't actually have a royal family - hee, hee!) A family had it on during one of our lessons and it was super hard for me to pay attention because the news coverage was in english so it made it hard to focus on the spanish that was being sad around me. People also asked me if I was excited that my prince was getting married... I was a little confused until my comp replied that I am not from England... apparently the whole fact that I speak english is what confused them... yeah I am not really sure. I also heard about the tornado... so sad. Also today I was at one of our recent convert´s houses and I happened to walk in the room when Obama (our president) was talking about killing Obama (the terrorist).. yes it is sad that I have to explain that statement. Our convert starting yelling, "It´s a lie!" Ha ha so I guess we will see.

If you have a chance to look at an April Liahona my mission is in there... pictures and all! Well I´m not but people I know are and are President... just thought you might be interested.

Food news this week. I ate carne asada today for the first time... yum. Also I noticed this week that the food labeling here is really quite funny. If more people spoke english then I am sure that it would be different. For example... There is a brand of hamburgers called Barfy, a brand of bread called Faty, and cookies called Don Satur (like saturated fat...). Yeah it´s pretty funny to me.

This week after getting rejected for like the 5 time in a row by different people my comp starting singing the "Nobody like me, everybody hates me" song! Of course it was in spanish but I started laughing because it was so perfect for that moment. Oh good times. There are so many things that are similar between our cultures... for example Blu´s Clues... who knew that existed in Paraguay as well!!!

This week I was finally able to print out one of my favorite talks of all time by President Eyring. I´m sure that you all remember it, it´s entitled, "This Day". I´m just gonna quote a few of my favorite parts from it.
"There is danger in the word someday when what it means is ´not this day´. ¨Someday I will speak to my friend about the Church.´´Someday I will start to pay tithing.´´Someday I will return to the Temple.´´Someday...´"

"It is hard to know when we have done enough for the Atonement to change our natures and so qualify us for eternal life. And we don´t know how many days we will have to give the service necessary for that mighty change to come. But we know that we will have days enough if only we don´t waste them."
Wow... so powerful. I know that this is Christ´s church again established upon the earth through a modern day prophet Joseph Smith, to help lead and guide the children of our Father in Heaven along the path to eternal life. I know that God loves each of His children and that as we follow the perfect example of Christ each and every day we can feel the power of the Atonement work it´s mighty change in every facet of our lives. Remember to not put off things for a tomorrow that may never come. Whereas there is danger in the word someday, there is strength and power in the words this day.

Think about you often, pray for you always, and love you forever.... AND I AM SO EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU IN LESS THAN ONE WEEK!!!

Hna Scanlon