Alejandro Korn Photos

one last leadership counsel! 

taken in the moment :) 

Alejandro Korn

This week was a blast! I have loved my two crazy new comps!! They keep me on my feet for sure! We spend just about every moment laughing our heads off between our street contacts!! :)  My favorite part of the two crazies is how much energy and love they have for the work!  They for sure help me to keep giving it all I have got and to take advantage of every moment! :) 

​This week I also had my last leadership counsel... that was kinda sad for sure! I love that meeting and the Spirit I always feel there. I left that meeting with an understanding that sharing the Gospel with everyone we meet is a daily exercise in faith. We don't know if they are prepared or not, but we just have to have faith in the Lord that there are prepared people in our area and that we will find them if we keep His commandment to open our mouths :) And it is important we exercise this faith every day... just as important as daily physical exercises.

Random side note, for those of you who know me ... physical exercise... not my thing!  But as I have made an effort in the mission to do them every morning, now the mornings when we can't do them for a meeting or cuz we have to travel early or something I feel the difference ALL DAY LONG!!  Without them I am tired and worn out!!  The mission is truly a miracle if it can make me need and even want to exercise haha!  :) ​

It was a fun week teaching my new comps the area! And I loved seeing their faces when they met the ward members!! The country folk here are a little different than the city people and you just have to know how to talk to them!! :) My poor comp almost wet herself crying laughing in dinner with the Bishop´s family :) haha I love Alejandro Korn :) 

Really I just love beinga missionary! I know this is the Lord's work and that He is the head. I know He truly directs this work and I am just so grateful to be one of the workers in the vineyard working alongside my Savior. 

--  Hermana Walker

More Capital Photos

The church where the Pope gave Mass before he was Pope! 

The church where the Pope gave Mass before he was Pope! 

a giant metal flower.... just a landmark! :) 

Capital, the Temple and the Mission Photos

The Obelisk 

The Colon Theater 

The Boca (a super poor tourist neighborhood famous for it's tin walls painted colors)

Tango !! 

The Boca (a super poor tourist neighborhood famous for it's tin walls painted colors)

A Scary Cemetary! 

Evita 

Eva Peron´s Tomb

Magali and her daughters (Bianca and Josefina) came to church on Sunday 

The best part of all :) The Temple

My new trio!! Hermana Velasquez (Peru) y Hermana Rivarola (from Cordoba, Argentina)

Ice cream to say goodbye to my only Yankee comp​

Capital, the Temple and the Mission

So transfers came around .... and I will be spending my last few weeks in a trio! It should be a blast! My new companions are Hermana Velsquez from Peru and Hermana Rivarola from Cordoba, Argentina! Two crazy Latins to keep me on my toes! But I think we are gonna get along great! We spent our first night together getting to know each other and laughing a ton! :) 

But I was very sad to see my lovely Yankee compañera go! I loved Hermana BIesinger and am very grateful she was my companion!  :) 

​This last week was a good and crazy one! 

Because I am going home in a few weeks I got to go on a tour of the capital city of Buenos Aires and it is actually really pretty! Super different from my mission! ​We got to see the Obelisk and the Colon Theater (stunning) and Evita´s Tomb in a freaky cemetary and a few other touristy sights in the city. It was neat, kinda French style but well a lot newer!! But the next day was MUCH better! when I got to go to the temple!!! :) Oh how I love the temple and the peace and tranquility I feel there. I know that the temple is truly the House of the Lord and I am so grateful that Jesus Christ was willing to sacrifice himself so that we could return to live with our Heavenly Father and our families forever. 

Other events from the week! We made Noquis with our investigator Julia and her sister, Sol. Super yummy and fun! Also wooohooo Magali and her adorable daughters came to church with us! It is amazing the change we have seen in their family. Whenever we have an appointment to pass by, the 5 year old Bianca puts on her Frozen Elsa dress so she can be like us in dresses! And she says the opening prayer everytime! It is a real contrast to when we started visiting them and Bianca was a terror! We could hardly teach! :) 

Also I got news that Victor (the spiritualist in Banfied) got the Melchizedek Priesthood on Sunday :) yeah!! 

​I love the mission and am truly so grateful for the many experiences and opportunities I continue having here in Argentina. ​I love the people so much and I know the Lord has lots more in store for me in these last few weeks! :) 

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Hermana Walker

I Love Being a Missionary Photos

My intercambio with Hna Lockling!!! 

We are in the process of making Christmas Tree bread.... cuz it is winter here!!  :) ​

I Love Being a Missionary

This wast week flew by, wow! 

Tuesday and Wednesday until Thursday we had comp exchanges!!! I feel bad sometimes I am never with my comp it feels like! But I had some fun intercambios with Hermana Lockling, from Chile, and Hermana Chappel, from Phoenix!! Go Arizona!!! 

Friday we had interviews and Saturday we weren't in our area cuz we helped out with a capilla open house! So basically the week flew! But even when we were running around like chickens with our heads cut off, we were able to have some spiritual experiences! 

We went and taught a lesson to Julia again, the girl who we taught to pray and basically she is super awesome! She has been reading the Book of Mormon and had lots of good questions for us!  And when she said the prayer again at the end of the lesson the Spirit was so strong. It makes me realize how amazing it is that God lets us talk to Him and that He really does hear us. 

Also, something really neat happened in the chappel open house. So in the morning all the missionaries from the Stake went out contacting to invite people to the open house. And while traveling to their assigned zone to contact, a few sisters invited a man on the bus. And a few hours later (when it started pouring) he showed up! The chappel open house started in the chappel with a giant poster of the Christus statue and my comp and I pretended to be Visitors Center Sisters and we welcomed everyone and gave our little spill and then we all listened to the recording of the Saviors words... after our little part everyone learns from other missionaries a bit about the Restoration and then they get shown the baptismal font by 2 elders in all white. And while this man was in the room in the baptismal font with the elders he started asking about how he can get baptized and what he needs to do.... now he has a baptism set for next Saturday. 

Sometimes it amazes me how ready some people can be, and how the Gospel really does change lives. I imagine that man had no idea when he took the bus in the morning that by 4 that afternoon he would be planning his baptism in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 

The Spirit truly does prepare people. And it helps us missionaries every day. I am very grateful for the Holy Ghost who helps me know what to say, where to go and that helps me in all the moments in between.  I know this is the Lord´s work because I feel His love every day. I love being a missonary- 

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Hermana Walker