Carden In A Cardigan 7/78

Hola todos!! My first area is an italian city here called Cipolletti, and I am in a trio! I love it so much! Here are a few things from this week:


- I was the only gringa/gringo to come to this mission! But I was joined in the Buenos Aires airport by 14 other missionaries from the Sao Paulo Brazil MTC that were coming to Neuquén. I only spoke spanish while traveling which was a good warm-up..


- it is so cold!! Couldn't tell you how cold, but the mornings and nights are chillyyy.


- most people here don't believe it is my first week here. I have been told my spanish is really good for how new I am. 


- our kitchen flooded my second morning here and we gave out 200+ invitations to come to church in 1 hour!


- bread for every meal! And there are these pastries called facturas y alfajores. Facturas are my favorite! It's like a sweet bread with different fillings and toppings.


- matte: wasn't a fan of it the first day but now I'm getting used to it! I like dulce matte more, it's with sugar


We shared Alma 32:21 a lot this week! Faith is not a perfect knowledge of things:) trust in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, cause I know they are the reason people can understand my Spanish.


Have a beautiful week and email me! I want to hear about your lives and and spiritual/funny thoughts. 


Love you all, 
Hermana Carden 






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