Adventures of Hermana Martines

hello everyone! well, i just have a couple last things to share here. This is going to be my last week of my mision. it is amazing to me. I have learned so much here more than ever before in my whole life. I think i am in debt to my father in heaven for all he has done for me! there are no words to describe it in any language. We have found 6 new people to teach! I am loving it. one if them is Estefania she is so special and i feel so bad for her. she doesnt have work (like 80% of the people here), and is a single mom of 3. Very humble. I felt the spirit so strong iwth her. Nancy is doing really well witrh the ward too here , it is amazing to see the  chagne in people. I will miss it very much. The ward here has taught me so many things that will change my life forever. It is a ward where there is unity and faith and actual conversion in the Lord Jesus Christ. I dont have time to send pictures, but in just a week or so you will all see more anyways after. Sorry haha. Today has been pac...

Hola! This week has been great. We are planning 2 baptisms (maybe ) this saturday! Gisela and Maxi! Gisela went to church again yesterday! but still has to stop smoking and she told us she wants to separate from her boyfriend that lives with her for good. He really isnt good for her for many reasons and talked with the bishop that helps a lot. We went to look at a house for rent with her and helped clean her house last week. I really love her so much, it will be weird and hard not to see her when i end.  Maxi is doing really well, he is praying to get and answer still about baptism! Laura is doing really well and is really converted, i love to see the growth in the people! also this week was REALLY cold one day!!?? It was like 40 degrees farenhiet so weird haha! (its normally like 85 degrees) We had an asado another time here haha with the mission leader and the elders, we are going to have to say good bye to him because he is getting another calling :( but we sitll are going to work w...

This week has been really great to have new people to teach! I am so excited to help all the people hear to understand the gospel :) We had over 100 contacts again this week too! I really can see how being diligent in completing ones calling brings results. A lot of people are athiest these days or just dont care about God or think churches dont matter and its crazy to meet so many people like this here. We found a couple that had listed to the misionaries before, from the area book, the boyfriend is les active but the girlfriends not a member. They are really golden! They had a lot of questions about the book of mormon and love that we teach about the family. Its really incredible to see people looking for the gospel even when they dont realize it!  We changed the church hours, like everyone, to 2 hours now, starting yesterday, which was a weird change haha but it is better. I think more new people will be able to come attend easier. Hermana Saad and i have been together now almost 4 ...

hello everyone!  this week was pretty clam compared to other weeks, because a lot of people were gone for vacacions. But we still could teach a good amount of people! We are working with a lot more less activos and conversos. also, I am staying here in Godoy Cruz another transfer!! I will have 6 months...but maybe i will stay my last ttransfer to finish my mision here! ah that will be weird to think of finishing my mision here, or i could go to another area my last transfer. Our last convert here, Laura, got baptized the 22! it was so beautiful and she cried the whole day and when she got confirmed too. It was so wonderful, and her son also likes the church and gospel, so we are trying to get a date for baptism with him too, but he smokes and drinks and only is 13! so we are wokring with him so he can join his mom!!  Well i dont have too much else to say, or al ot of time left, but Christmas was really nice! We went to converts house here and I got to skype with my family!!!! I love th...

https://www.mormon.org/christmas/ sorry that one was in spanish hahah! here is inglish On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 2:02 PM Chelsea Anne Martines < chelsea.martines@myldsmail.net > wrote: https://www.mormon.org/christmas/spa sorry here is the video haha On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 1:57 PM Chelsea Anne Martines < chelsea.martines@myldsmail.net > wrote: hola todos, this week started light the world, or ilumina el mundo!! estoy tan animada!! we are planing to sing the plaza again here, and with the ward! its goign to be awesome! also, this week we talked with more than 100 people in the street!!! (alb, or street contacts) and its a goal to talk with 30 people everyday in the mision here now. so we are working a lot more, also the schedule changed, so we go to bed at 11, work until 9;30-10, but still get up at 6;30, and we leave the apartment at 11. at first i was like uhh thats a long day wow but presidente said that a litle sacrifice brings a million blessings. And we are seeing that!...

https://www.mormon.org/christmas/spa sorry here is the video haha On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 1:57 PM Chelsea Anne Martines < chelsea.martines@myldsmail.net > wrote: hola todos, this week started light the world, or ilumina el mundo!! estoy tan animada!! we are planing to sing the plaza again here, and with the ward! its goign to be awesome! also, this week we talked with more than 100 people in the street!!! (alb, or street contacts) and its a goal to talk with 30 people everyday in the mision here now. so we are working a lot more, also the schedule changed, so we go to bed at 11, work until 9;30-10, but still get up at 6;30, and we leave the apartment at 11. at first i was like uhh thats a long day wow but presidente said that a litle sacrifice brings a million blessings. And we are seeing that!! we talked with a guy yesterday that was a miracle!!!! so we got a referral a month ago from a brother, and we couldnt contact him because his wife doesnt like the church so she didnt let ...

this week has been a crazy week! Its the first week of the transfer so once again all the sisters came for conferences or tramites or they went home or they came to train. So yeah a little busy. But i love being able to get to know all the hermanas aqui! the only thing a little hard this week was that my knees are still kinda bad. And we have to stop and rest more from walking, unfortunately i cant do the whole study thing here in the mision so i will have to wait to get home. we are working a lot with the recent converts here and its been so fun to see them grow and love the gospel. It really is like a great fire to see their testimonies grow for me, im so grateful. The leader misional is helping a lot and with the activity in 2 weeks, the whole ward is super excited to invite their friends! We did a Family home Evening with one of the recent converts familes, and it was so awesome!  We got to do the vise of my companion so she can go so Barcelona Spain for her mision finally!!! it wa...

foto from my bday from my family! On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 4:48 PM Chelsea Anne Martines < chelsea.martines@myldsmail.net > wrote: hola todos, This week was a crazy week, we couldnt do much because of all the hermanas in our apartment that stayed with us, for going home, coming to train, and for paperwork stuff and other meetings for the leaders. I also had to go to the doctor again for my knees so they would give me another medicine. We also had to go to the dinner for the newbies missionaries that came this week, and the 1st training meeting! it was so funny because the asistentes invited us on short notice for the dinner and the training meeting, and we were like..uh but we already have been in training for a month now! hah but we went anyways. I felt like a newbie being with all them again haha! crazy that next month i will have been here in argentina for a year! A lot of people have rejected us this week as we talked to them, and i dont think i felt physically more exhausted ...

ah here is the foto with the happy misionaries haha sorry that other is from today with transfers with another sister!!! On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 3:29 PM Chelsea Anne Martines < chelsea.martines@myldsmail.net > wrote: hola Todos Lo siento porque esa email no va a ser muy largo! (sorry i dont have a Lot of time haha again) but this week was incredible! With the conferencia general, transfers, and other amazing lessons it was a great week. so I am training Hermana Saad again this transfer haha! im so excited she is really an amazing person, the strongest person I know having all her trials in her family and she works so hard here! I am going to miss my other comp also a lot! Hna marceliano! she is the most amzing example to me! When I think of her, I will always remember her amazing example...she is very dedicated, mature, obediente, but also knows perfectly how to have fun and serve and enjoy the time we have. I love being with her! but I know she will do great in her home now in Pe...

sorry I cant dowland my other pictures, but here is one from my bday haha On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 1:30 PM Chelsea Anne Martines < chelsea.martines@myldsmail.net > wrote: hola todos This week has been so great and i have learned so much from my companion! Fa, hna Saad, (mi hija, daughter) is so strong and great from all the things that have happened with her the last week...she has handled her trials so mature and taught me so much about having faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ.  We had intercambios, exchanges again a lot this week.. and we learned so much from the other sisters! It literally so fun every time to see how they teach and work! We have found some really great new people to teach but we are still trying to work on finding more people. Something crazy here is that the weather also has been super super hot, and then one day after its super cold! Also, we got to learn how to make a special cake from here in Argentina haha which was a plus from my compañera. Also we f...

hola todos This week has been so great and i have learned so much from my companion! Fa, hna Saad, (mi hija, daughter) is so strong and great from all the things that have happened with her the last week...she has handled her trials so mature and taught me so much about having faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ.  We had intercambios, exchanges again a lot this week.. and we learned so much from the other sisters! It literally so fun every time to see how they teach and work! We have found some really great new people to teach but we are still trying to work on finding more people. Something crazy here is that the weather also has been super super hot, and then one day after its super cold! Also, we got to learn how to make a special cake from here in Argentina haha which was a plus from my compañera. Also we found some people really prepared for baptism and my comp invited them right away and they acepted! Im so proud of my comp, and also my other comp hna Mercelian,she has taught ...

one more, from a mini bday party yesterday with a recent convert! we have the same bday haha On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 11:24 AM Chelsea Anne Martines < chelsea.martines@myldsmail.net > wrote: Hola todos, this week has been even crazier and the most incredible week of my life in the mision! I didnt know how many things the Lord had prepared for me! but so last week on monday they told us we are going to recieve a new sister, so we are in a trio! and we are TRAINING HER! its so crazy , she is from here in this mision in San Juan where i was in my last area! but she went to the MTC and is going to spain in her mision, Barcelona"! but has to wait for her visa. So its been crazy training in a trio in the middle of the transfer. We had exchanges a lot this week too. I also got sick again with sinusitis, an infection in my sinuses so that has been crazy. So we went to the hospital which is like the public docter here lol, and they got me a perscription for antiobiotics. I am doing mu...

hola todos, So this last week was crazy because we had transfers early, and both me an my companion left our area!! So they are washing it sadly :( we had 3 baptisms and a wedding coming up, so that was sad but the mision presidente told us that we coul return for the baptism of the couple getting married!! but the sister going to my area is going to wash it an train her comp there!! my new companion is Hna Marceliano, from Trujillo Peru! (Where my cousin served, shout out to abby haha) an she is just so cute!! she is also ending her mision now, so Im killing her, killing another comp haha!! I am back in mendoza, but in the area of the mission offices! Soo that means we are the apartment that has to have the sisters come when they come for legal stuff or if they are going to train. An the apartment is BEAUTIFUL!!! its brand new, haha i feel like a queen haha because its even nicer than something from the usa!  the area is calle Godoy Cruz, and the ward is super great!! I love it here, ...

oh yeah here is a cute little boy and we are teaching his family! Boniito omg! haha i miss holding little kids so much On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 1:21 PM, Chelsea Anne Martines < chelsea.martines@myldsmail.net > wrote: hola todos So this week my companera fainted in the terminal, when we were finishing intercambios!! (exchanges?) its the second time ive had my compañera faint haha its crazy"! She was eating a factura which is like a donut kinda here, and then the other hermanas with us, she fell into one of their arms! Her blood pressure was at 9! And the ambulance came but then they just told us that she has to drink coca cola(which is waay better here than in the usa btw) and drink agua with salt. So then we went home in a taxi that night and she drank soup and with a lot of salt, and got a priesthood blessing! I think its because of her diet or bad stomach still that shes having problems... also this week we had a little miracle! It was strange, the other day I thought, hm w...

perdon jaja la foto with Gonzalo! On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 2:08 PM, Chelsea Anne Martines < chelsea.martines@myldsmail.net > wrote: 1-2 the baptism, and gonzalo who baptised him! hes 17 3. happy 10 months and 1 year last week! :) On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 1:56 PM, Chelsea Anne Martines < chelsea.martines@myldsmail. net > wrote: hola todos this week, luis got baptised and it was the cutest thing i've ever experienced hah! it was so adorable, because luis cant walk very well, but so then they put a seat in the baptismal font and baptised him leaning the chair back. you could only see his head from they font then haha! He sent a message to us despues and said that 'thank you for helping me so much, i pray to heavenly father everyday for you hermanas'! He is always so happy and makes me so happy too! fa i am going to miss that guy so much after. The leader missional helped us a lot and a lot of members came too! I made banana bread too for the baptism, and for some r...

hola todos this week, luis got baptised and it was the cutest thing i've ever experienced hah! it was so adorable, because luis cant walk very well, but so then they put a seat in the baptismal font and baptised him leaning the chair back. you could only see his head from they font then haha! He sent a message to us despues and said that 'thank you for helping me so much, i pray to heavenly father everyday for you hermanas'! He is always so happy and makes me so happy too! fa i am going to miss that guy so much after. The leader missional helped us a lot and a lot of members came too! I made banana bread too for the baptism, and for some reason everyone loves that here so much idk why ahah, so ive made it about 100 times so far in my mission?! but this week we also left a bunch of investigadors, and found another less active family that really wants to return to the church! It is awesome. Also the economy is getting worse here , i ran out of money this week haha so that was...

Love it! Thank you for the updates  On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 12:36 PM Chelsea Anne Martines < chelsea.martines@myldsmail.net > wrote: one more foto from today :) my 'mini mi!' On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 1:30 PM, Chelsea Anne Martines < chelsea.martines@myldsmail.net > wrote: hola todos This week, after much 'tribulation and affliciones,' we were blessed a lot! I know that Heavenly Father listens to us and wants to make us grow in our faith through trials. We found a bunch of new people to teach who are actually really humble! but, the girl that was going to be baptised this saturday, is going to wait for this saturday I think. She said she didnt feel completly ready, so we are preparing her baptism this saturday. I have never prayed so hard in my life until now as we are praying for her! The 'athiest' we are teaching, told us he prayed to know what path to take, but he didnt pray still ask if the Book of Mormon is true or if the church is true! ah haha ...

one more foto from today :) my 'mini mi!' On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 1:30 PM, Chelsea Anne Martines < chelsea.martines@myldsmail.net > wrote: hola todos This week, after much 'tribulation and affliciones,' we were blessed a lot! I know that Heavenly Father listens to us and wants to make us grow in our faith through trials. We found a bunch of new people to teach who are actually really humble! but, the girl that was going to be baptised this saturday, is going to wait for this saturday I think. She said she didnt feel completly ready, so we are preparing her baptism this saturday. I have never prayed so hard in my life until now as we are praying for her! The 'athiest' we are teaching, told us he prayed to know what path to take, but he didnt pray still ask if the Book of Mormon is true or if the church is true! ah haha patience..but we are going to help him. Also me and Hermana Martinez are working with a ton of Menos activos, inactive members, and the sta...

hola todos, this week one of the good things was that, well Argentina played in Mundial, which is the world cup, against Iceland, but they had a tie 1-1, but they play again thurday so we are praying that they will win hahaha! It was funny because here it is like a sacred holiday, so we studyied in the morning sat. because there was no one in the streets! Aside from that, this week was one of the most difficult I think Ive had on my mission. my comp and I have not been able to find any new people to teach, and those that we have taught, have not progressed except 2. We dont really understand why, but all the people we tried contacting have continually attacked us or rejected us or said false lies about the church or joseph smith or the book of Mormon. Sometimes I really dont like being in the capital city, but Im sure the Lord wants us here both for a reason-. I think about the mission of the Savior often, whos mission was not to 'convince' or convert everyone to follow him, bu...

the 'lake' here, its like the Lincoln memorial haha!  On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 6:12 PM, Chelsea Anne Martines < chelsea.martines@myldsmail.net > wrote: 1. me and hna Tica from the conference! 2. the zone today for asado, it was the best lunch ever! 3. walmart haha the futbol game and argentine flags! 4-5 the Investigadores from my OTHER AREA GOT ALL BAPTISED!!!! IM SO HAPPY I COULD CRY!! :') 6. the zone conference On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 5:50 PM, Chelsea Anne Martines < chelsea.martines@myldsmail. net > wrote: Hola todos, My compañera is going home this week! AH! its crazy, today we had to buy another duffle bag for her, and have to get her haircut, (mi too) and get rid of some of her clothes haha. Shes doing great though and super duper diligente!!! For some reason lately we have just been struggling with the people we are teaching, the brother that is going to get married is going to have to wait 3 more weeks. But its going to come! The other investigador is ...