Hello Everyone!

       I know remember why I dreaded the summer here. Just like las summer, We are dying from the heat. What makes it worse is that there is so much humidity. I can never stop sweating. I can now say that I am grateful for the Arizona heat.

        But other than the weather I can say that I truly am super happy to be a missionary. We are working harder than ever, and that work is paying off because we found 3 new people to teach just this past week! And we have a whole family, the Andia´s who are going to get married and be baptized the weekend of the 5th of Feb! We are doing everything we can to plan their wedding and baptism to make it the most special weekened for them. Its been rough to see them struggle financially but they don´t let that affect them, and they truly rely, trust, and find pure happiness in Christ and in the Gospel. They are such big examples to me and I love them so much. I love being a missionary because I get to see first hand how the Lord works, strengthens, and carries His children every step of the way once they decide to follow Him. I know that it is not an easy thing to follow and to trust fully in Christ, but it is the only way to complete and everlasting happiness. Here´s a quote that I loved from the Ensign from this past General Conference...

"The joy we experience in this life will be in direct proportion to how well our lives are centered on the teachings, example, and atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ."

I know this quote to be sooo true!! It wasn´t for coincidence that in the zone meeting with all the missionaries, my companion and I taught about finding motivation to keep moving on in the mission. The only solution we came up with was our Savior, Jesus Christ. I know that a life centered in Christ is eternal joy, nothing else. I know it and I have felt the powers of it in my life. He is the only source of comfort, joy, peace, and confidence during times of tribulation and the good times! I invite all of you to keep Christ in the center of your lives, and if not, to make him the center. Because with Christ at the center we will never be led astray. Love you all! 

Keep pushing forward!! 

Hermana Cannon 

Merry Christmas Everyone!! I hope everyone had a good one and that everoyne was able to watch "A Savior is Born"!! I can´t believe this was my second Christmas in Argentina! A lot different from the first but super special! 

On Christmas Eve, a few of the missionaries and I, participated in a missionary choir! We performed in Quilmes and then we got to ride in President´s car to La Plata to perform there too!! It was so fun to see Hermana Ramirez, (my first companion back in the mission) again after so long! The concerts really brought in the Chrsitmas Spirit and lifted all of our spirits as missionaries!! 

Later that evening we ate dinner with a family from Peru (in the ghetto) and then we got back to the pench to watch fireworks. We stayed up till midnight like little kids, and man was that hard, but at 12:00 on the dot the sky literally lit up! There were so many fireworks we didn´t know where to take pictures! Our view is literally the best and I can´t wait for new years because there will be even more! Argentina sure knows fireworks!

On Christmas we spent the whole day, literally from morning to night with a family in the ward from Bolivia, The Rodriguez´s. They fed us breakfast and then we had lunch of hot dogs from Chile with avacado and tomato, and brownies with ice cream! And then for dinner we had turkey, salad, and corn!!! And then another dessert of pumpkin pie!! It was like I was at home with all the American food!! The Rodriguez´s made me feel even more at home because they even went out of their way and bought me a little cactus!! They are honestly the best and did everything so that we could have the best Christmas! It was diffentley a Christmas I will never forget!! Christ was born and He lives again!! The Church is so true and the Gospel is so sweet! 

Happy New Years Everyone! I will send pictures next week! Love you all!! 

Hermana Cannon 

Hello Family! 

So this week has been literally CRAZY! And a lot has happened and I don´t have long to write but I´ll just give ya´ll the high lights!! 

Last week I wrote how we are the hotel for the hermanas and it is soo true!! We had two sisters stay with us Wednesday night and another sister Thursday till today. We are always in trios and it is so fun! 

We have two investigators with baptismal dates coming up really really soon! For December 12th and we have already seen the Christmas miracles because the two women have completely accepted Christ in their lives and want more than anything to be baptized and to follow Christ. That includes giving up smoking and all other bad habbits for the Gospel! I seriously learn more than them then they learn from me! 

We had a super massive family home evening with all our investigators, seriously like 6 of them that are all progressing. It was the most powerful experience ever. They all shared their testimonies and how the Gospel has literally changed their lives. They are all so strong and they are a blessing in my life. This work is the sweetest. 

I have a funny story and a scary one too: 

 So we were teaching our investigator, the one with the date and we were outside at her table when all of a sudden I felt something really warm on my leg! I looked down and saw that her dog was peeing on my leg! In shock, I pushed him away and kindly asked to go to the bathroom. It was suoer disgusting but we all laughed about it later. The mission is for firsts times for everything! 

On Saturday night after planning, I started to feel a ton of pressure in my chest and it hurt to breathe. This went on for hours without letting up and so I called the mission nurse and from there called Hermana Nunez. The next night they took me to the hospital, President and Hermana Nunez and luckily I didn´t have anything serious, just a virul infection in my lungs! All they did for me was give me a shot and tell me to rest. Which is almost impossible in the mission and hard too! But luckily I am feeling much better!! 

So I´ve seen and been though a little bit of everything this week! I love this time that I have to be a missionary and I would´nt trade it for the world. The Church is so true and the Gospel is so sweet. Take care everyone!! Love you all!! 

Hi Everyone! 

So I´m still alive and in Argentina!! I´ve been so bad that I haven´t been writing weekly emails, theres just literally not enough time on P-days. But let me give ya´ll a run down on these past couple of months!

I´m in Quilmes now, or beer city, because of the huge beer factory that the city and the beer is named after. But it´s great here I´m really starting to like it and the members here are fantastic! 

About a month ago, my investigators, Carlos and Angelica, the ones who got married, got BABPTIZED! They were baptized the weekend after I got transfered out of Romero but my mission president let my new companion and I, Hermana Flores come back for their baptism. It was amazing and the sweetest experience to have watched them grow through every step. I have seen their lives change, and I know it is only possible through the Gospel. I can´t wait to be there for the next and biggest step in their lives when they are sealed in the temple! Yay eternal families!

My companion and I have been working super hard in our area but whats super funny is that we always end up in temporary trios! They call our apartment the hotel for the sisters because we´re always having sisters coming in for doctors appointments, passport stuff, etc, because we are the closest sisters to the mission office. I absolutely love it. I get to spend time and get to know so many sisters. It´s so fun. 

The Church is so true and the Gospel is so good! 

Have a great week everyone! 

Love, 

Hermana Cannon 

Hola Everyone! 

This week was pretty much the best week that I´ve had in Argentina because our investigators, Carlos and Angi got married! After a year and a half of pushing it off and dissapointing missionaries, we were finally the ones that got them to the altar! They got married Friday, and so that morning we got to their house early to get Angi all ready. We did her hair and makeup and she looked gorgeous! Carlos looked all studly in his suit and just their closest family came and we all left for the courthouse in Abasto! The marriage ceremony was really fast but after they exchanged rings, I had never seen them so happy. It was the cutest thing and I was sooo glad that I was able to be there for them on their special day. Afterwards we came back to their house and had the biggest BBQ ever. (Sorry dad but Argentina has you beat on the meat its so dang good). But we´re also going to have a wedding reception in the church for them this Friday since they didn´t get the chance to have one the day they got married. Now we just need to get them to the baptismal font! 

Tuesday we went looking for a reference that we had recieved from a member about a month ago. Well we finally find her and she just lets us straight into her house. I immediately feel so comfortable with her and such a strong spirit and then we start talking about the family because running through her house were her five little kids! She loved everything we had to say and when we asked if she would be baptized she said yes! It was the very first time we met her too! It is truly a testimony builder to me that The Lord is always preparing His children, we are just the instruments that find and teach, The Holy Ghost does the rest! 

That´s all I have for this week yall! The Church is so true and the Gospel is so good! 

Oh and thanks for all the Birthday emails! Ah tomorrow I turn the big 21! This has been the fastest and craziest year of my life! (so far) 

Have a great week!

Hermana Cannon 

Hola everyone! 

I heard from someone that being a missionary is just huge version of ding dong ditch. I never really understand that statement until now! We spent many days this week, Hermana Winfield and I searching for many references and contacts that the members had given to us or past missionaries had made in our area! Becuase the poeple here don´t have numbers on thier houses, we just have street numbers, so it is just a huge guessing game, or in the mission world, chances to share the gospel with everyone helps us or gives us directions. So it turned out that the 15 names we had at the beginning, doubled only because we were trying to look for houses, so thank you Argentina for maiking it easier on us to spread the gospel! 

Tuesday, we had a going away party for Edith Lopez, who left to serve her mission this week in Paraguay! We met at Hermana Graciela´s house and literally had a feast and we all wrote her little notes to take with her to read during her mission. I was sad to see her go because she helps us out so much, but like with every missionary, The Lord needs her in Paraguay! 

This Sunday was absolutley amazing because we had stake conference, but it was a broadcast from Salt Lake. Elder Cook, Elder Hales, and Sister Marriot all spoke (And she even tried to speak a little Spanish which was very cute) and there is nothing like hearing talks from the apostles and authorities from the church. The theme was very obvious, that all youth need to serve missions, the importance of temple work, keeping the sabbath day holy, and to strengthen the family within the home. I wrote down a few quotes but I translated them back to English so I hope they sound okay! 

"Are we true believers?"

"It takes much discipline to keep the sabbath day holy."

"Our homes should become holy homes."  

Sorry here ya go, they sound better in Spanish lol. The Church is true and the Gospel is so good! Have a great week! Love you

-Hermana Cannon 

Holaaa! 

This week has been absolultely crazy! With ward activities, lessons, and TRANSFERS! Yes I finally had transfers after 3 months of being back in the mission! I´m in the same area and my new companion, or not so new companion is Hermana Winfield! What is super insane is that she was my companion in the MTC. It is a crazy coincidence but really cool at the same time. It has been almost a year since we were both in the MTC and we have both grown and have learned so much in the past year! 

This week we have also had the oppurtunity to help a sister in the ward with some of the problems that she is going through with her family and with her husband. She was at the point of leaving her husband completely but then came to us and through a lot of love, support, and with the help of the Spìrit, we were able to give her comfort and peace. The experiences and testimonies that we shared helped her to stay with her family and try to work things out!

 

We are not perfect, but we can trust in God with all our hearts, and with his divine guidance we can never take the wrong path. If we are doing all we should be doing, He will not let us go down the wrong path or fall. This week was also a testimony builder to me that The Lord puts the right people in the right places in our lives for a reason and when it is needed. Either these people bless our lives or we in return can be that blessing for someone else. And the smallest of acts or the tiniest of conversations can bring about miracles in the lives of others! 

The church is so true and the Gospel is so good! 

Have a great week! 

Con mucho amor,

Hermana Cannon