My grandma asked me last week to talk about the culture and so this week´s post will be about the culture of Argentina :)
First off. When you greet someone, you always give a kiss on the cheek. So this means that every day I get kissed by tons of people :) I really like this, I think it brings people closer together than a handshake. But because I am a missionary, I am only allowed to kiss the cheeks of the females. :) Handshakes for the males, which I am completely okay with. But I will defintiely be bringing this part of the culture home with me. I want my family to have this culture, though in the States it will probably only be within my little family. :P
Second The members of the church, call us. the missionaries, angels. It is so sweet and it makes me smile everytime that a members says it. I never really thought that I could be an angel.
But at this time I would like to invite all of you to try to be an angel in the life of someone that you know. Do something help them. Talk to them. Make them smile. Do something nice for them. Be there angel for this moment in time.
Third. Pedestrians DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT AWAY :P haha we are careful and watch for cars everytime that we cross the street.
Fourth. If the auto has 2 wheels or more and can go faster than a bike. It can be on the road. :P
Anything else that you want to know about my experience. The area. The people. Let me know :)
Now something Spiritual :)
We have had prophets in the past and each of them have had an apostacy because the people didn´t believe in their words. The people didn´t believe in God and the possibility of having a God.
After a few prophets and when the time was right. God sent His son Jesus Christ to the earth. 1 to fullfill the Plan of Salvation so that we may be saved and 2 to spread the word of God and establish the Church of Jesus Christ on the earth. In the manner that God wanted the church to be. But also.... the people didn´t believe Christ and He was killed along with the apostles of Christ. Thus, once again sending the world into a state of apostacy.
This is called the Great Apostacy because there was a great space of time without the knowledge of God and the plan He has for us. There were many churches created and started. But they were made by man, not by the Living God.
Now.... what do you think God would do? God loves us and wants us to know the truth. He wants us to be happy and to have everything chance to be able to return to live with Him once again.
God would call another prophet to restore the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
But not only that, this time God came Himself. God and Jesus Christ came to the earth, to call a prophet. They came to tell a young boy, who wanted to know which church was the right one and which one he should join. God and Christ, came to answer his prayer and now we have the Church of Jesus Christ on the earth once again. We have the fullness of the Gospel of Christ. We have the way to return to God. We have the instructions of the best way to live this life to have happiness, joy, and the manner in which we are return to live with God the Father and His son Jesus Christ.
Sé que esta iglesia es la iglesia de Jesucristo y por medio de esta iglesia podemos vivir con Dios y nuestras familias para siempre. Sé que Dios es nuestro Padre Celestial y Él quiere ayudarnos en cada cosa en nuestras vidas. Dios nos ama. Sé que Cristo es mi Salvador! Y que mediante Él y El Plan de Salvación puedo estar perdonado por todo de mis pecados.
La amo esta iglesia y seguiré el ejemplo de Jesucristo en mi vida para siempre.
Con amor,
Hermana Bastian
Searching for Stars among the Fish :)
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to Dance in the Rain.
Hermana Chelsea Bastian
Argentina Neuquén Mission
Casilla de Correro 321
8300 Neuquén
Neuquén Argentina
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