My companion and I

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Homes in our area

Our recently baptized member!!!!

First week in Dec

Alright so this week we have been visiting a family from Brazil and they only speak portuguese.  It is really hard because sometimes we understand them and sometimes I have no idea what they are saying to me.  They invited us over for lunch in their house and we ate vegetables from their garden...pretty much the first time I have been offered vegetables here.  Then they invited us to come the next day...but we didnt understand when they invited us so they ended up waiting 2 hours for us to come!  I was super embarrassed when I found out because I hate being late to our appointments here.

My spanish is far from perfect but I am starting to understand a lot better and put words together better.  Well there is always something random that happens everyday but I cant remember right now.  So I guess this is all I will send this week, but I was wondering if you all watched the Christmas Devotional? How was it? I didnt have the chance to see it because I was in a family home evening with some members...they are starting to support us now!

Well as always I love you all and hope to continue to hear all about what is going on in the USA.

con carino,

Hermana Gunter

My leg from a spider bite!

Argentina NO!!!

Hola todos!

After traveling for 2 days straight, we finally arrived in Paraguay where were supposed to get a flight to Argentina.  Unfortunately, we could not step onto their soil without visas.  So we had to purchase visas which took forever and then we rode on this crazy looking blue bus with pictures of jesus all over it until we got to the mission home in Asuncion Paraguay.  

They fed us and then we got to go see the temple and eat these yummy chicken burrito things.  The water was not good there so we drank sprite.  After we waited for a long time and then did some more signing for our visas in Argentina.  Then finally we rode another bus for about 8 hours until we met our new mission president and his wife (who are small people).  We left our suitcases in the chapel and slept ate dinner at their house.  Then we slept at a super nice hotel in Posadas.  

At our meeting, president told us that we wouldnt have our argentina visas for a while so we were being reassigned to places in Paraguay.  I am no serving in the puenta kyjha.  It is like the spanish fork of utah.  it is the country not the city.  People here are super poor and many of the children run around without shoes on.  We saw a dead dog in the road and it was super gross because blood was everywhere and no one would clean it up.  

The people also mumble really quietly and dont say their s´s so it is hard to understand them.  I am slowly picking up the language but it is really hard.  I have a companion who is from Buenas Aires and doesn't speak any english.  I struggle a lot trying to communicate with her.  A lot of times I get frustrated and wonder why I came, but then I remember all the people who need me. When I can speak the language (probably 7 monthes) I will have definitely earned my 17 credits of A´s at BYU.

One of our investigators Jonathon(age 16) wants to be baptized but his mom wont let him.  He is also part of the mafia and they will kill him if he leaves.  When we were teaching another investigator named Carina, her sister jumped up in the tree and peed right above my companions head!  And to make things worse, they sang god be with you til we meet again to get us to leave.  que triste.  

There were only 18 members at our church and they all came late.  I definitely have my work cut out for me.  Our apartments is roughly as big as our kitchen at home but is super big in comparison to what other families have.  Their houses are made out of super thin wood, brick or tin and everything is super dirty.  Its like living at lake powell except the bathrooms arent even that nice.

Surprisingly the food isnt that bad but it scares me to eat it because they dont ever wash their hands.  Well I love you all and I will continue to work hard so that I can return with some cool stories.  My new address is 

Córdoba 1243

Posadas, Código Postal 3300

Misiones-Posadas-Argentina

Casilla de correo #12

Adios! escribame cartes!

Hermana Gunter

Letter from Syd's President and Pictures

August 31, 2013 Dear Gunter Family, My wife and I had the privilege to welcome Sister Gunter to the Argentina Posadas Mission. We are excited to have Sister Gunter in our mission to contribute to edify the Church of the Lord here in The Argentina Posadas Mission. Sister Gunter was assigned to labor in the Puente Kyhà Branch with Sister Dominguez as there trainer. During her mission, Sister Gunter will have opportunities to work in the Providence of Misiones in Argentina and Paraguay due to the mission having two countries. Although, Argentina and Paraguay are neighbors, they have different cultures and customs. On Monday, they will have their preparation days where she will be able to communicate with you every Monday. The communication is generally done over E-mail, or to communicate with letters or packages, the direction of the offices of the mission is: Sister Gunter Córdoba 1243 Posadas, Misiones 3300 Casilla 12 Argentina We are very grateful for sending us a missionary spiritually prepared; she will be an influence in the lives of the investigators that they will teach, members who they will get to know, to her companion and other missionaries. With love, Lee LaPierre President of the Argentina Posadas Mission

Here is my bed...top bunk

Some of the Elders in our mission!

Me and my companion!

This week has been amazing! For our devotional on Tuesday, Elder Scott came and spoke to us! He talked a lot about the gift of tongues and gave us an apostolic blessing so that we would not get discouraged. He was so sweet; he kept telling us how much the twelve love us and then mentioned that his deceased wife was there with us. Then on Wednesday, I had the opportunity of hosting the new missionaries that came into the MTC. The first one was a cute little sister from Taiwan. She was really good at english for just arriving the night before! Her name was Sister Hsu (pronounced shoe) and is going to the Salt Lake City Temple Square mission. I can't image traveling to a completely different country all by myself. I really do admire her. The next sister I helped was named Hermana Ordeñez. She was born in Peru but grew up in New Jersey. At first I couldn´t understand what she was saying though because she pronounced New Jersey with a y (New yersey). The best part of this week though was attending the temple this morning and watching the new temple video. I liked it better because Eve was valiant and outspoken. I have also developed a stronger love for the Book of Mormon this week. In our lesson we memorized the first vision and I never knew the impact it could have to bring the spirit. We are supposed to recite it slowly with fervor and eye contact with the investigator. So here it is without any notes--try to imagine me saying this as I look you in the eye ;) Vi una columna de luz Mas brillante que el sol directamente arriba de me cabeza y esta luz gradualmente descendio hasta descansar sobre me Al reposar la luz vi en el aire arriba de mi a dos personajes culyo fulgar y gloria no admiten descripción. Una de ellos me habló, llamandome por me nombre, este es mi hijo amado, escuchalo. I love you all and hope to continue to hear from you. Good luck as school starts up again, and remember that no matter what happens, Christ knows you and what you are going through. Turn to him. Buena suerte! sinceramente, hermana gunter