Hermana McKin

  Queridos Amigos y Familiares, Holy heck. Maybe I should just leave the email at that because it perfectly describes these last 2 weeks.  I arrived home safely last week after about 40-ish hours of traveling. The Church chartered a flight from Buenos Aires for about 570 missionaries. Because my mission is one of the northernmost (is that a word?) missions AND all of Argentina was on some sort of lockdown quarantine with all the province borders shut down...we had to stop for about an hour at every province border we passed through. What should have been a 20ish hour bus ride ended up being about 27 hours so that was awesome. Not to mention, the bus was 13 hours late to pick us up in Jujuy. Once we got to Buenos Aires, they dropped us off at the MTC right next to the temple. That's where the rest of the 500 or so missionaries were waiting. There were missionaries from Santa Fe, Rosario, etc. and I actually got to run into some missionaries from my MTC district who were in Sant...

  Hello Parents and presidents of the missionaries of the Mission Salta Argentina, Included is some information concerning the return flights of your children.     ·            We have arranged 2 charters to take the remaining North American missionaries to the United States on Saturday morning, April 4, at 8:00 and 10:00 am.  The flights are scheduled to arrive in Salt Lake City on Saturday evening at 5:10 pm and 7:10 pm, respectively.  ·            More detailed itineraries will be sent as soon as they are available, including those who have connecting flights out of Salt Lake.  However, given that flights can be delayed, it is possible that connecting flight itineraries will not be sent until we know the flights have left and have not impacted connections.  If connecting flights are not available until Sunday, April 5, your missionary will spend the night in a ...

  Salta, Sunday March 29, 2020 Dear Families of the Argentine Mission Salta: We share with you some news about what is happening with the missionaries here. Many already know that Argentina is now in a period of national quarantine, which forces people not to leave their homes until Tuesday, March 31. The Argentine government is considering extending the quarantine for a while longer but we have no official news in this regard. All missionaries are in good health and spirits. They have enough food and in many areas members bring them lunch. Others are learning to cook so simple recipes are welcome. Most of them have access to the church computer to communicate with their families, Monday and Thursday. We have also sent their cell phone numbers so that you can call them through an international call to communicate with them throughout the week if needed. We know that for some families it is difficult to communicate since cell phones do not work properly here. We hope that missionari...

  Dear Parents,   As you are already aware, your son or daughter will soon be returning home from their current foreign mission assignment.  My wife and I also have a daughter who is serving in Argentina and will also be coming home soon.  As a result we find ourselves on the same “pins and needles” waiting for additional information….  I can only imagine the challenge it has been for each mission and the Missionary Department to handle the logistics of this huge undertaking.  I thank you for your patience and understanding throughout this process.     We have been advised to limit the number of people welcoming each missionary at the airport upon their return.  Where possible, just the parents should pick up missionaries from the airport.   There are many questions that arise as a result of these missionary adjustments.  Although many of those questions have yet to be answered, please allow me to do what I can to answer a few quest...

  Family and Friends, These last few days haven't quite felt real.I keep thinking about how emotional I should be but to be completely honest I think I'm still in shock.  About 5 days ago the whole mission (Salta, Argentina) was put on quarantine to comply with the nationwide quarantine. Basically, we can't leave our apartments. Yesterday, we received a message from President Orquera that announced all foreigner missionaries will be returning to their native country. I saw it happening to a lot of my friends serving outside of the USA but then Hermana Parker and I received the news and just couldn't believe it.  I think the right word is heartbroken, but I guess this is the part of my mission where I learn to really hand it ALL over to the Lord. This is His work and I know He is more than aware of His missionaries. I so thankful for the 6 months I got to spend here in Argentina. I'm so thankful for the people I met, taught, and watched come unto Christ.  Grateful fo...

  ¡Hola Amigos y Familia! Earlier this week I was worried about getting Salmonella but now it sounds like I should be more concerned about COVID-19 or whatever the heck it's called. Things are getting pretty serious it sounds down here in Argentina but we have yet to be completely quarantined so I guess that's a blessing. I don't really know. To be totally honest, I don't really know what's happening.........ever.  So on that reassuring note.....I'M TRAINING! Officially went to the mission office to pick up my "hija" (daughter) as we say here in the mission. There were 6 new hermanas; 2 Latinas, 2 from Brazil, and 2 Gringas. I sort of figured, "Hey, Heavenly Father knows my Castellano stinks but He's asked me to train so I'll probably get a Latina." Hahahaha I was very very wrong. I guess I need to have a little more confidence in my Castellano because I got cute Hermana Parker from good ol' Highland, Utah! She's awesome and s...

  ¡Hola Familia y Amigos! So just when I was getting comfortable I got a call from my mission president. I'm going to train!!! For the next three months I will get to help a new hermana become adjusted to the mission and learn how to be a missionary. I don't really know exactly why I've been asked to train now (because I lowkey have 6 months in the mission AND I still don't really know that much Spanish) but I am SO excited to think that Heavenly Father has enough trust in me to let me train one of his missionaries! Woohoooo! Also! I get to stay in Ciudad de Nieva for 3 more months! I am soooooo happy!  I waved goodbye to Hermana Horton this morning. Transfers are the WORST! She is going to be a Sister Training Leader in Santiago del Estero......poor thing haha. She'll kill it. 11 hour bus ride... There's an elder in my zone from Mexico who is trying to "win his girl back" and he's been writing her a lot of letters, trying to get my opinion on the ...