September 19, 2011

Hola todos,

 

Alright A LOT happened this week and I really hope I don´t forget anything.

First off Tuesday we had a cita (appt.) with our golden investigator, Lourdes. We went in planning to teach about the Holy Ghost and well... that didn´t happen. Instead she told us about all the doubts and problems she has with the church. The young man that passed the sacrament to us on Sunday was laughing a little bit as he was and she found it very disrespectful and all of her problems just started to spout off of that. She was saying how things about the Book of Mormon and how we´re just like all the others bringing along this new book. She also said she feels like she´s wasting her time but she´s willing to listen to us a little bit more. That was a complete turn around and I was not expecting that. We know that this IS what she´s looking for we just have to work really hard to help her see it. Thursday we had a lesson with her with our district leader, his companion, and one of the young men from the ward. We though it would be good to bring them along to help her understand more about the priesthood and why it´s given to young men. Unfortunately I won´t be there anymore to see how the lessons go... Yes I was changed but I´ll come back to that later. I know that Lourdes loves Hna. Windous and I so much so I hope that she´s not too sad or offended that I won´t be there. I really hope that she gets baptized and I really do KNOW that this IS what she´s looking for. She just doesn´t quite know it yet.

Friday was the next big day. Thursday night everything seemed surreal and it just seemed like another day and not like something big was happening, like a wedding or something. :) That didn´t last for too long because I definitely felt the realness of everything Friday. We had an amazing time at the temple. It was really special there was a couple there at the same time that was being sealed I don´t know if that made it easier or harder on me. haha.

Yesterday was the 18th of September, shocker huh?... No I know that has no significance in the states but that Chile´s independence day. It really felt almost exactly like the 4th of July. Saturday we had a very festive lunch with empanadas. I gave into the peer pressure of the Hermanas and ate two empanadas. It´s alright I´m good... now.

Since it was the last week of changes the whole week Hna. Windous and I were talking about what could happen in changes, let me just say it wasn´t quite what I was expecting but I think it is even better. I finally left Ñuñoa 1 which now I´m actually a little sad about it because we finally had people we were teaching and I had connections with a lot of people there. Both Hna. Rios and I left Ñuñoa 1 and Hna. Wojciechowski and Hna. Windous stayed and got different companions. I am now in a sectore called Lo Cañas. My new companion is Hna. Castallón, she´s from Nicaragua. and I am also going to be living with Hna. Humphries who will be training an new Hna. from Bolivia. I am the only one who isn´t fluent in Spanish but I know because of that my spanish is going to get so much better and I´m so excited for that. I am also excited to get to know the people in this sector and it seems a lot calmer than the city life of Ñuñoa. I am so excited for this change and can´t wait to see what the Lord has in store for me. 

I Love you all!!! and I hope that you are all doing well.

 

-Hna. Howe