Hola Everyone!
I have so much to write today!!! My last week in the CCM was
amazing. I loved every minute of it. We got to go contacting one day which was
fun and then the next day we went on splits in Santiago Este. That was a great
learning experience. Sunday night the mission presidentes from Santiago Sur
spoke to us. They are incredible!!! Also sunday night me and my hnas made
cookie dough just from a mix at the store and sat and ate it in our room. It
was a fun little pow wow before we all went our separate ways.
Tuesday morning we all left for our different missions. It
was really sad to say bye to Hermana Kleinman but i'm sure she is doing great
things in Concepcion Sur. There were 8 Hermanas (4 gringas and 4 latinas) and 4
elders (2 gringos and 2 latinos) that all came up here. Our flight was good and
we met up with one more hermana who was coming from the Argentina CCM. The Daltons picked us up and we went and took a picture at this landmark place. I
think you got the picture. We stayed at the mission home Tuesday and Wednesday
got our assignments. It was a 12 hour bus ride from Anto to Arica and I was
with Hermana Espinoza and then 2 other sets of Hermanas and their
trainers.
I am serving in Arica, with Hermana Espinoza. It is a weird
situation becasue she is a Sister Trainig Leader and usually there is a
companionship of STLs and you never train while you are an STL so that has been
kinda crazy. But I just consider myself an honorary STL or a STL possibly in
training haha. I think it will be a good experience as hard as it is sometimes.
Hermana Espinoza is 20 I believe and has been out for 14 months. So she
is getting close to her death bed. She says FETCH all the time and I really
don't like it and I better not pick up the habit but I just have to laugh about
it because she probably says it so much. I think in time we will be able to do
great things together. She speaks no english and currently the language is a
little bit of a barrier...but in time.
Thursday morning was good. We studied and went out for a bit
but then at 6 we had to go to the bus terminal because we had a conference in
Iquique on Friday. So a 5 hour bus ride thursday night and we got to Iquique at
around 4 am. We went to the chapel and "slept" there till 7. The
conference with Elder Zeballos was super great and I actually understood quite
a bit. My zone had a musical number. We took a 5 hour bus back to Arica at 3
and worked for the rest of the night.
Saturday was good. The mornings are hard because everyone is
asleep. We really need investigators but we gotta have time to work. Hermana
Espinoza has had a lot of other responsibilies this week which has made the
work hard. Saturday night we had a lesson with Marcela who I love. She is an English teacher and I got to bear my testimony to her in English which felt so
nice!!! I remembered what it feels like to actually tell someone exactly what
im thinking.
Sunday was good. I like the ward. Sunday night we found a
new investigator, Camilla so that was exciting!!!! The people here just let you
in and open up so quickly it is crazy.
Im pretty sure I learned a different language in the CCM. I
don't understand anything here...in time. Sorry if this email was too vague I
have a lot to say and not a ton of time!!!
Spriritual thought! 3 Nephi 5.13 I believe...We are disciples
of Christ and have the responsibility to share the gospel so find opportunities
to do it!!!
Love you all!
The view from Arica to Iquique
Iquique
Hna Freedman and Hna Espinoza - Freedman on right :)
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