November 21- November 27, 2017 Week 15

Hola Amigos

I hope all is doing well with you! I enjoyed seeing that I had 18 emails to read when I got on today. This past week has been really good. We were able to do a service project for the person that we baptized this past week. We built her a roof on her house. Because it never rains here, there a a lot of homes that don't have techos but because of the Sol (sun) she wanted one of the rooms covered up. It took about 4 hours but it was worth it. When we got back to the pension, my comp showered first. We were pretty dirty and sweaty and so I was really looking foward to a shower, but literally within a minute of my comp leaving the bathroom, they shut off our water for who knows what reason. So we had to ask a neighbor for some water and I took something akin to a bucket bath. It was really cold water but I survived. I am actually doing pretty good healthwise. I was able to weigh myself for the first time since coming on the mission and I gained about 15lbs so I guess that means I am eating well, but there have been a few emails asking if I gained some weight. I swear the camera adds some because I am still flaco. :)

Didn't do anything for Thanksgiving which was a bummer but the mamita did make mashed potatoes and meat with gravy. The crazy thing is she wasn't aware of Thanksving being on that day, so it was a little miracle. I feel like I really made some progress this week. It can be hard sometimes talking with people because I don't share (yet) a common culture or knowledge of foods and fruits I have never even seen before) but I feel a lot of peace and perspective as I have put my worries aside and try to focus on improving everyday. that is the reason we are here on Earth is to experience things and become better.

We have Christmas Conference this week and I am way looking foward to it. We do have to take a 5 hour bus ride and won’t get a lot of sleep, but it will be a chance to see a lot of new things and talk with some of the other missionaries from the CCM. We did experience another miracle this week with the daughter of an active sister en el barrio. She hasn't been baptized because her father felt she wasnt ready, but we talked with the daughter and practiced with her how to ask because she really wanted to be baptized. When we called the family the next day, the mom told us that the father had initially said no but with some help from the wife, he said yes and would even come to the baptism! We are going to meet with them later today, but MIRACLE

Rosa at her baptism and meal with ward right after

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May 15-May 21, 2018 and May 22 -May 27, 2018

May15- May 21 Super crazy and I am running short on time so sorry! Probably the biggest news is that Elder Turner and I received special Transfers! and it is not because we did anything bad. My comp is going to open up a new sector in Calama which is way hotter and colder than any other city in the mission. It is like 4-5 thousand meters above sea level. My new comp is coming in from another mission (south of Chile) and is from Argentina. He is really new in the mission and I get the opportunity to train him de nuevo. I am excited and a little nervous. Its a big responsibility but I look forward to the challenge. One thing Elder Turner and I decided to start saying is One degree more. Whats the difference between water at 99 and 100 degrees? It boils and so we are wanting to give just that little extra effort. Should be a neat experience. So today was also my birthday and we were able to visit the Esmeralda boat today because today is also a Chilean holiday that mark

February 25, 2019 - March 11, 2019

Sorry to always be writing emails that are not terribly detailed. I have been super tired this past week. It was really good but crazy. Got to go on several intercambios this week and I made a goal to try to take a picture on each one but I wasn't super great at remembering so that's what the selfies are. We were also super blessed to baptize Marleny and her family. It was a close small service that was one to remember. It was a miracle to watch because it was just a ton of resistencia with her situation but we saw miracles. On Sunday night we did a zone attack in one of the sectors that are by the beach so that is that photo. It was a little overcast and not a lot of gente, but we did contact this really cool Brazilian guy. We have a Brazilian elder in our zone and we are always trying to talk with him in Portugese. I am not to good at remembering stuff but it's common to here in the zone Duda bain (All Good) Sorry to all those that speak Portugese because

Oct. 24 -October 30, 2017 Week 11

Hello all. It has been quite the week. I had the chance to do everything as the penultimate week of my training. Next week we have cambios and there is a chance that I may get transferred. Who knows where. The only thing is if I move, I have to leave a lot of the food I bought today in the Pension. I did buy peanut butter today and it is very expensive. I will be taking that in my suitcase but the rest will stay. We are working super hard this week to do all we can to leave the sector in a good place if we leave. Today for Pday we went to go see the Mummies that are here in a museum. Apparently they are the oldest in the World. Who knew? It was actually nice to go see them because the museum is more up in the valley and there is actually a lot more green there. It didnt feel like we were in the desert anymore. This week we also finished teaching a family for baptism next Saturday and afterwards we got to see and hold the llama that they had purchased th

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