So
hey guys!
I feel sooo
great! So, I have been slightly sick
lately... It’s like a cold... Then things got better, but now my companion is
slightly sick, too. We are really cool. J We are
doing the best in our missionary work, but it’s a little hard when you have
been sick. We actually are managing just
fine. No need to worry. We have been talking with the mission nurse
and she has given us some over-the-phone remedies...
I’ve been getting to
know some members in the branch this week, which has been fun. Things are super different here as far as
church norms go (because it’s so small... the branch I mean). It’s fun learning about and adapting to the
differences, though. We had to teach all
of primary yesterday (5 kids ages 7, 9, 9, 11, 11) and were advised about it
yesterday while at church. We had to
just make something up on spot...it went ok.
We have one investigator.
Her name is Gladys and she is really
funny. She’s an old lady and she like
shout/yells everything she says so she always sounds angry, but she’s not, that’s
just how she talks. I get a kick out of
it. :) She accepted a baptismal date but then couldn’t
come to church on Sunday because she got sick. She’s had a lot of trials in her life and is
just ready to accept the gospel. She
sells clothes in the flee market and so her house is just filled with TONS of
clothes. We help her sort the clothes
and put them in bags or boxes. The other
day she was in the other room and was shout/yelling so my companion was saying
things like “Oh yeah”, “uh huh”…back to her and then we realized that she was
on the phone in the other room and not even talking to us... It was
hilarious! We laughed sooo hard!
So here’s a funny
story…The other day a guy in the street was getting upset because we wouldn’t
tell him our first names... It was kind of funny actually... He like backed us
into a wall and was saying how no one is going to trust us if we don’t tell
people our first names and then he told us to watch out and be careful like 7
times because people here can’t be trusted.... He was nuts. His name was Freddy. We couldn’t tell if he was drunk or on drugs (because
he didn’t smell like either one) or just crazy.... People here are great. Ha!
Ha!
Our area is seriously
sooo ghetto! It’s really funny. I can distinctly and quickly identify the
smell and differences between alcohol and drugs in the street now. (BTW, it smells soooo bad in the streets
sometimes!! Like it will just overwhelming be smelling of dog poop or burning things
or throw up or fish or vinegar or alcohol or drugs... The other day there was
the most overpowering smell of burning something mixed with vinegar and poop
and it lasted for like 10 blocks... nasty.) Don’t worry though, the Lord watches over us
and protects us!! I don’t even get
scared in the streets at night. I can
physically feel the Lord watching over us and protecting us. I’m just glad that I don’t have to live in
this environment forever.
My companion and I are
getting along super well!! I love her
soooo much!! She is soo hilarious! We are pretty much constantly laughing
(even though we are way sick right now)!! Random facts about her: She’s one of the 19 year-old
sister missionaries. She’s a twin. Both
her parents and her brother served missions in South America (Uruguay, Bolivia,
Paraguay) and her twin sister has her call to Argentina and she’s in Chile. I can finally include a pic of us because this
computer works. :) Pic = us on a bridge
with the view of the ocean that we have.
Well that’s all I really
have to say for now... Hope all is well at home!! The pics look nice, Rach!! Good work cleaning up the house! (BTW, that
was the only e-mail I got from home this week... gay, but obviously I forgive
you).
I’m just loving
missionary work soooo much!! I love this
gospel and I love this church! I love
how strongly I can feel the spirit ALL the time! It’s the best! I’m not looking forward to coming home
yet..... Sorry guys. I love you all, but
I’m way not ready for the normal responsibilities of the world... Plus I just
love ghetto Chile way too much!! :) Anyway, keep it real.
Until next week!
-Hermana Hermansen
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