Miracles happen every day

June 25, 2013

Hola from Chile!

This week was so great! God is so good!  Lets be honest -- I say that every day.  So up first is what we call "pulling a Webb". Today I asked my roommate if she needed to wash her horse in the shower.... Just in case you were wondering horse and hair in Spanish are not even that close capillo y pelo.... yeah I know I am smart!  Also the first night when we had new roommates they were both really short.  I mean one of my roommates I really think is half of my height.  So she could not get to the top bunk... It was pretty funny as we were trying to help her to the top.  So I, trying to be a nice person, told her in my broken Spanish that I would switch her beds.  She said no but thankyou in a weird way and I thought she was saying yeah that would be be great!  So I proceeded to switch the sheets. You can imagine what went through the girls head as this strange gringo girl started taking her blanket off her bed... whoops! Don´t people know I have the vocabulary of a three year old right now!!?

 

We got a new batch of people.  I am now in the group that has been here the longest and we have cabin fever! I am pretty sure my district laughs at everything. The other night we played sea animals in the hall and we laughed for proabably twenty minutes about hiding in someones bed.... Yeah we are wierd but it is good.

 

I love my district so much! We are all so different but it is so fun! My companion and I have surprisingly got a long really well.  There are of course some moments but that is to be expected. I laugh more here than I think I ever have before.  My companion continues to embarrass herself everday and I feel bad because a lot of the laughter comes at her expense... Good thing she laughs along with us! 

 

So I thought I was corny... turns out I am not!! These people say more corny things to each other than I thought possible! That is okay it makes for a really funny quote page! It is funny because they will just hug each other day and will think that I want to join that hug... I don't.  Not because I don´t love them but because I don't like to hug all day:).  So now when ever I do hug someone it is like a miracle.  It is fun because it feels like every personality is needed and every personality fits into our corny little puzzle.  Yes I know I am getting worse...

 

I finally got to play with kids! I am so happy! We played ball tag. There was a little group of kids here that stayed here for a week. They live nine hours away and every year they all get on a bus and come here for a week and go to the temple everday and sometimes twice. They were my favorite because by the end of the week they followed us around!  I miss them!  It was so nice to play with them again. We talked about scriptrues, played games, and sang primary songs.  I love my life!!  It felt really good to see the way they looked at me.  I felt like this big hero ... I feel pretty awesome that I get to wear a black badge every morning!

 

So I am almost done with Alma in the Book of Mormon.  I love that book!  It is so funny because you would think God would try to push me to gain a stronger testimony of things I don't have as strong of a testimony in but wow I just keep feeling more and more secure about that book!  It is true!  Not only is it true but it really does have the power to change all of our lives!  Ah what a blessing!  I am learning so much! I am not only learning a TON of Spanish but I am learning the language of love.  I can testify that if you read that book in the right way in your mission language I believe God will help you understand and speak better love for the people you will serve!  I love these people and I love their language! No matter how many stupid a´s, la´s and del´s they put into all of their sentences.  I wish I had time to write all of the miracles, they happen everyday!

 

Love you all!