(This is the newbies to Rancagua Mision with President Warne)
I love Chile, I love the branch, I love my companion I am just so
filled with love.
This week was interesting. we really didnt teach as much as we did last
week but we talked to a lot of people about the Gospel and I feel like a lot of
the people that werent home when we tried to visit was Gods way of sending us to
our plan D (yes we had a plan a, b, and c too) but oftentimes the plan D was
someone who needed us. whether it was a ward member that needed consolation and
to know that God hears our prayers or it is a less active mother and her
daughter that have a Hunger to come back to church.
its incredible, many times when the members provide lunch for 1 or 2 or all
3 sets of missionaries it is because they greatly desire or need the blessings
that they have Fe (faith) will come through their sacrifice and service. I
really am so humbled by the faith of the people here...and at the same time soo
extremely saddened when ward members or investigators do not see the great
importance of church attendance. it is a Huge difficulty here...they have work
or are sleeping til 12 noon or have chores to do or dont feel like the ward
members practice what they teach or some other reason. I cannot count how many
times i have born my testimony on the importance of church attendance.
chilean words: vacan=cool
Po (pronounced like poe)= used for emphasis at the end of a sentence like
sí, po. or no, po. are the most often uses
ok it is really dangerous (do be nervous i am fine keep reading) there are
tiendas (stores) like mini convenience stores EVERYWHERE....my companion and i a
couple of times a week go and buy chocolate in the nearby ones of where we are
at the moment like in between appts...its good and bad :) its a good thing our
area (sector in spanish or chilean) is large and we walk all day.
okay some of the people here totally talk like they have MARBLES in their
mouth ...its like a mumble in the back of their throat...they are definietly the
hardest for me to understand :)
ok what else? oh, dinner and breakfast are just jwhatever i feed myself,
generally the normal cereal and herbal tea (for some reason i actually like the
herbal tea....even though its the same as back home and i didnt back home) and
crackers or an apple for during the dayç.....i dont really have much time for
dinner at night so i just snack more.
One thing i really love about my companion is that she is always
complimenting me, telling me my strengths and super patient with my questions
and language learning. also she respects my opinion, and if i feel like we
should talk to someone that we passed she enthusiastically agrees. It is
definitely something i will try to learn from her.
thats all for now love ya!
keep your heart open (notice i didnt say eyes) for people that might need
your help or your testimony you never really know if you are an answer to a
prayer until after you act
Hermana Konrie Ming
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