Happy
Halloween! Halloween barely exists here. That holiday just started less
than 5 years ago here - thats what i heard. The Chileans call themselves
copycats cuz they copycat other countries! Haha so i guess the get the
best of all worlds!
For Halloween the most I
did was switch plaques with my comp. So I was Hna Paicely for the day.
Halloween on a mission doesnt get any better than that! Haha well, we
did have an FHE with an investigator and we got to answer the door and
hand out candy to little trick or treaters. So that was fun. :)
CAMBIOS ARE WEDNESDAY!
This Wednesday, the 6th. I really really want to stay for at least one
more cambio but I love Recreo! But I have been here for 6 months, so we
will see. I especially love our district this cambio - we have so much
fun together.
We taught Ricardo this
week, the wife of the RS Pres. He really opened up to us and I want him
to be happy so bad... he is such a good person. We are going to keep
helping him.
One day
we were sitting on a garden wall writing a note to the house we were
next to - an investigator - and a lady just came up to us and started
talking us! I find that happens a lot here in CHile... if you want
contacts, just have a seat and watch em come! But yeah, she was
practically golden and was so excited when we gave her a Book of Mormon.
I really wanted to teach her, but it turns out she lives in Valpo! So
we passed the reference on. But the cool part is that she had
accidentally gone down the wrong road to find a house, and thats when
she met up with us! As we said goodbye, she said, "You know what they
say, everything happens for a reason, and God must've had a reason for
me to go up the wrong street!" Pure gold.
Guess what. ONE DIRECTION is in Chile!!!! Or will be soon...Im not sure. Everyones talking about it! Haha I love them.
Let's see, what else happened...
We helped Milo with his costume for an Institute Halloween party. He looked disgusting as a mummy.
I heard Bye Bye Bye by NSYNC in the Ok Market! Man, that place is a goldmine.
Abuelita
Martita, my favorite less active, has now stopped smoking and seems so
much happier! I love her so much, and she has so much potential!
A hippie dude named
Fabian, with a Jesus hairstyle and beard, came to church! We had
contacted him once in the plaza and he came! He likes to argue but all
the members were just super nice to him, and i think he wants to come
back! We will see.
During the 3rd hour of
church, we met up with bishop on the way to the bathroom. And we stayed
out in the hall listening to his mission stories for the rest of the
hour! He served in Osorno (just like Ashley!) and loved it!
I ate some weird seafood yesterday - called macha. Theyre like mollusks or something. Not too bad tho.
We
met an old guy named Juan whose wife was a member before she passed
away. And after chatting a while outside his house, he told us that he
loved us like daughters. Ah I love viejitos!
I got proposed to! By a drunk guy on the street! The proposal of my dreams.
We
almost died because Satanás, the vicious, vicious dog down in the
quebrada, lunged at us and broke his chain leash! We wouldve died if I
didnt swat at him with my Book of Mormon. Man, the Book of Mormon really
does have the answers to everything.
I said a goodbye this week
to Javier, my adopted uncle. He is going south to work in Talca. But he
said (and I dont mean to brag!) that after years and years of seeing
missionaries come and go, when I came, it was different. He said it was
just so easy, so fluid, so calm. There was no pressure, just invitations
- cuz thats our purpose, to invite other to come unto Christ. He said
it was completely different from any experience he's had with
missionaries. He felt the love and care. It really meant a lot to hear
him say that. :) I hope that I can make all the other people I meet feel
the same way. :)
This week I've been
thinking a lot about the promised blessings I have received on the
mission, and in my life. I like this quote by Eyring: "Almost everything
that I've been able to accomplish is because individuals who knew me
saw things in me that I couldn't see." And then, "Every person is
different and has a different contribution to make. NO ONE is destined
to fail." !!! I know that's true. I testify that that's true!
Have a great week everyone! And before you doubt your faith, doubt your doubts!
Love you all and miss you all!
Hermana Amy Schrader
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