Heyyyy people!
Happy
New Year! It is now 2014! Crazzyyyyy. On New Years Eve we went to have
dinner with an investigator family - Solis-Castro! We had dinner and
talked and told stories and had a very awesome and very spiritual New
Years dinner. And then at 11 we went home to watch the fireworks! But we
couldnt see from our window, so we got permission and got on the roof. I
ripped my pants on a nail getting up, but hey, it was worth it! There
was no ladder to climb up, so we hopped onto the trash can and some
abandoned 2x4s and got up there somehow! The view was suuuper awesome
and we saw the fireworks! They were AWESOME! They went allll the way up
the coast, from Laguna Verde to Playa Ancha to Recreo to Viña to Reñaca
to Concón to Quintero! And they went on for half an hour! The end was
really nice - the finale. It looked like modern warfare! It was flashing
lights and big booms - like a strobe light but with lightning... it was
cool. :)
So remember last
New Years, when I was in the MTC and my first memories of 2013 were my
roommates throwing up? Heyyyy it happened again! I hope we dont start a
tradition here. My comp had some kind of stomach flu and those are my
first memories of 2014 (besides the fireworks).
We had intercambios
this week! It was awesome, cuz I got to be with Hna Zimmerman again!
But here in Miramar! Man, that girl is awesome. We had a great time and
learned a TON! We also put 2 baptismal dates with Verónica and Lydia of
the family Ulloa-Lira. Baptismal date for the 26th! Woo! We also found
some suuuper old less actives who are so adorable and say that the door
is always open to us. They are getting a blessing of health today for
the grandpa's leg.
With my normal
comp, Hna Oliva, we also found 6 new investigators, and one of them is
named Ninoska. We found her in a miraculous way. We were walking up a
street looking for a less active in house number 205. While looking for
the house, a girl passed us. And man, we almost contacted her, but we
didnt! So then we go ask some neighbors where number 205 was and one
said, "i dont know, ask 2 houses down, number 223." So we asked someone
else across the street and he said, "Ask across the street - number
223." So we were like, ok. So we are heading toward number 223, and the
girl that we had passed earlier enters into number 223! So we stop her
and talk to her and it turns out shes like practically golden! haha she
is so cool. We are excited to return.
Yesterday we had
Branch Council, and since it was fast Sunday and we were all starving,
the Branch President brought some chips and cookies for the meeting
after church. haha. Awesome. The meeting was really good too! We planned
for 2014 and got some new member lists. Jackpot!
Well, this week we have interviews with President Kahnlein in our apartment! Woo! It's gonna be an awesome week. :)
Here
is the quote of the week: "Not forgiving is like drinking poison and
waiting for the other person to die." Our job as children of God is to
forgive EVERYONE, no matter what. The only person that has the right to
condemn someone else is God. And its the perfect way to start a new year
- with resolutions to forgive, forget, change, and become better. :)
I love you all! So much! Have a great week!
Love,
Hermana Amy Schrader
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