Monday, June 3, 2013
5 Month Mark, plus Jenna's Married!
Heyyy friends and family!
Big news of the week, my little sister Jenna got married! On Saturday! Congratulations to her. :) Jenna, I sent you a card, so you'll probably get it soon, like in a couple months, since it's coming from Chile. :)
And! May 19th was my 5 month mark! Im not counting down the days, I promise, Im just saying that so you all know. So you can all plan a big fiesta for when I come back. ;)
More news: This Wednesday is transfers! And we have no idea what will happen. I might stay in Placilla with the same comp, I might get a new one. Or I might go somewhere else with a new comp! I might even train! I just have no idea. Youll just have to wait and see next Monday...can you stand the suspense? :)
This week was pretty crazy. A couple hard days where we had no appointments and no one wanted to listen to us. Así es la misión, sometimes. But the rest of the week was really awesome. :)
We had zone conference and we enjoyed it immensely!
This week was super wintry...except today which was really hot. :)
I am in Valparaiso right now, right next to the ocean, but I cant see it because its so foggy! But I can definitely feel the ocean in the air. :)
We might have found a golden investigator, who just loves to listen to us and drinks in every word, and when we give her something to read, she gets so excited. So hopefully something will come of her. :) Her name is Claudia,and she lives in the apartment building next to us.
Hmmm what else! I learned a ton this week, but for some reason its just so hard to remember it all when you're writing home! So forgive me. But when I come back we can have a huge party and I'll tell you all every little detail. :)
I realized that here, in Chile, a place that is crazy and new for me, the place where I feel at home is the church. With the members and in the chapel, because it really is the same all over the world! They just make me feel so loved and so safe. They are my family away from my real family. When I want a hug from my parents or friends or siblings, I can go to the members and theyll be there. :)
I have gained a much stronger testimony of the importance of temples! It is not just a beautiful building, people! It is a wonderful haven, where you can go to get away from the world and every horrible or chaotic thing that is going on. I really wish that I could go! But it's in Santiago, so far, and I will be able to go at the end of my mission. But you guys can go right now! Do it!
Family is so important to me, and I have been thinking about them all week, all gathered together for my sister's wedding. I miss you all and I hope you all had a great time! Love you all!
I know that I will be able to see you all soon, and that we will also all be able to live together forever in the next life. That is our goal! Never forget it. :)
I'm living on faith down here in Chile, because honestly there's no other way to live in the mission! I am learning a lot, don't worry. :)
Looking forward to seeing the success that hopefully will come from all our work.
I heard a really good story this week, about when Gordon B. Hinckley came to CHile, and all of Chile gathered in Santiago to hear him and see him. It was a rainy day, severely so. And when Gordon B. Hinckley arrived in the stadium where all were situated, it stopped raining -- ONLY in the stadium! How cool is that? The people of Chile got to sing for the prophet, and many couldn't sing because they were so emotional. Nobody left that stadium without a strong testimony of the then-living day prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley. When I heard this story, I wanted SO MUCH to be there! Gordon B. Hinckley is my favorite! And while I was thinking about how much I wanted to be there, I remembered when Alma said in the scriptures about seeing God and the concourses of angels, "And my heart did long to be there." If thats the way I feel about the prophet, I cant imagine how much greater that longing will be to be with Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and all those angels, and my family!!! :)
I love you all so much and look forward to being with you again. :)
Enjoy your week! Hope its the best!
Your missionary,
Hermana Amy Schrader
CAMBIOS! Recreo-Vina Oeste
Hi everyone!
I got TRANSFERRED! Woohoo! I
am now in Recreo, which is in the zone of Viña del Mar Oeste (west)
which means....I live on the coast!!!! That's right. I wake up every
morning and look out my window, and on one side is the skyline of Viña
and the other side is . . . THE OCEAN! Hahaha I love it soooo much it
has been my dream my whole life! I love the ocean! it is so gorgoeus! I
get to see the sunset over the ocean every day! Ah!
AND my comp is the coolest.
Her name is Hermana Emily Hanks and she is from... Fort Collins! Haha
yeah its great. We get along so well and I attribute that to our chill
Colorado attitudes. Its so true. I am technically training her, she has 6
weeks in the mission, but man, shes awesome! I was hoping Id like her,
and on Wednesday the day we met, I heard her saying goodbye to her old
comp, and she said, May the force be with you. !!! and I was like... no
way... A Star Wars fan?!
And then! While going to our
apartment, I made a She's the Man reference like I am bound to do for
the rest of my life, and she GOT THE REFERENCE! And I was like...this
cant be... A She's the Man fan?!
And then!!!! I mention my
utter and complete obsession for Harry Potter... yup. Believe it people.
SHES OBSESSED TOO!!!! Hahaha so i was like... JACKPOT. :) A HARRY
POTTER FAN! And things have kept going from there - we are practically
the same person. I love it!
As for other things this week,
our ward is tiny here. Its really sad. There are only like 30 people
that go to church, and I have seen the list of less actives...like 200
people! So sad. But my work is laid out! :)
Recreo is gorgeous. Right now
it is raining cats and dogs, we see the ocean outside the window and can
feel the water in the air, we have tons of hills and hike right to the
top and can see all of Viña and Valparaiso!
There are jungle areas with hidden staircases... its an adventure for sure.
Our ward mission leader is 26
and is from Columbia. His name is Milo (short for Camilo) and hes
freaking awesome. :) Big fan! He said he would add me on fb so Mom and
Camille, when you get on my fb, talk to him! :) He will tell you the
secrets of my mission life! Haha. jk. But really.
In this area there are a
couple forever investigators...a 14 yr old kid that cant get baptized
cuz his mom wont let him, but he comes to every single meeting and
event. We even teach hiim English. What a great kid.
And yeah, things are looking up from before! I miss the ward in Placilla, but we will make things great here.
There are so many more details but no time! I will have to tell you all when I get home in a year.
BUT I love you all so much! And I miss you!! And I wish you could see this amazingness here!
Have a fantastic week and enjoy life!
Hermana Amy Schrader :)
P.S. The pics are: The view
from my apt of the ocean at sunset, the ocean after sunset (with my bad
camera) and me in the rain in Plaza Esperanza!
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Happy Mother's Day!!!
Family and Friends! Hello!
Happy Mother´s Day!
I
just want to give a shout out to my mom. She is the greatest mom anyone
could ever have! And I am so lucky that she´s mine. Mom, I love you! I
hope one day I can be as good a mom as you are to me. :)
So! Interesting
story. I was in Valparaíso, writing my emails home, and halfway thru
writing this email, BAM! The electricity goes out. In the ENTIRE CITY.
Yeah. All of Valparaíso, one of the biggest cities in Chile. The entire
city without electricity. So. Lame. I wish I had more time to write,
like I wish every week, but I dont. I have even less time!
But to all you mothers, Happy Mother´s Day. :)
This
week I got to talk to the fam! AH! Family, it was so good to hear your
voices and see your faces! It was heaven on earth. Distance makes the
heart grow fonder! I miss you all so much, it´s insane. Like, for real,
I've never missed anyone so much in my entire life! I love you guys so
much!
I got to Skype home from an iPad, the iPad of the Relief Society Pres. Pretty cool.
:)
After
I left the house, I just started crying! Ah! Haha I love you guys! I
think its unfair that we can only call for Mother's Day and Christmas.
How bout Father's Day? Huh? How is that fair? Haha but I look forward to
Christmas. :)
Thank you thank you thank you! I love you!
And
yeah, thats really all I can say this week, but transfers are next
week, next Wednesday, and I will talk to you all the Monday before. We
shall see what happens!
Write me!
Love you!
Hermana Schrader
P.S. No pics this week - no time. Maybe next week! :)
Saturday, May 4, 2013
The Big 22!
Hola familia y amigos!
Cómo están todos?!
I
am fantastic. I had a great week. It was a little different but it was
suuuper good! MUCH better than other weeks. First of all, I am 22!
Yesterday was my birthday and I am old now. Just kidding. But everyone
was really kind and my companions made me french toast, and gave me a
bracelet, some hangers (which I needed) and a laundry bag! Haha they are
the sweetest. We also got to hear an all male MTC Choir recording of
Called to Serve, in Church, in ENGLISH! And it was sooo beautiful. Even
just that was a birthday gift for me. :)
We also had a baptism, an 18 year old girl named Maria
Fernanda. She was an investigator of the Elders in our area. So thats
awesome! It was a beautiful meeting and we got to help out a lot!
Second
of all, I got sick! Food poisoning I think...my comp got it too! We
were in bed Friday and Saturday all day...I didnt eat a thing. But at
least I wasnt sick for my birthday! haha. Also, yesterday, my birthday,
after the baptism, we had FHE with Maria Fernanda's family and the Lopez
family. We played games and had a lesson by the dad, and had Once! We
had crepes, and they put candles in the crepes and took pictures and I
made 3 wishes. (Its 3 wishes in Chile, not just one!) :) So that was
awesome.
Oh! And thirdly, like I said last week, I am now in a
TRIO! My new additional companion is Hermana Jane Keller, from Salt Lake
City, and holy cow she reminds me of Ashley Nygaard! Hahaha she has the
same laugh, the same face, the same facial expressions, she studied in
China, and studied philosophy! Of course no one can ever replace my
Ashley, but it is good to have a companion that reminds me of my best
friend.
I love Hermana
Keller! She is such a blessing to me. Our trio is sooo much better with
the 3 of us and not just the 2 of us. I dont know what Id do without
Hermana Keller. I am so glad shes here. She is so sweet and amazing and I
love her! We are training her (Yes I am a co-trainer) Haha and it is so
fun! We are all practically learning together.
While me and Hermana
Keller were sick this week, Hermana Plothow got to go out and work with
an RM from the ward named Arlette. Arlette is wonderful, and a fantastic
missionary. I want her to come with me sometime! But Maria, our
investigator with a baptismal date, is still set to get baptized! But
just one week later.
AND! I get to call
home for Mother's Day! I will give more details on that in the future,
but I am so excited for that! I cant wait to see your faces and hear
your voices! Its too bad that you wont get the chance to talk to Hermana
Garcia over Skype too - shes the greatest. But oh well.
Oh! That was another
birthday present! Cecilia, Javiera, and Hermana Garcia called me
yesterday! I didnt get to speak very long with them cuz the baptism was
about to start, but man. It was probably my favorite gift so far. Just
hearing Hermana Garcia's voice was AWESOME! I miss her so much. First
thing I hear on the phone, "Hey baby! Happy Birthday!" Hermana Garcia
and her English. I love it. :)
I have been reading
in Alma... like chapters around 40-50...and its so exciting! Its like my
version of an action movie. Seriously, its so entertaining. And whoever
Captain Moroni's wife is...That girl is the luckiest girl in the world.
Haha. Captain Moroni is incredible. And so is Teancum! Hes like
Spiderman. I love how he just sneaks into Amalickiah's tent in the
middle of the night and kills him without a sound. Incredible.
I also read random
verses here and there of things, and D&C 84:88 still gets me every
time! It is my theme for the mission. It gives me comfort, and lets me
know that I am never alone! I have His promise that He will always be
there for me, with His angels, to bear me up. :)
But yeah! I dont know
what else to add... I hope everything is going well with everyone at
home! You guys are one of the reasons I am here! Without you all, this
would be a lot harder. Thank you for the support and love! I hope you
all have the best week ever. :)
I love being a missionary!
Love you all! Miss you! Thanks for everything!
Hasta proxima lunes!
Hermana Amy Schrader
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Curauma and Placilla. VALPAISO!
Heyyy everyone!
Sooo news: I am
now in a new area with a new companion. I was only trained for 6 weeks
cuz they need the trainers for the newcomers! Sooo I am co-companions in
Curauma/Placilla with another 6-weeker, Hermana Plothow. She is from
Orem Utah and...we are very different people. But we both have the same
goal in the mission so hopefully itll work out. My trainer is in Quilpué
still and I miss her so much! And everyone there! So much!
Curauma
is a lot colder than Quilpué, but it is very pretty and calm here. We
have a BRAND NEW apartment in Curauma, new appliances and beds and
everything. We have to furnish it up a bit but it is gorgeous.
Everything is just white and new. :) Our area is shared with Elders. We
both have the same ward! They have a section to preach in and we have a
section to preach in. Haha. The ward here is absolutely incredible and I
love them all so much already!
We
have walked the streets looking for people to teach, and everyone is
really nice and receptive. The people here talk better too! I can
understand them better and me and my companion arent always super lost.
Haha. Sometimes they cant understand what my comp says cuz she has a
super gringa accent, so I have to butt in a say it for her and then
theyre all like, OOhhhhhh! Thats what she said! Haha its fun.
But
we are really lost and tring to figure things out and it is an
adventure. Really fun and really hard and always learning new stuff. We
are seeing miracles and are going to continue to see miracles! Next week
I will add pictures! I am writing in Valparaiso, which is like an old
fashioned NYC!
Sooo I gotta go. Lame, I know, Im sorry.
But I love you all and please write me!
Hermana Amy SChrader
Monday, April 8, 2013
GENERAL CONFERENCE!
Hey everyone!
So...Happy
Birthday to my
Dad! His birthday was April 7th, yesterday! The lucky guy got to listen
to the prophet and apostles on his birthday... :) Happy Birthday Dad!
You are the greatest Dad anyone could ask for. Thank you for being such a
wonderful example to me and for being so fun and kind and for playing
football with me and driving dirt bikes! Thank you for watching football
with me during Thanksgiving! A tradition that will continue, no doubt.
:) Thank you for supporting me and being proud of me, and for always
being there for me. You are the BEST. I love you.
General
Conference, people! Did you enjoy it or what?! I got to listen in
English! It was aboslutely everything I had hoped for! I felt like every
talk had something that was meant just for me. I received so much
comfort and revelation! I hope you all did too! I know that everything
they have to say applies to each and every single one of us. We are so
lucky to have a living prophet and his apostles on this earth today! We
are so lucky that we get to sit and listen to them from ALL OVER THE
WORLD as they comfort us, warn us, help us, and cheer us on!
These were a couple of my favorite lines from Conference. Of course they are not word for word, but they are what I wrote down!
"Just trust in the Lord. Don't worry about the rest." -Packer
"You will receive a real, lasting conversion, and a continued assurance, if you do the things you should." -Davies
"Rely on the power of prayer. Always." -Dalton
"Heavenly Father knows YOU personally and loves you. You matter to Him!" -Dalton
"Understand who you are, and Whose you are." -Dalton
"How great is your role, how marvelous your contribution!" -Dalton
"Be different from the world." -Dalton
"If there is ever a moment of doubt in your life, turn more fully
to the Savior. Trust in Him and follow His teachings. He is the light
and life of the world." -Ballard
"This is His Church." -Eyring
"Peace comes from knowing that
the Savior knows who we are, and loves us. Let your rejoicing never
cease, for in Him ye shall have peace." -Cook
"Obedience to law is liberty!" -Perry
"We have reason to rejoice!
Put your trust in the Lord, and He will help you, through whatever may
be. Have faith that He can guide and bless you in your life. He hears
the prayers of humble hearts." -Monson
Ok,
that didnt even scratch the surface! There was sooo much more that I
absolutely loved. I hope I get to read it in English soon, so I can get
the exact quotes! :) But I know you all loved it just as much as I did.
:) I just get so pumped after Conference! One of the biggest things I
got from Conference was to pray always, and read the scriptures! Never
stop looking toward the Lord and trusting in Him. And if you do those
things, there is no need to worry! Everything will be ok. :)
My district celebrated my birthday, Elder Sliffe's
birthday (ZL), and Elder Gremlich's birthday! For our district meeting
Wednesday, my companion made Tres Leches cake, and Elder Umbach made
oreo cheesecake! It was awesome. I also celebrated my birthday with
Hermana Flor, a lady in our ward. Her grandson's birthday is on April
30th, so we had a party for both of us! I will include pictures. Her
grandson, Kevin, is so adorable. He is 15 and is so much fun. Hes crazy.
Hermana Flor also made me a navy blue and white scarf and some gloves!
BYU colors! YEahhhh!
We visited Rafael one night this week. It was a
little dark outside but we decided to go past his house. We got to his
gate and saw that it had been locked up. So we started to walk away, and
we heard a rapping on the window! So we turned around and little old
Rafael was hobbling as fast as he could out of his house to unlock the
gate. !!! Awww. It was so awesome that he wanted us to visit him. :) Hes
great.
I had a couple
of funny experiences with people trying to talk to me in English. One
day me and Hermana Garcia were walking along a street in the sun, past a
guy working on his car. When he saw me he said, "Hi princess. How are
you?" And I said, "Bien, gracias, como está Ud.?" And he said, "I am
good!" Hahaha. He really wanted to speak English. Another guy in the
colectivo asked, "When you back to your country?" And I told him, "June
of 2014." And then when we got out of the car he said, "Goodbye,
honey!"
We
had an awesome time in the chapel in El Centro for General Conference.
There were so many people there, and we had one of our investigators,
Mariela, come! She looked so happy, and was there with all her Mormon
friends. :) Inbetween sessions on Saturday, me and my district got to go
get some food. We had Churrasco, Chorrillana, and fries! It was so
good! We went back to the chapel and all hung out in our little room for
the English people. Elder Umbach drew a picture of all of us, which I
have attached to this email. :) Its awesome! I love it! I am holding a
JB doll and little Ricardito is behind me (the African chicken that
Cecilia has).
Another
funny story. One night we forgot our keys at HErmana FLor's house, so
we had to crawl through the window of our little casa! In skirts! It was
loads of fun.
We had a couple of young women come up to us
during General Conference and tell us that they wanted to come with us
one day to work! So thatll be awesome!
Oh, awesome story: There is a
guy in our stake who is...lets just say hes not all the way there. He
met all of us missionaries and was really nice! But apparently, before
me and Hermana Garcia arrived at the chapel for the second session of
Conference, he went up to Elder Araya and Elder Umbach (Umbach is DL)
and asked them who I was and what my name was. And they wouldnt tell
him. They said, "She's in our district and it's none of your business.
You don't mess with the hermanas." And then he got super angry and said,
"I dont like you guys!" And stormed away. Later when they told me that
story, they were like, "Be careful! Hes kinda scary." And I was thanking
them that they didnt tell him my name and thanking them for sticking up
for me, and they said, "Dont worry about it, Hermana. Youre safe with
us. We got your back." !!! I love them! I have the greatest Elders in
my district. I am so lucky. I will never forget my very first district.
:)
Today was
P-DAy, obviously, and we had a district activity! We all hiked to a
little lake outside of Quilpué and ate lunch and played Capture the
Flag. It was hot and windy outside and we definitely had an adventure
getting there. But once we got there, we had so much fun! We have the
best district! But the lake was laaame. Haha. Well, compared to Colorado
standards, it was super lame. It was tiny and the water was brown. But
there were lots of rocks to play on and we entertained ourselves. :)
And
Wednesday morning we find out what happens for transfers! And transfers
are Wednesday evening! I am so nervous! I hope everything happens for
the best! I bet that it will be. Everything will be just fine. :)
Well! I wish I could write more but I really gotta go!
I
hope you all realize how lucky you are to be here on this earth and
have families, and have a Heavenly Father who loves and cares about you
so much! Always turn to Him and trust in Him, and everything will be ok!
Prayer is the greatest thing ever! I love praying so much! I dont know
what I'd do if I didnt have a Father in Heaven there listening to my
every word and knowing exactly how I feel in everthing I do. We are so
lucky! Never forget that. :)
Keep in your heart everything
that has been said at Conference, and more importantly, put it into
practice! In the words of Dallin H. Oaks, Jesus' teachings were NEVER
intended to be theoretical. They were always meant to be acted upon. :)
Have a great week everyone! Enjoy the Spring in the USA!
I love you all!
Hermana Amy Schrader
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Happy Easter and Happy April Fool's Day
I hope you all did something for April Fool's Day!!! We almost did
something...but chickened out. Last night at like 1 am (we couldnt
sleep), Hermana Garcia thought it'd be funny to have me call our Elders
(DLs) and tell them that I went to the bathroom and when I came back out
Hermana Garcia was gone. Man they wouldve freaked out! But we decided
not to do it cuz they were probably asleep. Haha lame. I know. But if
you guys did anything cool, lemme know! I looove hearing prank stories.
:)
I also just heard that BYU was ranked #1 in "Colleges Where Students are Hot and Smart" http://www.businessinsider.com/colleges-where-students-are-hot-and-smart-2013-3?op=1
So that was pretty awesome to
hear about! Of course I think it's true. I thought I was an overachiever
until I went to BYU! And yeah, everyone is really attractive! And more
than anything, everyone is friendly and ready to accept you, no matter
what. So true! They're all for it. I miss BYU! Can't wait to get back!
BUT Im having the TIME OF MY LIFE here in Chile! And this is seriously
going to be the greatest year/years of my life!
Happy Easter!
Wish I could've gotten the usual Easter basket with beef jerky and lip
gloss :) But it's ok cuz I'm on a mission, and that's more awesome than
anything. haha. The people here didn't really talk about Easter much!
It's definitely a bigger deal in the U.S. Here in Chile they just have
Semana Santa, and it's super crazy and all the other religions besides
Mormons have weird cult-like gatherings in the plaza that freak me
out... Lots of creepy singing and huge signs and gigantic statues of
Christ on the cross. Friday or Saturday night, when most of it was going
on, we stopped at a shop nearby to get some Churrasco and fries, then
booked it home! But Sunday was good because we just had regular
Sacrament meeting, but the topics were centered more on Christ and his
Resurrection. It was beautiful.
Ah
let's see! What happened this week...we have a new investigator! Named
Alex, and he's in a wheelchair. Super sad story, his nephew died and
then a month later his wife died, and then a while later his cousin
died, and then a couple weeks later he got in the accident where he lost
his leg. So we listened to it all and told him we wanted to help him. I
shared part of Romans 8 with him, and I didnt know it at the time, but
Hermana Garcia told me later that while I was reading, he had tears in
his eyes. He knows that God loves him and that everything will be
alright. I just can't wait for him to find out that he can live with his
family for eternity in the next life! He will be so excited. I hope so
anyway, who wouldn't be!
We
had a dog follow us all across town. A cute little white dog that was
afraid of all the other dogs. Every time we would pass one, she'd hide
behind our legs. And she really did stay right by our side from one side
of Retiro to the other. We named her Vanilla. lol. Yes yes it was my
idea. Hermana Garcia thinks that every time I name an animal, it leaves.
There was another dog near the little tienda down the street that was
always there! I named him Taco and he was adorable. But then the next
day he wasn't there. And I haven't seen him since! Sooo apparently I
shouldn't name the animals haha.
Ive
enjoyed walking around Retiro and El Sol, which is my sector. This
place is just adorable. The streets are empty a lot, but when there are
people, they are sweet and happy and always smile and talk to us! But
most of the time we walk about, looking for contacts and heading toward
appointments. It's always so calm and beautiful and sunny, and the
houses are painted such bright colors! Whenever we get the chance, I
always choose to walk home instead of taking a colectivo. One night this
week we walked home, and it was warm and breezy and there was a full
moon! So gorgeous. Of course we dont get to walk home every night, cuz
repetitive paths might get dangerous.
It is
definitely getting colder here! Yesterday, Easter, was freezing! The sun
didn't come out all day and the humidity was crazy. My hair was loco!
I've
been getting frustrated with the Spanish. I've been here 5 weeks and a
lot of times I still don't understand! It has gotten a lot better, but
when I'm tired, it's just so hard to focus on every single word and
syllable that they say. Sometimes during Sunday School or Relief
Society, I just take out my scriptures and start reading. But honestly
it has gotten a lot better. IT used to be that when I heard Spanish on
the streets or on TV in America, I just heard a jumble of consonants and
stuff. But now it actually sounds like a language. Now I can get the
gist of what people are saying! But during lessons or contacts when I
don't understand, I just smile and agree with what my comp says. And
share my testimony when I get the chance! If there's nothing else I can
do, I can always do that.
Transfers are next week! I am soooo scared! We find
out on Saturday if we are leaving or staying or training or whatever. I
have heard that us newbies might have to train! Which scares me to death
because I haven't even been fully trained yet! I really really really
hope that I get another transfer of being trained. Otherwise things will
get a LOT tougher. But whatever happens I know I will be fine, and
everything happens for a reason!
Well, I'm still addicted to Chocapic and Sahne Nuss,
and I am definitely enjoying the Churrasco and Chorrillana! Family, I
hope one day we will all get to come back to Chile :) Dont worry, by
that time I'll be able to translate for you guys. :)
We had New Beginnings in our ward, and it was
adorable! There are only 3 young women...but they are such awesome
girls! And the meeting was really cute too, PLUS there was a chocolate
fountain with strawberries, and a cake. :) Yesss.
Oh! I ate horse meat again! One time with the
bishop's daughter, and it was really good.... And then another time
with some lady from the ward... and it was dis.gust.ing. lol Ugh I dont
wanna think about it.
Rafael came to church! Hes 82, and he was all decked
out in his sky blue suit... How adorable. But something sad happened
with Carolina, one of our investigators. Her son is a member (Raxy) and
is suuuper loyal to the church. So we taught her during Sunday School
and she was so ready for baptism and so excited! And she wanted to be
baptized by her son, and she wants her daughter Patsy to be baptized
too! So it was just awesome. Then we called her later on Sunday to
finalize the plans, and she said something had happened at home and she
said that the decision had been made that she and her kids aren't going
to have anything more to do with the church. We were sooo sad. She didnt
want to talk about it anymore but said she would see us later. So we
are pretty sure that it was her husband's doing. He often comes home
drunk and we are guessing that today was one of those days. Hopefully it
will get better. Raxy is an incredible example for his family.
Today was a really awesome day! It was PDay and we
had Pizza Hut with our District! All 6 of us went and ate pizza near the
mall, and spent a long time there just talking and hanging out. It was
so fun! Then me and Hermana Garcia and the DLs (Umbach and Araya) went
shopping in that Portal. They bought shoes and we all bought food and
everything. They are going to have a birthday party for me and Elder
Gremlich! We both have our birthday on April 28th, and they wanted to do
something for us before the transfer. Hermana Garcia is going to make
Tres Leches cake and Elder Umbach is going to make cheesecake with
oreos! Sooo itll be awesome.
I love my district! Especially my comp and my DLs!
They are soo awesome and so fun to be around. We have a lot of fun
together. And Umbach's from Canada so we get to speak English to each
other! HAllelujah! lol
Well, until next week everyone! We shall see what's
in store for the next transfer! I love you all TANTO and hope you all
have a fantastic week!
Les queiro!
Hermana Amy Schrader
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