November 25, 2013 Email

¡Hola Todos!(Hello Everyone!)

Right now, you know what I miss. Pumpkin Pie. Because I know it is Thanksgiving time and everyone is going to be getting together to eat pumpkin pie.

So last time I started from the farthest away, but this time will be the other way around.

But first, I invited you to tune in for awkwardness. Here is the awkward story, which actually happened multiple times this week. We almost ran into (and I mean that literally, we sometimes get distracted walking down the street) a lot of people while walking down the street. But it was always the same people that we almost ran into. And we were always awkwardly laughing hysterically about something.

Alright, the past week.

Domingo (Sunday)-I woke up this morning with a lot of energy though I didn't sleep very well last night. But I woke up so ready to do things. And the first thing that popped into my head was. "I am going to go do the dishes!" So I spent the morning doing dishes. We have a problem of kind of letting them stack up, so sometimes when I wake up angry (which yes for some reason has been happening, I think it’s a lack of frosting) but I have been trying to keep the dishes in check, they can be nasty little buggers if you don't keep an eye on them.

Funny story, people here in Chile like to eat lemons whole. So I decided to try it with half a lemon this day during lunch with the members. Lemons are sour, but it actually tasted good. This could possibly become a weird habit.

Sabado(Saturday)-Not much happened this day. People are starting to sell Christmas stuff in all the fairs, which is awesome to see. And we had a baptism this day too, for a family. They are now all baptized and are anxiously waiting and preparing to be sealed in the temple.

Funny story from this day. They love ketchup here en Chile, and most of the foods here have a mix of English and Spanish. So at lunch this day on this package of ketchup it said "Sabor Heavy" which is to mean "Strong Flavor" they use the word heavy to mean strong or serious and they say it the same way we say it in English. It’s really funny.

Viernes(Friday)-This day was cool because we decided to have a fast. But we had a few NDH (FHE’s) planned and one with a menos activo familia(less active family) that tends to get offended very easily, especially if you don't eat food. So we decided to have a fast of English. It was a bit tough for me because there is still alot that I don't know como decir en español(how to say it in Spanish). Pero(but), we did the fast and we had amazing success this day.

Jueves(Thursday)-Today we visited with a new family of 4 investigadores(investigators). Esta familia es super bacan, y quiere aprender mas sobre la iglesia(This family is super cool, and wants to learn more about the Church). And during the leccion(lesson), the father of the family picked up the Book of Mormon (it was the first time he had been at a lesson with us) and he started reading the Book of Mormon!! It was awesome and we are very excited for this family to learn and grow.

Miercoles(Wednesday)-This day was a very silly day. We tried to talk about bacon and eggs but some how it came out as "beg y eacon". Either way it’s food, and we laughed a lot. Speaking of Food, which if you didn't already know, I love food very very VERY much. We were helping a sister member practice her English and she always has a treat for us. This time it was like a chocolate milkshake with homemade whip cream and strawberries. It was beautiful.

Martes(Tuesday)-Today we did a lot of walking. But unfortunately, that is all I can remember about this day. Maybe I will write more about it next time.

Lunes(Monday)-had a good lesson with a menos activo(less active)/part member family. They had a lot of questions for us this time and we were able to answer a few of them, but some we had to wait a few days to answer them.

So pictures. 1.Me with our lemons/limes (we don't really know) on the tree in our backyard. 2.Me again, trying not to eat the fruit. 3.A Giant rose on one of our bushes on the side of our yard. 4.Hna. Welch and I with our 2 little apple trees (yes they are planted in a frosting container) 5. My district the week before changes, only 2 people changed one going home and the other to another area.

I have decided to include a short health tip.

-Maintaining a healthy level of insanity-

Tip of the week-If you find your insanity lacking a little, take a deep breath and blow some bubbles. You will find that this simple little activity not only raises your insanity but also can relieve your stress as you pop bubbles.

¡Les Amo!(I love you!)

Hermana Monsivais