November 4, 2013

¡Hola Familia y Amigos!(Hello Family and Friends)

Lo siento que la semana pasada no escribi una carta a todos. Pero yo voy escribir ahora, entonces, todo esta bien.( I am sorry that the last week I didn't write a letter to all, but I am going to write now, then, everything will be fine)

Primero, ¡Feliz Cumpleaños (First, Happy Birthday to) Jen, Genevieve, y (and)Erin!

So, last week. The most exciting things were district meeting and divisions.

First- district meeting, this was exciting because we have started focusing and learning how to be better teachers and really teach to the people and not just (teach) lessons. There is a lot of stuff to learn in the gospel, and for investigadores(the investigators) and even for members of the church it can be very difficult to learn everything, so as missionaries we are here to help filter everything down to one concept at a time, which really helps people.

Second- divisions. So we were supposed to do this about 3 weeks ago, but my body has perfect timing and I got sick, so obviously we didn't, but then we finally did, funny how that works out. Any cow, I spent 1 day with Hermana Zelaya de(from) Bolivia. She is the Jane Bennett of her family of 5 girls, Elizabeth Bennett is on a mission also but now I can't remember where. (Yes hombres(Yes Brothers and Sisters) I just referenced Pride and Prejudice, read, watch and love) She doesn't know a whole lot of English, which kind of scared me, but I just tried my hardest to speak Spanish. Lets just say....I am still American...ok maybe more gringa (Yankee; North American) than I would like to admit, but hey I'm not a skunk so I'm still doing pretty good right?

Now this week, it’s kind of been up and down and all around. "And the rain rain rain came down down down..."(Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day) so it didn't actually rain at all, though for 2 days it looked like it. It was so weird, just bone chilling cold for 2 days, but now it’s smoking. So we are trying to teach ‘it’ La Palabra de Sabiduria (the word of wisdom), it’s kind of our job since we are missionaries.

District meeting again, fue super bacan(was super cool) (bacan-no Genevieve that isn't bacon- it is a Chilean word for cool).

For Halloween we went to a member’s house before going home and gave them some pass along cards to pass out with the candy. We had written our names, the address de la Capilla y que hora(of the Chapel and the hour) church started. Fue super chistoso y la familia(It was super funny and the family) agreed to pass them out.

Friday we had a big Noche de Hogar (FHE) en la Capilla para hablar sobre la obra misional con los miembros(in the Chapel to talk about missionary work with the members, fue super bacan y muchas personas asistieron(It was super cool and a lot of people attended). Tambien, durante almuerzo con una mujer que es un miembro(Also,during a lunch with a sister who is a member), Ella tiene 3 pollos y un rooster(She has 3 chickens and a rooster, Y durante almuerzo(and during lunch) the rooster, started to fall asleep. One wing would fall to the ground and then he would just start to fall over, super chistoso(super funny). Tambien en esta casa(also in that house), la hermana tiene dos perritos y uno de los perritos cuando el barks, es como el perrito "Heen" de "Howl's Moving Castle"(The sister has two little dogs and one of the little dogs, when it barks, is like the little dog “Heen” from “Howel’s Moving Castle” Movie). If you haven't seen this movie I would suggest watching it, it is one of my favorites. The dog that I mentioned from the movie when he barks, it’s kind of like he is a smoker, the same is for el perrito de la hermana(the little dog of the sister), super chistoso(Super hilarious).

Esta mañana(This morning) we had an actividad con los dos zonas de Buin(we had an activity with the two zones in Buin). Fue super bacan y nosotros celebramos los cumpleaños de dos Elderes(It was super cool, and we celebrated the birthdays of the missionaries).

Well that is pretty much all that has really happened. I hope that you are all doing great, sorry my letter is long and a bit boring. I will try and learn some better jokes to tell next time.

In the mean time! Enjoy life, smile, share the gospel, eat a pie-actually eat 2, because let’s be honest, one is never enough-do something fun to maintain your insanity, and most important!!!

Siempre recuerden que Dios les ama, y el querie bendecirnos(Always remember that God loves you and He wants to bless you), pero nosotros necesitamos ser obediente y digno para recibir las bendiciones que Dios quiere por nosotros(but we need to be obedient and worthy to receive the blessings that God wants for us).

¡Les quiero much!(I love you much!) ¡Disfrutan su semana!(Enjoy your week!)

Hermana Monsivais