Snowmen Everywhere!

Jamie and her companion and unknown little person. We (LeAnne) sent strict intructions last week to label the pictures she sends. Guess she either hasn't gotten that letter yet or she is ignoring her sister. Usually the later! :) We received a registered letter today from her Mission President and wife with a picture of them and Jamie. That was really nice. I can tell you I am loving the email for blog purposes. I can cut and paste and add pictures. No more three to foue hours of trying to read her handwriting and typing it into the blog! Yeah for email!
Chile looks chili!


9-25-06

Well it has been awhile since I haven’t heard from all of you and you haven’t herd from me. Sorry about last week. It was their independence day and so they party for like three days, entonecs we had the entire day free and not just part of it. But we couldn’t email, I don’t know why. I had the sister in law of the bishop email you. She is super nice. She lived in Utah for three years and knows English as well as her son. She and her family are super great. They make more United States food. Which is good because otherwise we eat a lot of chicken and rice and potatoes. It was really nice of her to do that. I knew you would be super worried if you didn’t hear from me otherwise. So it was good. So last Monday we spent the entire day at the chapel. Our ward had an activity. They had so much food. They bbq´d. their bbq´s are like fire pits that they burn wood and then use to wood as the coals. So it takes a really long time. We ate so much food, so much food that is typical for here. It was good, different, but good. Tonssssssssssssssss of meat and you know how I love meat. I think the lord is blessing me with being able to eat all food, even though I don’t like it, like mushrooms and tons of meat! It was fun though. They also had a group come and dance their national dance. It was cool. I have pictures that I will try to send you of all of it.

Oh yeah, and we had like two inches of snow over night. It snowed like two days. I thought we were going into spring. It has been rainy and yucky all week. Apparently they didn’t even get this much rain in the winter, just cold. So it has been snowing, we are so lucky. We just bundle up.

So I actually had a lunch with the family of the bishop that I was able to have a conversation with them at the table. They were telling me how terrible robbery is here. And everyone and their brother have dogs to keep people away from their houses .their are more dogs here then people. Like a kid will be riding a bike and someone will push them off and steal their bike. Or if you have dangly earrings they will tear them off. They said here in Punta Arenas it is not the same but anywhere else in Chile it is terrible. Wow. They said we are okay here, better.

Dad you would love their empanadas, it is a mix of meat and onions and I don’t know what else because I don’t always understand. So good. They have them of cheese too. Super good of cheese and apples, they aren’t the typical ones though.

Oh man, when it snowed, everyone was out in the streets making snowmen. I haven’t seen so many snowmen ever and they were huge and really good. Everybody was outside. It was really cool. It is never as cold outside when it snows but still, snow nonetheless.

They have a ski resort here in Punta Arenas, it looks super tiny but still they have one. It made me want to go snowboarding. Oh so I learned a few manner things here. Like w hen you are eating at the table you don’t have one hand in your lap. I always do and didn’t even realize it was a manners thing, apparently so. They have both hands on the table at all times; otherwise it is rude or bad manners. They also always wear s hoes in their house. It is gross and rude for them to take their shoes off in their houses. At the same time not very many people really have carpet, some kind of indoor outdoor carpet but not like we do. Or their floors are just wood or I don’t know what it is. Since they always wear their shoes, most the time the floors are really dirty because lots of the streets are just dirt. So you guys would be grossed out at some of the houses. Sometimes I am and am just grateful I don’t live their only teaching. I have dad’s eye now, look at this, look at that. But there are too many things to look at.

We were supposed to have a mission conference last week but they didn’t come so we are having it today and tomorrow. Interviews with the pres and then tomorrow a conference. Hopefully I can understand some. general conference is this week and they are not playing it in English, so that will be interesting to say the least. We will see how it goes.

We went and taught this couple, she is a member he isn’t, he is 86, and she is like 76. It was like Wednesday or Thursday, and for the first time I actually taught a lot, I talked a lot. It just was coming out. I was sooo pumped. I was way pumped. It was a great day because I talked so much more than usual. We have really been trying to be obedient this week because the week before my Spanish wasn’t too great. As long as we are obedient the lord can help us. So we have made an extra effort to strict to the schedule. It has helped so much. I have noticed a huge difference in my Spanish this week.

We were teaching jean, a nine year old who’s family is getting baptized. He wasn’t receptive to us at all and stubborn. He finally prayed with us, before he was too embarrassed. It was the best prayer I have ever heard. It was so sincere and so sweet. I loved it. It was so cute. Seriously, he prayed for us and was grateful to learn from us an d for his family .it was good. So good, a miracle in itself this boy, he has really opened up, just needed a little attention

Our other investigador, luz, has been taught by missionaries forever. She straight up said, no al churches are the same, I am catholic and don’t want to change my religion, I is just a name. she won’t even pray and ask if anything is true but she comes to church and does her reading in the bom. Patience, no mas . we were a little taken back. I feel really comfortable with her and can talk with her pretty well. She is stubborn.

So we fasted this week for our investigators to progress and to find new families because we have been having a hard time finding new people to teach. We have had great days ever since. We taught soooooo much everyday since then. It has been awesome. We found a family that is super receptive. She said when she saw us she knew we were angels of the lord and that we have the truth. She has a lot of things in her life to work on, like she has kids because she was a prostitute, but that is why we have repentance. But she is perfect, she said she would read the whole bom If she has time. She is super receptive. It was great, and then we found an old lady, knocked on her door because she had one of our chruch´s pictures of Christ in her window. We found another family where the lady was super receptive. She just looked deep into your eyes while we talked, super interested and really wants to learn more. It has been great.

Oh so, transfers are every 6 weeks, October 11. Anything could happen, I could stay, we could both stay, I could leave, she could leave ,we have no idea.

We went to help one of our converts clean her house and she said, yeha you never worked at your house and then you came here and had to work. There is a stereotype that gringos never work. So I had to clear that one up and that I have always worked.

I can’t believe I have been here for four weeks already and in Chile five weeks. It has gone by so stinking fast. It is incredible.

So we sing, a tonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. We sing in every lesson. And I am such a great singer t hat is for sure. It is a good thing hermana arguto likes to sing and is good at it. And it is in Spanish so the tone is a little different. Sing a ton

Okay, so the moment you have been waiting for. I gave a talk in church yesterday1!!!!!!11 yes me, the one who doesn’t speak Spanish. They said that they understood everything that I said. Margot was in the audience, the one who knows English and when I would say a word incorrect and I would correct myself she would shake her head yes, like good job, yeah. It was funny .the funniest was that I said family instead of familia .it was hilarious, everyone laughed to themselves, I said sorry. It was really funny. I was really nervous .everyone congratulated me afterwards though. It was taught but I felt different afterwards. I felt more confident. I did my best not reading my talk. I didn’t a fairly good job not reading it. We had 6 investigatrd at church too so I wanted it to be good but it was good because they were cheering me on at the same time. They were really nice. Church was exhausting because we had so many investigators and my adrenaline form the talk. It was great thought. I talk a lot more then I did. I am feeling a lot more comfortable with it. My comp has the gift of interpretation of tongues which is good. I understand a ton more eat the same time. I actually am having conversations without hna agurto which is hugeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Holy sow is huge. But it feels so good .it is a miracle. I pray for help with it everyday. After the take, I felt so much more confidant.

We did service the other day and wore jeans, I felt so weird, almost uncomfortable.

We did service the other day and wore jeans, I felt so weird, almost uncomfortable. It was really weird, I haven’t worn pants in a month or more.

So my comp wants some reeses, she loves it, and soft chocolate chip cookies.

Will you send me two fitted sheets. I don’t know why they said no to begin with.

The most important is will you send me my other set of scriptures, my blue ones. They have so many notes in them that I want now. They are in a box somewhere. They have notes about the history of the church and in the church there is not much info in Spanish. I really really really want that. Please.

I got some letters from you today and one from Tracie, I will read them later. Tell everyone hello. Send me a list of everyone’s b’days. Have you gotten my letter yet, I sent it when we first got here and sent lael one about two weeks ago and am sending another one today from last week when we could only write by hand and you can find out what happened last week in about a month or however long it takes for it to get to you. Sorry about last week but you will have to wait.

I am doing great though. It is going fast and they feed us a ton. This week I have done a lot better with the language, miracle and blessing from god that is for sure. Hna has been surprised how much more I talk. I still have tons to learn and tons further to go but still. It is great. it is cold here but I wear tons of clothes. You can send my more nylons, knee highs though, more long johns, mom yours are big on me but I will probably fill them out by the time I leave here because we eat so much. Apparently only here in Punta Arenas they feed to gosh darn much. The lord has blessed us this week with lots of work and lots of teaching and me with understanding soooo much more. The photos aren’t really working today so sorry you didn’t really get to see anyway. I will try more tomorrow and eventually will sned you a cd with them all. Take care hope al is well. Can’t wait to read your letters . I am forgetting more and more English, had to look in my dictionary for an English word, my life is so sad. Well, I’m out, love Jamie, how weird, someone said my first name the other day and was so weird.

No Letter this Week :(

Mom - I´m sorry but we are not allowed to write by email this week because it is 18 de Septiembre and it is dangerous to be out because of drunks. We have the entire day off. I´m having a member write so you won´t be worried.
I´ll write next week. I´ll write by hand this week.
Love,
Jamie
DON´T WORRY!

(She had said earlier that Sept 18 is their Independence Day. )

Life is Great!

Our Jamie! She looks Good!

Puenta Arenas

Jamie Kissing Toes

She found a Pratt Street! She looks Cold!

Hola 9-11-06

I hope you guys had a great week even though I haven’t heard from this week. I can print out your letters so I can read them later and write as much as I can in my little time we have hear. We have had an interesting week to say the least. Don’t worry I am infamous, I lost my cable for my camera to download photos, but don’t you worry, we went to un franco, a mall and bought another one, they even have my mismo camera, the same one. So, I am downloading pictures to send right now. Oh yes, don’t you worry it snowed this morning, quite a lot really. Apparently it is really unusual for her to snow in septiembre, don’t worry not too cold. However we walked outside of the store and holy crap, it blew us across the side walk!! It was so strong, we had to hold on to each other as we walked, it was like walking tilted over, crazy! Que chistoso, funny.

Oh so I was going to tell you, they have this mix called ecco here, it is like coffee but without all the bad stuff. It is disgusting but I imagine tastes just like coffee. Everybody drinks it and loves it, yuck, I don’t but oh well. You should look I it up on the internet and buy it for granny!

So last week we went to lider, It Is a store like wal mart. They have everything. We ate at the furthest south McDonalds in the world. They have everything here that we can get at home, same brands even and mostly in English tambien. Es bueno, it is good. Oh they have this dulce de leche spread called manjar, super bueno. They have it in ice cream too, mmm, rico! Yummy. We met up with the other sisters in the zone, there are four of us and we did our shopping with them and hugn out. One of them is Chilean and the other is a gringa. So I could talk engilsh, which is good and bad because then I feel bad no one else can understand but then I can understand. They are super fun though, I really like them. We have like 25 sum odd missionaries here in Punta Arenas.


So, this is our schedule, at six thirty we get up and exercise for a half our, get ready, eat and by 8 we do personal study for an hour, then companion study for like half hour or so, plan the day, read the book of Mormon out loud in Spanish for me, some days service in the morning or district meetings, blah blah. 12:30 is lunch with members then back to the house for practice time of the lessons and study the language until 3. From 3 to 930 we are out teaching and visiting people. Keeps us busy that is for darn sure. I am so tired by the time night comes, holy cow, I have no problems falling asleep at night. It is good though, means I am working hard, right.

This week was the first time I had the opportunity to knock doors, nobody was home, nobody on the streets and so we knocked doors. Nobody wanted us but nobody was home either. I wore my pedometer the last couple of days we walked between 6 and 8 miles each day. I haven’t worn it too much but I am going to for awhile just out of curiosity. It is fun. My comp likes it too. Those 6 and 8 miles are dang hilly miles too. We have a very very very hilly sector. I like it though. With how much they feed me here, I need it. Man they feed me so much, I have learned the phrase, can I have less please. Holy cow, one day I wanted to vomit because they fed me so much.

So I am understanding more and more each day, little by little. When the spirit is there I can understand so much. When it isn’t I am lost. I am teaching a little more in the lessons. I can teach the lessons, I just can’t follow a conversations so if someone says something then I am lost and can’t do anything else. My comp has to have patience, she is really good with it. She is really good at listening, responding to their doubts and questions, knowing the scriptures and teaching with the spirit. We have an investigator named Africa. She has dreams, really amazing ones. Like she dreamed about things in the doctrine and covenants that no one had ever told her before. She is having a hard time believing or admitting that she knows the truth about the church. We are fasting with her and her family today. I really like their house because when we teach her the spirit is there. One day I followed the entire lesson, it was amazing. I was able too even answer questions. It was so cool. She is really patient with me as well and tries to help me and encourages me, it is awesome. Her five year old daughter loves me, as well with all the kids because of the color of my hair, she always wants to play with my hair while hna agurto teaches. Anyway, I didn’t totally know what was going on but the spirit prompted me to tell her that I know she knows the truth, it is simply recognizing it, we had a really good lesson with her last night too. I know the spirit is there because I can talk and understand. Her family is fasting with us and hopefully they will finally admit and recognize what they already know. It is awesome

We have a family with baptism date the 22. They just moved next door to us. Our house is like a granny unit behind a real house and then theirs is the other granny unit next to us. It is so funny that our investigators are right next door to us. They are so awesome. Hna says they have changed too much, he was a stripper and had cheated on his wife, and they have two kids. Now you can tell he truly cares about his family and he came to church yesterday with his kids alone. He really is a great guy, he invited us over for breakfast yesterday when they don’t really have anything. He is Sergio and she is Paula. Paula is so excited to learn; we are having them teach us a lesson on Wednesday and showed them the index in the back of the Book of Mormon to search topics. She is so excited, it is awesome. I just wish I could talk more and share my excitement. Most the time I don’t know what happened and then we leave and hna explains it to me.

It is so funny because I am one of the tallest people here, everybody is so chicatito, so tinny. The people are so humble here, they only have what they need and no more. Like Sergio and Paula have a family of four and one bedroom, kitchen and bathroom nothing else, their living room is their bedroom too. We have so much in the states, everyone. It is amazing how little they have but they don’t need anything more. Nobody has dryers, I’ve seen one and few have washers. Apparently we are the only ones in the entire mission that have a washing machine in our house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Entire mission!!! The church didn’t buy one, simply was a gift from someone moving. Way lucky!


It is so awesome when we teach someone new for the first time and they pray. Most people are catholic so they don’t really pray other then set prayers. It is so powerful and so awesome to hear them do it and how sincere they are. It is awesome, it is one of my favorite parts. It is so cool to see the little I have seen of how Christ can change people’s lives and how it can bring so much more peace and happiness into their lives. It is awesome. Most of the members in the ward are members for less than a year and to be able to see how strong they are in the church is so cool. I love it. It is really hard to learn people’s names in Spanish though.

We have members come with us to teach and it is so much fun. We have had some girls who are going on missions soon come with us. It is amazing how much better it is to have investigators know the members. Dad you should go with the elders sometimes. It is so much better to have someone other than a missionary bare testimony and share more experiences.

It is funny to because they listen to music in English, they are all old songs but it is funny because they don’t understand and sing anyway. I hear English a lot with music, they blast it. It is interesting too that it is too expensive to have real phones and so everyone has cell phones. The people here loveeeeeeeee to talk, they will tell you their entire life story on the street, I’m sure it is good I don’t´ understand. They spill their hearts out and can talk forever. Oh

Oh so with the whole kissing thing, I had my first on the lips the other day by a ten year old. It was hilarious!!!1 so funny, I think I need to be sent home. It was hilarious, he went for it and I went for his cheek. So funny. It is funny to the people are so lazy when they point to something, instead of using their hand or fingers, they use their lips, it is so funny, I make fun of hna agurto for doing it.

Oh yeah, we only have church for 2hours and 15 minutes. In all of Chile they have it shorter, it is crazy, no complaints, I don’t ,mind because I don’t understand anyway.

I am loving it. I don’t understand too much but I love it still the same. Some times are harder then others. Some people I can understand almost everything, others nothing. Depends on the person and how much slang they use. It is amazing though that I can talk all day in Spanish and for the most part get my point across. Poor hna, she has to listen to terrible Spanish all the time. I know the lord is blessing me with the language, it is getting easier to speak Spanish, like easier to form my words in Spanish, I truly know what it is like to have your tongue loosened, literally, like to be able to roll r´s. I am working at it, hna thinks I am obsessive with the language and need to rely more on the spirit, which is true when I teach. She is awesome, very frank and blunt but says what I need to hear so it is good.

So sept 18th is their liberty day, independence day I mean. We get like three days off because it is such a party, there is an all day party at the church with their dances and food and all. It will be awesome. But is dangerous for us to be out at night because there are a lot of drunks in our area and nobody is home because they are partying. We will have some fun, I bought a Chile shirt.

What else can I tell you. I really like it here in Punta Arenas, I wear six or seven layers of clothing. Oh they eat cereal with yogurt. They don’t really have milk, powdered milk and some in a cardboard carton that doesn’t need refrigerated. Weird, things are simple here, the people don’t have much. Our bishop and his family is awesome but the ward is small and really struggling with things like tithing and just having faith to go to church. A very small ward. I just keep praying to understand the language. It is amazing how far I have come though. I can hear words now, more then just noise, which is a huge step in the right direction. I may not know the words but I can hear them, apparently I said a really ugly one yesterday though and had no idea until everyday was laughing. Oh well, what can you do. I am teaching everyone peace out. Oh the son of Africa, mattias came to church with us alone yesterday, he loved it and loved primary made friends. It was great, he was so excited and can’t wait to come back. Hopefully that will be encouragement to get his parents there. It was awesome, he remembered my first name and called me it and it was soooooooooo weird. They say Jamie really funny. It is so weird they say Pratt differently and now so do it. It is so weird. I say it with a Spanish accent. It is weird to change my name and realize I do it too. Funny though. Such is life.

Will you email lyndi and give her the blog address, lyndi¬vee@hotmail.com. Thanks you are a gem Tell everyone hello and to email me I want to hear all about everyone. How all is going and what is new. I don’t have much else to say. I am doing awesome and learning soooooooooo much, about the gospel and Spanish. The investigators are teaching me things through their faith and thoughts. It is so powerful to teach a family and see it change their lives and I have seen nothing because I have been here so short. I just wish that everyone would see the importance and really understand what Christ can do in their lives and how the gospel brings you to Christ and he has a plan and through his plan we can have so much more happiness. I wouldn’t be in a country where I don’t understand anything and won’t for a few more months and put myself through humility and embarrassment because I don’t understand and can’t talk if I didn’t think it was that important. I tried to say the first vision for the first time and got to embarrassed and nervous and forgot it, what a shame, the second time I did it though. It is so hard, so nerve racking.

Oh mom, send me some of those hot chilly long johns, style hc 9400, cut 5414, womens small bottoms, they are the best and tight. Whenever you get a chance and come into season there. Enjoy the pictures, I hope they went through. Life is great, I pray for you all the time, I know the lord is watching over you and taking care of you as well as he is taking care of me!! Oh dad, we had the best nuts covered in honey, hot too, from a vender, you would have loveddddddd them, I thought of you the whole time I ate em. I am going to get fat, don’t be surprised!

Love you all, hope all is well. I’ll write next week!! Peace out, chao!!

Love, hna Jamie m Pratt

My Mission has really begun!

Hermana Agurto

This is Jamie's new Chilean Companion.

Jamie taught her to say "Peace Out" in English. She speaks no English!

9/4/2006

Sorry, i didn´t write on monday. I thought we had p day but we really didn´t becuase we had it on saturday with transfer, cambios. Sorry for my typing this key board really really sucks and doesn´t pick up all the letters. Ok so i got here on Tuesday and it was just Hermana Morphis and I. Transfers were´t until Saturday though. So, they had to put us somewhere. She stayed in Osorno and is still there. I went to Puerto Montt with two latinas, but one of them was going home and so I was only with her for one day. They didn´t speak English either. We went to people houses and they just laughed at me becuase i couldn't understand or speak anything. They would teach me words and I would repeat them and they would just laugh at me. esta bien. It was really cold and pretty, you could see the Osorno volcano from there. It was right on the water. I am glad I didn´t stay there because my comp there was eh.

The first night there was really good becuase they have two investidgaros with a baptism date and we had a testimonyish meeting and the lady announced her baptism and no one knew so it was really cool to be there for that. I couldn´t unerstand anything that was going on but you could feel the spirit. It was really cool.

The food here is really good, lots of bread, potato, rice, soup, and meat. Poor man's food. they feed you soooooooooo much. Holy Cow. The other day an old layd fed us soooooo much. We pretty much eat lunch and that is it. I am never, rarely hungry at night after lunch, usually snack.

The cars here are pretty much the same. I saw an escape yeterday. The houses are really poor though. They are not much to look at that is for sure. They are all really tiny too. Some are nice inside but they live very very simply. There are lots of dirt streets. So my shoes are a mess. Lots of muddy huge pot holes, you have never seen pot holes like there are here. wow.

Then, okay so the first week, we went back to the mission home on Friday. We received more new missionaries from the chilean mtc. They wanted to orient us all together so they didn´t have to do it more than once. President and his wife are awesome. Sshe is so happy and crazy. Their spanish is really good and they didn´t know any before. They are way awesome. They have been here for a year. So yeah then we stayed in a hotel and off we were.

It is so werid that eveyone around me think in spanish an I don´t. My comp, everythign is spanish to her. I am helping her with englih and she with my spanish.

We have to have 10 contacts each a day. So i contact people and try to tell them about the gospel in spanish, nonetheless but once they start talking then hermana has to take over because i don´t unerstand.

Oh yeah so in puerto montt I got called a barbie and some drunk guy tried to pick up on me and tell me in engilsh i am beautful, blah blah blah. Eveyone stares at me, everyone. It is my blonde hair. I way stick out. Huge. I am the only one with fair skin and blone hair. All the kid LOVE me though. It is so cute. They just gaze at me. The bishop´s son had a birthday and is 3, all the does is STAREEEEEEEEEEEE, he is my novio. We got invited to his birthday party last night. he is so adorable.

It is so funny becuase people here don´t have personal space AT ALL. WHEN YOU GREET poeple, kids and such, it is with a kiss on the cheek. Let´s just say that i have never gotten so many kisses in my life put together. That takes getting used to but esta bien.

Oh it is so humid your books crinkle, the pages. So the money is way diferent and much cheaper here. 1 mil pesos is like 2 dollars but things are super cheap, like a dvd player would be like 20 mil, 40 bucks. Ii can use my atm card but not credit so keep checking that for me.
I love Punta Arena already. It is so cold. The wind is crazyyyyyyyyyyy. This is the place they have ropes on buildings becuase it gets so bad. I haven´t seen them yet but the wind is what makes things cold. We are right on the water. It is gorgeous. The city itself is dirty but it is a cool place. I love my comp. We don´t always unerstand each other, a lot. Our best friend is my dictionary. We use it a lot. But she is great. She has been out a year, works hard and loves to teach which is great becase I can´t much becuase i can´t follow the converstaion.
My first day here, Sunday, we taught new investigators, it was so awesome.

When the spirit is with me I can understand almost everything, related to the gospel, when it isn´t here, i don´t understnad anything. It is on and off. Sometimes i follow and sometmes i don´t hear anything but sound. church was interesting. probbly 100 seats in teh chapel, no benches just chairs. no piano, just sing with voices. We had 3 families of investigaros at chruch last week, yesterday not as lucky but still.

Oh,the food is awesome, one of the investigators made us empanadas manzanas. They are like apple turn overs, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I had to buy some tights to wear because it is so cold. I look so fat becuase i wear 7 layers of clothes eveyday, top and bottom. I have to get a visa and so i started that last week.

We found two new families to teach last week. One of them seems really good, from what i unerstand which isn´t much. The other one is so so. We have one family with baptism date. They only bad thing is he is a stripper. But they seem to be progressing well. they accepted the word of wisdom and tithing. Even in this one week with them i have seen a change in them. it is really cool. The lord works miracles.

My comp tells me constantly paciencia no mas. I need pactience with the language. She broke down one day, missing her old comp. It was after someone was speakig english to me and then i could undestand. She feels bad she can´t help me becuase she doesn´t know english. It is better that way though. Way better becuase otherwise i would always revert back to english. She is awesome though. i have a lot of fun with her. i can´t wait until i can communicate with every one. the lord has blesed us for sure thoguh. we had an AWEOSME WEEK, lots of teaching, lots. And the lord has blessed me that i can understand my comp, i can´t understnad many people but at least i can her. That is a miracle in itself.

Yeah we had to send my suitcase here, got it last week. what a pain, oh well.
Our house i think is the nicest house in the mission, we have a like space heater thing and a gas stove thingy so our house is really warm and big. i will send pictures of it. It is nice for here.
hna agurto is teaching me all the phrases here, plus she says tons all the time, en serio, for real, esta es la cosa, this is the thing, .... the bishops nephew knows english so he translates for me SOMETIMES. I am making him read the bom in english so he doesn´t forget english, i gave him homework. It is really hard to go from english to spanish and back and forth, it takes a lot of brain work. Everybody wants to try to speak english though. If i knew spanish i could be teaching an english class, in time after i learn it i can teach english to the memebers.

oh one of our investigators wants desert recipes, send me some good ones and i can try to translate them. oh yeah, so i never know what anyone is saying or how to say anything. Their desert is usually just fruit. We were at a member´s house for lunch and the peaches tasted like soap, i was just eating it because i didn´t know what to do, hna agurto made fun of me because i didn´t say anything, i coulnd´t. she told them about it did and got us different. It was hilarious. I need to work on just talking simply with people. Each day i undestand soooooo much more. i helped teach tithing, gospel things i don´t have to think as much about what i am going to. it is really cool to say something and be like wow, i just said that. I have my parts that i am practicing saying. I try to talk to her as much as i can while we are just walking so i can practice more.

Our sector is really big and hilly so we walk a lot. We pretty much study in the mornings and go out and teach and visit from 3 to 930. It is exhausting. I have been so tired. But it so awesome. It is amazing how much i have learned in one week with her and two weeks in Chile. It is so awesome. I am going to try to end pictures now..we´ll see i don´t know