The Penguins!!!!

Hey, friend in a tux! Let me tell you about the Book of Mormon!

Jamie at her best!

See, we can teach any one or anything!

11/13/2006

Well, we finally went to the penguins. We went this morning. We just got back and now we have all of our time to do all of our stuff. I will try to send as many pictures as I can but the computers being stupid and I might not be able to. It is not letting us sign in. it is stupid. The penguins were awesome, it was cold and windy. There were quite a few, they were really close too. It was cool. We were so pumped, plus something different for us. It was like an hour out of town out in the boonies were there is nothing. It was dirt road for like 45 min. It was a lot of fun but I am exhausted!!! Such is life.

I finally got a letter from Chan, thanks Chan!! Short and sweet. Yeah mom, my comp and I get along well. It was awkward maybe twice in our three months. And not really even. We are pretty good. I am ready for a change though. Ya know how you get comfortable in a situation and assume your role. Well that is what I have done and I feel like to grow and learn more it is time for a change to make me grow and learn more because that is always what I have to do, learn things the hard way. Yeah dad thanks for your Maori, you are funny.

So cambios are next week, the 22nd. That means I won’t be writing next Monday, you will have to wait to hear from me Wednesday. I have no idea if I will be leaving Punta Arenas or not. The only way you will have an idea is if I write in the morning no and if you don’t hear from me the normal time, it is more than likely that I hopped on the plane and on my way somewhere else. So you will hear form me on Paige’s birthday. More than likely hna will be leaving because she has been here six months, but anything is possible, anything.

Oh yeah, I have been meaning to tell you that it rains here with out clouds, always. Because the wind is so strong and frequent. Also, I have seen more rainbows here than I have ever really. So, I had one of the most interesting experiences of my life. It was one of the biggest miracles in my life really. I had my first inter cambio. Hna went to the other sector with the hna there and the other hna came to my sector with me. So I had a different companion for a day. I was so nervous because I had to carry the sector and do everything. I had to take the initiative, start all the lessons, talk with the people, understand them, the works because she doesn’t know anyone in our sector. So, first of all there were more people in the streets to contact. We talked to so many people. I contacted more people in that day than ever and got lots of address. The real miracle for me was how much I understand and talk. I started all the lessons. I talked to them about what was going on, how they are, if they’d read, blah blah blah. I understood sooooooooooo much. I still can’t believe the difference it was. I taught the lessons and the other hna supported me. Usually what I do is support and don’t say much. It was so awesome. I can’t tell you seriously the difference it was. I was so nervous before, I didn’t have much confidence in my abilities or faith. I did it, I mean the hna had to help me a lot still, she is Chilean. It was so awesome. I was so pumped, it was really weird not being with hna agurto because after three months of being together and never being apart, it is odd. I was so incredibly pumped, I can’t even tell you how awesome it was. Just this week alone my Spanish has sky rocketed. I understand so much more. I really feel like I can learn so much right now because I can understand so muchhhhhh more, it is such an awesome feeling. It was really good for me to say the least. It was funny the other day too because I understand more and we were at the house of the family that is menos activo and they are in terrible shape. They were talking and I understood and said something slightly funny and they all laughed hugeeeeeeeeeeee because they are so used to me not saying anything and then I pretty much made fun of them. Well, ya know, my specialty. It was really funny.

Yeah, so too much information I know but I don’t really care. So the water here is terrible. I am assuming it is the water. I have drinken it since I have been here but something happened. I think I drank too much or something. I have had been sick for like four or five days now. I don’t know what happened. Seriously, it is the worst thing ever. I have started boiling the water for me now or I am going to buy bottled. I assume it was too much of their water. It has been terrible, I think it is finally going away now but I don’t know.

So that has pretty much been my week. We are just winding down yet another cambio. Not too many days left. It is still pretty cold here. As usual. Seriously I have seen so many miracles here, just with myself. It is awesome. The lord has helped me so much with the language. I still have tonssssssss of room for improvement but I am so much more comfortable. My stories are still slow because I can’t always think of the words or how to say things but for the most part. Like I am more comfortable to just jump into a conversation. Still not great but practice is what it takes and for me I always have to learn things the hard way.

Mom, please already with the recipes, it is embarrassing to say that every week I say that I will bring them and for three months I have to say no I am still waiting. Please send them to me. And the address for the missionary. The house looks awesome, it is night and day. It is really coming along for you. How exciting you will be moving this week, good luck with that. That is me this week, I don’t really have anything else to say.

I will try to send more the next week, the penguins were awesome, great change but now we have to go.

love ya all, thanks for the package, I got it last week. I couldn’t look at the pictures today because of the internet, next week I will look at them all, thanks a bunch. aquí son los photos de los penguinos. fuímos hoy día. hna agurto quería que yo mande estas fotos a usted. disfrute. Chao

Ok I just have to say how funny she writes her letters in English and then goes to Spanish and signs off in Italian! I also think it is really cool when you think that we recieved this letter around noon and she had just taken these pictures in the morning and we get to see them same day! Thank goodness for email and digital camera's!