Oh my gosh I am a Trainer!

8/1/2007
Well hello to all, I have a bit of a surprise. I am still in frutillar, my other companion left and i went to pick up my companion today in Osorno at the mission home. It has been a year since i have been there. A long time. I got there with three other sisters and we all picked up our companions that have just gotten here from the mtc. My companion has three weeks on the mission, this is her first sector, she is from Santiago, like always, my best comps are always from Santiago. And her name is, okay i don’t remember, it is a hard one, but she seems great. They called me on Monday to tell me that I was going to be training her. And that it is a great responsibility because what i teach her and how we work here in this cambio is Going to set the tone for her misión. So that is some news for ya all. I bit of a shocker. So i got to shape up a bit. To say the least. Here are the pictures of us at the misión home this morning and with the other hermanas that just got here and that are training. The two other hnas that are training are ending their misión with me at the same time, they are awesome and also are from Santiago. They all are. But they are great. So i am wayyyyyyyyy happy. I am really relieved. I traveled a lot today, left for Osorno at 7 this morning and just got back.

Happpppppppppppppyyyyyyyyyy birthday mom, hope you have a great day!!!! You guys are crazy for buying a boat1

i saw matt carlson today, he looks different, i didn’t recognize him at first. his Spanish is great, he is doing awesome, he speaks really really really well, it surprised me. it was really good to see him. he looks great and is a bean pole, way skinny.

so i talked to alejandra again. she is so amazing. her husband is working on getting the priesthood and they are doing her papers to sent them to salt lake so she can get re-baptized, I was soooooooooooooo pumped, maybe I will still be here for her baptism. that would be aweomse. I got the package last week, thank you soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much. i love everythingggggggggggggggggggggggg. loved it. the jacket is perfect, thank you thank you, it is so water proof. just what i wanted. thank you.

so the last cambio was so so so so hard. but no it is different. it is a big responsibility to be able to train someone. I have to step it up and be a good example and teach her everything she needs to know be able to have a great mission. she speaks exactly like alejandra. it makes me laugh. alejandra says hi to all of you. she is great. seriously, it is such a blessing to know her and be able to be apart of her life and see the miracles that happen in her life. nothing makes me happier. well, i am so incredibly exhausted i don’t have much to say, my mind is all over the place and there is no other news. i was happy for the cambios and now have lots of energy to help my comp start her mission off on the right foot. life is great. i love the mission. it truly is a blessing. i love getting to know people and helping them learn about the gospel and have a better life. i know the church is true. i had to give a talk in church on Sunday and everyone loved my talk, it was funny because I get so nervous sometimes but i am used to it now, i always wonder how many of them really understand me though. such is life. well, life is great. i feel so blessed to be here, that the lord trusts me and the pres trusts me to be able to train one of hsi new missionaries. she seems great. you can feel if the cambio is going to be good, if you are going to get along when you first meet your comp, i feel like it is going to be great life is great. love ya all take care. talk to you on Monday