Now I translate!

10/27/2007

Mom, someone was talking the other day and they were making me think. We should get hooked up so we can go and see the glaciers that would be way cool. We should try to do that. Or do whatever it is that we can do.

So it was funny, a couple of weeks ago we were in the church and next week is stake conference and the general authority is coming, he is a part of the area presidency in Chile and the stake pres asked if I could translate for his wife. I thought that was funny. I was like, um me, but, okay, it is just really weird that I really can speak another language. I forget that other people can’t understand them here. It is weird because I understand. I just think that everybody should.

So, it is interesting being with a newbie. There are there pros and cons. She is funny because she does everything I do. She just says that she will obey me! JJJ don’t worry, I don’t take advantage of that, I am not like that. But the bummer part is they think sooooooo much about their family. Los Latinos never have been away from home before in their life and so this is the very first time and they miss home like crazy. And I don’t understand that, because I have never missed home. I have never been home sick. But things are great.

Mom, will you send me Christmas music. Last Christmas I didn’t have anything to listen to and I would like to this Christmas, that would be great, thanks.

Erica, don’t worry about you guys coming, there are no problems with that. I would love to see you guys. You don’t have to ask me permission, but granted if I want to go and do something, I can, like go running and exercise, I will need to be doing a lot of that when I get home.

thanks for making fun of me lael that I don’t know what a wii is. nobody has explained it to me still!!

So, because I had just barely written I don’t have a whole lot of news this week. I have decided that because our sector here is so incredibly difficult we need to do something different. So I copied what Melanie says that she does all the time. We have stopped people in the streets, as always, como siempre y hemos cantado, cantamos tengo gozo en mi alma hoy, imaginese, yo! It is so funny. Pero a la gente le gusta mucho y hemos sacado muchas direcciones, asi que funciona, solo tiene que tener el valor de hacerlo. Ya, so we have been stopping the peopel in the street and we have been singing to them there is sunshine in my soul today, meeee, ya me, but it has been really good and they want us to go to their house afterwards. It has really worked because when you sing hymns you really can feel the spirit. It was great.

yeah, it is funny with my comp, teaching her about the culture too, the food, stores, Spanish, their slang, their words, their everything. it makes me laugh because I think, what do I know, I feel like I am still new and people are teaching me. it is sooooooooooooooooo crazy, I can’t believe that this is my second to last cambio on the mission, boy does time fly by.

thanks for everything. appreciate all you guys do for me. I took out money to buy shoes. see you guys later!! nos vemos!!