I have learned so much

12/31/2007

Hi, i am here, i am glad that Alejandra emailed you to tell you i wasn’t going to write right away. i have p-das Mondays now but next Monday is my last p-day on the mission, so that is it and we will be seeing each other. i am in rahue alto, which is just another part of osorno, i am with hna morphis and hna mcrbide, we all know i never wanted to be in a threesome but such is life. my companion went home on Christmas, Christmas day i dropped her off and she went and took the plane, merry Christmas, it was an interesting Christmas. i have lots to tell but we can wait until i get home.

Okay, i am not going to write too much today. We have lots to do. But here I am, with the gringas. It is amazing how all of my trails have come at the end of my mission and they have come full force, wow, they have been some of the most difficult things ever. I have officially been out for over 18 months!! Wow!! Crazy.

I feel like on the mission I have become a psychologist with all of the counseling and things I have had to do with my companions, trying to get them to feel good about themselves, get lots in the mission, it all. It has been a very interesting experience all of it to say the least. But I feel like I really have learned and developed many important skills for the life ahead. I have learned to go by the spirit a lot, say things and not know where they came out of. To be able to really learn to love and care for people. To really love the gospel and share it. I love getting to know people now, and share what I love, make them happy.

Mom, should I keep my sheets or leave them here? I don’t know how much weight I will be able to carry back home, I think it is not very much, less than when I got here.

It is weird being the companion that speaks Spanish best, one guy asked me to talk because he only understood me. It is funny. I love speaking Spanish, I try to say I am Chilean but no one believes me. I tell them god got confused and sent me to the states and not to Chile. It is funny.

Tomorrow, with the ward we are going on a trip to the beach for new years, that will be way fun. We have got lots to do in these two weeks we have left. Lots on the mind. It is hard getting used to my new sector knowing I am finishing soon, I feel like it isn’t´ my sector. Pres told me to have more faith, there is a reason why I am there, I just have to do the best and most I can in these two weeks!
Happy new year.
Happy birthday to Ethan.

I don’t know how many presents I am brining home, if any for the weight, just to let you all know now.!
See you next week, I have to write a letter to the pres about the mission, the last letter.