This week was pretty crazy, but then again I shouldn't really expect anything different...after all, I am a missionary in Chile.
Monday: We had a good P-day. I walked around all over Coquimbo with Jack's package that got sent back and the Correo Chile wouldn't send it again without making me pay again. They told me to try taking it to another Correo Chile in La Serena that will probably send it for me, so today I am going to try to get that sent. Tell Jack “Feliz Cumpleaños” for me and I want all the fun awkward details of his first date...pictures would be nice :) At 6 o’clock we hit the streets contacting and had an awesome lesson with this abuelita named Rosa. She's super interested and we hope to see her progressing in these next couple of weeks.
Tuesday: I did intercambios with Hna. Logan, who was a bunk buddy from the CCM. It was really fun to be with her again and we had a good time in her sector. We got to meet with her investigator that had a baptismal date for yesterday...sadly, he wasn't baptized. He has a really hard time with the Law of Chastity and still has a couple of things to work out. The saddest part about all of this is he's only 16 years old. Jack and Carrson, this is a shout out to you guys! Watch the Mormon Message "Manténgase entre de los limites".
Wednesday: We have been fasting every week to find families to teach and today we found the PERFECT family! It was such a sweet tender mercy and I'm praying so hard that they'll progress as a family. They're the Familia Lira, please keep them in your prayers! We also taught Jenny and her sister Yasani...they also struggle with the Law of chastity. Yasani is 22 and has 3 kids and they all have different fathers. It's a rough home life and we are hoping to save Jenny from becoming a teen mom.
Thursday: We had a lesson with Jesuan and Millaray about how powerful and awesome the BOM is. Millaray has a rock solid testimony of the BOM and is in Jacob...Jesuan needs a little jump start. They are best friends so we've been teaching Millaray the importance of missionary work and how we can be missionaries with our families and friends. She accompanied us to our lessons this day, and tonight we have a lesson with her and her mom. I'm positive her mom is going to get baptized, it's just a matter of time. She works, studies and is always traveling up north to visit her other daughter. But one day she'll make it to church, and when that day comes she'll be ready for baptism!
Friday: I got to do intercambios with Hna. Cabral!!!!!!! It was awesome to be with her again, even though it was strange going on splits as an Hermana Leader because she was my "mom" in the mission. However, it was perfect because she's training again and her "hija" has been having a lot of problems and wants to go back home. From my own experience having her as my trainer and missionary "mom", and from my experience of training Hna. Prates when she wanted to go home, Hna. Cabral and I were able to make lots of goals to help their companionship during this transfer.
Saturday: We got to teach English class and a truly prepared son of God came. Usually we have a bunch of little kids that bring their English homework but today nobody came but Jorge (the prepared son of God). He works in the mines but has heard that we teach English and wanted to come and practice. He speaks really well and we actually just ended up talking in English. Long story short, we taught him all of the Lección 1 (the Restoration, Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon...all the good stuff). He started crying, told us that he feels the spirit, accepted a Book of Mormon, and came to church yesterday!!!!! And I about started to cry when we learned that he lives in the area of the elders....it was a hard blow. But at the end of the day it only matters that he's saved....however, it was fun to teach the gospel in English to him.
Sunday: Another dog came into church and none of our investigators.....we're in Chile now.
Fun Facts:
I ate bloody chicken...well actually I didn't eat it, but they did try to feed it to me during lunch. YUCK!
We were walking down the street and we heard this group of people singing TERRIBLY!!!!!!! My companion asks me, "Are they drunk?", and some guy walking by hear her and laughed and said, "No they're Evangelicos!" and right after that they sang something about salvation. My companion and I were trying so hard not to laugh. It's official that nobody here can sing! Me included! Thank heavens as missionaries we're called to teach and not sing!
Love you!
Hermana McKenna
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