12 July 2017
Buenos Dias familia y amigos!!
Buenos Dias familia y amigos!!
Today marks 4 weeks or 1 month! I cannot believe one month
has already gone by. Holy cow--it went by so quickly.
This week was so incredibly hard. I learned a lot though.
The language is coming and I am overcoming my fear of talking to people. Lots
of progress! We went out proselyting for the first time this week in West
Santiago and the people of Chile are so humble and kind. The Chilean
hospitality blows my mind. They don't have doorbells or anything like we do, so
when we get to the people's homes, we stand outside their gates and holler
¨Hallo¨and then they come and let us in. And there are so many dogs. SO many.
Makes me miss my dogs, but they are definitely not as cute. Actually, they are
kind of scary sometimes--haha.
Funny of the week: One of the Hermanas in my district really
has limited Spanish and easily forgets and confuses words. She, in all
seriousness, told an elder this week "Me gusta su cuerpo"...which means "I like
your body." We about died laughing; definitely not what she was going for.
One a different note:
I have been thinking a lot this week about adjusting and
progressing and I've come to realize, more fully, that the only real control we
have in this life is self-control. We can't control the circumstances and
situations around us, we can't always control what happens to us. We can't
control what people say and do and feel. But, we can control how we think, how
we act, how we feel, how we react, how we treat others and so on. We choose our
attitude and our attitude really does determine our altitude.
So things may get rough and the burdens of life may seem
heavy, but ¨we do not run alone in this great race of life. We are entitled to
help provided by Christ and through God's love.¨ (Elaine Dalton).
Earth really has no sorrow, no pain that heaven cannot heal.
I know great periods of personal growth often come during trying times. I am
choosing to be happy and love God and that makes all the difference.
I love you all and I hope you all have a great week.
Con amor,
Hermana Eibert
PS. Not only is a friend from my BYU ward here in the MTC,
she is one of my roommates!! Feeling pretty blessed!
AND, the picture with 3 of us, is my companion, Hermana
Knight, and Hermana Volpi, one of my teachers and I absoultely adore
her!!
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| Photo courtesy of Hermana Rachel Leyvas--taken on 12 July 2017 |
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