Hey everyone! This week has been a little crazy! With the
holidays and everything, we have been busy.
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| Hermana Tapiero and Hermana Eibert--The Celebrations were Amazing and Delicious! |
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| Tug of War Activity at the Ward Independence Day BBQ--Married Vs. Singles. They broke the rope! |
I am going to write quickly and sloppily so I have time to
chat with my family today (hoy es especial hahaha), so sorry for that!
Funny for the week: The Chileans drink a lot of juice and my
companion is learning English. She tried to say "I like juice" but says basically
"I like Jews" all the time now. Its okay, I laugh and she tries harder and I say
that "I like Jews too." Which is the truth, since my best friend is Jewish. We
are also teaching a Jewish man right now, (he is great) which made it all the
more funnier.
Also, we now know the difference between dogs with homes and
dogs in the street by which dogs are wearing clothes. It's super funny to see a
dog wearing an ¨FBI¨ vest.
I have also tried to teach a lesson in English and have an
interview in English, and I can't. Literally, the languages are fighting. I'm not
forgetting English, but we never speak it here, for obvious reasons, and the
languages fight. Spanglish is mi fuerza.
We had another earthquake and earthquakes are one thing, but
earthquakes in the middle of the night are another. Can't say I wasn't freaking
out at 4 in the morning when everything started to shake, but my companion just
told me to be tranquilla and rolled over and went back to sleep. Totally normal
here--haha.
Thought for the week:
My first week here in Curico we were knocking doors. We
decided to go and look for an old investigator and visit them. They weren't home
but when we were yelling hallo at their house, a neighboring house opened the
door and out stepped Oberde. He came over to us and wanted to hear what we
believed and so on. We ended up teaching him every other day for the first
couple weeks. We were completely baffled because he came to us. A miracle. His
Spanish is good, but not great, though he lived in the Dominican Republic for a
little while between Haiti and Chile.
His faith is astounding to all of us. He walks to church
every week from his house, which is almost a 45 minutes to an hour of walking,
rain or shine, freezing or not. He comes every week and never misses a lesson.
He asks questions, he reads a chapter from all scripture every night and writes
every question he has and asks us. His growth and progress have blown us away.
He was so ready for baptism and to see how happy he was, I know why I am
here.
A mission is hard, but people like Oberde are why I am here.
What a joy it has been to teach him and to watch his growth. He is an example
to me and I know also that the Lord is working in his own way preparing people
to receive the truth. We are only instruments in His hands and as missionaries
we have front row seats to miracles.
Enjoy the pictures from the craziness here in Curico--from Baptism, my birthday celebrations,
to a weird plant cactus thing. And thanks for all the birthday love!! 20
is strange, yikes--haha!
Love you all, have a great week!!
Hermana Eibert
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| He said he got some "American" cakes that were used for birthdays.... turns out they were TWINKIES!! |
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| Elder Gonzalez (district leader) lighting a birthday flame to celebrate Hermana Eibert's 20th birthday. |
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| Feliz Cumpleanos! |
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| The Curico District from Elder Gonzalez' view |
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| Hermana Tapiero flying kites. |
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| Curico District--P-day on 25 September 2017 |
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| A type of cactus seen on P-day hike to celebrate a birthday and fly kites. |
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