Called to Serve: Chile Rancagua : Week 74: Turtlenecks and Tights

Hey everyone!

Talca is weird. One day we have a freak storm and lots of rain and it's freezing. And the next day it is very hot. My companion, being from Brazil, is used to 50 C (which is like 120 F?) and so she is still very cold sometimes. I am usually dying and I am already starting to have the wicked cool missionary tan lines, but she still wears her tights every day with jackets and turtlenecks. We look very different walking in the street, ha.

Hermana Eibert and Hermana Rocha in Talca--18 November 2018

We have had some pretty big and beautiful miracles recently. My favorite is Josefa. She is the sweetest person I have met on my mission. She met with missionaries about 3 years ago in a nearby sector but due to having to move, she stopped attending church and couldn't get baptized. Recently she and her husband got a house and property and have settled down and she reached out to us. She has been coming to church all this month and she is so very prepared. She is golden completely and her baptismal date is December 1st. She radiates light and happiness and it has been so sweet watching her testimony grow. She kept in contact with the sister missionary that found her 3 years ago as well and it is just the coolest thing. We are so excited for her.

Hermana Rocha, Josefa, Hermana Eibert

Today we played the makeshift missionary version of the game Headbands and then my comp and I went out to lunch to celebrate her birthday!! I have been blessed to spend many birthdays with companions.

I had completely forgotten that Thanksgiving is a thing and that it happens this week. I was reminded today by other missionaries--haha. So in honor of Día de Acción de Gracias...

Thought of the Week:

Alma 34:38... ¨Live in thanksgiving daily¨. We should be grateful and give thanks every day. There is so much to be grateful for and the more we express our gratitude, the happier we will be.