This week Hermana Zortman and I got a new companion Hermana Arias. She is great. She is from Peru, she does not speak English, she has been on her mission for 5 months, and she has been a member for almost 4 years. Isn’t that so cool? She is also really, really short and has no problems with hitting her head on the ceiling so that´s good news...
Dad wanted to know how I travel. I walk. I take the bus when we go to Puerto Montt for transfers and when we eat lunch really far away in Braunau on Sundays but other than that I walk. Hermana Arias says our sector is huge and has lots of hills. This is the only sector I´ve ever been in but I am glad that it is huge and has lots of hills because I don´t want to get fat. Also, I have seen way more Germans since I´ve been here. This part of Chile is a lot like Europe I think.
Yesterday we were eating lunch at the house of a member and it was super yummy and I ate all the food and they were like, "Here you need more." And I was like...uh...no thank you? But it was too late. They gave me more and I had to eat at least some of it so I wouldn´t be rude. And then the husband was like, "I know that you missionaries always say you don´t want any more when you really do." :/ Ugh...And then to top it all off our mamita had a huge meal prepared for dinner because it was her daughter´s birthday. And I had to eat that too! It was awful. I woke up this morning full! Everything is cooked in oil and salt...but it is soooooooooo yummy so I can´t complain:)
It is getting harder to talk in English...I mean, I talk in English but with Spanish grammar and so now I just don´t make sense in either language...It is sad. And funny...I bet God has fun listening to my Spanglish prayers... Also one of the sister missionaries here is from Santiago and we were talking about how it is difficult to understand Chileans and she was like, "Yeah people in the south have horrible Spanish...I can´t even understand some of them..." So now I feel better about myself.
This week we found another family to teach! They are awesome and they have so many great questions. The head of the house asked us, "How could God ask His beloved, perfect Son to suffer so much for the rest of us?" That´s a good question right?? I don´t know how much it must have pained God to watch the Savior suffer for us, but I am grateful that both of them loved us enough to create this perfect plan of salvation and redemption. I am not sure I am really teaching anyone here. I think I am just learning.
I love you all loads and now I´ve got to go. BYE I LOVE YOU!
Love
Hermana Lexie:)
Hi Lexie!
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to leave a quick comment here. It's so great to read about your experiences as a missionary! I also just read the latest from Emily. She's doing her best to get the language down in the M.T.C. I told her that even though I don't have any experience with having had to learn a new language (I went English speaking to Indiana), that Uncle Matt does. He went Spanish speaking to Texas. He said that at first it was really hard, but pretty soon he even started thinking in Spanish! I've heard many other experiences like that. Sounds like you're headed that way as well when you said that it's getting harder to talk in English. That must feel so weird ... but totally cool at the same time! Jessica just got to Nebraska last week (May 1st). We haven't yet heard from her since she got out into the field (waiting for her first p-day), but she had a fabulous time in the M.T.C.! She and Emily finally found each other and got just a moment to chat. Like I told Jessi and Emily, I think it's so neat how you 3 "Champneys" girl cousins are all on missions at the same time! Jessica said that the day she entered the M.T.C. that it was a record breaking day for the Provo, Utah M.T.C. More sisters than elders entered that day which bumped the 60/40 elder to sister ratio up to 50/50. As Jessica put it, "Sisters rule!" Keep up the great and marvelous work! You have our love and prayers.
Love,
Aunt Sheri