HI FAMILY!!! I would like to start off with a gigantic THANKS to everyone who writes me. Like really, I don{t think you understand how much it means to me. K so here is a rundown of my week:
1. We have new roommates. Its really kind of annoying because we went from two g irls to four girls in one room so now our bathroom is always crowded and theres a TON ofstuff. I mean, these new girls are quite high maintenance. The only item of mine on thecounter is my face wash and theyhave like five billion bottles of hairspray and makeup and who knows what else. And the other day i found my tooth brush on the GROUNd. I was quite disgusted. but other than that they are great girls. Its kind of nice being the more experienced missionary to help them out.
2. So every week we have to create a talk on a specific topic and pray our little hearts out that they wont call on us to speak on sunday. When we went to church I had this bad feeling that i was going to get called on and lo and behold i did! Sometimes knowing spanish is a curse. But I think it went pretty well. Mycomp and I also taught sunday school (ps sorry my grammar andspelling is so bad, these computers are terrible!)
3. I have a wart on the back of my knee. I didnt know what a wart was until the elders in my district started telling me I could get cancer from it. Then Idiscovered they were joking.... #notnice. Haha but yeah so right now the doctor told me to put duct tape on it and see what happens
4. I have bruises on my knees from kneeling to pray ALL THE TIME
5. Oh so earlier this week one of myteachers pulled my aside and said that he and the other teachers thought i was good enough in spanish to switch to one of the latino districts and leave the CCM two weeks earlier. I was so conflicted because part of me really wanted to but the other part of me wanted to stay. We listened to this talk by Elder Bednar called Character of Christ and he talked all about being more like Christ and turning outward - thinking of others rather than yourself. So this week i have been trying really hard to do that. Like I have been helping my companion a TON to learn spanish. I give up my own personal study time to help her with flash cards and memorizing the first vision, etc. It has been SUCH a blessing because it has made me happier and made her more confident in her spanish abilities. So after some praying i came ot the conclusion that i was better off staying in the district i am right now. I am obviously here for a reason and right now i think that reason is to help others the best i can to improve their spanish. By the wayMom, I think i get this from you - i get VERY passionate about teaching. Like I get really loud sometimes because im so excited about it. Im constantlyyelling out the word CONFIDENCE. haha but its so fun.
6. I love my district. Like I cant even begin to explain how much i lovethem! We have TOO much fun together. The other night for our district meeting we each showed pictures of our family and friends to each other and talked a little bit about our pre mish lives. It was so much fun. But they are just the coolest, I am really going to miss them! When I was deciding between moving to a latino district elder funk came up to me one day and was just like "hermana chil, i really hope you dont leave our distrcit. i understand if you want to, but it would be cool if you stayed" haha it was so precious.
Last night i had a little freak out session. Not crying but the whole being confined to the walls of the CCM with the same exact person doing the same exact thing all day every day really got to me and i went nuts. So I was running up and down the stairs (with my companion watching of course) to release some energy then i did some of my fitness buddy workout in my room. Then I showered and straightened my hair because thats therapeautic for me haha i felt better by the time i went to bed but really having a companion al the time is ROUGH. Like if I could have one wish right now it would be for just ONE HOUR of pure solitude. And some music. Music would be nice. BUT Im tring to refocus and keep thinkingOUTWARD and less about myself so that I can remember why i am here.
Overall, I really do LOVE being a missionary. There are always those moments when we are teaching our investigators that the spirit is so strong and I just dont have any doubt about why Im here. This gospel is amazing. The Atonement is amazing. And I am so excited to be here to share it! I just wish I could stop being a whimp and actually muster up the courage to talk to people when we go out into the real world on P Days. Im hoping eventually it will happen.
Well I really love you all!!! Thanks again for writing me. Im sorry if I dont get to write all of you back, time here goes by really fast. But I read your emails and they mean the world to me. Love you all and hope you have a great week. Dont forget to write dearelders!
Love,
Hermana Chil
PS the picutres is of me and my companion getting churros outside of Metro last pday.
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