Well, to start off, Uncle Joe requests that you guys could please update the blog. Thank you so much for keeping the blog up, occasionally I get letters that mention the blog and it makes me super happy. Well, actually it just makes me super happy to get mail in general. So it finally snowed up there, crazy. For the last four months I have been telling people that at my house there is snow, but I guess I´ve just been lying to them. Oh, also, on the subject of mail and home, I received Christmas cards from the Pederson´s and the Benson´s. They are so awesome, they both tried to send them through pouch mail, but pouch mail you can´t send an envelope or anything, just a piece of paper. But they were both persistent and tried again and I got them. I´m going to try to write them little thank you notes this week, but is there anyone else who I should write a thank you note to? Also, just so you are aware when people ask, the address that you guys have is of the mission home. And the mail to there is super reliable, and so you can send things directly there and it gets to me like 2 weeks later. To send a letter to Chile I think it´s about $1.50 or something like that. So if people ask you what is the best way to send things, that is probably it.
So this week was pretty good. My companion and I started a purification process to help us improve all of our little falts. So we are working on that, and guess what, I am actually substantially happier. Early in the week we came home after a day full of mediocre lessons with mediocre missionaries. I was irritated with my companion, and I was discouraged, and I didn´t want to be a missionary. I realized that my whole attitude was really just because I was mad at myself because I know that I can be a better missionary than that, but there are little things that I wasn´t doing, so I was preventing myself from receiving the blessings and in turn I was also hindering our investigators, because I wasn´t worthy to have the inspiration that I needed. The thing that was the most heart-breaking for me was that in my prayers I felt like I was just talking to God rather than having a conversation with Him, and that made me feel really alone and abandoned. So, I talked to my companion about this and so we started a fast and made a list of all the things we wanted to change. We made the commitment that every day we are going to work to do all of the things in our list and evaluate between ourselves and with God all the areas where we failed from our list every day for 40 days. So now we are in this purification process, and I am muchisimo more happy and content and our lessons and everything have been improving.
So funny story, so the other day I was riding my bike behind my companion and a guy passed on his bike going to opposite direction. I think I said "Hola" or something but I´m not really sure, but the next thing I know, he is riding his bike along side of me in the middle of the road and asking me questions. I immediately stopped my bike and yelled for my companion to stop too. I presented myself a missionary and everything, but then he asked me if I could have a pareja, or a partner. I told him no that we are here to focus on our purpose and stuff, so then he asked me when I finish, I told him that I still have lots of time, but he insisted that it was really short and that he could wait, I was actually a little bit worried, this guy was really persistent and he wasn´t even drunk. But my companion jumped and saved me, she told him that I have a boyfriend waiting for me back home and pretty much flat-out lied to this man in the street. Then we walked away. But the funny thing is another guy told he was in love with me half an hour later, but this guy was drunk and so it was a lot funnier. Anyways, so one of my commitments from my list of things to work on was to not get down on myself about my appearance, my companion says that perhaps God sent these two guys to try to help me out with that goal.
Well, that´s pretty much all I can think of that was super cool that happened this week. But, I love you all! You guys are awesome!
Hermana Evans
Me and my new Companion
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