Courtney's Week #54

Hey Family!

How is it going? Well, this week was pretty awesome. So the first thing that happenned this week is that my companion´s bike had some serious problems. The part that changes the gears totally fell off. There is a member in our ward who is a bicycle repairman, so its not really that big of deal, but we were already late for an appointment and we had a member waiting for us and when it broke we were like half an hour walk away from town. So we started running with our bikes, when we got there, the investigator was leaving so we couldn´t teach him, the member was a little bit upset, and we were a little bit sweaty even though it was a little bit cold outside. But point of the story, we are now without bikes for a few days until they are fixed.

Numero Dos, so this week there was a huge storm. It rained pretty hard, but guess what. I actually loved it for several reasons: 1) I get to use my awesome trench coat, my rain boots, and an umbrella, 2) I am no longer drenched in sweat like I was during all of summer, 3) The people here are really nice and feel bad for us walking in the rain so they let us in their house and we teach them about the gospel. Really, all things considered, could it get any better?

A bit of the downside though of the storm, the electric system here is a little unreliable, and so the power goes out a lot when there are storms. Saturday morning I had to go to a training meeting in Santiago, so we got up really early and started getting ready. We were in intercambios, so I was with a different companion for the day so let her shower first, halfway through her shower the power went out and stayed out. So I got out the candles, showered, got ready, and then we left. We had to bring a flashlight so that we could walk to
the bus station because it was still dark outside and there still wasn´t electricity so it was super dark. Three hours later when we got to Santiago I found that I had make up all over my face! I guess that´s what happens when you get ready in candle light. But nonetheless, it was kind of fun.

So things relating more to the gospel, last night it was almost time to go home, so my companion and I were slowly making our way back to the house talking to all the people that we could. There was a lady waiting for the microbus so we started to talk to her, she was kind of a little bit abrupt and really didn´t seem too keen to talk to us, so I started talking to her about other things just trying to make friendly conversation, she lightened up a little bit and then asked why we were out so late. I told her that we had to be out so late "so that we could talk to everyone, like Amelia (the lady´s name), who is waiting for the microbus in the street Avenida Argentina (where she was)." Her eyes filled up with tears and she started crying. We don´t know exactly what is going on in her life, but we testified the God loves her and then he is aware of everything that is happening. She started crying and invited us to pass by on her next day off of work. It was a really awesome experience, I think that some people feel as though God has forgotten about them, but He hasn´t, he will always send exactly what we need, in this circumstance, two missionaries on their way home for the day.

Anyways I am out of time, but I love you all!

Hermana Evans