Courtney's Week #67

 

¡Hola!

Well, how are things going up there? So things are going pretty well down here in Chile. So guess what I now have only 98 days left in my mission! They sent me my papers just checking all of my information so that they can book my flight home. Oh, I guess I should ask, Mom and Dad, would you like to come down to get me? If not, I will be coming home on October 23, leaving Chile on the 22nd. Crazy, right? This week I did a paper chain with 100 links representing the 100 days and each one has a motivational scripture about missionary work. So each day I can become refocused. Super Awesome.

So funny story, this week we had a conference with the Mission President. This time the psychiatrist for all the missionaries from Chile came to give a presentation about stress. It was a really good presentation actually and afterwards there was a time for questions. My companion raised her hand and asked, "Why would a grown person talk in their sleep?" It was really funny because my companion doesn´t talk in her sleep, but I talk quite a lot in my sleep and I guess it really seems to bother her. So as the psychiatrist started giving ways that you can try to minimize the amount of talking that you do in your sleep she just looked at me with a look that seemed to say "Are you listening?" or "Write this down and use it, I´m tired of hearing you talk in your sleep"

Anyways another thing that I found really funny. This week we found a mural on the wall in front of a catholic school that had a huge tree and underneath it said "The tree of life", I thought it was pretty funny. 

So more on the spiritual side of things, this week we had a whole family go to church. Their names are Juan Pablo, Helen, and their kids Martin (10), Rocio (7), Sarai (2), and Alfonso (8 months). It was so awesome. They arrived about 45 minutes late, but they came and they stayed for all the classes. It was so cool, I felt so warm and fuzzy inside. I think that what will bring them to church again is that Martin and Rocio loved the primary! 

Another miracle that we had this week, we have been teaching another super large family called the familia Martin, but we decided to drop them because they really weren´t progressing by themselves it was just when we right along side pushing and prodding. So we haven´t passed by for more than a week, but guess what, Catalina, who is 15, came to church yesterday, by herself! So anyways, we´re going to see if we can baptize her next week!

Well, I think that is all that I have for this week. We have to go to the mission office to make a phone call to Peru today, my companion hasn´t received any mail since she came to her mission so President told us to see if we can go track down her family and tell them to write. 

Love you all, 

Hermana Evans

PS. Mom, I love you!