First off, Dad, what you said in your email about small works and each little bee was exactly what I needed to hear this week cause I have felt like my seemingly meaningless drops of honey aren´t worth anything. So thank you for, once again, being the answer to my prayers :)
Anywho...CHEELAAYY. It´s an interesting place.
Things from this week:
-There is this icecream truck that always drives around playing Christmas
music and that sort of icecreamy truck nonsense, but the thing is...it sells gas
haha. I just imagine grown people running outside waving pesos in the air in
their pjs wanting more gas to heat their casas...makes me laugh every
time.
-The ward misson leader in my new ward owns a wicker shop...like wicker
furniture. It´s pretty sweet! He makes it all and it is all legit stuff. Mom,
you would LOVE it. If I could send you something that big I would....but I
can´t, so a picture will have to suffice.
-In the good ole USA, I feel like public transportation is a dying
practice. But in Chile, it´s hoppin! Everyone and their grandmother takes the
bus or community taxi´s....We are packed like cattle in those suckers sometimes.
Talk about cozy!
-I have come to know that the Lord gives us strength out the wazoo here
cause there is no way in heck-fire that I could do what we do as missionaries
(running, walking, talking, having the spirit, only having less than 8 hours of
sleep, yadayadayada without the help and strength of the Lord! It´s honestly a
miracle we don´t all fall over and die!
-We have pets here in my new area! Well...not officially, but there are
about 3-4 dogs that take turns walking with as ALL DAY. Literally, they wait for
us in the morning to leave, and they even wait for us outside of appointments! I
think it´s the darndest thing! My companion hates them cause we get bit by their
fleas, but I like to think of them as our little angels :) They keep us company
and keep us safe throughout the day! Little stray, dirty rays of sunshine! Their
names are Monsi, Bermudes, Diego, and Samson.
Okay so the moment you have all been waiting for...
I am in an area called Limache. It´s about half an hour drive from Viña I
think. It´s kinda more on the ghetto side, but I really like it. My trainer´s
name is Hermana Barros. She is from Argentina....and she only speaks Spanish.
Literally, no english. (I blame the Mitchells´ prayers for that one). So
obviously, communication is challenging at times, but with lots of pointing and
dictionaries and my broken spanish, we make it work. She is really sweet though,
and she is helping me be a good missionary! With the whole only spanish
situation, my Spanish is going to be great by the time she is done with me
hopefully! Blessing in diguise.
I get mail about once a month at zone conferences...so I haven´t gotten any
yet. I WANT IT SO BAD...and I know it´s there...I can feel it. They´re hoarding
it from me.
Just to be sure, my address is:
4 Norte 1112 Casilla 631
Viña del Mar, Chile
Sorry this email has been so scattered. I don´t have a lot of time today
and these keyboards are super ghetto so it´s taking twice as long. Since I
didn´t get to tell you guys lots of stuff I´ll write a letter later tonight and
send it off next pday.
Oh, one last thing... I had my first baptism of Saturday! Haha wow, almost
forgot to put that. His name is Jaime and he is super cool! I obviously was only
at the tail end of everything though, so I don´t really count him. But he is
super comfortable with the ward and he has lots of friends, so I think he is
solid, which I´m super excited about. The last thing Chile needs is another less
active member!
I´m going to end on a note that Mom got me thinking of in her email to me.
Martyrs is a
concept of the gospel that I am particularly fascinated by. From countless
Prophets of old to Jesus Christ himself to the brothers Joseph and Hyrum, the
gospel of Jesus Christ is littered with countless martyrs that were willing to
seal their testimonies with their lives. That right there is a testament that
this is the true church and gospel of Jesus Christ restored to the Earth once
again. How flickel are we when we are asked to simply pray or visit a family in
need once a month and we murmur. Don´t lie to yourself people, you have
murmurred once upon a time. Why are we so stupid? We have the truth. We have the
fullness. We have the Gospel! We have Christ! It such a wonderful blessing to
have and know about this gospel in our lives..why don´t we follow it? Why don´t
we share it? Why do we voluntarily fall short of all Christ and God have in
store for us? ...Shall we not go on in so great a cause?
Love always
and always,
Hermana
Abigail Page
-ps. the
picture thing on the computers are broken so I will just have to wait and send
you my card when it´s done. Sorry Momma :/
-pps. Please
spell check for me...these keyboards stink.
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