Hola! Hola!!
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY MOMMY!!! (and all
the other wonderful mothers/grandmothers out there!)
…and... HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON WEDNESDAY
JOHN!!!! I LOVE YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH!
I HOPE YOUR 11th IS THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!!!
Things are great here in Chile! We
found a house to rent, but as of right now we aren’t sure when we are moving
in. We are also a little worried about whether or not we will actually be
able to live there because we heard from one of the member ladies here that our
land-lady likes to party (and lives right next door). Hna. Joglar and my
plan as of right now is to just move in to the house, baptize the land lady,
and then not have to worry about rowdy parties anymore. ;) It’s kind of
interesting though because the lady has to be at least 60 years old... I guess
now would be a good time to use the phrase that my companion and the Elders in
my district tell me ALL the time when weird things happen... "Welcome to
Chile!" lol
At the Zone conference the other
week, one of our mission standards of excellence changed and that is that now
they want us to work more with the members to get references from them, because
statistically, if we contact 140 people every week (which is the standard of
excellence for our mission), we will baptize one of our contacts about every
five weeks, BUT if I remember correctly, for every 14“ish” contacted references
from members there is 1 baptism. SO, now they’ve asked us to do 12 contacted
references from the members every week. This week Hermana Joglar and I
have been working hard to do that and have been getting to know the members a
lot better through it (and also for our calling as edificadores de rama [branch builders]).
It has actually been a huge blessing because we are starting to understand the branch
and how things work here in Lontué better and the members are getting to know
us better and as a result they like us more and trust us more with their
contacts and everything. Hna. Joglar and I
are starting to feel more accepted, appreciated, and at home here and it feels
like the work is moving along better now, because really everything works
differently here in little Lontué so having member help is crucial.
The end of the cambio [companionship
changes] is a week from Tuesday (tomorrow), so this time next week I
will know whether or not my comp. or I are getting transferred. I’m thinking we will both stay put because I’m
new, and my comp goes home after the next transfer (which is only four weeks)
so they’ll probably keep her here instead of starting her brand new in a
different area for only 4 weeks, BUT you never know! It will be interesting to see what changes
happen. :)
Fam: I love you to pieces and miss
you like crazy! It was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good to Skype you yesterday, looks
and seems like everyone is doing super good. I'm so proud of you ALL and just
can't even tell you how much I love you! Keep being AWESOME, keep being
Davis!!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
ALL my love,
Hermana Davis
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