Answers to questions you
asked me in your e-mail:
1) We still don’t know much about your companion or any of the
sisters you are sharing the apartment with…who are they & where are they
from?
My
companion is the bomb she is from Argentina and the next transfer is her last
(we´re hoping we stay together for her last cambio) we get along super well; we
work hard and have a good time together. The other sisters are Hna
Trujillo from Peru who has one cambio more than Hna Irrazabal left in the
mission and her trainee Hna Garcia from Chile. The other companionship is
Hna Jaramillo (or Jarami‘SH’o) also
from Argentina but hasn’t lost her accent she has the same time as me in the
mission but more time in Chile because she only had 2 weeks in the MTC and she
is with her trainee Hna Opazo also from Chile.
2) How often do you get opportunities to just gab away in your native language?
As you probably figured out from the last answer, I am
the only gringa in our house so I don’t ever get to gab away in my native
language, but don’t you worry, I still gab away, just not in my NATIVE
language LOL but I’m really ok with it because the few times I have been
able to speak English recently, (for example when my DL (District Leader) called for our numbers/statistics) it comes
out really awkward. I get like half way
through a sentence before I have to pause and remember how to say something in English,
but even then sometimes random words come out in Spanish mid-sentence and it
feels really weird and awkward to speak in English. I feel like I sound like an idiot, SO i just
answer most of the time in Spanish or Spanglish when people try to talk to me
in English. The sucky part is that I haven’t
MASTERED Spanish yet so I can’t really speak either language... its rather
comical
3) Who do you get along best with?
My companion!!!! She´s awesome! I tell her at LEAST 3 times a week that she
has to come and visit me after the mission
4) Can you or
have you ever seen the Andes?
YESS!!!!!
They are SOOOOOOO beautiful! and they are all snowcapped this time of year, the
only problem is that I haven’t been in an area really CLOSE to them yet so
whenever its cloudy or smoggy you can’t see them well, but on the clear days
they are GORGEOUS. En serio, me ponen
feliz! :)))) (Seriously, they make me
happy!)
5) Now that you are really getting acclimated, what about Chile has surprised you?
Ha-ha I still don’t know...
EVERYTHING! But if I have to pick
something(s) specifically, the animals in the street EVERYWHERE! Chile is in SERIOUS need of a pound! there are
SOOOO many stray dogs in the street and stray cats, and the dogs are DISGUSTING
many of them are missing limbs, missing large patches of hair, have huge nasty
tumors, etc., etc. Poor things need to be put out of their misery, not to
mention a pound would seriously help with the flea problem here. And the
people here are rightly known for being flojos [laid back/slack], but like everywhere,
there are people of all kinds. Sean como
sean les amo igual [They are as they are, I love them just the same].
I´m really not a fan of the food, any of it lol except manjar [a caramel sauce
they put on everything]. I
LOVE the people here and I love how humble they are. son de buena onda aca en Buin (alto jahuel). [they are good people here in Buin]
This week was incredible!
The day we finished our fast with Vivi we went over to her house to teach her
the law of chastity and afterward we called victor on speaker phone to talk to
him about them getting married and well, the phone call didn’t end so well, it
was kind of like... "Shoot, that wasn’t exactly the miracle I wanted for
our investigator to see upon showing her faith in fasting..." He had said
how he isn’t sure about getting married because he’s not sure about how he
feels, like her loves her and all but that he´s confused and that after all
their time together he sees her more as a friend (ouch). SO my comp and I
(mostly my comp tan capa! [so cool]) talked to him and told him to pray
about it and think about his family their kids and everything and let us
know. About TWENTY minutes later as we are getting ready to leave, Vivi
is washing the dishes, the phone rings. Victor. Vivi´s hands are soaked so we
pick up the phone for her, put it in speaker and hold it up to her.
"Halo" She answers.
Victor says something that Hna Irrazabal and I don’t catch because one of their
kids screams right as he speaks, but we see the expression on Vivis face change
to bright red with an expression of utter shock..."¡¿QUE?!" she says
So Vistor repeats
himself............ "¿Te quieres casar conmigo?" [Do you want to marry me?]
"SI." Vivi
answers and the rest of the conversation gets lost amongst mine and Hna Irrazabal’s
screams and we hug each other, hug Vivi and start jumping up laughing and squealing
for joy in the middle of their living room. FUN STUFF! SO now we are
planning a wedding WOOOH! For the end of
September. I think Hna Irrazabal and I
are going to be the 2 witnesses to sign the certificate in the civil when they
get married. QUE BAKAN!!!! [So awesome!!!] SOOOO
we´re pretty happy.
BUT
I’m out of time so fam love yall! Miss you like crazy!!! Have a wonderful week
WRITE ME LETTERS AND DRAW ME PICTURES AND SEND THEM TO MEEEE!!!!! That’s your out of school home work for this
week- XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
[An additional little tid bit Ynez added to a reply one of my letters]:
I’m sorry you were
disappointed to see how much you’ve lost your Spanish abilities. I already have fear of losing mine and I
haven’t even learned the grammar well yet, but the ability to get around in
everything. It’s something think about
sometimes, like what I’m going to do in the future to never lose my Spanish (ie
marry someone who speaks it and teach our children etc. etc.) lol It’s
too bad that Brian gets frustrated with you trying to speak Spanish with him and
wants you to speak English! He´ll regret
it when Shane comes home. Especially
when me AND Shane are home AND you are more practiced up and we blab in Spanish
and he can’t keep up! lol Is the whole family buff and lean from
all the mtn. biking or what??? Sounds
like you are biking 24/7. I’m not gonna lie I’m a little jealous lol,
but I also know there will be time for all that jazz after the mish. I love you daddy, you’re my hero!!!
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