hello world. first of all, BIG NEWS:
MY COMPANION AND I HAD "EMERGENCY CAMBIOS!!!" don`t worry, it sounds a lot worse than it really is. basically all it means is that we had a change in the companionship before the actual date of changes. SO, my old companion, hna del castillo, is now 4 hours to the north in concepción, the previous sector of my NEw companion, hna rangel. the whole process was a little crazy, because we had a meeting with the zone wednesday morning, and right after, the assistants called and informed us that there would be a change in our companionship, immediately! we had to go to the house and pack her bags, and she was to get on a bus to the north as soon as possible. i couldn´t believe it! neither one os us was expecting it at all. of course, my comp was super sad, because she`d been there almost 6 months and wasn´t going to be able to say goodbye to anyone! but really there wasn´t much time to think about it because we had to get to the terminal to pick up my new companion. crazy! we went with the zone leaders to the terminal to send of hna del castillo, and came back to the sector right away. it all happened so fast that i´m still trying to figure out how it all happened! but my new companion is AWESOME, so the adjustment hasn´t been very difficult at all. she´s columbian, and has spent her whole mission (6 months) in the central and northern parts of the mission, meaning we´d never met before because i´ve always been here in the south! but she´s a lot like me in her way of thinking and her work ethic. she is super focused and has a very impressive testimony, and más encima loves to laugh and enjoy the mission. needless to say, we get along great. in these last few days together, we´ve seen so many miracles! a 17-yr old boy, juan, who we met a few weeks ago, has decided to be baptized, after talking to him twice! he loves the way he feels when he listens to the message we share, and he even came to church yesterday (alone!) and LOVED IT. he said it´s unlike any other church he´s attended, and loves that one can express themselves and interact and learn from others. he´s really sweet and sincere, and very receptive to the spirit. we´re really excited to keep teaching him.
other news from the week:
last monday i learned how to make bread in our mamita´s house! from scratch! like a real chilean! it was so fun. i´ll send pics next week.
on hna rangel´s second day here, we encountered a few surprises: as we were crossing a field, we found ourselves 3 feet from a huge dairy-cow, a giant slug on the sidewalk, the jaw of a large animal (most likely a cow), and a dog´s leg!!! just in the street...no big deal. welcome to the campo of chile...haha
a nice old lady gave us a dozen eggs, so i walked around a whole day with 12 eggs juggling around in my backpack...made it home safe and sound!
well, i´m out of time, but the scripture of the week, 3 nefi 11. i know that christ will come again, and that he wants us to be prepared, which is why he has given us his gospel. i know, from personal experience, that it is the only way to truly be happy. i love this gospel, and couldn´t be happier to be sharing it with everything here in chile.
un gran abrazo,
hermanita wright
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