Hola Familia y Amigas!
J-----'S FAMILY ARRIVED IN CHILE!!!!!!!
J-----'S FAMILY ARRIVED IN CHILE!!!!!!!
I have to start with this! It's been a really hard week since J-----'s family was denied coming. For his family to come it is a 10 hour drive to the airport and the first time they were denied leaving the country of Venezuala. Well, Saturday they tried again and were able to come! Sunday on our way to lunch J----- said, "Hello!" We didn't recognize him cause he was in casual clothes but the second we did we both freaked out! We met his wife and daughter who are both so beautiful and they are both really excited about taking the missionary lessons. J----- looked so happy. It's really cool to not only see his happiness but share that same happiness with him.
First, we have this super cute lady we visit every week. She is older and can't really leave the house anymore. Her name is R----- and she is a convert of 2 years. She is so cute, she used to be Catholic and whenever someone asks why she joined the church she always says, "well my church was 3 blocks away and yours was only 2...." But she loves the hymn book and the Book of Mormon! And when we say a prayer, she always adds, "Si Senor" after every sentence that she agrees with, and sometimes at the end of the prayer she just starts praying, adding her own little thoughts. She is so adorable and we love visiting her!
This week Hermanas D----- and H----- moved in with us, after they set up their beds they found out real quick that one bed was warped and the bars to hold up the mattress just fall through....after them complaining for a while. I got frustrated and got a piece of wood that came from an old dresser and I pulled out my pocket knife, which conveniently had an inch and a half long saw on it...I sawed a 2.5 foot wide board in half, using that ridiculous saw. As I was sawing the Elders called and one said, "What is going on? It sounds like someone is sawing...." My comp starts laughing and says, "well my companion is doing exactly that." Finally, 45 minutes later I finished. And my companion said, as I was going to put it on the bed, "watch it be too long.... " IT WAS 0.5 in TOO LONG!!! So I started over, meanwhile the Elders came to bring us some stuff from our old house and we gave them rice crispy treats. I enlisted them in helping me cut the board cause I was getting a huge blister. In the picture they are eating treats while I was cutting and because they can't come inside but we needed the light they are standing on the board in the doorway to keep it from moving....and my comp took the award winning picture of the elders eating treats and the Hermana working...well, finally got done and the bed was fixed....2 hours later and a big blister. Next time someone says that the hermanas are spoiled, just remember, I fixed the bed. And thank you Zak for telling me to bring a leatherman....
Saturday the Elders called and wanted to meet with us because we are all struggling to find people to teach. They had a couple ideas to bounce around and I'll say, I'm pretty stoked for our plans. First, on Sunday we passed around a sign up sheet to the active members. We want to go share a 10 minute thought with each member that's active to help build trust and get to know people better. We got about 16 appts, which is way worse than we thought we'd get, but that's still 16 people we will get to know better. Then Sunday night we went "Easter Caroling"....we went to J-----'s house and sung to them for Easter and introduced them to C-----i (we refer to them as the "Power Couple"). After we took the "Prince of Peace" pass along cards and rode the metro! We passed out 500 cards in about an hour. We didn't want to bug or trap people into listening to us, so instead we told them Happy Easter and that the card was for a cool video of Christ. People were actually a lot more receptive than I thought they would be. Also we wrote our number on the back of each card, it will be interesting to see if we get any calls....
First, we have this super cute lady we visit every week. She is older and can't really leave the house anymore. Her name is R----- and she is a convert of 2 years. She is so cute, she used to be Catholic and whenever someone asks why she joined the church she always says, "well my church was 3 blocks away and yours was only 2...." But she loves the hymn book and the Book of Mormon! And when we say a prayer, she always adds, "Si Senor" after every sentence that she agrees with, and sometimes at the end of the prayer she just starts praying, adding her own little thoughts. She is so adorable and we love visiting her!
This week Hermanas D----- and H----- moved in with us, after they set up their beds they found out real quick that one bed was warped and the bars to hold up the mattress just fall through....after them complaining for a while. I got frustrated and got a piece of wood that came from an old dresser and I pulled out my pocket knife, which conveniently had an inch and a half long saw on it...I sawed a 2.5 foot wide board in half, using that ridiculous saw. As I was sawing the Elders called and one said, "What is going on? It sounds like someone is sawing...." My comp starts laughing and says, "well my companion is doing exactly that." Finally, 45 minutes later I finished. And my companion said, as I was going to put it on the bed, "watch it be too long.... " IT WAS 0.5 in TOO LONG!!! So I started over, meanwhile the Elders came to bring us some stuff from our old house and we gave them rice crispy treats. I enlisted them in helping me cut the board cause I was getting a huge blister. In the picture they are eating treats while I was cutting and because they can't come inside but we needed the light they are standing on the board in the doorway to keep it from moving....and my comp took the award winning picture of the elders eating treats and the Hermana working...well, finally got done and the bed was fixed....2 hours later and a big blister. Next time someone says that the hermanas are spoiled, just remember, I fixed the bed. And thank you Zak for telling me to bring a leatherman....
Saturday the Elders called and wanted to meet with us because we are all struggling to find people to teach. They had a couple ideas to bounce around and I'll say, I'm pretty stoked for our plans. First, on Sunday we passed around a sign up sheet to the active members. We want to go share a 10 minute thought with each member that's active to help build trust and get to know people better. We got about 16 appts, which is way worse than we thought we'd get, but that's still 16 people we will get to know better. Then Sunday night we went "Easter Caroling"....we went to J-----'s house and sung to them for Easter and introduced them to C-----i (we refer to them as the "Power Couple"). After we took the "Prince of Peace" pass along cards and rode the metro! We passed out 500 cards in about an hour. We didn't want to bug or trap people into listening to us, so instead we told them Happy Easter and that the card was for a cool video of Christ. People were actually a lot more receptive than I thought they would be. Also we wrote our number on the back of each card, it will be interesting to see if we get any calls....
I am officially the only nurse for our mission! Its so nice! I feel like its been a little chaotic up until now, but things are going good. Also just found out that our area medical adviser has been reassigned to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ill still be able to contact him....just not in person and there will be a time change, so that'll be fun.
Cool fact. I hit 3 months on the 17th, crazy how fast time has gone!
Stay safe! Love you all!
Hermana Sullivan
Mission Nurse Specialist
Mission Nurse Specialist
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