Another Humbling but Wonderful Week

ahaha Mal its so fun to here from you in Argentina!! It sounds suuper similar to Chile.  Haha everyone is catholic, here we cant clap either because they are in apartments but we yell HALOOO or we tocar citophonos (like intercom doorbells).  Mal you Chilena roomie, what ward is she from? I meet people from loottss of different wards for recorridos so I might know people she knows haha.  Also mal there is a type of candy you need to try its called FULL its a lemon candy, idk if they have it in Argentina but ask your Chilena roomie she might know.  

Also mom I need you to get a message to Savannah, there is a member family here that is practically like my chilena family (Luz Maria Diaz is like my mom, Enrique her dad is like a sweet grandpa, and her son is Benjamin) So Benja is working really hard to learn english well enough to get sponsored to travel to New Zealand and to be able to study in the US for college, also many of the YW here are stinkers and he needs a good example of a good girl, he is savannah Luceros age and it would be sooooo great if she could add him on facebook and message him to practice, he is such a great kid and like my little brother here! I think he added both me and her on facebook but I don´t know if Savannah accepted haha so if she would be willing to do that it would be GREAT.  If not its all good, let me know!


So this week we said goodbye to Ruben and Teresa, He got a kidney transplant and has been living with his nephew for a month but this week he was finally able to return home, so we went to see them one last time and watched the restoration video, at the end we bore testimony and talked for a while.  We all cried when we said goodbye, Teresa said she would always remember us as her little angels that helped her to find the path for her family, they both want to continue to pray for an answer to know for sure that this is the path for them but they pretty much said that they know already, they also said that they are going to go to there house and share this message with all of their family because it had changed there life and they want their family to have the same thing. So we gave them our doctrine and covenants videos to keep learning with the missionaries that live in there area.  We hugged teresa goodbye and gave Ruben a handshake and he pulled us into a hug.... we were kinda freaking out and we were like we cant give hugs!! And he was like I know, but you changed my familys life, I don´t care! Haha it was funny, I´m sure going to miss them, they have really showed me what the gospel can do for families.  Wow.  

So this week we were also having a lesson in a park with a menos activa (less active member) we were finishing with a song and a prayer and afterwards we look up and a man is standing in front of us.  He said he was passing by heard the prayer and got really emotional, he rembered the feelings he had when he was investigating the church 20 years ago and stuff like that, so we got talking (mostly my companion haha) and set up an appointment for a recorrido (tour) of the chapel and temple grounds.  We are super excited, what a miracle!!

This week in Church we experienced another miracle, we got out of ward council meeting and there was a guy about 24 years old sitting on one of the benches in the hallway reading 3 ne 11 in the book of mormon.  We started talking and he told us that his name is Mario, he is Catholic by culture, but Atheist by choice but he met some of the CCM missionaries that gave him a Book of Mormon and he decided to come and see the church because the gate was open, we invited him to the church service that was starting in an hour and then we had to leave to pick up another investigator, as soon as we got out of the building me and my comp turn to look at one another we were both shocked out of our minds because she has been here for almost 6 months and nothing like that has happened.  So we get back after our other investigator didn´t want to come, we were feeling a little down but then we look and see Mario sitting in the Chapel with the ward Secretary talking and smiling/laughing.  Throughout the day it was almost as if planned (but it wasn´t) that another member would come say hi get to know him, and take him to his next class, by the end of the day he had like 10 new best friends in the chapel! Holy cow these members are pros at making people feel welcome and accepted!! What was even better was another kid with almost the same situation showed up and had the same experience, by the end of church they were super good friends and they had lots of new friends in the church.   They both just said they were soooo confused as to why they were here because before they had no interest in religion     but that they were just drawn here, they were both super interested in learning more, and they are planning on attending institute tomorrow together.  Mario lives in our sector so we get to teach him and Diego the other joven lives in Hermana Mckinley and hermana Nuñez´s sector, but we were both FREAKING OUT EXCITED.  Wow. Super miracles and a super great ward! Oh and I forgot, what made it better was that sacrament meeting was the primary program!!! It was the cutes thing I´ve ever seen, I just cried the whole time, and Mario and Diego loved it! It was nice to see that throughout the meeting they both had friends to explain what was happening and help them. 

Sunday night we visited a less active member who had just moved into our ward, I was sooooo humbled to see her humbling conditions and realize just how blessed I am.  The people here live in small spaces, and don´t have as much, but they still have what they need, we visited Hermana Isabel and I was holding back tears the whole time.  She lives in a pieza which is basically a small room with a little area as a bathroom and a stove for a kitchen.  She is about 50 years old, maybe a little more, she is single and pregnant and she has almost nothing.  She has no furniture only a matress on the floor, and a reaaaalllly old half broken tv propped up on her suitcase.  Other than that she has practically nothing, a few dishes, soap and a brush.  It was crazy.  I realized that this lady has NOTHING, no husband, no family that is able to support her, no parents that are living, no friends in this country, and no way to leave to her home country to be with any friends.  She works all day every day just to pay for her apartment and has nothing to take care of her fast approaching baby boy.  But she has SOOOO MUCCCH FAITH. She just keeps saying she has no idea what is next but she is greatful to live where she does in peace and grateful for the church, I realized that when we have the gospel we always have something.  We will ALWAYS be okay if we have the gospel.  I´m so grateful for that.  I´m also so grateful for the support of such a good family! Wow I never realized how lucky I am!! THANKS MOM AND DAD SOOOOO MUCH.  I seriously never have thanked you guys enough for everything.  I´m so glad you guys have always worked so hard to make sure I was a good kid even if I didn´t always understand and even if I didn´t take it very well, I´m so glad I´m here.  I know I wouldn´t     be without your examples! I´m so glad that you work so dang hard dad! We have such a nice house and we have cars to get places, we have so much fun, and we have so much peace in our house (even if     the boys won´t stop beating each other up), I´m so glad I got to learn piano, travel places, and do things with my life.  Thanks for making it possible for me to serve a mission!! And go to college!! And just everything!!! Wow my life could be so hopeless and terrible right now but it is WONDERFUL all because of everything you guys did to make sure that I would have a good life when I grew up.  Thanks.  Seriously I went home and cried Sunday night after visiting Hermana Isabel.  I realized that I´m kind of a spoiled brat even if I try not to be, I have soooooo much and I never expressed my appreciation for it.  But THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.  I can see now     that the most important thing in the world is the gospel.  So many people make excuses for why they didn´t come to church, didn´t read their scriptures, didn´t keep a commitment etc, they all say that they don´t have time.  But I´m realizing THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TIME FOR.  We are here to prepare to live with God, the gospel is what we have time for. 

Well I have to go,

Love you all

Hermana Millett

Another Great Week in Chile

Well mal, I hope all goes really well in Argentina!! I´m excited to hear about everything and see pics! So wierd I can´t believe I got on the plane and left more than 2 months ago... time flies... but at the same time it feels like I have been here FOREVER!!

Well first of all I just want to stop and take some time to just talk about what I love about being here.  I feel like every day I just try so hard to be better and sometimes quite frankly I do terrible, but I´m constantly finding ways to improve. Agh but I find that when I´m trying to improve I focus too much on my negative aspects or what is wrong or hard, etc.  So yeah I just want to talk about what is great about being here.  First, I LOOOVVEE my companion.  She is such a great trainer.  She is so patient and caring and has a sense of humor, and agh she is just great. I´m soooo grateful that she is my comp.  Literally I am never frustrated with her, or with the spanish when I´m with her, we can just talk and talk and talk in spanish and she is so good at helping me to learn.  Heavenly Father knew just what I needed in a companion, I am so blessed.  Second, I am SOOOO happy that I am a missionary by the temple, I can see it out of my apartment and I LOVE giving recorridos (tours) they are the most spiritual part of my week and I love seeing so many people preparing to be baptized or enter the temple.  I also love seeing the success and hard work of other missionaries and how in tune they are with the spirit and how close they are with these investigators that they bring for recorridos.  I am soooo glad that I have a north american friend in my apartment, Hermana Mckinley.  She is from Orem and its so great because when I just want to tell a story or talk in English we can just talk and let it all out, its fun because our comps can understand english too so we have spanglish conversations because we are all very fluent in spanglish.  I love my zone.  They are sooo fun! conference with them was a blast and I love making tons of new friends! I also love that they language is coming so easily.  Like I know I can´t understand everything.  But when I am in spanish mode I converse and laugh and have fun with the people I am talking with.  Haha I even half understood a conversation with 3 chilenos speaking at the same time a million miles per hour about dialysis, kidney transplants, and medications! MIRACLES.  I am literally so shocked that I am doing as well as I am and I am SO GRATEFUL.  My first day here I wrote in my journal that it would be a miracle if I could leave the CCM and understand a north american speaking only gospel terms.  Yet time and time again I see how much the Lord is blessing me as he helps me to understand what I need and helps me to feel comfortable with my speaking and understanding.  Agh so crazy.  Haha I also love the people here.  Most of the buildings in my area are big apartment buildings with conserjes.... I think its Concierge in English? Its fun because we have began teaching some of the conserjes in our building, and several times we have gone to teach a family in another building only to find that the real reason we needed to be there was to bear our testimonies to the conserje.  Haha one of the conserjes in our building is an Evangelical preacher, he calls us the reverendas haha I love feeling like there are familiar faces and people I love here already.  I also LOVE my ward, they are soooo great its almost like being home.  Man, I really love it here and I am sooooo greatful for the opportunity I have to be a missionary here in Chile!

Well, I hope you are all enjoying Fall, its HOT here!! Its super wierd to see halloween candy in the stores (not NEARLY as much as in Utah haha) but its green and sunny as ever outside.  With palm trees, wierd.  

I also wanted to talk for a minute about member and missionary work.  I hope you all noticed that almost every single talk in conference was about that, it is SOOO IMPORTANT.  WE had an awesome lesson this week with Ruben, an uncle of a recent convert and his wife who are in our ward, he got a new kidney a week or two ago and is stayin with his Nephew for the next month.  It was our second lesson with him and the spirit was SOOO STRONG, and it was all because of the members, they told their stories and shared their feelings and you just see it in the example of their lives that they know this is true, the effect of members in missionary work is HUGE.  I hope you all are really taking Elder Ballards challenge to heart (I think it was elder Ballard?) To prayerfully search for someone for the missionaries to teach.  Elder Ballard promised that EVERY MEMBER that prayerfully searched would find someone by Christmas.  Not every ward, not every family, EVERY MEMBER.  So I expect you guys to go do just that, find someone for the missionaries to teach BEFORE CHRISTMAS.  That doesn´t mean simply refer a name of someone who isn´t a member to the missionaries and you are done. It means help them, become their friend, work with them, invite them, teach by example, BE A PART OF SOMEONES CONVERSION.  Out here I get fed a lot of food by the members, its great.  But I think many members miss the point.  WE MISSIONARIES WOULD RATHER GO HUNGRY AND HAVE PEOPLE TO TEACH THAN BE FED EVERY MEAL EVERY DAY BUT SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY KNOCKING DOORS.  If you can only do one thing to help the missionaries, help them teach and help them find.  We love a good meal, but we love a good lesson better.  I can´t tell you how good it feels to teach people the gospel, I´m not gonna lie sometimes I get really homesick and its hard being in a foreign country, but after I spend an hour or so sharing the gospel with someone, and after I can watch the spirit touch someones heart, I could care less about home! I LOVE being a missionary.  and I LOVE sharing the gospel, please please please help the missionaries to love their missions too, help them change peoples lives!! There is a great talk about member missionary work that I´m sure you can find on the internet, its by Clayton Christensen, and I can´t remember the exact title but its like 7 principles of sharing the gospel or something like that, look it up, its great!

Well, gotta go! Love you all!!

Hermana Kyrstin Millett

PS mom and dad you would be sooooo proud! Haha like every single desert that we have is canned peaches..... and you know how much I hate canned peaches, but I eat it anyway, and I pretend like its the best thing I´ve ever eaten in my life.  Literally they apologize when the only dessert they have is icecream but they brag about what a wonderful surprise they have for dessert and come out with a giant bowl of canned peaches.  Oh joy. We also have all sorts of food that to me is far worse than broccoli haha but I choke it down with a smile. Haha just thought I should let you know that I am eating my food even when I don´t want to hahaha

Cumplemes: 2 Months in Mission

Today is my Cumplemes, its like your birthday but it happens each month on the day you started your mission.  Today I´ve completed 2 months! Its been the longest and shortest 2 months of my life!

Haha Mal it soooo is an EFY prison.  Others in the CCM laughed when I got so excited to leave the ¨Compound¨but it for reals is like the best time ever in a prison like compound.  Agh I´m so excited for you to get out into the field!! Okay, Santiago is HUUUGGEEE but Yeah ok Adian I´ll remember that, if they can get a referral through then the missionaries that live in his area in Chile will get a text with his info to go visit him.... so yeah if they can refer his address and number in Chile that would be AWESOME. Also Mal, remember those talks from conference because they are going to be PERFECT for your soon to be investigators! It was so cool to watch conference and find that each talk was directly applicable to someone we´ve been teaching. Also Mal its funny you guys did matching blue day (nice shirt by the way) haha because we did that too!! And Violeta Viernes... but it was viernes and we were only allowed to take pics on pday in the CCM. Fome. (Lame). AAAGH mal you are coming to South America I´m so freaking excited for you!! Don´t be too worried about the language, I honestly can´t speak that much but man el Don de Lenguas is real, pray for it every day! And just be patient and then its not that bad haha some people freak out about not knowing the language, I just expected it so every bit of progress is a miracle to me!!

Agh Sounds like some AWESOME things are happening on the Millett Side of the family, CONGRATS Millie!!!!! And Brad!!! And Lindsey!! Agh so dang excited for all of you!! So cool. 

Oh spence So glad you are liking DECA hope its going well!! If you have any questions let me know!

Yes mom and dad sometimes I can print, but I have limited time on the computer and not gonna lie I don´t know how to say much about printing in spanish so I get scared to ask about it hahaha so yeah a Dear Elder would be great!!

Ok that would be WAY cool if your email did get to Elder Holland dad! Haha so crazy I can´t even believe it.  Guys prayer works.  Remember that prayer is literally talking with our loving Heavenly Father, he knows your personally and you have a deeply personal relationship with him.  The better we understand that, the better our lives will be, I´ve really been learning that a lot in the past 2 months here on my mission.

Ok so First, This week President and Hermana Wright came to our companionship study this week on wednesday.  That was fun, kind of nerve racking because they are a lot quicker to correct my spanish than my comp is haha but it went well, they have an AMAZING knowledge of the scriptures so its awesome to hear what they have to say. 

Also I had divisions in Apoquindo this week.  Apoquindo is up in the foothills of the Andes and it feels like Utah with Palm Trees and more Graffiti.  It was fun and wow we had quite the adventure haha.  So me and Hermana Webb (my comp for divisions) were contacting in the street and this lady was crying.  So we asked if we could help her and she stopped.  She was acting kinda wierd and at first she wouldn´t let us come near her but after a while of her telling us about how her parents had died she was sobbing and hugging us and we were trying to teach the plan of salvation haha.  After a few minutes though we figured out that she was SOOOO DRRUNNNKKK.  Seriously she was SOOO out of it.  So then we asked if we could walk with her to her house, she at first was reluctant but we were pretty persistent and she let us come (Good thing too because we had to literally restrain her from running out into a road with 10 lanes of nonstop cars.) So we walked and she told us about her experience with the Elders that used to be in the Area and that her kids were members, then she Stopped and said ¨You Are Missionaries!! You can give Blessings!! She needs a blessing!!!¨And started Running and telling us to follow.  WE were super confused but we tried to explain that we can call the elders if someone needs a blessing but that we don´t have the priesthood haha.  She just kept saying NO NO NO you are missionaries! She needs a blessing! She is sick! She is in my house!! At this point she is literally dragging us to ¨her house¨(this is a STRONG lady) So we get to what she called her house and OF COURSE its a catholic Chapel.  There are people crying all over the courtyard and we realize we are at a catholic funeral, and she wants us to bless the dead body back to life.... So she tries to drag us into the gates of the courtyard but we aren´t allowed to go in so I literally just held on to the gates and she was just crying and screaming ¨She NEEDS A BLESSING!! YOU CAN SAVE HER!!! YOU NEED TO COME!!!¨When we wouldn´t come she runs in (at this point we would have left but we were carrying her stuff and we needed to give it to her) and she comes back with none other than the pastor and his wife.  So now they are trying to bring us in, we are both gringas trying to explain in broken spanish that we can´t come in because its a mission rule, and that we need to go, and the drunk lady is now crying and screaming I DONT BELIEVE IN YOU ANY MORE!!! SHE NEEDS A BLESSING SHE IS SICK!!!!! And we gave her her stuff, and ran away as politely as we could.....In the end we were glad we were able to help the lady get to her church without getting hit by a car and I learned that its important to  follow the mission rules even when it is hard haha.  It was a very eventful first time doing splits haha.

This week I really felt the love that God has for us and our families individually.  He has a plan for everyone and if you will let him, he will work through you to bring about his plan.  We got a referral my first week here for the Family Lagos, the first day we got to the building and the Concierge wouldn´t let us use the citofono (intercom thingy) to call their room and let them know they had a visitor.  We tried and tried but he would not let us use it.  So we left, and the next day I just COULD NOT stop thinking about this family, so we decided to go back, and their was a different concierge.  But when we called the family Alejandra answered and said she didn´t have time.  So we felt like we should leave a pass a long card for her but we couldn´t find my pen.  While we were looking for it, her 5 year old son got on and yelled MISSIONARIES? HI!!! And his mom got back on to apologize and reluctantly said we could come up.  Come to find out she had been inactive for 25 years and she said it was an absolute miracle because she works all day in La Reina but she had chosen that day to be at home.  Anyway after that she was always busy and we could never set up a time to meet with her.  But for 2 weeks they were constantly on my mind.  So we decided if we couldnt meet with them we would leave them cookies to let them know that we cared about them personally and wanted to help.  So we get there and call on the citofono and she was there!! So she invited us up and we shared the cookies, all was going well, she said it was another miracle that we came and then the spirit really came into the room SO STRONG, we had planned on Hermana Altamirano sharing the scripture but she turned to me and said that I needed to share one.  So I flipped open to one and was about to read when I felt the spirit tell me that it wasn´t the right scripture, that happened two more times and then finally I didn´t know what to do so I just opened up to my favorite Go To scripture DC 6: 36-37 and asked Alejandra to read it... she got through two words before she burst into tears and had to read it silently because she couldn´t speak.  It was just what she needed and the spirit was so strong.  We bore our testimonies that the Lord wouldn´t let us forget her family and we were here to help, please pray for miracles to work out with schedules so we can meet with her more!!

Also, explanation for the pics.  Rosillo is a daughter of an investigator we have and she is soooo sweet I just love her to death.  The first day I came and I had my sister missionary that Becca made me connected to my backpack and she could not stop touching it and hugging it and playing with it, it was so cute.  So we decided to bring her the Lizard Becca made me, Haha Becca I hope you don´t mind I gave it to her because I knew she would love it and she did.  She was freaking out she was so excited, so I took some pictures with her and the lizard to show becca haha. 

Well I have to go, but I love you guys!!

Hermana Millett

Elder Holland Miracle

First of all, Mallory I saw you on TV!!! So cool to see my sister from accross the world, I was freaking out!! Keep your eye out for Tahei and Teina Niks cousins, they enter the MTC This week!!! Also, I like your fiesta friday thing, we did almost the same thing haha, but we called it Journal Jamming haha we would eat food, listen to music, and write in our journals in our jammies haha. I have like the same type of pics too haha lots of hermanas, lots of food, and lots of bunkbeds.  The elders all had their "shoe shine shindig" which was basically the same thing with shoe shining.  Oh CCM soooo fun I miss it sometimes!! But the field is AWESOME! Oh and yes mallory I'm glad you understand what I'm talking about with Chileans now haha good thing my comp is peruvian and SUPER EASY to understand haha. Also its good to see pics of Salt Lake City! Agh I really really miss it! We really take having so much church support close by for granted!!

To answer questions, YES I GOT THE PACKAGE THIS WEEK!!!! IT WAS LITERALLY THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! Agh Mal you have NO idea how spoiled you are!! I'm loving the candy and treasuring it!! For Christmas.... Hmmm I'll think... One thing I do want is REALLY NICE leather covers (Like the ones with the pictures of Christ and stuff engraved in them) for my spanish scriptures.  There are lots of people that make them here and some are good and some are terrible.  So me and my comp have been comparing quality and prices.  They are kinda pricey but I would loooove some for Christmas.  As far as package Ideas Idk! Anything.  I'll probably want more strawberry mentos haha but I'll think about it and let you know! The weather is warming up! When I got here it was kinda cold and at nights in the field its been FREEZING.  But the past two or three days have been great!

SPENCER!!! I'm SO DANG PROUD!! WAY TO GO!!!!! What subject did you compete in!!!??

Ok.  So story time.  While I've been here I've realized how lucky we are to have the gospel in our lives and how lucky we are to be in Utah where the church is so strong! Being in the CCM here was so fun but at first really difficult because I really didn't feel like it was this strong spiritual experience because I couldn't understand any of the talks at first! And I felt like we never got any messages from the General Authorities.  So I decided to pray.  Haha I told my district that I was going to pray for an Jeffrey R Holland to come. They all made fun of me, later a few of them joined in but mostly people just didn't take it seriously. But I didn't care I prayed and prayed SOOOOOO HARRRDD. I told Heavenly Father that I was here to do his work but I needed guidance from His leaders, I told him that even if it was just a recording of a talk in English from Elder Holland I would take that as my answer.  And we got recordings of talks from Jeffrey R Holland each week in English for 4 weeks.  DEFINITELY an answer to my prayer.  So cool.  I was really excited for General Conference this week too because we would get to watch it in English and learn from our Church leaders so far away.  It went great, it was SOOO fun I love my Zone.  (Elder Schade is in my zone! I saw him 4 times this week I think haha) Anyway so then we were in Zone class talking about conference and the zone leaders got up and said that next month and apostle is coming..... ELDER HOLLAND IS COMING TO OUR MISSION IN A MONTH We had an apostle in our mission less than a year ago and now Elder Holland is going to be here!!!!!.  I can't even tell you how I'm feeling right now.  Like I know it might be funny that I prayed for Elder Holland to come but wow to me I was dead serious and I KNOW that God answers prayers.  He listens, and if it is his will, he will answer your prayers with Miracles.  

Thanks for the testimonies from Jake and Brynn, haha mom and dad now can I have yours?? I would love for you to bear your testimonies about the blessings of obeying commandments, how the gospel blesses your famiy, and the importance of raising kids in the gospel (and if you want to sneakily throw in some testimony about tithing that would be great too!)

Haha I love knowing I have family and friends supporting me back at home, don't be surprised if I use you guys a lot!!

This week will you pray for MariaEugenia, Patricia, Carolina, Ernesto, and the familia Lagos? They are our investigators and we need A LOT of help. Its hard because we have so many lessons and commitments fall through but we are trying so hard!!! I gave my first baptisimal invitation yesterday! MariaEugenia said yes.... then no when we asked her to commit to a date.... bummer.  Oh well, we are trying!!! But please keep these people in your prayers!!! 

DAd I heard them talk about your comp in conference! I freaked out! Haha man, Conference WAS AWESOME.  It really is like Christmas.  I've never loved it or looked forward to it more in my life!!! Haha I missed Grammys Chocolate Chip cookies though!!! Haha so my comp bought me some Chips ahoy and surprised me with them, she is so nice.  

Spanish is coming..... I mostly understand, I'm starting to be able to converse more which is AWESOME.  But I still have far to go haha.  Keep me in your prayers, I pray for you all so much!! Love you!!

Sincerely,

Hermana Kyrstin Millett

ps the pics are at Santa Lucia, we went there this pday, my first time in Jeans in 8 weeks!

This is a note from Kyrst's mom:  I have found a way to send that little paragraph to Elder Holland. I thought it might be fun.

First Week in the Field/Temple Tours

Well! Here I am! I´m alive and doing well! For those that sent me personal emails I will try to get to those next week! Sorry I had SOOOOO many emails this week so I spent three fourths of my time reading haha.  Man Mal you are SPOILED! I haven´t gotten a single DearElder, package or handwritten letter! Haha its all good I´ve loved the emails keep em coming...... BUT fam just because I don´t get my letters the same day doesn´t mean I wouldn´t love a DearElder now and then, haha its just as fast for you to send one, and I can be patient for it to get here!

 

I apologize that this letter will be short, I´ll send a longer one next week! Not much time with SO MUCH TO READ.  But its great.

 

KATIE AAAAGH IM SOOOO FREAKING EXCITED FOR YOU!!!!!! I hope you learn spanish in the field so me you and mal can speak together.  Except I´ll speak lika chileno po.  And none of you are going to understand me po.  Estai bienpo.  And mashory wish shound like she shas a lishp.  Haha it really is funny being out here and hearing peoples spanish.  Haha Chileno spanish is DEFINITELY the hardest to understand. 

 

But spanish is coming along REALLY WELL.  My first day in the CCM I wrote in my journal that it would take an absolute miracle for me to know ANY spanish when I got into the field and that ANYTHING would be a miracle.  But wow its been an even bigger miracle than I expected.  I really understand almost everything! The only times that I don´t are when the Chileno members of the church are talking to my companion for an hour because I might accidentally zone out.  So pray for my brain to have the strength to focus please! Its hard to stay focused for so long during the day! But when my brain is focused the Spanish just comes! I can´t converse too much with subjects other than the church or other common things but I can get along just fine and the speaking is coming as I practice!

 

I LOVE my companion.  Couldn´t have asked for a better comp! She is SOOO Great.  She is from Peru and she is like my mom and my best friend at the same time.  She understands English well enough that if I slip between spanish and english she understands (Which I do alot) and she helps me learn new words. But when its just me and her talking we really can converse really well! I love my other roomates, its nice to have one other Gringa to talk in English with when I need a break, and I love my area!

 

At first it was hard being by the CCM because it was SO STINKING FUN! And then it was like I came back and all my friends were gone, so the first day I was a little lonely and stressed but I´m doing SO MUCH BETTER now.

 

One of my favorite things is that we get to give tours around the temple! SO SPIRITUAL! Missionaries from the four santiago missions bring their investigators here to the temple and me and my comp take them around the chapel, temple grounds, and ospedaje (where I lived at the CCM, the building for everyone to stay that comes from far away to visit the temple) Its SO GREAT.  We watch some of these people that came to tag along with their spouse, friend, kid, etc who are really skeptical completely change throughout the tour and in the end they are kneeling with us praying in tears begging Heavenly Father to let them be here in the Temple in a year.  Its SO COOL.

 

I have a homework assignment for you Family.  You can do it during conference weekend if you want but I want it by Monday! I have an investigator and inactive family that has an 11 year old girl who is really interested and I want her to hear the testimonies of people her age, so Becca Brynn and Tori (Jake and the other boys can too if they want) could you write your testimonies and then mom can you translate them into spanish for me? If so, that would be GREAT

 

Haha so many things left and so little time because I want to send pics haha so I´ll tell you more about miracles I´ve seen next week sorry!!

 

With love

Kyrstin Millett

 

PS apparently I was talking in my sleep last night, my companion said I was giving tours in spanish hahaha well I guess I´m getting in a lot of practice!!

 

ps the pics are of me and elder schade, me my comp and the first lady we gave a tour to, and of me and my roomies with my teacher hermana leyton who was one of my teachers for 6 weeks in the mtc, she got married to another teacher haha