Agh Mal I was soooooo excited to hear from you!!!!!! So crazy. Sounds
like we have similar but different experiences. I am also LOVING being
here, my district is seriously the greatest ever. Like I swear we were
best friends before this life. Its different here in that everyone
knows everyone, if not personally then they at least know what they look
like. So mal, elder Van Liew is here! Ill go talk to him! Also Hermana
Olsen one of the nortamericanas said that her sister talked to you on
facebook from the sister missionary website? Idk what her sisters first
name is but I think she is from Cali and she is going to your mission.
I CANNOT WAIT TO HEAR ABOUT KATIES CALL!!! The bummer is I
have to wait two weeks because I go out into the field next tuesday and
pdays in the field are on monday.... which means I skip a pday haha so
yeah fun times.
Agh so much to say so little time!!
First,
I saw Ryan Schade!!! So here at the CCM the doctor for the whole area
and some mission office stuff is here so we see people from other
missions and stuff all the time! So I was talking to one of my previous
maestros with my district and I hear someone call HERMANA MILLETT!!! and
I just thought.......who the heck knows me here? But yeah it was elder
schade so we went and talked to him, he said I will most likely have a
latina trainer and other cool stuff about the mission. I am a little
scared though haha he has put on a little weight.... I could see it in
his face...... so yeah I guess we will see how I do but if you get
pictures of me and I start looking different you will know why.... no
mas pan for me!
So Hermana Huber and Hermana Bangerter got changed
out of my room at the beginning of this week! I was super sad because
they are like our very best friends and they are almost like our 3rd and
4th companions!!
But we got new roomates and they are AWESOME. 2 are
from Chile, 1 from Argentina(She is going to my mission!) and 1 from
Peru! Its funny because that morning I had prayed that I would get to
practice my spanish more and we got 4 hermanas that dont speak any
english! But I love them to death!! My old Roomie Hermana Benitez came
back with her companion to go to the doctor and I just hugged her and
cried for a few minutes, she left to the field about a month ago and it
was soooo good to see her again. You really learn to love these people
its hard to say goodbye!!
This week we got new teachers that dont speak any english and when I
told one of them that I was a Millett he said Joseph Millett?? Like in
the film?? I assume he meant the family history film, so I said yes and
he came and shook my hand and told me that I come from an amazing
heritage. I thought that was cool! Also, was I the first Sister
Millett?? I was trying to think of any others (other than mal of course)
and I couldnt think of any, I am so glad to be a missionary and see my
name right next to that of Jesus Christ on my name tag. This is his
work and I want to do the best I can to represent him.
I went street contacting this week! I was terrified.
And I didnt do so well. We were only out there for like 20 minutes and
I could understand most of what they were saying but we didnt get very
far with our conversations haha oh well it was a fun experience, I get
to try the real thing for 4 hours this friday!!
Agh we had an AWESOME sunday this week. I LOVE
sundays. We were with the Latinas this time and we got to help them
learn some English! Then we watched the testaments in Spanish and wrote
our testimonies in a letter to give to our future kids. It was really
cool. I cried. A lot.
Haha so just random stuff about the good ole Chile
CCM. We get bored during breaks so we get creative, we started by
playing volleyball with oranges, but the oranges break and spill juice
everywhere, so we justcover them in packing tape..... we may have hit a
few people in the head..... haha but its fun everyone joins in, even the
teachers haha.
Also, there is a kid here, Elder Sanchez from
Mexico, that is Nikoras twin.... I dont like it haha the poor kid
probably wonders why I give him wierd looks all the time...
Agh
we had an AWESOME lesson this week. Me and Hermana Lofgreen translated
the poem Footprints in the Sand into spanish and shared it with one of
our investigators who had been struggling with a lot of stuff. The whole
lesson went so great and by the end we were all crying. My teacher,
who acts like the investigator, burst into tears and said that when she
sees how far me and my comp have come from our very first lesson, (which
was also with her acting as a different investigator) 5 weeks ago she
can see how much the Lord has shaped us. It is so true, there is NO WAY
Id be able to speak any spanish or understand as much as I do without
absolute miracles. The Lord blesses his missionaries, I know that for
sure!
Talk to you in 2 weeks! Pray for me because Im going to need it! Im super ner vous but also super excited!
With love Hermana Millett
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