Happy New Year!

Well it was sure nice to skype with you all the other day. Bummer it was cutting out like crazy but I didnt feel too bad because Ill be seeing you all soon enough. My last transfer starts TODAY. I cant believe it. 6 weeks can be a long time but knowing how fast the transfers fly by Im a little worried! I cant believe its all gonna be coming to an end after this transfer. I guess all I can do is work my little rear end off as best as I can to take advantage of every last minute.

Mal Im startin to really worry for ya. When I see the poor missionaries that struggle with sickness or something like that here in this mission it makes me really sad to think "oh crap my sister is one of those!" That must be a struggle. Im sorry. Im prayin for ya! It was kinda wierd to think that you could possibly get home before me! I hope not! But if you do Ill be glad to be able to get used to home life together!

Enough about that though I hope you dont think Im trunky. Im not. Im really happy and I love my sector and ward and everything Im doing so much. 

I am very tired today. Our neighbors had a party 2 nights ago til 3 in the morning, the did that all the time but this one was by far the worst. Mal do you remember that day when we had to work at the hangtime party and they were blasting dubstep the whole time? It was like that loud I swear. But on the onthe other side of the wall behind my pillow. And there were drunk people talking and yelling practically in our front yard. So we called the police at 1:30 and they came and told them to turn the music down so they did until they left and 5 min after they left they turned it up even louder. I feel like if you lose sleep on the mish you never get it back. So Im trying not to be a zombie haha but yeah it was a funny experience. Id never called the police before. let alone in chile. 

This week we had a really cool experience. So We went to visit Elizabeth Quiñones the less active and her family that came with us to the christmas concert. Only elizabeth and her husband that is evangelical were there and he asked us about something about life after death and we began to talk about that and of course he was a little skeptical so we were showing him scriptures from the bible to help him see  and understand what we were talking about and we specifically talked a lot about baptisms for the dead and idk I felt kind of bad because sometimes its so hard to teach people that have different ideas and show them in the scriptures without it turning into a bible bash. So I was really trying to keep the spirit but also defend our beliefs and express the Lords love for him and stuff. At the end of the lesson though it was AMAZING because Elizabeth started to cry and told us that since she was little she has wondered if there was any way that her grandma could be saved because she never learned how to read so she didnt understand much about the bible and jesus christ so she just prayed to a little virgin statue and never got baptized, so elizabeth said that she was pretty sure that this was her answer that she needed to get baptized in the temple for her grandma. It was such a miracle and so inspired. Im so grateful to know that God knows what he is doing far better than I do and that if we listen to the spirit we will know what to do and say. We are so excited because her and her family are so receptive and so loving. Im so blessed to be serving where I am! 

Well the 4 other hermanas moved into our apartment today, so we are a little squished but I think its gonna be a lot of fun. (mom and dad I got pizza for all of us, some of them paid me back but yeah, youll be seeing that one on the card) Ill try to send some pics in the next few minutes. 

Ill be praying lots for Chris. I hope their family is doing alright! 

love you all!

Kyrstin Millett

The 6 girls in the apartment now

Our christmas eve sleepover in the living room, with an american breakfast in bed. 

Feliz Navidad!

Well. I just have to say that I am FLLLLLLIIIIIIIPPPIIIINNNNNGGGGG out excited to talk to you guys. I havent been this excited for something in a LONG time. I think I am more excited this time than the other two times. Idk porque but for reals its gonna be great to see you all and talk to you guys again! Plus the goodbye wont even be sad because next week I start my last transfer so we will all be seein each other soon enough.

Well. Where to start. This week has been different than I would have expected. Omar didnt get baptized. I wish I could explain the crazy feelings and thoughts that have been running through my heart and my mind. It was kinda hard on saturday. He has been an amazing investigator and he was so dang set on baptism. He had his interview, tried on his baptismal clothes, we went to see him EVERY DAY to make sure he was ok. But ONE little thing made it all blow up. He didnt tell his girlfriend. And she is pretty controling, so by the time he told her the DAY BEFORE she flipped out and it all came crashing down. It was sad to see how so much progress and faith and happiness could be forgotten in the blink of an eye. So saturday my companion and I kneeled together in a little room after a meeting we had with the whole mission and we asked for the lords help and comfort before calling omar to hear his final decision and when he said no we just tried to put a smile on and jump on the metro back to our sector to work. So we didnt talk about it much nor did I let myself think about it too much because I didnt want to get desanimated (unmotivated? idk what the word is) but sunday night I was thinking and I couldnt help but think of Mario, my first investigator that got baptized in the other mission and how heartbroken I was to see him turn away from all he had experienced and learned as well. And idk it was cool because I just felt such a profound love and concern for mario and omar that I knelt down in my bed with the lights off and prayed for both of them, I started the prayer feeling a little sad and a little bit like all of our efforts were worthless because what do we have to show for it? But as I prayed I felt a great calm and comfort come over me and I knew that Heavenly father was very much aware of Mario and Omar and that he has a plan for them, he knows what satan will do to try to stop it and he knows how to help each of his children come back. I felt very strongly that Heavenly Father was very aware and grateful for what I had been able to do for them. Even if I leave my mission and neither one is active in the church I felt very strongly that I along with my companions had been able to touch and change their lives in a way that will help them for the rest of their lives, and that one day they will return. Whether it be while Im here on my mission or no, Omar AND Mario are gonna come back. It was a really cool experience. I havent felt such strong promptings from the Lord in a loooong time. I cried the whole time. Im so grateful for a heavenly father that knows us and speaks to us personally. :)

So please pray lots for omar this week. I cant ask you to fast for him because it says I can in the manual misional so I wont...... but if you decided on your own that you wanted to do that this fast sunday Im just saying I wouldnt be opposed....

Well. Other than that we are starting something SUPER COOL in the sudameria sur area. We are only reporting 2 key indicators 1) baptisms and confirmations and 2) total sacrament meeting attendance. So we had a really cool meeting about it and why we were doing it  and I am really excited because it just changes your focus to a higher level of thinking and it puts your efforts and thoughts to where they need to be. Hard to explain but its gonna be really cool Im really excited. 

Well I gotta go but Ill be talking to you all soon enough! Im happy and doing well, Im so grateful for this wonderful sector and the wonderful people we are working with. Even though we had a bit of a dissapointing saturday we saw so many miracles with other investigators afterwards so I know that God is taking care of me and my comp and we are gonna be doing great! Sorry not gonna be, we ARE doing great :) :)

With love, 

Kyrstin Millett

District and Zone Picture

 Divisions!

Cookies with Javiera and Maria our investigators (we were gonna make them for the baptism...........but that didnt happen. so we took them around to investigators to make their day)

 pic of some of my favorite graffiti in the sector. Puente Alto is FULL of graffiti, gotta love it

Happy!

Well. It has been a fantastic week. Im really just happy happy happy. I think this week seemed like it was a year long. But jam packed with awesomeness. 

So in reply to the weekly family update:

I have less than two months. Im hyperventilating. Gonna try to push that out of my mind. 

Mom, I havent had any stomach issues. Ive been doing really good health wise, lets pray that continues because it seems to me like everyones body starts breaking down at the end of the mission and I do not want that to happen to me!

Ill for sure let you all know when I get my package. Hopefully soon! Im really excited haha you guys talked about the april trip (which I am also FREAKING OUT EXCITED to find out about) and when you said you wouldnt be doing much else for christmas I thought that meant you werent gonna send me a package either because mal couldnt get one anyway. So I wasnt expecting one, so then when I heard youd be sending one I got REALLY EXCITED. I love christmas. 

Haha its good to hear that Hna Orton came over! I love her. Haha I thought you would like the Coronado mom, I assumed the boys would think it was gross. But I figured they should try the drink I have every time people invite us over for "once" (their substitute for dinner) we always have bread with avocado or completos with ecco (or coronado) or herbal tea yummy stuff. And Manjar is the best. I hope you love it on your icecream. BTW I bought some more food/treats to bring home today so that and the last things we bought for the family we are giving a little christmas to should show up on the card. 

Becca tebbs is engaged. BLOWS MY MIND. I still feel like a little kid. I feel like time froze after high school and we are all too young to get married, at least until Im ready to. Wierd wierd wierd. But yay Im so dang excited for her. Haha hopefully she gets married after Feb9th so I can see her at her reception.

Haha last week the kiddos got into the iphones this week and my package candy last week. Sounds like they are being real stinks!

Well, now lets get to how the week went. It was pretty crazy but awesome. 

Monday: After writing we had a NDH with Elizabeth Quiñones (a less active) and her family that arent members. It was really cool because they havent had missionaries visit them since a little bit after her baptism 13ish years ago, so its nice to be able to start out fresh and be able to help them come to the church now as a family! We really felt the spirit and they all said theyd read the book of mormon :)

Tuesday: A crazy emotional day. First we had an awesome zone conference and then me, hna Clawson, and Hna Altamirano hopped into presidents car and he took us to the temple to see cleber get his endowments. He was so happy! I was so happy! I hadnt been to the temple in 8 months! It was so special to enter in the celestial room and see hna altamirano and cleber there. It was sad though because from there president and hna wright had to take hna A straight to the airport so soon after entering the celestial room I had to say goodbye to Hermana Altamirano right there in the celestial room. There were many tears shed and it was a little hard to contain myself. She has been one of my greatest supports and one of my best friends here on the mission its crazy to think that it might be quite some time before I see her again. :(. I hope she moves to Utah or something. Thatd be great. But yeah overall it was a great day. 

Wednesday. District class and a million lessons. We taught omar, he is doing great and is ready to be baptized this coming saturday. Im so excited. Please pray for him lots this next week he is gonna need it because the adversary always fights hardest the week before a baptism. Haha afterwards we ate completos with his family. Its like a hot dog with a TON of tomato, avocado, and mayonaise on top. They are delicious but messy and filling. They are so huge that there is just know way to take bite without half of the toppings going up your nose haha. I thought I was good after eating just one but nooooooo... they gave us three. I walked out feeling like I was gonna explode. 

Thursday. We had divisions, I went back to the north side of the mish. Back with the cuicos. Goodness am I grateful for my sector. Sotero is my home sweeeeet home. It wsa good though because I was able to work with some hermanas struggling with animos and stuff and I was able to relate to them because Id experienced the same thing in the beginning of my mission so I felt like the Lord was able to work through me to help them. 

Friday. Lots of Planning and SERVICE. We visited the family pinchetti (the family we bought food for) It was hard to see them struggling so much and going through such a hard time but it was so nice because later that night we were able to drop off boxes of needed food and we brought an hermano to yell "haaaaallloooooo" (so they wouldnt know it was us by our gringa accents) and we all ran away. As I was running I couldnt help but think of how crazy good every simple act of service feels. There I was running around in a foreign country and sweating bullets in an ugly old skirt and a pony tail. But I couldnt have been happier. 

Saturday. We had a new missionary meeting. It was an answer to prayer and EXACTLY what I needed to hear. President really focused on The Lords role and character as our defender and Satans role/character as an accusor. He really helped me to see the mercy that the Lord has for us imperfect people. Even if we mess up he doesnt accuse us, nor listen to satans accusations. He desires to forgive us, clean us, and fill us with confidence. 

Sunday. we went to the christmas concert in Pocuro. It was wonderful, even if David archuleta wasnt there this year it was really beautiful and we got to go with Elizabeth Quiñones and her family!

Well Im outta time but I love you all and will be talking to you soon!

Chaito!

Kyrstin Millett

Zone conference, our matching sock buns. Not on purpose.

Me and Hna Altamirano on her last day (she made me a "trunky agenda" my planner for my last transfer)

The family altamirano (Hna A is the grandma, me and hna flake her daughters, and hna clawson and christensen her granddaughters)

All of the missionaries that were with Cleber in his endowments session

With cleber after the session (Cleber is Kyrstin's investigator from the beginning of the mission)

At the christmas concert at the temple with a family we are working with :) love them. 

Quick Letter

Well. Im sorry I have very little time so ill try to get through everything fast. And Ill send more pics next week. 

so. This week we worked really hard and things are going really well. We are excited because omar is doing so great and is really excited to get baptized in 2 weeks. 

Please pray for javier to make the decision to get baptized! He comes to chruch every week and is studying and everything but sometimes I think he just looks too deeply into things and doesnt realize that the answer is right in front of him. 

Me and my companion are doing great. She is so sweet and and amazing missionary. I cannot wait to see what type of a missionary she becomes in time because she is starting it off so well and helps me so dang much. I love her. 

Well. Tomorrow I get to go to the temple for the first time in 7 months. I am absolutely feaking out excited to see cleber and other people from my old ward. 

Im loving the christmas decorations! We have been decorating. Next week Ill send you a pic of my neighbors that live in front of us, they go all out. I think god know what he was doing me sending me to my house where I can look out and see all that christmas cheer. I love this time of year. 

Well. Christmas is coming up. We are already a third of the way through our advent calendars! Crazy crazy. 

Mom and dad, I spent a bit today on the card, there is a family we have been teaching for a long time and just recently the dad and his son lost their jobs and they are struggling to get by and arent gonna have a christmas.... so we bought them a bunch of food and are gonna get them maybe a little something next week to give them a little christmas...... I hope thats ok. 

I am loving it here and having a great time. I am also FREAKING OUT seeing all of the people coming home. I about flipped out when I saw that pic of natalie. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TIME!?! Crazy crazy crazy. 

Well I love you all and I hope you guys have a GREAT WEEK!

Hermana Millett

ps this is an awkward selfie pic of me and hna berthelson on divs :)

zebras at the zoo today

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Thanksgiving Gone! Christmas Here We Come!

It's been a good week. They are all good but just thought Id let you know that it was another good one :)

Shoot mal. I hope you are ok. Its THE WORST having to go out and work on a sick stomach. And yes we have mantecol. But Id still be happy to get it from you and eat it because its not in everystore and its not the cheapest. Yay Im excited. Whats your address? I wrote you a letter in estudio del idioma but I couldnt send it today because I didnt have your address. 

Oh yay Im glad that Curt came back! Hope he is doing well! Tell him Hi for me!

Goodness gracious. I just miss you all but in a happy way. This may be terrible but today I have been really happy thinking that Im gonna be able to spend time with you all in 2 months and a week. It will be a great next 2 monthsish but man will I be happy to spend time with you all. Im excited. Not trunky. But maybe beginning to be excited. 

Hansen is home. Wow what the heck happened to time. I also got Grammys november letter and she mentioned that Sam (Katies... friend) was home. I think I had a heartattack. Its wierd to think back on a year from today, what I was like, what was going on etc. It was Clebers baptism and the day I bawled my eyes out as I decorated my pathetic 8 inch Christmas tree (before we got the big one) Now this next week I am going to be able to enter the temple with Hna Altamirano my trainer (the day she leaves home to Peru) to see cleber receive his endowments. HOW COOL IS THAT. And today we will be decorating for Christmas but this time it will just be really really happy. 

Agh tell all of the boys that I am freaking out about how LAME it is that they didnt want to decorate. Goodness the little scrooges need some christmas spirit. I was just telling my comp that one of the number one things I am excited for next year is decorating for christmas to the Osmond family Christmas CD. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW I 100 PERCENT EXPECT YOU TO PUT UP THE GARLANDS THIS YEAR. I didnt label them and organize them for nothing. I made it as easy as possible so you could do it while Im gone and I will be offended if you dont do it tonight. So dont let me down guys. ;)

Haha well I think at least jake is gonna like the present that I will be bringing him home.....

Yeah so as far as skyping.... I dont know that Id be able to do the morning for you guys. Because morning for you is Lunch hour for Chile and Almuerzo (especially on Christmas) is sagrado. So idk if we could find members that would let us skype during lunch time or if we could work our lunch with members around that.... so in the tarde would probably be better for me. But what are the plans for the family christmas party and stuff? I can try and work around that stuff I think or I can do it in the eeaaarrllly morning but I think it would make me sad the rest of the day thinking about it already being over haha. 

Well. This week was good. My comp and I tried to contact a lot. It was nice. I really feel so much happier when I am sharing the gospel with everyone. And yes mal we are working with El es la Dadiva tambien! Its so great. Its literally the coolest thing to me that the church ifs buying up all the advertising on you tube for a day and advertising in Times Square and stuff. Cool cool cool. Please guys pray that this Christmas we can find a lot of new investigators that are truly interested. That would be the best Christmas gift ever. 

Well. I dont have a ton more to say. sorry that was a bunch of business and stuff. the biggest miracle I saw this week was just how much God loves us and blesses us for just going to work. Haha on saturday in MLC I had to run out every five minutes to go to the bathroom.... haha my stomach wasnt too happy with something I ate..... and then I was just bajo de animos (like... not feeling so motivated?... theres not a good translation into english) and my comp was feeling kinda bajo de animos too so then we just prayed and it was funny to see how many things happened to make us laugh and that we found some really cool people while contacting. So then we felt better and knew that God really cares and desires to help us when we are feeling down :)

Omar is doing great. He is all ready for baptism. We had a cool little FHE with his family and a member family this week. Im really excited for him :) Thank you for the prayers. 

Well I gotta go, love you all LOTS

Kyrstin Millett

Pictures:

On thanksgiving night eating stuffing on the fancy paper plates we got from the anderson family (THANKS SO MUCH!) with rootbeer that i was able to get my hands on and some of the extra pumpkin pie filling we had left over cooked in a mug in the microwave......... good stuff :)

And the advent calendar begins :) (Once again to the anderson family THANK YOU! We love the advent calendar :) )

At a lesson with an investigator named Gabriela

Me and Hna Leishman (a mission friend) at MLC

Eating Gelato today for Pday :)

Week of Training, Week of Miracles!

Well. Its been a great week. A week ago I fell asleep in a different apartment just thinking WHAT THE HECK AM I DOING??????? But Im feeling a lot better now. MUCH. BETTER.

We got to the meeting where we would get our companion assigned and it was funny because right before hand I went into the mail room to see if I had any mail and I saw a package and it had a sister missionaries name on it that was not mine and I was like.......oooooooh crap. I think I figured out who my comp is before I should have. Oops. Because we are the only hermanas in all of puente alto (which is two whole zones) so if it was for a sister missionary and its not me then it had to be my comp! 

So I watched for her as all of the newbies came in haha and sure enough Im training Hermana Clawson. She is from california and she is like the cutest thing ever. She was studying at byu the year before and she is 19. And guess what mom and dad? She is like second cousins with the Southards! So yeah its a small world. 

Mom my last companion was from Cottonwood Heights and she will be going to BYU starting this winter :) I sent her with a USB of pics and some chilean stuff that you guys will have to try so hopefully you can get in contact with her or she can with you, her email is taylorton2@gmail.com it was waaaaaaaaaay wierd hearing from her and seeing the pics of her in the USA. It messed with my mind a little bit. But oh well haha. 

Omar. He is doing much better. THANK YOU for all prayers said on his behalf. We got to his house this week and he started off by telling us that he felt MUCH better. He had read 2 ne 4 (the chapter we had left with him to read) and said that it helped him feel a lot better and helped him feel more motivated again. Then the next visit we had this week he told us that he picked his baptismal date and he wants to get baptized on the 20th of december. So. Now the desafio (trial? No sé) is getting him to come to the church. He has come and he know he needs to come and says he will come this next week but he didnt come this week or the few before so Im a little worried. But I have so much faith that he will be ready. So PLEASE pray lots for that this week. And yes mom we will take your advice :) 

Oh my goodness I cant even believe Elder... I mean Ryan Schade´s face. I hadnt read the email before I looked at the pic and I thought it was alex or spencer for a second when I saw the little pic at the bottom. I about had a heart attack. Yuck. Thats scary. I hope he is doing ok!!! (Boy in our ward who was in a skiing accident).

So this week was a crazy week of miracles. Its been a good one and I really feel so blessed for all that the Lord has done for me and my comp this week. It was really wierd when hermana Orton left, I was kind of really sad and thinking about how she must be doing, what was going on, etc. And I was kinda worried that Id be a bad trainer or that I wouldnt be of much help to my companion and stuff and the first day went alright but I was kinda full of little feelings and worries like that. So then at night and in the morning as I was praying and studying and stuff I really expressed some of that to the Lord and wow I am just so grateful to see how he helped me with that. From that moment on we have been sooooo busy that there just hasnt been time to think. Here are just a few of the many amazing things that happened this week that probably no one but hermana orton would know how big of a deal each of these are haha but for me and for this sector they were HUGE.

1) All of omars doubts went away and he started reading the book of mormon every day

2)Remundo and Jessica (a family we contacted the week before) were actually in their house and we had a lesson with them and will be having another next week. 

3) We found Pato. One of our old investigators and actually had a lesson with him and his next door neighbors who are members.

4) Omar decided on a baptismal date

5) We found a less active that hasnt had missionaries pass by since her baptism 10 years ago and are we now starting to teach her family

6) We found Johanna, a lady we had contacted like forever ago that we could never find again after that. We taught her a bit and should be teaching her again today.

7)Mari a less active came to the capilla for the first time in a LOOOONG time just because we called her in the morning!

8) And seriously like a MILLION other things. We have been ridiculously blessed this week. 

Haha so yeah. We are doing great. It is so good to have someone so new to things because the have such a great perspective and motivation to do things and try things that sometimes after being in the mission for a long time you just give up or think it wont work or stop trying. But with a new person with all of the ideas and ganas its like the greatest thing. Haha I feel like I am learning so much that she is the one training me. She is a very obedient missionary and has a very strong testimony, its also fun because we have a lot of things in common. Like everything from playing the piano to wearing a sock bun. Haha today for pday everyone got a kick out of seeing my comp with a sockbun because I am like known among the hermanas for my style of clothes and my sock bun haha so when the saw hna clawson walk in they kept telling me how president couldnt have picked a better comp for me haha. I would have to agree. She is pretty great :)

So. thats pretty much it. I have to go write some other letters, but I love you all! Talk to ya next week!

With love,

Kyrstin Millett

Me and my hijita Hermana Clawson :) 

A pic with the whole fam (hna altamirano my trainer is the grandma and me and hrmana flake are the moms and hna clawson and christensen and our hijitas haha)

Our thanksgiving dinner that we had today for pday. (we made pumpkin pie! we had to go to an almacen or little neighborhood shop and have them cut a chunk of zapallo off for us its like this big squash thing that you can boil and it tastes like pumpkin!)

All of the hermanas that came :) 

Mi madre and mi hija :)

Second to Last Transfer!

I cant believe that am on my second to last transfer. WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?!

So I assume you want to know what happened with changes. At the moment Im in Macul on divisions. Which is wierd Ive never done divisions on a pday. But Im gonna be TRAINING. ........... Im gonna give myself a moment to let my heart stop racing. Im a little nervous. Ok maybe a lot. But I think excited at the same time. So I dont know who my comp is yet because the newbies get here from the CCM tomorrow bright and early. So sorry about that you will have to wait until next week to know who Ill be training and if they are gringa or latina unless someone I visit puts a pic on facebook or something.  (And mal and Nik you guys will have to wait yet another week. Sorry)

So as I said before Im on divs in Macul with hna grannis. Its fun because Ill be spending the night with her and hna contreras (my chilean companion) so we will have time to catch up. This whole week feels like I was on divs and running around on buses and the metro. Hna Orton had LOTS of trunky meetings so I went with another hna whose comp was dying this week while our comps had their meetings. 

Well. Im excited to hear about what you are planning for spring break. Haha I also had a pretty good laugh when I read that you told the boys that you were gonna visit every county in utah hahahahaha. That would probably be....the worst. Mom and dad will you put the same thing up for me that you put for mal? Except I can receive packages of course if anyone wants to send one haha but yeah it just be nice to hear about how people are doing and stuff for christmas. DearElder is probably the easiest option. 

We went to two baptisms this week. Barbaras and Luis´s. It is amazing to see how strong the spirit is in those meetings and how EVERYONE of whatever age (above 8 that is) from whatever walk of life and whatever circumstance needs to make covenants with their heavenly father. I really hope to be able to help a few more in this sector before I leave. 

I also got to help with the piano for both. And sacrament meeting. And elder Evans (from the church mission department) is coming again and Ill be playing for that. Im glad to be of use out here playing the piano. Thanks mom and dad for making me learn. Well done. well done. 

So. What to talk about. What to talk about. Its been a little crazy seeing my companion getting ready to leave. Crap that looks like its gonna be an emotional rollercoaster. I cannot believe how the time is flying. Christmas is happening THIS TRANSFER! Im also really excited because Im gonna be able to go to the temple this december when Cleber gets his endowments. PRETTY. SWEET. 

I need lots of prayers this week Por fis. I hope everything goes well with the new comp, Im gonna try my best but I am a little nervous because its been SOOOOOO long since the beginning of my mish that I have forgotten a lot of what it was really like to be able to really help her out. I dont want to be a lame trainer! Yikes! Also Omar needs some prayers. He is progressing alright but there is something missing, maybe something we dont know yet or that he needs. idk. But will you please pray for us to be able to figure that out and help him come to church? Also will you pray for the family Riffo. I love them to stinking death and they are soooooo sweet and kind and we should be setting a baptismal date so will you pray that they can decide a day and stick to it?

Thanks so much. I love you all! Im really looking forward to the adventures coming up this week. Ill talk to you soon!

With love,

Hna Kyrstin Millett

Photos: 

My district and my zone (crappy timer pics sorry!) we are the only hermanas haha

Isidora our investigator

On divisions with Hermana Herrera (Ive been on divs like crazy this week haha)

All of our chip cans.....

The cookies we made for barbaras baptism

pics with Barbara at her baptism (an 11 year old we have been teaching. Her whole family are members but because of some family situations she wasnt able to get baptized before now)

more with isi (the brazilian shirt was a gift from hna orton... she is OBSESSED with brazil)

more at the baptism (the skirt Im wearing is a j crew pencil skirt that hna orton found for me at the feria or flea market type thing for 3 dollars. I love the feria)

With Thiago the cutest boy in the world

With Javiera our investigator :)

pic with the family oleksiuk

Pic with francisco

 At Luis´s baptism (Luis is Omars friend that is talking lessons from the Elders in the ward next to ours so we went to his baptism with our investigator Omar)

Pic with the old hermanas de Sotero!

Haha the funny pics we took as a zone after our last district class. Haha because hna orton was gonna die they all brought black ties to surprise hna orton haha it was pretty funny. So we took a happy pic, sad pic, and an awkward pic. Good times. 

I Love This!

Well. This week was great. Honestly it wasnt the MOST successful week weve had here but it still went awesome and even if maybe we didnt get the same numbers or anything I was just so dang happy.

First of all to answer questions. Yes mom. its my last week with hna orton :( Next monday Ill be writing you with a new comp and hna orton will be on her way home. Sadness of my life. But oh well. Her time has come. But Ill miss her! She has taught me a LOT and we get along so great. Please pray for her to have the health and energy and strength ( emotional and mental and physical) to get through this week because I think its probably going to be rough. I cant imagine the last week in the mission. Bleh I dont want to imagine it. 

Alex! You are gonna do hospitality in DECA?!? I competed in that too!!! Its the best :) Study up on the vocab (Carter has flash cards and stuff) and it will help you a lot :)

Yay Im excited for lil curt to come back. I hope all goes well for him! 

Spence YOU LOOK GREAT :) Nice pics. Man you are all getting so much bigger. Ive had some of the little girls here tell me you guys look like one direction haha

Well. Lets see. Lots has been going on and I dont have much time but I just wanted to talk about some overall feelings that I had this week. 

Im seriously just so dang grateful for this sector, my amazing ward, the people Ive met, and this opportunity that I have to serve. There are so many people here that I want to stay close to for the rest of my life. As I think about my comp leaving and imagine how it would be for me it just helps me to be so dang grateful for this opportunity to get to know people so kind, so fun, so loving, I literally feel like they have logrado (acheived? No se) a place in the deepest parts of my heart. I love serving them and serving with them. I sure do hope I stay here for the rest of my mission. 

Today we also had a meeting with Elder Nelson of the twelve. WOW. It was a pretty cool experience. Im literally exausted from ending a fast today, hiking, waking up at five and everything else but wow it has been a GOOD DAY. I managed to get to the 3rd or 4th row of the chapel. That was cool. And when Elder Nelson came in he shook each of our hands. It was my first time shaking and apostles hand and it was an amazing feeling. I just felt so dang happy and so grateful to have living prophets and apostles here on the earth today. There is a spirit that radiates around him and you can just feel how true this gospel is when you see him speak. 

Everything he talked about had to do with making covenants in the temple. One of the things that maybe most struck me was when he said that if someone doesnt go to the temple to receive the ordinances there, their joining the church is kinda pointless. We need baptism and confirmation for salvation but for EXALTATION we need the ordinances of the temple. The mission has helped me realize how important the temple is. I think Ive said it before but we dont enter the temple to prepare for a mission. I truly believe we go on a mission because we have entered the temple. It really is a way to really dedicate your self to keeping those covenants. So little bros (and sis). DO NOT LET ANYTHING STOP YOU FROM ENTERING IN THE TEMPLE WORTHILY TO MAKE COVENANTS WITH YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER. It for reals is like THE MOST imporant thing you can do here on this earth. 

Anyway. I am out of time but I really just felt a love for where I am and what Im doing this week. The church is true. We are guided by living prophets and apostles called by God, and I know that God listens to our prayers and answers them through his servants, the scriptures, and feelings from the spirit. 

Family home evening :) We made kazookies. 

One of my favorite little people in this ward. 

My favorite little future missionary (every time we go to their house or when she sees us in sacrament meeting she asks for our nametags and watches and wears them around for a while)

 Planting a mint plant for Regina (she wants each missionary to plant an herb in her garden to remember us by... dont worry I shouldnt be leaving but because my comp is we both decided to do it at the same time)

Bright and early waiting to get inside the chapel for our meeting with Elder Nelson today. 

Pics from the little hike we did today. Haha half way inbetween I changed shirts because my comp wanted to take pics with my shirt that matched the flag better and my hair is all done up from the meeting with Elder Nelson. But it was a fun last minute hiking adventure

 My mission mom (hna Altamirano) and her two hijitas me and hna flake

 Traditional Jumping pic

We cleaned out our gross garage/ patio...... 

Love you all!!

Have a great week!

Kyrstin Millett :)