Well mom I assume you didn{t say anything about leaving to cedar city this week on purpose. Dont worry I thought about it this morning during personal study and then I walked out my door, looked around at all of the grafiti, the crazy buses and taxis, the almacenes (little convenient stores in a house) and little houses and I stopped feeling bad. I freaking love it here. So don't even worry about me! I hope to hear loooots of stories. I wanna know all about it!
Mal! We have those capilla abierta things too! I'm going to one of those on Saturday!
So Tuesday we had a good district class and right after I met up with hna grannis to go up to san jose on divisions! It was fun because they are the "campo" girls like mal was and they live in the mountains outside of normal santiago, I felt like I was staying in a rustic cabin it was a blast! I was also able to buy my comp a camera and I surprised it with her the next day she was SO HAPPY. She told me to tell you guys thanks a ton.
Wednesday we got back from divisions, I was crazy car sick from the long crazy bus ride in the mountains and we went to visit people. We felt like we should go visit N*** our recent convert and when we got there she was NOT doing well. She has been struggling lots with financial problems and her family are the only ones out of all of the extended family that don{t sell drugs... so naturally they are the poorest, when she saw that she didn{t even have enough money to buy potatoes to make french fries to sell she was pretty much ready to go to church on sunday for the last time and say good by to everyone because she couldn{t see anyway to support her 4 kids without joining the family business. So we talked to her for a while and decided to plan a last minute trip to the temple for a recorrido and then my comp and I went to the grocery store to buy her food because she didn't have any. (mom and dad you probably saw that on the card) It was a crazy day and when we got home I just sat down and thought about how freaking happy I was feeling. My comp found the camera, N**** was so happy to see the food. I just love being able to help people... I didn't even do anything haha it was mom and dads money but I was so grateful for the opportunity to see their faces light up its a great feeling.
Thursday WE WENT TO A TOUR OF THE TEMPLE!!!!!! It was so good to be back in pocuro. I love that place. It was wierd to be sitting in on the tour instead of giving it but sooo awesome. The best part was when we were in the little waiting room (which is like the size of the mudroom) and I just felt like I should take nancy through the next door to the recommend desk and as soon as we entered the spirit just rushed in super strongly and we all started to cry. She met the temple worker at the desk and we talked with him for a moment. It was so wonderful to feel the spirit of the temple. It is for reals the house of God here on the earth. I know that this is the true church without a doubt because of the temple. It was so great being there because I just felt so at home, I felt like me. Like sister millett and Kyrstin at the same time. Sometimes its hard being soooo disconnected from anything that existed in my life for the last 19 years but being in the temple just felt so good, it helped me think back on all of my experiences in the temple back when I went every week and it helped me to realize how crucial temple attendance is to stay firmly on Gods path. Nancy had a great time and it was exactly what she needed to realize that she was not alone and that God would help her if she chose His way.
Friday. My first Mission leadership council. Haha I didn't know I{d be teaching half of it. That was a surprise. I walked in and president asked me if I was ready to teach family history.... haha I thought I would only be teaching my zone of 14 people.... nope I taught all of the zone leaders and STLs and I'll be teaching my zone this week. but it went well and when President was teaching about the doctrine of family history work I felt a burning in my heart. I don't think I'd felt the spirit quite that way before but I felt it soooo strong and I realized that I am soooo eternally grateful for family history work and temples. That is really where I gained my testimony. I could feel how powerful and important this work is and Im so excited to work with more people to find names and prepare them for the temple!
Well... I have to go now but I love you all,
have a great week!
Hna Millett
Pictures:
on divisions with hna grannis
My next door neighbors dog that comes to see me every time I open the door
went to a recorrido of the temple, it was wierd being on the other side of things this time!
Three generations of STLs it was fun to all be at the meeting together (my grandma, my mom, and me)
Having and asado and seafood with nancy and her family
Crazy pics with nancy and rola. Love their family to death
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