Short Letter from Kyrst!

Well. I can hardly believe that its my second to last pday. you are only gonna be getting 1 more pday letter from me! Just 1! thats so so so so wierd.

Well. Its been a good week. Im really happy and I love my sector. We have miracles and difficulties every day. Its been really really hot and I feel like Ive been riding an emotional rollercoaster all week but overall its been a good week. 

Im not really sure what to talk about. There are so many little good things happening and so many people progressing little by little and I am so happy for them. 

The family Vidal Quiñones are progressing well, I love them to death and am so happy to see how they are progresssing. They are reading and really want the gospel in their lives (they are the ones that went with us to the christmas concert if you can remember that far back) so please pray for the that they will come to church this week. 

We still see omar every once in a while, but he isnt progressing much, but this week we were able to have a lesson with them and some of my favorite members who really love him and care a lot about him so please pray that he will read, pray, and go to church because as soon as he really does those things I know he will feel ready to get baptized. 

Boys! Im so glad you are doing so well in DECA and that you are enjoying it. Good good. 

Spencer, I cannot believe you are freaking 18!!! what on earth? Arent you still 14? I just dont believe it. When do you start your papers? 

Well. Im sorry thats the LAMEST update ever but I really dont have much to say. Pray for me looooooots ok? Its gonna be an interesting next 2 weeks. 

We spent pday with pres and hna wright. Its was so fun! I really love and respect them so much. I know that the blessings promised to me in my setting apart really have come true. 

well. Love you all, talk to you next week!

Kyrstin Millett

Mission Life

Well. It does sound like you had quite the week.To answer moms questions: My week was great. It really was. I think the hardest day now is Mondays. Because there is a conflict of excitement, sadness, hapiness, impatience, and a million other feelings. So good thing I only have 2 pdays left. :0 it sounds really wierd saying that. But its all good really I enjoy hearing about everything, it calms me down and freaks me out at the same time. But yeah I had a really good week. Im happy happy happy. Haha I told Hermana Clawson thanks for you guys. Haha she laughed. She is really good at keeping me focused. I couldnt be blessed with a better comp for this time of my mish seriously. Oh and her spanish is GREAT. I forget that she still isnt fluent because she talks great and understands a ton.  Whats new in the mission? Hmmmmm mom is this you asking me questions to try to distract me from thinking of home? Either way Ill answer that. Ummm lets see. Did I tell you about how we arent counting almost any of the key indicators anymore? (like how many lessons we have, etc) its new but its great because you worry so much more about what the Lord wants you to do and not how many lessons you have had. My comp and I have really been trying to pray more often even if it be off to the side of the street to know what God wants us to do, and we have really seen how he truly answers. How is it being one of the viejas? good actually. This week I went on two sets of divisions and it was interesting to see how much I was able to help people or give advice. sometimes I feel like I really dont know anything but then when someone else is struggling you realize that you really do know more than you think and you can really help people with that.

 Eva is serving a mission? Where is she going? 

Nate Sampson! Man I love that kid! I cant wait to see him, I was seriously thinking of him the week before you sent the pic of his homecoming. I cant wait till we are all back at BYU. Fun fun. 

Sam sam!!!!! WAY TO FREAKING GO GETTIN INTO THE U!!!!!!!! Im so proud that I wont even bug you about it not being byu. Wow, what a smarty pants, Im way excited for ya! I cant believe you will be starting COLLEGE THIS FALL. Goodness what has become of me and the time and everything. 

Hey. This is a happy bday shout out to some of the most important people in my life that are having birthdays(or have had them) this week, sorry I havent been able to write you each personally. Happy bday Mal (looks like you had fun!) Nik, Spencer (WOW the big 18!!!), and Carli (also 18!!!) Love you guys! 

Well Im sorry you can take this part out if you want but I was thinking about these things this weekand I could really use your help (especially mal and dad)

1st: dad, have you heard or seen anything as far as the internship goes?

2nd: I was praying about it this week and I think I need to either do the internship or studies, but something to get my studies/career stuff along. So Idk when the signups are, but mal will you look? And will you look at requirements, housing, scholarship stuff, anything like that because I just feel so lost but I dont want to miss any due dates if they are coming up in the next few weeks. And if I need to do an ecclesiastical endorsement with pres will you let me know?

3rd: remember how I sold my laptop and left the money in my bank account? Dad could you keep your eye out on KSL for a nice macbook and let me know or just buy one and let me know how much more I will owe you? (I trust your opinion waaaay more than mine, but I really like the macbook pros from the last few years and Id love to have a laptop when I get back or soon after :) :) ) 

Anyway. Thats it I think. I just was trying to pray about the plans I should make for afterwards and what God wanted me to do and these were the things that came to mind.... I promise Im not getting trunky. Hmmm. Depends on how you define the word but I promise Im doing my best to focus focus focus (I even took off all of the pics that I had of you guys on my wall because I started getting sad and didnt want Satan to be able to use that to tempt me or get me outta focus) 

Well to end I would just like to tell you guys about a little silly miracle that made our day. 

We were having a hard day, the sun was ridiculously hot, our appointments fell through and we were on the way to find someone else when we heard someone yell "SISTERS!!!!!" and these dude with bleached hair, a USA shirt (with dog hair all over it) a little kid bike painted camo and green with USA flags on it, an a US army cap on came riding over to where we were. He began to talk in very broken english and asked what he could do to help us. We were a little confused and told him we were fine and he said "NO! What can I do?" " Do you want Icecream or Soda?" my comp and I looked at each other really confused and before we could answer he ran into the shop on the corner and came out with two icecreams for each of us (we just stood there in shock) and then once we could talk we were able to get to know him more and find out that he was a less active in the ward next to us that the missionaries didnt know about, so we sent his reference and he hopped on his bike and rode away. I dont know how this guy who at first I thought was just a funny little man knew exactly how to help us when we were having a bad moment but I was really grateful. Im not gonna lie I kinda judged him when I first saw him but afterwards I realized that he was truyly an angel that God sent to us. It doesnt matter what you look like, where you come from, etc. god uses people to bless others in the strangest but most amazing ways. 

well I gotta go. Love you all!

Kyrstin Millett

Divisions this week

1st with hermana villalba. I love that girl. We had a great time. 

2nd with Hermana Burr (Natalie Mottos Roomate from BYU) she is from orem, went to THS and we had a great time talking about friends in common, byu, etc. Haha in the pic you can see my stylin watch.... the leather straps on grandmas watch broke this week :( so I attatched it with rubber bands. Now Im using a hair tie. It works though haha

I got a bloody nose in the middle of companionship inventory. It literally wouldnt stop for a half an hour, and it was coming out FAST. So while I let it bleed I told my comp about how much I loved her. Haha but at that point we couldnt take anything seriously so we got a pic (sorry if its gross) of the ridiculous mess it was.

On todays hike for pday. We went to the quebrada de macul again (I went once with hermana orton.)

 The dog that followed us through the whole 5 hours that we were hiking. We named him Spike.

Me on a rock..... spike followed me. 

A Tough Week and a Good Week!

Well. What to say what to say. WHAT THE HECK! Im sooooooooooooooo wierd

So this week Ive been feeling the attacks of the adversary. He tried REALLY hard to get me down this week. So then the whole craziness of mal coming home didnt necessarily help but I want you all to know that Im doing JUST FINE. Im happy, healthy, and not too trunky. 

Overall Ive really been able to see the Lords hand in my life as the weeks are winding down. Because everytime I start feeling down, or thoughts of home invade my mind I have the wonderful power of prayer to help me. And the Lord who has blessed me to be so stinking busy that I dont have time to think about anything else. I think on thursday I was feeling kinda down and just not very good because we had a lesson with two people we had contacted a few weeks before and as hard as we tried to keep the spirit and humbly bear testimony of what we know the two ladies we were teaching just attacked us, our testimonies, our beliefs, our lives, etc. It was really really sad. It was like the worst lesson I think Ive been in in my entire mission. I was trying to think of how to get out or how to help them feel the spirit when my sweet companion just bore her testimony and told them that it was obvious that we didnt agree on many things and that we werent that maybe it would be better if we left. So I bore my testimony and we left. But we left with such a sad feeling because the spirit was just not there. So we went back to the apartment to finish studying and pray to get the spirit back. I was really struggling and feeling not good after that lesson so I prayed really hard that the Lord would guide me with the spirit and help me forget myself and go to work and it was amazing. We literally stepped out the door and from then on we were literally RUNNING from one appointment to the next. We found some really prepared people, taught some great lessons and really saw miracles. I came back seriously just FULL of joy. I fell asleep with a big fat smile on my face. Its amazing how God can turn a day around. 

On friday I went to pirque on divisions its just fields and cows and mountains and prettiness. Then hermana Clawson called me and told me to call Francisco Sanchez. That got me freaking out. So he told me mal would be going home on Sunday. I was a little wierded out, and it was hard not having my comp to talk about it with, she is really good at understanding me and helping me or letting me talk through things. But it was all good, I had a great time in pirque and I saw the stars for the first time in sooooo long. Here you can see like 10 or 20, in pocuro you could see like 1. But pirque was really really pretty. 

Sunday started off kinda hard. We thought we were gonna have 10 investigators in the capilla. We had members set up to go get them and it was all gonna be GREAT. We ran all over the sector trying to pass by for people, call those who were supposed to come, etc, and by the time sacrament meeting rolled around 0 investigators. And that happens. More often than not. But I was pretty tired and a little sad thinking of all that was going on on the other side of the world..... So we got home and I hadnt said anything to my companion about it but man. Can I just tell you. God gives us companions for a reason. Im so so so grateful to be with hermana Clawson for these last few months of my mission. Ive never met a better missionary. and she is a great friend. So after our studies we knelt down to pray before leaving to teach and I think she prayed for like 15 min. And like 10 minutes of that was for me. She prayed that Id feel ok that Id be able to be happy and focus and a million things.And we got up and went to work. And again we literally ran to every visit and we had some amazing lessons with new families that are so receptive. I really felt the Lords hand when I was giving my testimony of the first vision and I looked around at the family sitting in front of me and listening to this message and I just realized HOW FREAKING LUCKY AM I? HOW MANY PEOPLE GET TO DO THIS? I had been feeling sad to not be there with all of you guys but in that moment I just felt bad that you guys couldnt be here doing THIS. There is not a greater work on this earth. There is no greater priviledge than to be a representative of Jesus Christ and Lucky me. I have 4 weeks left to represent this church and my Savior. What an amazing blessing. so after that. Ive been ridiculously happy. Im doing GREAT. 

Well. I have other people to write and stuff to do, but I love you all. I hope you have a great week. Please pray for me to be able to work work work and not worry about anything else. I love you all! I love this work. and I love my Heavenly father and His Son Jesus Christ. 

With love,

Kyrstin Millett. 

I went on divisions to Pirque, the sector in "el campo" this week. It was gorgeous and nice to get a breath of fresh air. 

Freaking Out!

Well. dad said not to freak out about mallory. That worked for like 5 minutes. then I got mals email and now Im literally freaking out. So sorry dad. I tried. It didnt work. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Ok. I think Im ok now. sigh. Breath. crap mal. Im really sorry that really stinks. Ill be glad to be home with you though if it comes down to it. I think that would be very helpful for me and maybe would be an answer to prayer as I think about how hard its gonna be for me to come home and cope with all of the huge changes. Ive been praying about it and praying about it and honestly its been kinda hard thinking about how in the world I was gonna be able to come home and be alone for a month without my big sister who has just always been there with me. So who knows. Maybe God just knows that Im gonna need ya. crap. Im crying now. In the public computer place. great. Whatever happens. Im praying for you. and so are all of the girls in my pension. 

So. This week. sorry I dont have much time to talk about it Ive been writing other people and reading all of this stuff about mal and stuff so I dont have much time. 

Im doing great. Loving life, loving serving here. We have had several struggles with people who arent progressing or stopped wanting to listen etc so that has been kinda sad but we are trying to work hard and not listen to the adversary trying to get us down. I know the Lord has big plans for this sector and that I can help alot to make those plans happen in the next 5 weeks I am here. 

Please pray for omar. We really hope to help him progress again and make some firm decisions.

Please pray for the family cofre so that they will come to the church this week. I love you all!

Thanks!

Kyrstin Millett

New Years Eve Party

Going to visit cerro santa lucia today for pday