Hola familia!
this week was pretty chill, not a lot happened. halloween was the most
exciting part. people celebrate halloween down here with trick or treating but
its actually new, it spread from the US to santiago and down from there only
like 10 or 20 years ago. there are a lot of people who still remember not trick
or treating. because halloween is a two day holiday here. dia de los muertos y
dia de los santos. friday or the 31st is dia de los santos and people honor the
saints of the catholic church and then saturday is dia de los muertos where
people flock to cemetaries to put flowers on the graves of their ancestors.
there are a lot of people who dont celebrate halloween because they think the
31st should be given more respect.
it was still really fun to see all the little kids running through the
streets trick or treating. because costumes are expensive a lot of people just
wore scary masks or fake blood or facepaint. even little kids.
hermana baker and i dressed up like each other! we switched clothes, shoes,
watches, jackets, backpacks and nametags. i even wore her glasses around. there
were some people who didnt notice or get it and just asked me if i got new
glasses or something haha. it was super fun so go visit and show people.
saturday we got together with the rest of the missionaries in punta arenas
and went to the cemetary. okay downtown punta arenas has one of the biggest most
beautiful cemetaries ever, i think its one of the biggest ones in chile, its
really famous. its fantastic, reminded me of france a lot. we all went and sang
hymns and passed our mormon.org cards and plan
of salvation pamphlets. it was super fun, and a really great experience. they
served us empanadas afterwards too :)
we´re still teaching Nibaldo, he´s doing really well. he´s really excited
for his baptism and he told her parents about his baptism too, their members and
their super excited for him. we got together with him today to have lunch. he
took us to this little hole in the wall diner in centro thats like a tradition
in punta arenas. we ate chorripan which is bread, carne, queso and mayo. and we
drank banana milk. it was super authentic chilean and super delicious. Nibaldo
is studying tourism so he showed us around the plaza here in centro a little bit
and treated us like a tour group haha.
we finally got to meet his grandma and some of his cousins! we´re trying
to teach them now... its a slow process because his grandma is still very much
in mourning from his grandpa passing away and she isnt willing to listen right
now.
im so glad you got to see the videos and the photos! Victor and Blanca are
the best! they always want us to visit them like everyday. we have a family home
evening planned with them tonight.
mom, the time is still the same here in chile as far as i know haha. and i
asked around and i cant recieve mail straight to púnta arenas, we dont have a
mailing address here. it has to go through the mission home. im excited to
recieve the package though, im glad it at least got to the mission home.
it snowed this past wednesday and today its super sunny and warm... oh
punta arenas haha. i love it here though.
the spanish is still kind of hard. sometimes i think i can understand
people and then i we meet someone new and i think nope nevermind. slowly but
surely. i have three weeks left in my training and that thought kind of scares
me. that one day i wont be with hermana Baker and i´ll have to speak spanish
without her help. im just going to pray a lot for the next three weeks.
hermana baker and i have been practicing savior redeemer of my soul. we´re
gonna try to convice nibaldo to let us sing it at his baptism haha. it feels
good to sing it again.
i was reading the scriptures the other day in 2nephi 9 and i just was
filled with the thought that this gospel really is a gospel of happiness. the
plan that Heavenly Father has for us is so wonderful and merciful and reason
enough to be happy all the time. we are so blessed to have the scriptures and
the prophets to help show us the way. these things are evidence that God is our
loving Heavenly Father, he cares about us and he has given us help and the
example of His Son Jesus Christ so we can return back to him one day. i know
that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. I know that through the gospel of
Jesus Christ we can be happy in the life and the life to come.
thanks for all the love and support, have a great week!
love, Hermana Williams
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