ive been in the mission for 2 months now! oh my goodness its crazy how fast time has gone by! wow wow wow.
so here in chile they call me "rubio" (which means blonde)! haha it´s super funny because im not blonde at all...and everyone comments on my blue eyes. everyone. so thats funny too...just thought i would share. im the greengo from arizona with blonde hair and blue eyes.
so i really love my companion. she´s seriously THE BEST. last monday while we were walking home she said to me "seriously hermana you´re my favorite companion. (and she´s had 9). your my favorite because you make me want to be a better missionary! i dont ever want a new companion!" i thought it was the sweetest thing! i feel the exact same way about her! im so lucky to have her as my first companion. she will train me for 2 cambios (i think in english thats transfers?) so i will be with her for like 2 more months!!
last week we had intercambios (i have no idea what intercambio is in english...i think exchanges) with the hermanas over the mission. i guess they are kinda like AP hermanas. the companionship is a greengo and latina. so i got put with the latina and my companion, hermana bennett went with the greengo. haha hermana bennett and i were talking about it the night before and hermana bennett was like "you´ll probably go with the greengo because she speaks english." hahaha nope. but seriously it was super awesome. and i could totally communicate with her the whole day! and we taught great lessons and worked super hard that day! it was a little hard to understand her because she´s from argentina...and they speak different haha. but at the end of the day she asked me how long i studied spanish before i came to chile. and i told her i have never studied spanish in my life! i told her i knew hola when i got here. and her jaw dropped hahaha! she was like "no way! you speak so much spanish and you speak it so good!" she also told me how obedient i am...haha so that was a good self-confindence booster day. which was much needed haha.
the little girl we are teaching named nadia is progessing a lot! we finally got her to start reading in the book of mormon everyday. and she reads a lone because her mom (who is less active) doesnt have time to read with her. super tender right? she was having a hard time remember how to pray so wrote the steps down on a piece of paper for her and now she wants to pray every lesson. its so awesome. aw i just love her and her mom so much.
this week is my first zone conference! yay! im super super excited because we get to hear from president rappley. (side note about president...him and his wife lived in the dominican republic for a long time back when they werent sending missionaries there. but while he lived there he started talking to people about the gospel and the people were really receptive and so president called the church and told them to send missionaries to the DR. so they did! super cool huh? also, people pay lots and lots of money to listen to him talk. yeah he´s awesome.) anyways, i have to share a goal in the conference with everyone! i have so many but i think i will share my goal of seeing a family i convert enter the temple.
well i love you all so so much! you are always in my prayers. and i hope your doing well! hearing from you every week is the best thing ever.
i love this gospel. i love being a missionary! alma 26:16
XOXO, hermana steele
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