Great big shout outs!

FAMILY! HOLA!!

how is it going in AZ?! well i have offically been here for 3 weeks. and its crazy how everything is going so fast but so slow!! the first two weeks were rough but everyone says those first two weeks are always hard. i seriously love chile so so so much. its beautiful here!

hmmm what to say!! im still learning a lot and my spanish is coming along...but i always wish i could speak and understand more! but compared to when i first got here i know so much! i have to stay positive! a hermana told me today that missionaries that get sent to the chile mtc usually know at least some spanish or took it in high school. which is very obvious...haha. so that was just a little frustrating to hear! but i know that i am here for a reason! and i love it! and dont worry...in 6 months ill be speaking perfect spanish! right now im at a point where im forgetting english but i dont know spanish hahaha. sooo.... #thestruggle?

i absolutely love love love my district. they are THE BEST. good old D3. the elders are so great. yes syd i am with the elders all day every day. but i love them. they are so sweet to me and my companion...& yes we are the only sisters in the district! there arent a ton of sisters from america. most of them are from somewhere else in south america. seriously there is like 8 of us. but 2 of the north american sisters came last week...and i love them so much. they are both from Utah! and they are just so cute! so they are like my sisters here in the CCM. and the elders in my district are like my brothers!

so this is what i do every single day:

wake up...personal study at 7:10

8:00 breakfast

8:20 exercise

9:00 get ready

10:00 lanuage

12:00 teaching investigators

1:00 lunch

2:00 teaching more investigators

3:00 more spanish

5:00 TALL (which is like spanish on the computer)

6:00 companion study

7:00 dinner

8:00 teaching more investigators

9:00 planning for the next day

10:00 drive back to alcantara

10:20 get ready for bed

11:00 lights out

so thats basically it...sometimes we have different classes...like read the BOM in spanish/english, or study Preach My Gospel, or whatever...

im so tired by the time i get to go to bed! and im sleeping great here! my roommates are from chile, argentina, and the dominican republic!! its awesome! none of them speak any english haha. so thats hard sometimes! but they are great!

oh, one of my teachers looked at my blog the other day on his iphone! hahaha i was showing him...it looks good! thank you! he is so funny...after we were done looking at it he was like hermana we need to take a picture together for you blog! haha

i taught a lesson in relief socitey last sunday! i taught on relying on the spirit! it was a great topic! we do a 24 hour fast every two weeks! and we also get to go to the temple every two weeks! so we got to go again yesterday! and it was so great. i love the temple so much! yesterday when i was sitting in the celestial room i had this overwhealming feeling that i was going to be alright. that i was going to learn spanish. i know i am supposed to be here in chile. and im grateful to be here.

OH! ok you NEED to look up a place called torres de paine nation park! ITS BEAUTIFUL!! and its in my mission!!!!!! i want to go there so bad!!!!!!!!!!!!! one of my teachers showed it to me when i told him i was going to osorno! hey mom and dad maybe we could go there when you pick me up? haha

well tell everyone i said hello! and that i love them! i wish i had time to write everyone! but send letters to my mission home address so i have tons of love when i get there! you are all in my prayers. the church is so true! i know it will all my heart! i love being a missionary!

con amor, hermana steele

SHOUT OUT TO HERMANA GARCES FOR GETTING HER MISSION CALL TO CHILE!!! dude your going to love it here!

shout out to hannah VL for sending me the best email ever!

shout out to grandma steele and grandma orullian for emailing me as well...i love hearing from you both. im sorry i dont have any time to write you back! hopefully i have more time in the field!

syd- all the elders always sing started from the bottom now were here...hahaha it makes me laugh and think of you. they sing it when we are talking about how bad our spanish was when we first got here...

izzy- i love your halloween costume! your the cutest! you always have the best costumes!

lily- how is school!? do you still love 1st grade?

cosy- i saw you riding the panda at the mall! that looked like so much fun! i love you so much! youre so pretty!

ps. mom i saw the picture of the sweats...they are really cute! i would love some!! 

pss. im sending a letter to you guys on friday...so be looking for it!