Awkward Moment that
JUST happened! We took a colectivo, which is basically like a taxi, but it
functions like a public bus as in it has its own root and you call it over from
the street like you would a taxi, and then you get out whenever you want and
just pay 500 pesos which is about a dollar. Well anyway, so you ride with
strangers a lot and sometimes the strangers come in all sorts of different
shapes and sizes and smells and stuff like that. Well today I had the fun of
sitting in the back with too large old women and things were kind of tight...
haha anyway I started talking to them, but then the one next to me said, 'ah
ya, es mormona?' And I said yes and then she just did a snuff and said, 'ah ya
ni imporrrta' and didn't look at me. So I just started to stare and the window
and also breathe (because I'm a human) and she was breathing too, because she
was a beautiful daughter of God. And then our breathing rhythm started to be
the same..... and so I started to hold my breath just so that I could stop
breathing the same as her just because we were so tight and it was just weird.
And when I held my breath SHE held her breath too!!! And then we just kept
breathing but it was this weird relay of just breathing the same and then
trying to be different.... and all this happened just so awkwardly with weird
silence and then I just kind of looked at her without trying to turn my head
like Jackie Chan in Shang-hi-noon when he was drinking tequila in that
saloon... and then SHE WAS LOOKING OUT OF THE CORNER OF HER EYE TOO!!!
hahahahaha and I just couldn't help it! It was so awkward and I just laughed
and laughed and she started laughing and said a bunch of stuff in Spanish super
fast that I didn't understand because she was talking through her laughs like
dad does. But we were both laughing a lot and everyone else in the colectivo
was really confused what was so funny because the majority of the ride was
silent and then we had to get out a few seconds later and they drove off. It
was an interesting experience to say the least haha. And now I’m here writing
you guys in the little cyber in centro :)
This week was a slow
mover. So slow that if we hired some Viking to yell out 'Thar she blows' to
describe my week, it wouldn't make any sense... Mostly because that is the most
random occupation I've ever heard of and really the only thing that was blowing
this week was my stomach. . .
OH AND MY
MISSION!
I have officially
completed my first cambio in Chile! (And as of Friday, the 9th of Abril, I
am now officially 19 and a half). It's way too crazy how fast the time flies
when you are on a mission! I still sometimes have silly moments when I realize,
'hey WOW. I'm on a mission!'
Elder Holt, our
district leader, left our mission 3 cambios early because a few weeks ago, he
had the pleasure of finding out he has epillepsis and it wasn't safe for him to
be around here anymore... It was a bummer for him because he got a surprise jip
of his mission, but he had an awesome attitude about it all. He'll be missed. We
have a new district leader now. Elder Luna from Mexico and he is really awesome
and just a great missionary.
Tuesday I threw up. It
was weird because I haven't been sick like that in quite some time. But all was
okidoki, I still went to the district meeting and then afterwards we stopped by
Washington's negocio and bought some 'espri' or sprite haha, and soda crackers.
That was nice. And for some random reason the sister that was supposed to feed
us that day couldn't so I had a yummy simple few crackers and sips of 7 up
instead of a huge load of food and tomatoes. And then we went back to being
missionaries.
And the rest of the
week THERE WAS SO MUCH FOOD. But we had a good week nonetheless, just secret
stomach problems. Actually I think a large part of being sick is the part in
your head that tells you you are 'too sick' to do this or that. so just saquelo
out of your head and then all you have is the sick part which is just the
physical problem of feeling icky and then feeling better when you .....throw
up. haha Well yeah, it was an interesting week with lots of food and other
things.
General Conference
works miracles!
Our investigator,
Sandra went to just the Sunday morning session and then told us this
week while we were teaching her parents, because they are recent converts,
about her favorite talk that was about the prodigal daughter and how
everyone kept supporting her and inviting her to church even though she left.
And then her mom invited her to be a part of their lesson!!!! Which is BIG!!!
Oh it was just so great!
Claudia is the menos
activo that rents her cabaña to us. We visited her and she told us about how
Elder Packer's eternal family talk really got her and that she finally
wants to start working on having that family. None of her family are members.
So we have a family home evening planned with her family next week!
Bertolio, one of the
recent converts, is preparing to reecive the Melquisedec priesthood soon
and we are supposed to help him understand that a little more and so on
Friday I studied a lot about the priesthood, including Hebrews 7. Later
that day we were walking down the street and this man approached us with an
open Bible in hand and said IN ENGLISH, 'I have ONE question: Have you
read Hebrews 7?' BAM. WHAT? YEAH!
I said yes. And he
said all of you missionaries say that, but then you don't even know what it
talks about. So I told him what it talks about. And then we was quiet and said,
'oh.' And then he started saying that he has so many questions about the
mystery of Melquesidec and who he was and what happened to that priesthood and
that he trusted us now to tell him because we knew what Hebrews 7 said. haha
And my companion and I taught him about the restoration and apostasy and
what priesthood is and that that is what distinguishes our church. And he was
so excited that things made sense, but then he started trying to Bible
bash.....and we kept trying to just let him be and leave BECAUSE HE WOULD PLUG
HIS EARS if we would try to read from the Book of Mormon when it clarified
something more or if we were just showing him how the Bible and the Book of
Mormon work together. haha It was weird because before, he completely agreed
with everything we taught him about the restoration and things like that. haha
But we didn't want to spend too much time with him because he was at a point
that he just wanted to convert us or something. It was silly and I think we
talked for way too much time, for probably at least 45 minutes or more. He
wasn't rude, just ....interesting. The whole thing was just interesting.
Almuerzo on Saturday was
mashed potatoes with carne mixed around in it with a sunny side up egg on top.
I liked it a lot actually. And I told the sister and she and her whole family
laughed because apparently it was a quick throw together meal that no one
really likes. But, it was good. Really yummy. Maybe it was because my stomach
was finally happy again.... I don't know. But I liked it!
Oh and at almuerzo
yesterday the sister had some guests from Chiloe, an island a little more
south. And we had pleasant conversation with them about the church and our
missions. Then we shared a scripture and talked to them more and they said that
they don't have time for God and then didn't really want to talk more, but if
you come to Chiloe we were welcome to come have lunch with them and they gave
us their address. So we put on our coats and then said a prayer to leave. After
the prayer the wife said, 'If you come to Chiloe, come to me and I'll go to
church!' and then she held up her hand and said, 'I promise!.' And it was just
kind of confusing but good! hahaha And then we laughed and she said, 'en serio,
you can convert me when you come.' So....we have her address and we'll have to
refer her to the missionaries that are there I guess! haha and maybe I'll go to
Chiloe one day and see her. How funny.
We still haven't been
able to teach Marden yet! But we will keep going!
I'm out of time, but I
love you all and I love this work.
Love,
Hermana Olson
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