Well, this is the
second volcano that erupted. Volcan Calbuco in Puerto Mont. It's not too far
from us, it's a little South, but I guess we're far enough to not have any
problems. Nothing has happened to us here in Valdivia. We could see the HUGE
cloud in the sky though. AND everyone that we saw that day that it erupted had
their news on and HOLY COW THAT WAS A HUGE ERUPTION! All that really happened
was that a huge wave of lady bugs flew from there. TONS and TONS of lady bugs!!
That was actually pretty cool.
Oh! And on T.V. there
was a clip of the water tower here in Valdivia with the cloud of the eruption
in the sky behind it and there were two people walking next to the tower on the
sidewalk and it might have been Hna Oross and I!!! Maybe.... hehehe I only saw
that clip once, but we will just look it up after our missions to see if we
really were or not! hahahaha So yeah, the volcano erupted. I really don't know
very much about it and as far as I know, it's not affecting us here. I'm pretty
sure I won't be seeing any white top volcanoes while I'm here.... I think they
are all going to blow before I get to them... Which is crazy! (...and I'm not
trying to be insensitive about these disasters happening.)
Every time it rains
for about the whole day, everyone tells us that the sun isn't coming back until
October. And then it comes back STRONG AND HOT the next day when we're all
bundled up. I don't know when this whole 'Valdi-lluvia' thing is going to live
up to its name.
We made lots and lots
of goodies for people this week. brownies, banana bread, and chocolate-chip
cookies. And everyone LOVES them!!! Everyone is asking for the recipes and
asking us to come over to their house to show them! haha it's funny because
they are three of the most general goodies up in the states, but here they
don't really have chewy delicious cookies. They are mostly cracker kind of
things. So it's fun to share that with people.
OKAY! DIEGO AND
VICTORIA CAME TO STAKE CONFERENCE! IT WAS AWESOME! They walked in RIGHT when
the choir was singing 'yo sè que vive mi Señor' and sat down and I almost
cried. It was just so special to see them come in and sit down! They were all
dressed up and everything. It was just really, really, really special. My comp
and I are in the choir and we didn't get to sit with them, but they kept
smiling at us and THEY LOVED CONFERENCE! We had the Santiago temple president
and his wife there AND our mission president and his wife there and all of them
spoke and everyone talked about eternal families and President Obeso and his
wife gave AMAZING talks that were just perfect for Diego and Vicki to hear. It
was just awesome. The spirit was so strong!
I also realized that
Presidente Obeso and his wife remind me of Grandma and Grandpa Olson. A lot.
I've been able to see them a lot these past two weeks because we had a zone
conference last week that was AWESOME! I think I forgot to mention that in last
week's letter, but it was just AWESOME! And then we saw them this weekend for
stake conference too. I really like Presidente Obeso and his wife.
I also sang a song
'Conmigo Quedate Señor' for this stake conference. It's Abide with Me, 'tis
eventide. Afterward, the temple president and his wife talked to me and told me
that they think they heard me sing that in the CCM. Turns out the CCM
devotionals aren't just for the missionaries in the CCM, they had a live stream
play all the way to Santiago too! haha so that was neat and funny.
Well, I'm out of
time... I can't remember a lot of things that happened this week. I'm so
flubbered up because I have been trying to figure out what on earth is wrong
with my e'mail!!!!!! But I think I sent them all now. If not. ....I don't know
what to do.
I want you to know
that this is the greatest time of my life and I can't even describe it to the
point that I am feeling it, but the people that I meet and work with and teach
are just so precious to me and I love being here. I love being a missionary. I
love you all!
Love,
Hermana Olson
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