First
things first! Shout out to Paul, Randy, and Anthony Inckley! That was pretty
cool to see some famous friends singing in conference. #itsasmallworldafteryouarebaptizedandgotocollegeandgoonamission
Rahue has so many
spiders. They are pretty freaky looking and everywhere. My companion buys a can
of raid almost every Monday and when we leave to work, she usually spots about
3 new spiders every day on our porch. It's an entertaining way to walk out of
the house after your companion spots a spider and it happens every day!
Something Hermana
Segura realized this week is how simply pathetic my life is in my chances of
the ''what are the chances'' type of happenings happen. For example, yesterday.
I was sitting in the chapel of the stake center watching conference right next
to a curtain. After a little while, I turned my head a slight .5 degree angle
to see a big giant black spider .5 centimeters from my eyelash. (Yes that
close) And it didn't startle that bad just thought it was interesting so I
tapped my companion and pointed to the spider, and as I turn my head back to
look at it, IT LEAPED ONTO ME!!!!
Then I was
startled.
And I flailed (tal
como Eskeleto de Nacho Libre when Nacho launches an stick to his back) and I
flew to the floor in between the pews... I didn't exactly anticipate to react
that way, but I did and I was thoroughly embarrassed. Thoroughly because my
companion couldn't stop laughing for a whole 15 minutes and if there is
anything I don't like is calling the attention of faithful Chilean saints
listening to an apostle speak! It was a funny though. I don't know where the
spider went...I wouldn't be surprised if I swallowed it in my silent gasp of
fright.
Whatever.
I had intercambios
with Hermana Rojas from Argentina on Tuesday. She just started her mission and
lives in a tiny little house that gets very cold so she wanted to learn to chop
wood and make a fire. It was so fun. She got the hang of it pretty fast.
Hermana Segura has been wanting to learn for the last 3 weeks so she got
friendlily frustrated that I didn't take the time to show her before. The next
two nights we got back late and didn't have time to chop more so we just used
what we had ya chopped. I came down with a malicious cold so I after planning I
laid down and my companion brought up a nice toasty fire! It was the first one
she made and she just made it! That was pretty cool. A few days later, we were
on intercambios and she wanted to make a fire so she just went outside and
tried it out. I came back and later that night she just pulled out the ax and
said, watch this. And she is a beast a chopping wood. I was pretty impressed.
Mostly because her entire motive of hacking it so hard and powerfully is
because she's afraid of the spiders that are looming over her and in the wood.
While she chops the wood, she doesn't pick it up off the ground with her hands
because she doesn't want to touch the spiders, so she literally hacks the ax
into it to pick it up. It's hilarious and quite impressive. Then she walks in
the house with her pile of chopped wood and makes a fire in a jiffy. She always
says, ''They call me the fire God.'' haha when really she's the only person that
has said that. But if we weren't Mormons, I would in fact consider her a fire
God. She has a gift. I’m a proud companion :)
Well despite I was
overcome with the most tedious colds of all colds, this week was indeed a
BLAST. I wish you could all see Hermana Segura and me walking down the street.
We pass all the days laughing and laughing and laughing. That's something I
really like about Hermana Segura she knows how to laugh. She and I have got a
similar sense of humor and unique wittiness-es that complement the humor of the
other, and if they don't, well we just laugh at the nonsense of the thought. We
just have fun hanging out 24/7. It's a good thing.
On Saturday, Claudia
got baptized! The service was so simple. She was so happy. It was a special conclusion
to the first half of conference. I wonder what her experience was of not being
a member for half of conference and a member for the second. Would she receive
different revelations? That's neat.
I also had the
greatest privilege of going on an intercambio with the one and only Hermana
Gardner in Francke nuevamente!!!
We were so excited when we started
our way from Francke on over to our little area. We stepped off that bus and I
was overcome with an incredible feeling of gratitude for Heavenly Father giving
me the opportunity to step foot in my old area once again with my same
companion and work one more day there. We both felt so normal being back
together. Three weeks difference has made us different, but we had both
progressed in our knowledge and experience as missionaries so we had the same
sociability between us. We got there later than most intercambios start, at 5,
so I really only had 4 hours of work in that sector. We just walked the
streets, contacted people, and kept the work going just like we used to. I was
surprised by the lack of anxiety to go see everyone I loved. It was just
another day in the missionary field of Francke. I realized the greatest part of
Francke really was Hermana Gardner. We passed by Claudio's salchipapa stand, he's
engaged!!
Then we taught a new investigator she and her companion found. Victor
came and taught with us. He testified of Joseph Smith and the importance of a
prophet. That was a very special experience seeing how the spirit really is the
teacher. Victor is an excellent missionary. He was more than thrilled for
general conference. Going to Francke was one of the greatest blessings of my
mission. There would be much to say, but my experience there gives me such
peace for the future to come. The way I worked my 6 months there, the way I
left feeling I had done what I needed, the people I knew, the person I became,
the opportunity to come back was just another cherry on the top. I saw how my
little compañera nuevita was now a fully independent servant of the Lord`s
vineyard and was taking care of that place very well with her new companion.
Now she is the nurse’s companion just as I had been right before. Pretty neat
the circle of life. The way things go. It's all just an eternal round of
perfection if we try to live God's plan and do his will.
We stopped by the fruteria to say hello to Jaqueline and Maria, who we used to visit almost every other day. They are still teaching them.
We stopped by the fruteria to say hello to Jaqueline and Maria, who we used to visit almost every other day. They are still teaching them.
As far as general
conference goes.....just don't forget it. We set up a lot of chairs hoping for great attendance.
I love you family.
Abound in good works and let me know how life gets to treating ya.
Hermana Olson
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