This
has been a great week. I have so much to tell you! And I didn´t get
enough time in the CCM to tell you guys about how much I loved it!!
Here´s part of my journal entry from August 24:
"I have never felt more loved in such a short amount
of time. This district is my family. I love them sooo much and they´ll
never even know how much! Tomorrow´s our last day. We just finished
packing, running around, screaming, teasing, hugging, laughing, smiling,
scowling, and more. I love them."
So basically i loved it! A lot of the people in our
district were converts and their stories were so inspiring. That was
part of what kept me going throughout.
Now about the field!
My trainer/companion is Hermana Garcia who is from
Guatamala, but born in California, grew up in Texas, and is bilingual.
We Spanglish sooo much. It´s probably 50/50. Which is awesome because I
get to practice my Spanish, but if I can´t say something, I just say it
in English. She´s super fun! Super spunky, hilarious, energetic (she
walks like 10000 mph haha. it´s a workout to keep up with her) and has a
strong testimony. She´s been out here for almost 11 months.
We live here in a little pension (apartment) in the
middle of the city with Hna. Burr from Utah and Hna. Escobar, also from
Guatamala. It´s a party :) They are a lot of fun too. We had a dance
party the other night to efy music haha
I cannot tell you guys how happy I am that I already
have Spanish experience. ohhhhh my gosh these Chileans speak sooo
fast!! haha and their accent is crazy. And the idioms are nothing I
heard in Mexico haha. but at least I can express myself! haha. No it
hasn´t been THAT bad trying to understand people... I just tell people,
yeah I know Spanish, now I´m just working on learning Chilean.
I loooove our ward! It HUGE. Like... it´s about the
size our home ward was right after it split the first time. They fill up
the chapel. That´s pretty rare here. And everyone is so awesome. :) I
love chileans! Everyone wants to take care of me and feed me gluten
free/dairy free food haha. They are so sweet. One member asked me what
kind of milk I drink. I said almond, and she said she was gonna go buy
some. I always feel bad for being all like ahhhh I can´t eat
anythingggggg. But the members are understanding so that makes it
easier. :)
We had an aweeeesome lesson with Jorge, an investigator this week. Here´s what I wrote in my journal about it:
"It
was an awesome lesson. My companion hugged me after and said she had no
words for how awesome it was. I felt the spirit so much during it.
Jorge was having doubts about prayer and revelation and comparing our
church with Catholicism and all that... so I said, "Jorge, me gustaria
compartir algo con usted." (I would like to share something with you)
and proceeded to tell him my story and how I found faith. I told him how
I wasn´t always going to serve a mission. I had doubts. I told him that
I have fought with my faith, I´ve considered the alternatives and I´ve
been tempted many times even to leave the church. But I´ve also learned
something in the midst of all the soul searching: faith is a choice. And
there is more happiness in faith."
He sat there in thought for a little while after I
said that. I think it really touched him. He actually has a date for
baptism but he hasn´t gone to church yet so we keep having to push it
back. I just pray so hard that his heart with be touched and that he´ll
understand why Christ suffered for him. Because when we understand the
atonement, we naturally want to do whatever we can to follow Him. At
least that´s how I´ve felt.
Man.... the gospel really is so powerful. My
testimony has grown faster and stronger than ever in these last three
weeks. I´m SO GLAD I decided to serve a mission POR FIN. Ahhhhh
seriously. Thank you to everyone who helped me work out those feelings
and to my friends and family who served missions/are serving and set
that example for me. I can already tell this is one of the best
decisions of my life.
I love you all! Have a great week. :)
Hna. Cannon
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| Me pointing to the Chile flag |
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| The elder in the front is from the Slaven´s home ward! (Friends of Sarah's from BYU). | We saw each other like every day in the CCM. so much fun! Small world. |
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| Me and comp. Hna. Chavez from CCM. We love each other obvi |
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| me and trainer Hna. Garcia. We like rice and ketchup. |
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