09/09/13 "this week"

Monday: Went bowling with Hna Chavez, Hna Sharp and Hna Hunter. I won. We then went to contact one of our referencias, Jorge. We set an appt for Saturday.Went to see Marcos and set up a appt for Saturday as well. Lost my CTR ring , searched for it in the dark for about half n hour..didnt find it. Tuesday: Went to district class to sit there for twenty mintues only to find out we didnt have district class.Had a lesson with Alberto, but on the way there this old man and his care taker stopped us and asked us about our church. We gave them a pamphlet and walked away then decided to go back and we gave them the first lesson on a park bench.Jorge and Pablo. Set up a appt for Friday. Then we went to Alberto. After we ran to the Obispos for little super and that was really fun! Except they told me about United States wanting to go to war with Syria...um I hope not. Went back to look for my ring only to find out some random guy sweeps the streets every morning where I lost it. So its gone forever...how in the world will I choose the right now! Some guy stopped us and asked where the wine store was..I was like uhhh did you not notice my lovely plack. Wednesday:Zone class. We got permission to use familysearch during comp study. I love it! I want to go to the temple and do stuff!! Right now! Had once with a family, they just got back from the United states, new york, virgina , etc. so of course they talked to me about it forever! Oh America! She said she studied at the YMCA...so obviously the first question I had to ask her was..Did you dance the YMCA while at the YMCA!? yeah she didnt think it was very funny...But i did!! I lost my church credit card...and I lost one of my gloves...That makes me losing three things this week! Thursday: The week goes downhill from here. We had service at an Hnas house. Well I was cleaning the kitchen and Hermana Chavez with cleaning the big window in the living room.She asked if I wanted to switch her spots and I said nah im alright. All of a sudden I hear this crash. My companion has fallen through the glass table and is bleeding a lot. You know how I feel about blood. I was in a panick. She wasnt. I was probably more in a panic then her. I ran to the neighbors no one was home. I called Presidente and Hna Wright, they were in a meeting. I hurried and called the hermana who lives a few floors up she wasnt home. I called our Bishop and luckily he was home and ran over. He helped us A LOT! I called the zone leaders and got the doctors number and he said to come on over. Bishop took us to the doctors office and they said she´d need stiches. We went and the doctor doctor said she almost cut her tendon. She got four stiches and we had to stay in the pension till today because she was on bed rest.Saturday:Stake party for indepence day of chile..we couldnt go. but a member brought us food from the party! Oh lovley members! So grateful! Today: Woke up, went to Dr.M and got a wheelchair then I pushed my companion 15 blocks to the metro. There wasnt any elevators so I carried the wheel chair up and down stairs. Then I pushed her 15 more blocks and we finally got a taxi to take us to the hospital(because the doctor told us to come back today) We went and they said oh no not here the building in front. then the building in front said oh no not here the building in front second floor. We went finally saw the Doctor who said come back next Monday.So there. Then we took a taxi back to our little sector and we did our shopping for food and now we are here at the cyber. That is that:) Love Hermana Adams

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09/09/13 Pictures

Email from 08/26

Just a little ol Chilean in Chile.

Welp here it goes...Im sorry I just seem to share funny things with you guys, it just that the funny things are abnormal now while the spiritual experiances are normal..entonces for that I send funny things, and hey who said missionary work couldnt be funny! Anywho after I got off the internet last Monday we went and got Churrascos and ya know what I learned....A churrasco isnt a delicious churrasco if its not made by a sketchy hair greasy fat guy in some back alley store...I miss Sotero Del Rio and its ghettoness. Oh yeah after shopping for comida we said Hola to this random lady and she walked by but then said Im confused...I do I know you..and I just always want to say pre-existence my hermano pre-existence.We went to see Neille who is a less active who we walked in her room because she was ill in bed and her wall where plastered with catholic virgens and the pope and what not and I was like what!? Anyway we sang a song and shared some spiritualness because we are missionaries and thats what we do. Her son Gino is 50 something and is sckitzofrenic? Yeah i cant spell english worth nada. Martes: District Class. After we were waiting for our mail bag to recieve our mail and the Elders were bored so what do they do, oh they start to play airbender with the sawdust out front...yup we are mature. Oh Elderes. We had another lesson with Hilda ..my favorite! I showed her my photo album with my family and friends and she loved it. She did find one of my friends very attractive and everytime she saw his picture she was blow a kiss....I wont mention who but I about died of laughter each time. Okay then we went to see Fresia , this old lady who was like oh I am lonely all the time I would love it if you two would come back and visit and talk to me about Jesus etc, we went to visit her and she didnt even remember who we were. She was like what do you want, why are you here etc..um alztimers? I hope? We went by this corner store thats by our house so we always walk by and the owner who is usually quite nice to us was soooo mean to me. Miercoles: This day we were walking and we passed this guy and I though I should give him a pamphlet and then it was to late but then we saw him again and I turned to Hna Chavez and said we need to give him a pamphlet so we began to chase after him but he was so fast! I think he saw us coming after him and walked faster..I dont blame him, two ladies chasing after you with a pamphlet in the air and that crazy look in their eyes like they want to baptize you or something is pretty scary. We walked by this catholic school and this guy stopped us and started to talk to me in English, and I was like whaaaaat doo I doo! What is going on!?  I couldnt even talk back to him in English. He wanted a pamphlet and so I gave him a book of mormon as well. He said you need to come back and talk to me in English so I dont forget how . We left and when we walked back on the other side of the street he yelled Lady! Dont forget to come back! Had an awkward lesson with Melina. Her mom was there watching TV some crazy latino soap opera(with the very attractive latino from Dancing with the Stars, Remember him mom) anyway there was that and then her little four year old was going crazy and her new baby and I was like I cant hear you well enough to understand what you are saying sooo I just played with the four year old... anyway went to other lessons and as always they fell through .Thursday: For lunch we had hot dogs and then we had an once(like little super but its super for chileans) we had hot dogs..I about died. Saw the English Catholic guy today, he was really nice..I see him in white, in water. Walked some more. Viernes: Woke up at six instead of the usual seven thirty because we had interviews with the mission president all the way at the mission home. President and Hna Wright are so great , I love them! They just make you feel awesome! Had lunch with the cutest family ever! They have this little boy named mateo age two and he was crying and came over to me to comfort him haha I was like aww I miss my nephews!  We had a lesson with a less active named Alberto. He is so funny. His wife isnt a miembro but she will be. A helicopter flew by and he stopped talking and began to make shooting sounds with his fingers as a gun then the bomb falling with a bomb at the end and then he laughed....Oh my heavens old people hahaha. We then met a really cute downsyndrom lady who was selling some type of cake thing. Hna Chavez says I need my own TV show ...because apparently I am funny, I think she means crazy. Saturday: Had an appointment with Lilianna at then in the morning, walked all the way to her house and she wasnt there, we called her and said she couldnt do it but she would go to church on sunday. Had lunch with this member who she is trying to find a guy so she likes to talk about all the attractive men on the dating websites from United States and we need to help her with the church dating website because she doesnt know how it works, entonces I have a plan if English Catholic guy isnt married they can be together! Pamela cancelled on us. . again. Went to see the people the obispo wanted us to see, and nada. Domingo:Pamela and Liliana said they were coimng to church but didnt.We had appointments with Melina and Pamela neither of them were home. At lunch I started to laugh and a piece of rice flew out of my mouth...yeah, the mission makes you so awkward. At church a member asked how I was and I started to say good-bien! First time I answered back in English in a while...I blame the English Catholic. And we had the worst datas of my life this week. This week was horrible...entonces it can only get better right? Right! That is all ! I hope you get some joy out of my letter! Love you guys mucho! Love-Hermana Adams

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Email 08/19/13

Large letter!! 

Wow this past week has been rough. I feel like I am in Europe! We had a total of (Im not even going to tell you the amount because its so sad) lessons. Like really. In my last sector we would have like 21 lessons a week. Here I am in the city and I say Hola to pretty much everything that moves and on the occasion I get a Hola and maybe if its sunny outside a little half smile. Hahaha oh the life of a missionary. Okay it wasnt that bad..but kinda really yeah. My sector is huge, it would probably take us two hours to walk it ( might be a little less but probably not) We live in an apartment where the doorman is a little creepy haha he like (he is very old) he grabs your hand and lays his head on your should ...yeah...he loves us, he has pictures with all the missionaries that have ever lived in the building..etc. A guy above us sings and plays the guitar loudly..we call him our amigo. Sometimes he even sings in English..what? Tuesday: We did more walking, tracting , knocking on doors. No one wants anything from us. This one guy yelled at us, ¨why do you like to bug people¨etc. yeah. BECAUSE WE HAVE YOUR SALVATION THATS WHY! ....No I didnt say that...but I thought it hahaha. Had a lesson with a Less Active, she was really great. Wednesda:Police Officers ride dirt bikes here(Wyatt you should look into that) . Had almuerzo with an investigator and she is really great. She is a university professor and teaching nutrition....her food was oh so yummy. Healthy. She has a dog named cookie. Yes cookie. Oh this one time we were at Lider and this guy had this huge poncho on and I though oh what a weirdy I´ll say Hola...I did and what did he do, His eyes got all big and he gave me a look like I was the weirdy!! Yo! Visited Fm Mateus , they are from Columbia, they are so great! Thursday: District Class, I can do the chilean game better then my companion...I always knew I was latina. We hand out things like crazy. I had it out like its going out of style. What what. My companion literally thinks I am crazy. I tried to blame it on the mission but she doesnt buy it. Um she started to sing a song in English and I was like ahhh no dont sing that hahaha. Friday: Had lunch with a less active and her non member granddaughter. Oh my heavens today was the day for Hilda. Okay Hilda is a member who is very old. She lives by herself and we go do service for her. We go to her house and she comes out the door in this robe type thing ( oh before Hna Chavez says its not my fault if you find any surprises in her house..) We say Hola and she does the whispering sign. Apparently she thinks her neighbors are trying to rob her house. Later we said Hermana we are going to call you so you have our number. We call she gets up to go get the phone and we are like Hermana Hermana (she is a little heard of hearing too) she answers it and says ¨Hola HOLA..(hangs up and walks back to us) Oh it was my daughter.¨ We were dying. We sang a song, I prayed and said amen...she is still in praying position and Hna Chavez yells Amen about three times and then she said oh amen. Oh we really love Hilda. We were walking around once again and somehow we ended up talking like Italianos in espanol for about forever. We are crazy. More contacting.More walking. Saturday: Almuerzo with another family. Um contacted this old lady who had a mustache going on and long nose hairs...mmmm chileans. and everything was fine and dandy and then I start to lose what she is saying and then I begin to pick out words that sound like words in english...not very good words...and my companion face drops and she is all serious and I am over here like umm yeah huh sure right. just trying to understand. The words I was picking out ..you wouldnt even use in the law of chastity lesson!!!! I was like um ..yup okay lady chao ..Anywho, contacts, we would have references and they would end up in other people sectors , people would drop us. Handed out books of mormon.Went with a member to a lesson we had and the investigator wasnt home. Domingo: Meeting with Bishop. Talked in church, then said the closing prayer. Almuerzo con the ward mission leader. Oh my heavens.. this dayk we had a miracle! we had a lesson with Pamela, she was amazing. She was so so so so excited about our message and wants us to come back every night at 8:30....EVERY NIGHT! Her family was there and they were all excited...oh the blessings of the Lord. Anywho...things here in Ñuñoa 1 are alright...its really hard. I try not to get discouraged but saying Hi to people can be a drag when they just give you zombie looks haha. Love you guys a ton!! 

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Pictures 08/12/13

My Best Friends. Dont mind the fatness of my face.

We might of had to get our blood drawn...and I about passed out... Dont worry we are A-Okay!

Some of the families in Sotero Del Rio

Familia Rivas Campos and Familia Flores

Cristinas family

House Inspection by the Zone Leaders. E.Smith and E.Rose. E.Smith (Next to me) is going home today.

Hna Woodmansee, Hna Porras and I , the night we found out we had changes

My new Companion Hna Chavez and I!

Email 8/12/2013

"It has happened"

Well this email wont be very long because I didnt write what happened in my agenda this whole week because I was too stressed out about changes, and I changed.I have officially had my first change. Hna Woodmansee, Hna Camacho and I are no longer a companionship. I am now companions with Hna Chaves in Ñuñoa 1. She is from Lima Peru! I am kinda really nervous..I am with her right now and that is why I am on the internet so early today. I am going to miss Hna woodmansee and Hna Camacho soooo much but, the work must go on. I am soooo sad to leave Sotero Del Rio. It was super great there. The people are amazing. We went to visit them yesterday and people were crying. You never know how much you change or impact someones life until you leave them. They meant everything to them. I loved them. Now I am in a new sector with a new companion and new everything. I am scared and nervous but I am not alone. She really seems great. She speaks a little English which will be really great for me, but will be difficult at the start. I know we will struggle but life is full of struggles and difficulties so we can grow. I dont have much to say, but I will send photos! I love you guys and pray for you often. I hope things are well and all the jazz. I love you! Hna Deyoung goes home today and she is bringing something to you guys from me! Be excited! With Love- Hermana Adams!

More pictures!

Hugs from Home

I'm kind of a sucker for all things corny.

And these little scripture tags 

are about as corny as they come!

I figured since my little missionary needed a little pick me up

I'd send her some food, 

that always seems to work in my family.

Besides, I've never lived outside the country,

but I hear things just don't taste the same elsewhere.

I sent sugar cookies to an Elder in Hong Kong once,

they were stale crumbs by the time they got there..

But I remember him saying they got spoons out 

and gobbled them all up

because it reminded them so much of home.

So here are some tags to go with some corny food,

most of the treats are just store bought (-even easier!)

and I thought I'd share them with you,

maybe your missionary could use a little pick me up too!

Lovins for the Greenie.

Mandy is such a perfectionist. 

So its easy to see why learning a whole new language

and not picking up on it right away is difficult for her.

From her emails it sounds like she could use a little support.

So I dug out my 

"MISSIONARY HUGS"

ideas for supporting your missionary

super awesome book.

I bought it when all my friends were leaving on their mission

I never thought I would need it for my little sis.

This is the "Greenie Poem"

If you really on top of things

you send it so it gets to the mission field before they do.

I'm only about a month late.

better late than never right?

Send a package filled with everything green you can find...

like green gum, breath mints, pens, stationery, 

soap, sponges, envelopes,

stickers etc.

You might even make green cookies to eat. 

Dollars are green too. 

and happy packages = happy missionaries.

Pictures from May 6th

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

Email from May 6th

Okay first things first on mothers day..so this coming up sunday I am calling on skype ..somehow since i dont have one ..wait! I just made one. My name is Hermana.amanda.adams...look for me! I put chile for my country. yeah. so it will be 8 30 chile time so i think 5 30 but i will probably be on at like 9 30 because hermana woodmansee and camacho are going first. I only get 45 minutes. Experienced my first earthquake! it was awesome! It was in the morning and it was loud and the room started to shake! pretty epic haha. Oh hey if you guys have time will you send me black ped socks . Gracias When does Gar leave again? My spanish is still terrible. I am starting to get depressed about it..but its okay. I was at a members house for lunch and she had the news on and i saw the bombing in boston ! Crazy! When does grandma get to move into her house? I want to see pictures! Where is greggs rogers son going?um cluck...i dont know what the postal service is...please dont dishone me!! I hope you have a lot of fun!! Ellie I love and miss you too!! I am glad you love your shirt! I hope your guys calling is awesome! I know you two can do it if you do it together! Life is easier together! Thats how God intended us to live  this life and the life after as well. I love you mucho! Dad I will ask the president if i can come home for a week and wash all your laundry so you dont stink so bad..okay hahaha Eliie I am so proud of you going to Volleyball camp!!!!! That is so awesome!! How is it!? How is DHills ..pretty nice huh! Better then..whats the lame school called again...hmm..i feel like they have a lot of super seniors or something...mill...millcreeeeeekkk!! hahaha I actually was dying reading your guys letter. I loved it! It was awesome! Thanks so much for  it! I probably read it about ten times haha!Dad will you stop wishing that AJ and my cousin get hitched.. hahaha I love you guys so much. I think about you often! I miss you so much. and then i think wait its summer there and that means the farm...eh dont miss em that much hahaha just kidding. We have three baptims for 19 de mayo! Five investigators went to church yesterday! They loved it! Its amazing work. I have yet to give the old man in the street that always says he wants my eyes my book of mormon..someday ...someday i will give it to him haha. Somedays here I wake up and just want to go home but then I get off my knees and get to work. I feel better at night though. Oh my knee is better thanks for all the prayers! I am getting xrays on wednesday because a lady in the ward is a nurse and said i should . so yup. que mas..um.. I really do hope all is well in Utah..I miss it. but not to much. Love you guys so much! cant wait to talk you on Sunday!!! Dont be surprised to see a three hundred pound person okay? hahah love you!

Pictures from April 29th

 Pan Caliente...es da best!

 Happiest day of my life,
I bought a back pack, my purse was killing me!

 Graffiti isnt illegal here...so its everywhere.

Ward mission leaders wife and son

 put a collage up- tried to make it more homey.

 My Lovely MTC district

 My humble abode.

 My district! Only two elders...

2 MONTHS!

A letter from a loving brother in law

Wyatt sent this letter to Mandy about a week ago, I thought it was sweet and applies to so many missionaries everywhere so I thought I would share.

Mandy- 

He oido que sientes triste a causa del idioma. Entiendo que tienes el deseo de hablar perfectamente ahorita, pero ten paciencia. Si sigas estudiando y practicando sin fallar, por medio de muchas oraciones tandrás exito con el idioma. Don't forget that The Lord called you to this mission and knows what you're capable of. He knows that you will be able to learn the language, but it will also be challenging. If it comes to you too easily, then you won't appreciate as much. I promise you that as you keep practicing with your companions that you'll do just fine. I had un compañero Chileno, and he had to learn English while I had to learn Spanish. We had days where we would take turns speaking to each other and having personal and companionship study time in either language. If it was Spanish day, we couldn't speak a single word of English, even if I wanted to ask what a word was or something. Do that with your English speaking companions and you'll be the best Spanish speaker in the mission. 

My mission was at times the hardest thing I've ever had to do. The low feelings of rejection are the lowest, but the highs are the best you'll ever feel. That one person that lets you in for a discussion at the end of a crappy day makes it all worth it. 

There are two truths in missionary work that most missionaries have a hard time accepting:

1- It's not personal. They're not rejecting you. They might be rejecting you as the messenger, but not you as a person. Ultimately they are rejecting the gospel and will have to answer for it. Pray for those that don't accept your message, but don't let it discourage you. 

2- Sometimes a missionary's work is to plant the seed, and nothing more. Some of the most promising discussions with the neatest people on my mission ended up being dead ends. But the seed was planted, and it'll grow until ready to harvest. Sometimes you'll be the planter, and sometimes you'll be the harvester. Both jobs are equally important, but one feels more gratifying than the other. 

And remember that success is not measured in number of discussions taught, or people baptized. It's measured in how well you served The Lord and how dedicated you are to making yourself a better person and missionary. 

I'm falling asleep now, so good luck with everything. Your family is fine, they'll survive without you (but just barely). You are where you need to be. 

Love-
Wy

Email from 4/29

Hi! Thank you thank you thank you for all the emails!! It felt so awesome to get on and it say you have 27 emails hahaha ! Um well We have three dates for baptism! Its a family, a mom and her two daughters! They are so sweet and so amazing! I hope they actually go through with it! They mom said I know i need to be baptized to be happy. AHHH yes! We had the date set for  may 12 but they didnt come to church sunday so we are going to have to move it back ...but I love them! Well I have been contemplating on whether to tell you this or not but I had a doctors appt today. I went running in the morning on wednesday and later on in the day my knees began to hurt. I thought it was just because i was sore but it didnt go away. So i finally got a priesthood blessing from my bishop which i didnt want..i wanted them to fly my dad down instead..but after my knee began to get better but i made an appt anyway.The doctor gave me some instruction and things to do in the next two weeks but if it doesnt get better and it keeps popping i might need surgery. He said i had to problem before but i didnt walk so much and now with me walking so much it made it show up. I bought a real good knee brace today so we will see how that goes...yeah. Que mas...um Dont worry I am not starving in the least..they feed us so much...so much.its so terrible. i like die every lunch hour haha found a hair in my pasta the other day...about ralphed but finished eating it. We went to the doctor and the area where the doctor is is soooo nice.. and clean BUT! The people just arent as friendly as the people in my area are. We taught leccion 2 and I had to teach on adam and eve and our lives here on earth..i didnt know i was talking about adam and eve until hna camacho looked at me...i couldnt do i couldnt find the words to say..i just wanted to crawl into a ball and cry.It was terrible. The mission is great but hard. I love it but sometimes eh.ya know. Mom you will love speaking in sacrament! Just dont tell everyone the negative things i say haha Ellie can say En el nombre de jesucristo amen. (in the name of jesus christ amen) Language is still blah.hna camacho says i am learning fast but i dont know if i see it. I had a pretty neat experience in my language study. I prayed to heavenly father to give me a little more faith because i am lacking in mine. I always  thought i had this amazing faith but being here i see i have soo much more faith to gain.I then got up and pulled open my drawer and my conference notes were right there. I picked them up and uncle jeffs was on the top.His talk was for me. He mentioned to stand you ground with the faith you have, and if you lack in faith Lean on his. He assigned me my call, the Lord showed him exactly where i needed to be. He has faith that i can learn this language so if i need to lean on his faith for a little while thats alright. Then i opened up to jacob 3 or 4 i cant remeber but it said some more about faith. I know the Lord directed me in my personal study that day. I am so grateful he did. 

April 15th: Did she make it to Chile?

We were so happy to get an email from Mandy.
It was our first sign of life since we talked to her 
right as she boarded the plane in Georgia to fly to Chile. 

It almost killed us waiting an entire week, 
my dad kept saying
"no news, is good news."
I guess he was right. 

We're so happy to hear that not only is she alive,
but she seems to be loving life in South America!

04/15/2013
Email To: Ashley
RE: Hello from Mesquito.
Hahaha I miss you and your kiddos! Things are so great! I have to admit there are times where i wonder and second guess my decision but the Lord blesses me and gives us so many blessings I couldnt imagine being anywhere else. I love it here! I sent mom a long email so have her read it to you! Love my companions! Miss the MTC hahaha they talk very fast but some slow it down for us. The food is amazing! I will be fat once I get home. I drink the water through my filtered water bottle but i have had it straight from the tap.its alright. I wish i could be there for your party !!! Love you lots! So much! I miss you all a lot a lot! Love Hermana Adams

04/15/2013
Email To: Mom
Subject: HOLA!
Hola family! como estas! Well this keyboard is terrible so if i have words spelled wrong blame that! welp. I made it! the nine hour flight was terrible..i think i got like an hour of sleep..thats why i look like death in the pictures hermana fisher sent you. Anyway when we landed i had a great experience. four of us hermanas went to the restroom and when we were leaving a lady stopped us and asked if we said prayers for people..and we were like yeah so she began to talk to us about her eyes and how they hurt etc. we told her how we pray and then we prayed for her . well hermana burnett prayed but it was amazing. i know she felt the spirit. It was fun to have that as our first experience in Chile. Well then we went to customs to pay the fine to enter chile, 160 dollars! i had to pay for hna hallenberger because she didnt bring any type of card..nada but she paid me back in cash. Anyway we are in line and i go to step forward and i tripped over hna hallengergers bag on the floor and totally ate it! in front of everyoe! yup sounds like me huh. Then we had to wait in another line to go through immigration. THENi went to get my bags and my carry on wasnt there...the bag that contains my make up and my books...come to find out it was never put on the plane...but they got it to me like two days later so esta bien. We met the president and his wife they are super great! Got my two companions! Hermana Woodmansee from my district and Hermana Camacho she is from argentina. she knows a little english so that is nice. We are so great together! I know the Lord blessed me with them. He knew i needed a good companionship! no a great companionship! We live in Sotero Del Rio.Its a two bedroom house with living room small kitchen and living room. There are six sisters living in the house.. yup six. its packed! Six hermanas and uno bano!  I sleep on a mattresss on the floor..yup.. is nice hahaha. Every night i have to pull it out from under the bunk beds and every morning stuff it back under..i feel like a orphan haha just kidding. We had our first lunch with a meimbro .I couldnt understand her! It was frustrating...still is frustrating. Anywho she gave us soup and it had the weirdest texture pero it was alright . after i was like phew i made it i ate it all(we have to because we are misionaries) THEN she  sets down another whole plate of food right in front of me! It was chicken and rice and veggies! A lot of it! i about died! I have eaten so many things hear that i would never have eaten at home..yup. I have eaten shrimp(tell wyatt it was gross) um tomatos plain..that was the worst. parts of chicken that look sketchy..fat on meat ...gross. BUT i put on a smile and choke it down haha.We have eaten with a member at lunch everyday since being here. They are the sweetest people here. like for reals. i love them. They are loud , talk very fast(but some people try to talk slower for me and hna woodmansee) they are just so loving. I have probably kissed more people in this past week then in my entire life...yup.everytime you met someone you hug em and kiss em on the cheek! Except not the guys! We went to a lesson and there were two women and one guy and i hugged and kissed the    two ladies then the guy came at me and i forgot and by the time i remembered it was too late and i didnt know spanish to say ahh nooo but yes he kissed me on the check...I ABOUT DIED! it was baaad hahahaha we were at lunch with the ward misionleader and his wife and hna camacho told them the story , i had no clue she did because i dont know spanish but at the end the ward leader was like hermana adams and came at me with his arms wide open for a hug and i was oh and went to hug him and was like wait no!! they all laughed at me! whatelse...oh that lady the first day of lunch read about thirty poems in spanish to us the she read us a play she wrote about the gospel..it was really long for someone who doesnt understand english..yeah... Chileans love and when i say love i mean LOVE TO TALK . They will talk your ear off. The Lord sent me to the right place. There are so many stray dogs on the road which means (dad will love this) poop EVERYWHERE in the street.Like seriously.you have to watched where you are walking constantly. I cried so muh the first day and night... i was like what am I doing here...i cant understand anyone , i live i a shack,  i miss my family. etc but i prayed and I know my father in heaven needs me here. I love it here now. I couldnt imagine going home now! I had to get up in church and itroduce my self and share my testimony i espanol. yup it was short and i was dying pero esta bien.I made them laugh which is good sign haha...well either they were laughing with me or at me...either way i made them laugh! haha . We had a lesson..an amazing lesson. It is a family who are less active. the mom served a mission and all that. they dont go to church at all now. It was kinda a rough start but we sang a hymn and the dauhter estefanie began to cry..she said it reminded her of when she was in yw´s .hna camacho asked what part does Jesus Christ play i your life.My heart began to pound..no joke i seriously thought it was going to explode out of my chest ..i needed to share my testimony about my Savior and Best friend Jesus Christ. I  shared my testimony and i instantly began to cry because I was so overcomed with the spirit. I love my Savior and your Savior Jesus Christ.He is always there for me when times are rough and when times are great . He is my best friend, he is my beloved brother. I know he lives. I konw that family needed to hear about their Savior. The Spirit testified it to me. Mom , dad i hope you take that calling. The Lord called you to it for a reason. Not because they were looking for a family and you are first on the list but because the Lord needs you. He called you speifically to that calling. Its hard and maybe scary and stressful but The Savior did hard scary and terrifying things...He did them because He loves us and because the Father asked it of Him. You have been asked now you must act. Anyway there is my spiritual rant for the moment.Its hard being here not knowing spanish bery well, not being able to communicate all that i want to say and all that i feel. I get very frustrated with myself. I pray for the gift of tongues ona regular basis. Thanks for praying for me often I can fel your prayers . They really help a ton!I will try to send pictures next week! Tell Grandpa Dennis not to worry..they have top ramon here in Chile...if only i could read the flavors haha just kidding. I dont sleep with a fan anymore..i atually slep with earplugs..weird huh.hahaha. I have gotten sick twice..but i workthrough it. Its the Lords timenot mine. Oh one day we were tracking and we went toall these houses they didnt answere when we yelled ALO(peolpe havegates around their houses so you cant knock you yell ALO ) but! they didnt anwer or the address we had was a fake. we finally get to a house and the person i home and lets in! we were so excited! Come to find out its THEE one lady whose ouse the bishop told us not to visit because she was telling eldersto do bad things, they wouldnt but shee spread itaround that they did. etc. yeah we hightailed it out of there! Its hard having appointments fall through..I didnt think it would make me sooo sad but it does. The cool thing though is that when it hapens a few miutes later we find someone new...the Lord truely blesses us for our hard work. Missions are amazing. I am grateful to be on one. They are very hard dont get me wrong but worth it. Oh i tripped i frontof a mebers house...and in front of the memeber yup fel right on my bum. I "bought" her house.When you trip or fall here i south america they say you bought the ground haha..I have been buying a lot of ground lately too bad it ait farm ground haha. <I get whistled at on a daily basis..um we hang our clothes out to dry outside BUT we might be getting a dryer tomorrow! HAPPY DAY! I love you all so much! The Lord truely has blessed me with an amazing family! I cant wait to hear what ashley is having! Ihope it is a girl but...ithink it will be a boy..dont beat me ash!!! haha! Please continue to pray for me but for all the misioaries in the field...the girt of tongues would e nice haha Love you all so much! talkto you  next monday! Leie good job on your test! I am soproud of my cluck! Love you Ellie! Glad you liked your birthday present! DadI love you too!! Continue togo to the temple! Mom I love you the Lord loves you an your family in heaven love you. Heloves you all! Love Hermana Adams!!

March 27th

 Esta Bien! I love you and everything is well..so far hahaha

 Our newest Zone Leaders !

 Some random elder who wanted to take a picture with us.. we didnt mind haha

 The ladies of the District we are great:)

 Look at my name tag! I am official! :)

 So cute right

 My entire district! Santiago here we come!

Me and my friend Jared

The First Couple Weeks in the MTC

Mandy has been gone for almost a month!

To us it feels like shes been gone forever, 

she says shes been so busy that time is just flying by!

Its always fun to get pictures, 

its like evidence that shes still alive...

and its even better to see her thousand watt smile 

and know shes having a good time. 

 "My companion and I- She is from North Carolina"

 "The Laundry Room!"

"Hermana Hallenberger(my companion) Hermana Woodmansee, 
Hermana Willard, Me, Hermana Mckinley y Hermana Burnett. 
All the girls in my district going to the same mission!"

"Our district ladies along with our first Zone Leaders who left monday:( Elder Campbell and Lloyd . They were amazing. Campbell is the tall one and lloyed is the curly blonde"

Mandys MTC Address

Good for at least a couple more weeks.