Baptism

Hello! 
We had our baptism this week! Oh my goodness it was the hardest week yet too! i think it is just like that when you have a baptism though. It is just like Satan does everything he can to hinder it from happening. It was like everything we planned went wrong, we had a lot of problems with our companionship, and then at the end the day of somebody died in our ward and their body was in the chapel all of Saturday and Sunday. it was a roller coaster of a week if there every was one. But yeah so when people here in Chile die they have this tradition of letting everyone view the body for and entire 24 hours or more. They got special permission from the area authorities to keep the church open all night so people could come and view it. Also all during church they had the viewing in the room behind the chapel( you know the one that they open up if there are not enough seats in the sacrament room). it was kind of weird to me. But that was crazy when we found out about that the day of at like ten in the morning. We were running around all day trying to change everything and get permission from the Bishop and stake president to have it at the stake center. But finally when it was time to have the baptism at 8 that night everything calmed down and went exactly right for the first time that week. It was such a surreal experience. It is impossible to explain all the feeling and thoughts you have when someone you have found is walking into the font and then when they come up out from the water. i think only Hermana Amaya and I can fully understand and see the change that has taken place it this family. It is nice to be able to see that all the hard work that we do everyday, all the sweat, blisters, and tears have made a difference for someone. In the end the funeral was good because the family asked us to come and hand out pamphlets, Book of Mormons, and talk about the plan of salvation because a lot of the people attending were not members. They even mentioned us in the service and said the Siser Missionaries are here and can teach you about this plan and everything, it was pretty good. 
It sounds like you guys have had a busy week with things to do. All of those activities sound fun! I am a little jealous sometimes because I just miss the life I am use to in the United States. :) As for who feeds us it is the ward members. We get feed the one big meal that they eat(Lunch) everyday except for on Monday. It is kind of a hit and miss though because lots of things they eat really aren't too bad but sometimes its a little rough. That is one thing that is really hard for me here, not being able to have a choice on what I get to eat and the portions. i miss that so much.  I love Mondays because I get to choose :) Most of the families are really awesome though. It is only sometimes that they forget or fed us something that is gross. We eat a lot of rice and tomatoes and mayonasa.  As for snacks I eat a lot of fruit and different candy things. The candy is hard to explain because it is all very similar but different at the same time. I will have to send some home to you guys or bring a bunch back in my suitcase. lol
Spanish is still coming along slowly. It is still very frustrating at times though. We had interchanges on Wednesday and I was with Hermana Morales, she is from Argentina. Very very nice but doesn´t know any English whatsoever. It was really good though because we talked all day and were able to understand each other. We even stayed up a little later than we were suppose to because we were talking. She is really quite though so I ended up talking a lot and I was so happy with how much I could say in Spanish. She was so nice and complemented me a lot on how good my Spanish was especially for it only being month 4. It is so nice to be able to understand more and more every week. It make things not feel so different.
Thank you for everything Mom!  Love you all and miss you a lot!
Hermana Lichty

4 month mark!

Hello....

It has been I crazy week full of ups and downs. No earthquakes yet but we heard that the United States made and official announcement about a big earthquake that is suppose to happen this month in Chile.. hmmm Yea we are getting prepared.

So lots of snow huh? That is crazy. The weather here has been weird, pretty cold in the morning and hot in the afternoon. Lots and lots of clouds. Our pension is freezing in the morning and none of the houses here have heaters or coolers. Only little space heaters so in the winter I might just freeze. :) It is kind of crazy to me about their houses because they don´t have insulation either it is just like brick or wood that they use and there are lots of cracks in the houses because of the earthquakes.

I have some REALLY good news about the pulgas :) That lavender oil is working! It has been so nice to not stink all the time like vinegar. lol It is so funny too because they really don´t like the lavender so they bit my companion instead. She is a little ticked about the situation but I think it is funny. Every night she shows me the bits that I should have. lol I told her to use my stuff but she is being stubborn. I put like 5 drops of it in a big thing of lotion and use that all over my body every morning. Those fleas are smart though because they find where I don´t put it... but I am not going to go into details about that :) So now I only get bit on my hands and feet where the lotion gets washed off and rubbed of during the day. And I am going to try and experiment with those patches this week and see if they work. Oh Mom, Hermana Gillespe wanted me to tell you thank you from her for all your help with the fleas. When I told her about the lavender oil she was SO exctied and happy. She said that is is very grateful that I have been able to figure out a solution since I get it the worst out of all the missionaries here because know she can let all the other missionaries know. So thank you Mom and to everyone else that has helped with the problem :)

We have a baptism this Saturday that we are really looking forward to and then 2 or 3 more on the 12th of March.  It is crazy to me how hard Satan works to get our investigators off track. It makes for some really hard weeks but definitely worthwhile. Most days we get back to the house and are just completely exhausted and ready for bed. It definitely makes time fly by though. I was four months in the mission yesterday... can you believe it? So crazy.

So what all is happening with Stephanie... how do you get a Kidney infection. That is a bummer. Tell her to write me please :) That sounds fun about the Chili cook off thing.. I wish I could have been there..do you have pictures?

I am jealous you all have a day off. lol Sometimes all I want to do is sleep in and it is all I can do to get out of my bed in the morning. But its okay.

Spanish is still coming along but defiantly hard. I love that I am understanding more and more though. It is nice to know what is going on in the conversations and to be able to comment.

Oh and I have some pictures from a conference we had on Friday. It was actually pretty good. We had to give 8 minute talk about any subject in the gospel and it went really well( considering I forgot my paper with the talk on it :) I can do I talk all in Spanish on the spot without practice... Yeah haha

http://web.me.com/richandann/GillespieMission/Mission_Blog/Entries/2011/2/18_Zone_Conference_in_the_Interior.html

But yeah I can´t really think of anything else at the moment... It has been a busy busy week with our investigators and finding new investigators :)

Thank you for everything... I love at miss you all,

Hermana Lichty

And yes I got that email about your uncle.. that is so awesome! Please tell him thank you for me. It has been amazing to see how the lord blesses his missionaries huh? ;)

Valentines Day 2011

And the earthquakes begin....

It had been a week full of a lot of interesting things including earthquakes. Yes we have been feeling earthquakes. The one Dad is talking about was a 4 on the scale, it shook us like twice in like 20 seconds. The next day they had another big one in Concepcion that was a 7 I think and then the day after that we had another baby one here. It is kinda freaking us out because they announced that there is suppose to be a big earthquake this month in Valparaiso and Belloto is in Valparaiso. They say that the last really big earthquake they had here was in 84 or 85 and they are expecting it to be as bad as that one. Like it is suppose to be huge. So we have our emergency kits ready and our emergency supply of food and water. The earthquake that was in Concepcion last year affected Belloto too. They said they were without electricity, water, food, and any form of communication for 3 days, so yeah we are waiting for something. It is kind of nerve wreaking because every time we have lunch at a members house they are talking about the earthquakes and yes I understand almost everything they are saying about them and it is not good. But we are prepared :)

Hermana Amaya was really sick on Monday night and Tuesday so we had to travel to Viña for the morning and get her medicine. We found a MacDonald´s there and it was so good. lol I had the Elders in the office drop us off there. It was funny.

Our investigators are doing okay. I have some pictures of Alejandro because we did this service project at his house on Saturday. I am so sore from it. We cleaned up is front yard and hauled all the tree branches and bushes into a hole in his back yard. It was kind of random but that is what he wanted. I think he was surprised at how much we really just want to help him. It is just so sad because he really has nothing, not even running water for the toilet or a shower. Sad sad We are trying to find some Church clothes for him at the moment.

Another investigator is having a really hard time. Her husband almost cut 3 of his fingers off,had to go to three hospitals and had a 4 hour surgery to try and fix it. They have not idea how they will pay for it our how he is going to work. It is a test of their faith. I am praying for there family because they are so good. We went over and had a little family home evening and made cards for him and ate Flan and Flac cookies. I hope it helped them.

As for the milk we can´t find any Soy milk in any of the stores but I found this special kind of digestion milk that seems to agree with me a lot better. lol It has been nice to have a break from being sick and having a stomach ache every morning.

That is awesome about Zach and the letter. Hopefully they respond or do something with it- Since he is such a good writer maybe he should try writing me a letter :)  Oh and thanks for the picture.. I was wondering about them. What is the date for their wedding?

As for the package from grandpa and grandma they can wait and send it in a couple of months. I am doing pretty good with everything right now. Thank you thank :) I actually got another blister yesterday.

Oh did you get all the pictures I sent last week because I got an email that said they failed or something. I will send them again.

I am losing my English. The last couple of times people have asked me how to say words in English I have forgotten. I still don´t remember, even Hermana Amaya is surprised with the words I can´t remember. I don´t know what is happening. :)
How is the snow there? I am praying for cooler weather here. But the members tell us by mid March it gets better. Anything else new going on? How is Dad and Stephanie doing since they haven´t written me yet? :) I have a lot of fun stuff to make for you guys when I get home. All they food here is different. I am staring to really like it :)

Good Morning

Good Morning :)

How is everyone doing this week? Yes yes I got two packages today. One was the lavender oil and the other was the medical kits from Grandpa and Grandma.. Thank you so much :) Those band aids will defiantly come in handy down here. It seems like someone always needs something. Last week my companion had a blister on her big toe that took up the entire bottom of her toe. It was sick and I had to help her cut it off. I know I know, too much information. lol But my point is those medical kits came in handy( as well as all those blisters I got from training for those marathons :)) I had her all fixed up in no time and ready for more hills :)

This week has been pretty amazing with our investigators. One of our investigators is really old, probably around 70 or so and he has been smoking since he was little. He has a baptismal date is for the 26th of this month and after teaching him the word of wisdom last Sunday we asked for his cigarettes. He said no but told us starting Monday he would stop. We made him this can thing for him to put all the money he doesn´t spend on cigarettes. AND he stopped.. just like that and is doing wonderful, he attended church with us for the 2nd time yesterday.

Another investigator we have been working a lot with gave us all her Coffee and tea this week and even fasted this Sunday with us so she can stop smoking and get the answer she needs that is the right church. It was sweet. Funny story though. Before we went to her house to collect her Coffee and tea we bought her Ecco( the stuff that is kind of like coffee but not) and herbal tea... also I bought some cinnamon tea that was really good . After we returned for the day to our pension my companion said ¨ I think we need to look at that tea we have been drinking because it just says ¨Tea with Apple¨ and ¨Tea with Cinnamon¨. Hna Amaya had been drinking this Tea with Apple and said it was really good so that is why I bought the same kind and drank it. Anyway so we look at the tea that she had been drinking and the tea that I had just bought and had some of and it is horrible! Black tea.... danget. We were just like what the heck. We have been teaching the Word of Wisdom for the last 2 days to our investigators and we have been breaking it. Hna Amaya kind of had a freak out moment but I calmed her down. lol  We took a picture with our tea, the tea and coffee we collected from our investigator and then the good stuff we can drink. It was an interesting day. And not to worry we threw the bad stuff away.

What else what else.... Oh I put Hermana Amaya on a diet. :) She has been out on the mission for 7 months and gained around 15lbs so we are working on it. Lots of fruit and no pan(bread and pastry's) for her. Sometimes it is hard for her but for the most part it is pretty easy, I just have to remind her when we are at member´s house and at lunch. Today is her ¨cheat¨ day where she can have two things. Man she is in heaven with the idea of this cheat day. haha I just think it is funny.

Oh crazy thing happened on Friday. We were at these new investigator´s house and the are the nicest people you could ever met. They have a really small small house and we are talking talking talking when out of the middle of no where this duck comes walking into the living room. They start talking to the duck, it has a name ¨Fito¨ and it listens and follow their commands. I was laughing so hard! It was the most random thing. It even gives kisses when you ask for them and it cuddles with you! Who would have thought.... a duck. lol It was so funny because it peed on the floor too. I don´t know if you have ever seen a duck pee before but it is funny. It is just like a large squirt out of their butts. My companion and I almost died laughing.

 

I think thats all the really exciting stuff going on right now. The fleas and still here and bitting.. fun fun for me :) I feel like all the stuff I try works a little bit but not totally. Vinager has been the best in my opinion, that and the flea coller on my bed.Spanish is really hard but I am understanding more and more each day.

The food is alright... I am not sure what I like best. Maybe the avocados with tuna and mayonesa also the bread is really really good. I miss so many foods from the US though. Cookies for sure, they don´t make cookies anywhere here. We don´t have any fast food or restaurants in our area. I tried pizza and this is... interesting. Oh yeah also I am allergic to the milk here. I have been trying to figure out why I am sick in the bathroom every morning since I got here and I have figured it out. Last week I tried the lactose free milk and that was not it so this week I am going to try soy milk. I am praying that will work. Mornings are never fun for me... but its okay :) Also no Diet Pepsi here... no where sad sad sad. haha

 

Sounds like there is a lot going on at home and at Church that's great. How is Zach´s job hunt going? I am glad you are so busy at the office. Anything else new? What is Stephanie up to? I sent that letter to Ramona but it is coming to our house because I didn't know her directions. I had some extra time because Hna Amaya was sick on Saturday. I am hoping I don´t get what she had it was not fun for her and we have a lot of work to do this change.

I hope all is well :) I love getting you emails

 Love,

Hermana Lichty

Hello from Belloto

Hello from...... Belloto 2 otra ves :)

That's right I am here again with the same compañera Hermana Amaya. That means same pension and everything. But there is a little twist, the other Hermanas in our pension are leaving! Triste :( They have to close their area today and hand it over to Elders. That means Hna Amaya and I will be the only Hermanas in the Zona starting tomorrow. Also that means we have the pension to ourselves which is going to be very weird and quite.. well for the most part. :)

I am so exctied for Ramona! Woot Woot! I loved the pictures, they are amazing. It is too bad I couldn´t have gone to it. But I actually got to attend a baptism that night too and I felt a very special feeling. I am sure that what how her baptism was too. I will try and to respond to her letter after I finish. If I don´t have time I will hand write her. Awesome Awesome ;) I really like the picture of you and Ramona, you should frame it or something.

Thank you for sending the package with everything. I am really looking forward to getting them. Something has to work with these pulgas. I had to call Hermana Gilespe again because I have been getting attracted again by the fleas. It is very frustrating. The hard part is sometimes when they bit I get huge welts that itch like crazy and that happen a lot this week. One day I had like 15 or 20 welts all over my stomach, back, and upper legs.. no bueno! But the last couple of days they have just been the normal bits that only swell a little bit, but itch like crazy. I am trying to endure this trial well so I have stopped counting the bits each day and I am getting use to the vinegar and eucalipase smell. It is so funny the things I have to try and protect myself from them. I have tree branchs from a Eucalipase tree in my bed, a flea coller, I spray Raid and TANAX, also baby power.. pretty much everything. lol It is okay though, it could be much worst right? ;)

And tell Dad that once my name tag comes off that nice gentle Tiffanie will go away if you plan a trip to the Zoo. Also I am sure he will be alive when I get home because God loves me and knows I need someone to carry my suitcases back to the house. Jk jk Tell him I pray for him every night and I am sure he will be alive and well when I get back. :)

Oh and that drink your friend was talking about- Mat- is here. I know exactly what it is. But we as missionaries are not allowed to drink it because it does get passed around to everyone in the house. We tried something that is similar to it in a tea bag but I really didn´t like it. lol I wonder why it is so popular here. We do drink a lot of Ecco though. It is like coffee but not, it does not have caffeine it is. It is not like decaf coffee though, it is something different, they roast a different bean to get it. It is really good though, I drink it every morning with my Cheerios. :)

As for the question about the donkeys and the lamas. They do have them here but not for the transportation. However I have seen them using horses to pull things around and to get to places, not very often though. I am sure it is different in every area though. From what I have seem so far we have kind of a poor area. We were looking for new investigators last week and we climbed this mountain. No joke it was a mountain we climbed it in the form of the hugest hill you have every seen in you life.. that never ends. Some times the hills are just so ridiculous I just shake my head and laugh. I just have to think to myself ¨You have ran a marathon before, you can do this´. It is funny because when we go up these hills in the heat of the day my companion and I don´t usually talk. We just focus on making it up. lol Anyway about this mountain we climbed... at the top there is this little village. If you were to try and imagine a really poor poor country that doesn´t have running water that is what it looked like. It was crazy. My companion and I were like ¨where are we?¨ We tried knocking doors but nobody would answer and any time you wanted to get to another house you had to walk farther up this mountain. It was good, we actually made a really good contact and handed out a Libro de Mormón.

I am really excited about this change! We have set some really good goals for our area and we have some investigators we will baptize. We just need to work like crazy these next 6 weeks and pray a lot. We have very high hopes and with God all things are possible. It is going to be great! We are planning on 5 baptisms this change. We have so many good investiagores and we had 5... yes 5 of them come to church with us Sunday. I felt like pure joy when that meeting started. We had to split up with members of the ward so we could go pick up our investigators. It was sweet because we worked so hard for them to come all week. Not only that but we had a bunch of inactive members come. We have been trying to focus on the new investigators and inactive members these last couple of weeks. The meeting started and my companion leaned over and said, ¨you never going to guess who is here¨´ and then she started to point out these members we have never seen at church but visited this week. It was good.

Oh and I have a good story for you: So we have this lady we have been teaching for the last 6 weeks. We visit her at least 2 times each week and I have never been able to understand her. It is weird because I try so hard to understand her every time we talk to her and she talks a lot. I never understand anything she says... nada. Anyway at the end of the week we were teaching her a lesson about the atonement and it was a long lesson-visit and we were there for about an hour and a half. My companion starts to tell her how much we love her and pray for her everyday and that we really want to help her.Then all of the sudden like ten minutes before we leave I start to understand her... like all of her words. This was a miracle! I was like whoa whoa whoa... what just happened. We ended the lesson and I start to talk to my companion and tell her what just happened. Hermana Amaya said she saw her whole face change in the last ten minutes of the lesson. It was so awesome, something in her heart changed. Now I can understand her... she is going to be a member this month I am praying for it :)

Anyway how are things at home besides the weather that I am jealous of? It is so dang hot here! How is everyone doing? Zach how is school and driving and the girls that just can´t resist you car? lol Dad how is work going? What do you do with your time since you and Zach are done with his car? Mom how is the business and the primary? I miss teaching primary. Stephanie you really need to get on the ball and write me. lol Tell me what is going on in you life por favor :)

Tell me what is going on with everything.I like hearing about everyone.

Love you all,

Hermana Lichty

Week 5 Chile

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Hello!

I am doing very well :) And guess what..... I FINALLY got the package you sent in November. I received it on Friday afternoon. It was so sad because they stole the M&M´s out of it :( I was kind of upset about that because I saw the packing list of what all was in there and when I realized what had happened I was like dangit! It was so obvious they took it out too because they taped it back up with tape that had the Chilean Mail logo on it. Lame! So when you do send a package don´t use those little mailer things because it is very easy for them to steal things out of them. I heard from other Hermanas if you tape the crap out of the box they won´t mess with it because it is too much work, or put picture of Mary on it. lol Oh dear... the things that happen on a mission.

But thank you for the ¨Christmas¨ package. I loved the Wyoming shirt, I am wearing it right now :) It fits perfect! I find it funny that all the shirts you have picked for me have worked so well and everyone loves them. lol Remember that purple shirt that you sent that I was telling you about before? The one that everyone loved at the MTC? Well they all love it here too. lol I wore it yesterday and people were talking about it. But anyway thank you for everything thing. It was a great day to receive that package.

It sounds like you have long Sundays just like me! But I am probably a lot more use to them them you are. lol I actually don´t mind it because that means we are inside out of the sun and heat of the day.

We had changes twice this week because all the the senior companions and leaders had a two day training. It was crazy because they put me with Hna. Szuch the first day. I don´t know if you remember her from my MTC letters but she was there with me and Hna. Norton. That was an interesting day because we don´t know Spanish. lol Actually it was really good because I realized how much Spanish I do know. I was really surprised because Hna Zsuch took a Spanish class before the mission and her companion don´t speak English yet I know more then she does. It made me laugh because we were in her area the whole day and all the members were looking at me to translate things to her. lol I was explaining to a couple of the members that we were in the MTC together and have only been here a month and they all were complimenting me on how well I speak. It was nice to hear, but I still need a lot of help. I still struggle with a lot of things. But it is coming, day by day :)

The next day I was with a native and we didn´t have any problems and we communicated just fine :)

As for Dad and the Zoo question.... I have no comment on that at the current moment. As a missionary I need to be as positive as possible. When the name tag comes off I will tell you all about it. lol

Oh and tell Dad and Zach thanks for the support with the flea problems I am feeling the love. lol It is good, I have just gotten to the point that I laugh about them because that is all I can do. I don´t count and I don´t want to know. Esta bein

That fundraiser thing sounds like it was fun. I am excited for that kind of stuff when I get home. For all of the foods that I am familiar to. lol

How come Ramona's baptism got pushed back? I was thinking about her this week and I am still very excited for her.

Things in Chile are pretty much the same except we have changes next Monday. I am a little nervous for them. It will be week 6 next week and companionship's change every 6 weeks. I am going to buy a new suitcase today just in case I am going to another area so look of that to come through. Yeah I was looking at the suitcase with my Hermana Amaya and it is so busted. I don´t know what the airline did with it but they were not gentle that is for sure. Dangit anyways. lol  But anyway pray for the changes so I can either stay with Hna Amaya or get a good new companion.

Thank you everyone for all the prayers and help with the fleas. It really means a lot to me. I think the flea collar on the foot of my bed is helping out a ton because I mostly get bits on my legs during the day now. It is a huge improvement. I am looking forward to the packages though so I can try new things. Those patches sound really good though too because the members say that misquotes are going to be here soon and that they give you huge welts when they bit... yeah I am not looking forward to that. lol One investigator said that I am the fleas candy. haha
We have a lot of investigators that we are working with right now. Also we are teaching and English class to try and get new investigators. It is kind of fun and it help me work on my Spanish at the same time. I am greatful that a can understand more when we are teaching our investigtors so when I feel like I have something important to say that relates to what they are saying I can insert myself into the conversation. I did that the other day and my companion like my comment so much she asked me to repeat it in the next lesson with a different investigator. AND it was all in Spanish because my companion refuses to translate to me when we are with people.. that was really frustrating at first and still is every once and awhile but its okay. I really focus me to pay attention and focus at all times.

Oh so I was going to tell you about the yogurt. All of the yogurt here is like milk and you just drink it. I actually like it. Sometimes I use it on my cereal instead of milk. Weird huh? lol

Week 4 Chile to the Zoo!

Haha.... Hello!

As for the Zoo.... I had to go with my companion, I don´t really have a choice on those kinds of things. lol  No the Zoo was alright, I am not going to say amazing because lets face it, I am not really a Zoo person. lol But it was fun to hang out and do something different as a Zone :)

I am glad everyone is enjoying my letters. So for the pouch mail I am still not sure. I know that you can send things from DearElder. You just need to know my name and Mission I think. I got the DearElders that you send before Christmas the other day. lol But that is all I have received. Make sure that you only send the mail to the mission office. We usually get mail every months or so from there. It was this:

Hermana Tiffanie Lichty

Mision Chile Viña del Mar

4 Norte 1112

Viña Del Mar, Chile

Yeah the bits are getting better but I am still getting them. I have tried everything I have been given and Hermana Gilespe gave me some Eucalyptus spray stuff and other pills and creme. They want me to be the Guinea pig for it all because I get the most bits out of all the missionaries here. Just my luck. lol It is just one of my trials here I think.

As for the Empenadas they put a lot of things in it. But usually you will find cheese ones, bean ones, and meat ones. The place I was in in that picture was Lider.. it is Chile´s Wal-mart. lol And yes when you talk about food it makes me hungry because none of the food here is the same. lol Totally different here. But it is okay. Oh and the soda here is kinda the same.. the only things they have though are like fanta and coca cola but as a mission rule we cant drink the coke-. oh and most of the pop is in the glass bottles.

And yes I am getting really good at lighting the gas heater and stove because I am always first to take a shower in the mornings. lol

Anyway how is the snow going for you all? Right now I am in a small Internet cafe and sweating everywhere! It is gross! It is SO hot here....especially since we are walking everywhere! Oh my heck I have never drank so much water! Its good though. I don´t even care if it is cold or anything. Usually it is warm. lol

We have been contacting a lot lately because our appointments have been falling though. It is so frustrating. I think it is because it is summer here and people are sleeping or gone and feel like they have more important things to do. It is sad to me. I am praying all the time that someone will let us teach because we are just so hot walking and walking and walking. But we finally found an amazing family to teach in the middle of nowhere. It was kinda crazy because part of our area goes off to this area with nothing but trees and dirt and some homes people have tried to build. We found this family back there that had nothing. Like the walls of there house are sheets and a couple pieces of wood. Very humbling but great people.  They were so interested in our message and we are going to go back with our zone to help them clean up the leaves and such around their house. I am so excited :)

I will explain the bridge picture when I come back to the states. lol

And yes... I finally broke down and bought a flea collar because I hate the fleas that much. lol

 

We have changes these next two days because all the trainers and senior companions have a big conference to attend, that should be interesting. lol One day I am comp´s with Hermana Boud who has been here 4 weeks longer than me so our communication skills should make things fun. lol  The next day I am with and Hermana that is from Chile and speaks no English.. at all. Oh dear. Wish me luck these next two days. My Spanish is coming along but it is not that good. I understand almost everything that happens in the lessons and I can teach a lot of things in Spanish but trying to have a normal conversation is still hard. They speak so dang fast. Even my companion who´s first language is Spanish couldn´t understand them her first couple of weeks. We also had a lady we are teaching from Bolivia say the same thing.... she couldn´t understand anything they were saying at first. DEAR! lol I am just praying a lot but everyone has been telling me how good my Spanish is getting and that I am progressing really fast. It is just frustrating because I want to understand and communicate everything like I speak and understand English. My mind is just constantly thinking Spanish Spanish Spanish. But it will come I know I just need to work on the patience.

We are starting to teach an English class every Thursday evening. Random people have been stopping us to ask about it. We are praying for the best it would be such a great way to teach and spread the gospel. People here really like English.

I think being such a gringo crazy things just follow me and my companion. It is kind of funny though. This week people have been crazy. They always blow me kisses and try and greet me in English.. I respond in Spanish. lol  Unless they are getting on my nerves, then I respond in English and they go away :)   oh the crazy places we go in life.

What is new in the world? I feel so cut off from everything... anyone else getting married? lol Did you hear back about dad´s job? And Stephanie where is this letter you were going to write me? lol I am waiting to respond to it¨:)

Oh and I finally got to another place to send letters. I don´t know if I told you but we don´t have a mail place in Belloto. We have to travel to the nearest city for that. It is so different.

We had that mission conference and Hna Gilespe made cookies and all the gringos were going crazy because it was something familiar. lol Oh all the little things that make you happy.

I was wondering if you send something you could include TUMS and Benidrill... pretty sure I spelled that wrong. But you know allergy pills that put me to sleep (for the stupid pulgas... oh sorry that was spanish, fleas :) Thank you thank you

 

Love you all,

Hermana Lichty

Most of these are from the Zoo... when I am in the pink shirt... these were taken today :)

The other is when we were lost looking for a contact that ended up being that sweet family I was telling you about!

 

 Oh and yeah for Ramona! I really want to see a picture or two! I am excited for her. Woot Woot!