Hola a todas!
¿Como están?
I made some pretty yummy lemon bars last night. I didn't know how they would turned out because the oven is a little faulty. But they taste great and are a hit with the other missionaries I am living with!
This week we had zone conference. Basically that means that my zone and two other zones got together to eat food and participate in training led by our mission president. All of it was in Spanish so I didn't catch most of it. But a take away from what I could understand was that as missionaries we need to try to find 1 new person to talk to each day.
Time is starting to fly. The first week in Chile was long and confusing. But now it's just on times 5 speed. The days are blurring together and everything is starting to become more familiar.
My spanish is improving a lot, I am starting to dream in spanish which is a fun experience haha. But it is the same in real life, someone in my dream will say something in spanish that I don't quite understand and I try to figure it out. But then my brain is actually trying and I wake up trying to figure it out haha. Or sometimes I can feel myself resign to the fate of not understanding in my dream haha. So hopefully when the moment comes when I can understand the spanish in my dreams will be the moment I can understand spanish in real life. For me that would mean better sleep, more confidence, gain the feeling of being able to actually communicate and share how I feel with my words, and be able to understand the needs and struggles of other people. These are things (especially the last one) that I greatly desire.
It is amazing how diverse it is here in Chile. People from all over South America and Haiti and Dominican Republic, everywhere! I hear so many different accents and ways people speak spanish! It kind of gets confusing but it is beautiful to the ear! One word in Venezuelan Spanish means a completly different thing in Chilean spanish and vice versa. I also learn which countries cook better food. I really love having venezuelan and peruvian food. Those two are my favourites. Chilean food is pretty good as well, but it wouldn't be my first choice.
Today it was oddly clear outside, like I could actually make out things in the distance. Usually there is a constant haze of smoke and pollution just hanging everywhere. It makes your vision blurry.
Each monday I love being able to talk to my family and see how they are doing and what is happening in their lives. It allows me to feel connected as a family unit. I am super grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ and the power it has to seal and bring families together forever. I know I will never be separated from them even in death. Even though we sometimes annoy each other haha, I still wouldn't want to be far from them forever.
Something I recommend not doing: Eating a big fast food meal then getting a 1L thing of ice cream with chocolate bar chunks and eating that while walking then getting on a crowded hot smelly bus with the driver driving like we were on a rollercoaster, and just feeling absolutly sick to the stomach. And then the heat melting the rest of your ice cream, but you want to finish it because why not, so you just drink the rest of it, then go play soccer and run with your friends. Yeah... wouldn't recommend that. Although it was quite fun, no regrets haha.
Question of the week: What is something you've done to use your talents to put a smile on someone's face this past couple weeks?
Love you all!
Cuídese
Elder Spencer
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