First of all, leaving the CCM was actually like super sad! that place was like paradise! It was sad saying goodbye to all of the hermanas in our zone too!
But anyways, there were 29 of us heading to Chile so that was crazy. We arrived at the airport and tried to find phones to call our families and literally everyone phone was broken. Of course. I was fairly upset... I wanted to call my family! oh well, mothers day!!
Arriving in Chile was the coolest thing. Its such a pretty country!!! There are mountains and rivers and oceans and lots and lots and LOTS of trees! Its so stinking beautiful. President and Hermana Bluth were there, and they drove us to the mission home. Its beautiful as well! And its right next to the new temple grounds. So thats pretty cool. They fed us a HUGE meal and then shipped us off to a hotel for the night.I don't think I have ever slept so good in my entire life. Norton and I got to spend our last night together as comps, which was fun and also super bittersweet! I was definitely blessed with her as a comp!
Okay now for the good stuff. My trainors name is Hermana Peralta, and shes from Argentina! aaaaaand she literally speaks zero english. We are in the city of Los Angeles, Which is sorta in the middle of the mission. We live with another companionship, Hermana Naranjo and Hermana Giminez. One of them is from Ecuador, and the other is from Argentina too! Neither of them speak English either. Needless to say, I am learning spanish very fast. But they're real patient with me, they talk really really slow and enunciate everything. My nicknames are GuaGua (which is baby in Chile) and Barbie.
Our sector is huge!!! We probably walk like ten miles every day. and there are dogs EVERYWHERE! I always feel so bad for them, I just want to pick them up and take them home. They make me miss my tbone!
Hermana Peralta is new to this area too, so we have spent a lot of the last week meeting the members and figuring out the streets. The members are so nice and so patient with me! They talk slow, and say good job all the time. it helps! They're so cute!
Chile is the best. I seriously love it. Its really really really hard, and Im definitely struggling with the language, but every night as i crawl into bed Hermana Peralta says I love you Hermana Poyfair and it makes it all worth it. My feet hurt and i am super sunburnt, but I am so happy and I am having the time of my life preaching this wonderful gospel.
I know this letter is super scattered, oops, sorry.
i love you all so much! thanks for you prayers!
love hermana poyfair
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