Reflections of a True Millennial

Wow, yesterday was a birthday I won't forget! It was actually a pretty great day. All my teachers and people in my district are so loving and kind. Hermana Doll gave me 6 of her famous home-made cookies, and those have been delicious. My morning teacher Hermana Jimenez wished me a happy birthday about 100 times. And it was one of the teacher's birthdays yesterday, so I got a slice of his cake! But something really out of the ordinary that happened on my birthday was that I got a new companion. That normally doesn't happen until a transfer date (every six weeks) so it was pretty strange. One of the elders in our district had to be moved from our district, so they split up my trio companionship and put me with the lone elder. My new companion's name is Elder Nolan, and he is a great guy. He knew literally no Spanish before coming here, and has progressed a lot. He has a strong testimony, and I am excited to be working with him! I will miss working with Elder Waters and El

Hola! It's hard to believe that I have already been in Chile for 3 weeks! Everything is going really well of course. This week it has been really cold in the mornings, and there has been ice on all the grass and stuff. Luckily it warms up in the day, but I am not used to this coldness, especially in July! I am well equipped with my sweatshirt, gloves, and Chile hat/scarve though. Sorry if I gave anyone a heart attack with my incident from last week.. On Friday the in-house CCM doctor took out my stitches, and the scar looks really good actually. It is not very big or noticeable, so I have enough of an injury to show off, but not enough to look too bad. I am really glad that everything is ok with that, and that I'm safe. I've been treading a little more carefully since then. And on Monday I can finally start playing soccer in the mornings again!(I did play kickball on Saturday morning because I figured that was enough of a non-contact sport to be okay, and everyone plays kic

Hola!! So P-day is Tuesday this week. It could be Tuesday or Wednesday each week, so I was worried I wouldn't have any e-mails since it is only Tuesday, but thanks for the letters everyone wrote! Anyway, I had sure an interesting experience this week! We have started to get some rain here (which is great because Chile is in a major drought) so everything is really wet in the mornings. On Friday, we were coming back from playing soccer in the park and I bolted across the street to catch up with everyone, then stepped on a utility cover in the median, slipped, and slammed my head into the pavement. Oops. When I stood up I saw my glasses broken in front of me and my water bottle rolling into the street. Then I put my hand on my head and saw blood coming down. So everyone hurried me up and away, and Hermana Doll (CCM president's wife) helped me get to the hospedaje and clean up. After I got all cleaned up and showered, I went with Presidente Doll to the hospital in Los Condes to ge