A DAY LATE and the shortest email from her yet...

Picture from zone conference

Sorry for the short email but technology stinks and I only have 30 minutes on the computers. This week was a little rough.  Investigators dropped us and that was a  little bit of a let down. But we also found some really awesome people. God is here with us and He gives us so many blessings. I love all you. I promise to give details next week.

Hermana Showalter

Just a cool wall

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TATUM!

I love you so much and you letter is on the way. 

be good and eat lots of cake and this picture is for you. It means I love you a lot

be good and send me some pictures ok.

5 months!!! Lots of pictures.

 

5 months living here!

Look at the snow on the mountains!

Today I officially have five months on the mission / Chile! Which is so crazy. Time has gone so dang fast. 

 

So this week I have been walking a lot less and teaching more people in their homes. Yay! I come home every night a little less tired. We have a gringo family in our ward from Texas and their daughter got home from her mission Saturday which was pretty cool. Also they fed us this week and we had chicken fajitas. IT WAS SO DELICIOUS because it was not the usual chicken and rice. SO GOOD. 

 

We also  had divisions this week which is where I switch companions for a day. I went with Hermana Cook and we had a good time.  We had lots of family home evenings (a family night with a lesson, game and normally a treat). One family, family Avendaño, we had a super fun FHE with them and then ate completos. So yummy. 

Sister Cook and I

 

Lots of rain this week and missionary work is not exactly the most fun in the rain but Hermana Lopez and I still managed to have a good time. 

Is it a road or a river?

 

 

Yesterday was Hermana Reynold's birthday so we made her some french toast and celebrated. 

 

Today we got our hair cuts and made some BLTs. It has been a while since I have had a good sandwich. 

Hair cut!

 

 

We are teaching a guy named Benjamin. He is a scientist and definitely the hardest person that I have ever taught because he isn't sure if God is real. I know with a little time he will open his heart and know that God is real and that our message is true. 

Anyways love you all. Have a great week.

 

Love,

Hermana Showalter

 

PS.

 Here are some pictures of graffiti around town that I thought fun or cool. Plus, a dog that has the same name as my mom.

This one says the drug today is phones!

I can't help if I was born in Australia!

So, this is a dog named Mindi..(Sorry mom)

 

Goodbye and a NEW AREA!

Had to say goodbye to this awesome family!

Hello from Violeta Cousiño!

That is my new sector a little more north and closer to the mountains. My companion is Hermana Lopez from Utah.

ALthough she was born here in chile she is gringa. We are white washing our sector which means we both are brand new to the sector and know nothing about our sector but we are doing good. This week I have gained a testimony on relying on the lord and listening to the Holy Ghost. This week we contacted and walked like crazy but this week we are hoping for a few more lessons. Sunday it rained and we had to walk 30 minutes to church so that was fun. Our sector is a lot richer than my other sector so the houses are huge and everyone has cars which is a little strange. I am living in a huge house as well and it is the biggest one in all the mission so all the missionaries call it the mansion. It is pretty sweet not going to lie.

Our View

Anyways hope you all have a great week and love you all.

besos y galletas

Hermana Showalter

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I'm getting transferred!

Not something you see in the States very often.

Sunset with the Andes in the background.

My District

Hello everyone. Here are the highlights this week

1. I am getting transferred. Don't ask me where or who my new companion is because I wont know until tomorrow but I am leaving. My bags are packed to go.  Hermana Martin is also getting transferred.

Well to be honest.. this week was kind of a boring one. A good one but a little plain.

2. We celebrated Christmas in July with the familia Del Castillo.

3. Had a really awesome family home evening.

4. Today the 6 of us went over to a members house to celebrate the independence day of Peru.  The family is from Peru and they made some delicious food. 

And that is kind of it. Nothing extra ordinary.

Anyways hope all of you have a great week. I love you all and I pray for you all. Please send some extra prayers my way because I am going to need them!

Love,

Hermana Showalter

Highlights of the week!

Hey everyone!

Here are some highlights of the week

1. Well, we had some major changes in the mission with our new mission president. PDAYS WILL NOW BE TUESDAYS. Also, we get to go to the temple every 3 months instead of once every year. You could say I am super happy for the temple change. 

2. We had a baptism this Sunday. The daughter of our convert Evelyn. Her name is Fransica and she is 11 years old. She is so sweet and so excited to be a member. 

3. A very Happy Birthday to my best friend and sister Mallory! She is 18 and now can legally buy stuff on commercials on TV! 

4. It was Hermana Stokes cumplemes which means she now has a year in the mission.

5. Our new ward is great with a lot of work to do! Our Bishop is awesome and we are doing well.

6. We had interviews with our mission president and he is so awesome. I love him so much.

Hope you all have a great week. I love you all.

Love 

Hermana Showalter

News of the week..

 

A new version of TIC TAC TOE!

Hola Hola everyone. Here is the news of the week
1.Monday after writing we went to Evelyn´s, our recent convert and
she made a cake for Hermana Stoke’s birthday. It was a surprise. We sang
Happy Birthday and everything. They were so cute. Her daughter
Fransica is getting baptized this Sunday. We are so excited. Fransica
is 11 but is reading the Book of Mormon and really interested in the
gospel. Evelyn told us that because of the gospel what she wants in life
has changed. She said before she really wanted a house but now it
doesn’t matter if she lives with her parents because what she really
wants is for her daughters to go on missions. It really touched my
heart and made me realize the effect missionaries have on the people
they teach.
2. Tuesday we had a Noche de hogar with the Tolozas and Evelyn and her
daughters. We learned how to make Calzones rotos, a really yummy
dessert. Kind of like a fried dough. Yes, mom, I got the recipe.

3. We had divisions with Hermanas in the CCM (MTC)  A Hermana Jacobson came with us and crazy thing.. she and I went to EFY together. It was so much fun to see her.

Hermana Jacobson!!

4. We had a cita with our investigator Roger. He is crazy. He asked me
if I had a boyfriend. I told him no. He responds almost shouting ´I
knew it, I knew you didn’t; It is because you are like a turtle. Slow
but there is a end and you will find someone. I just didn’t even know how
to respond. I laughed and then he read our palms. I have a pretty good
life ahead of me.
5. This really sweet family that just moved into our ward fed us lunch
and their oldest daughter Javiera made us rubber band bracelets.
6. Our new ward is the BEST. I love it.
7.Yesterday we celebrated Pedro Toloza's birthday. We had a blast. They
are so great I know it sounds like I am partying but I promise I am working hard.
Love you all so much.
Hermana Showalter

CHILE WON THE COPA AMERICA and Our New Mission President

Getting the aggression out.

Chi Chi Chi Le Le Le Vive Chile

(soccer chant)

Well if you haven't heard CHILE WON THE COPA
AMERICA. I may have not celebrated the Fourth of
July but we still had fireworks and partying going on here the fourth.
The people were so crazy. The game started at 6pm but we had to be in
the pension(apartment) at 5pm and had to stay in until Sunday morning. People
were screaming, singing, shouting, and going crazy all Saturday from
11am until I don't even know because I went to bed. It was the first
time Chile has won the Copa America.
Some other things that happened this week.

1. Saturday we also celebrated  Hermana Stoke´s 20th birthday.

2. Saturday we also took Evelyn, our recent convert to the temple for
a tour. One of my favorite quotes from her youngest daughter Antonella
was ¨Come and fight Fransica¨ She was too cute.

3. First Sunday as the ward and it was awesome. I am so excited to be
a part of this ward and get to work!
4. This Sunday we fasted for rain. We haven't had rain and that makes
the smog really bad. Right after we broke our fast it started to rain.
God is so great. I know that he answers prayers. And now the air is
fresh and pure.

5. New Mission President Morgan from California.

bottom row 3rd from last.

Anyways hope you all had a great Fourth of July and are enjoying the
summer sun. Love you all.
Hermana Showalter

Playing at the park