Balloons, water fights and hot weather!

Hey everyone,
 
Well another change has come and gone. My companions, Hermana Pacheco and Hermana La Serna unfortunately went with the change. My new comp is Hermana Rodriguez. She is from Guatemala and is pretty cool. We even matched without planning it when we met up with each other.

Well some highlights this week:

-We did service in a hospital with Hermana Camila and her daughter. We handed out balloons to all the little kinds in the hospital. It was sweet to see the happiness they had just from receiving a balloon. I sure am grateful for all my blessings that I have.

- Saturday we had a ward activity. We ate pastel de Choclo and Humitas. I am totally going to make it when I go home. We had a pretty good turn out and a water fight!

- Saturday night we went to a baptism with 2 of our investigators from Haiti.

- Sunday. Elias and Herminda came to church. AND JULE AND SUZANA. BEST DAY EVER

- Sunday, our lunch fell through but good old familia Chavez came through and fed us. (they are my favs)

-Monday lots of goodbyes and citas because my companions left.

That is all. Well most of it. I love you all and I hope you have a great week. I am melting here but loving every moment.

Love,

Hermana Showalter

Happy Valentines Day!

Hey everyone! This week was pretty good one.

11th,  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MY PARENTS. 22 years! ( No, I didn't forget). I now have 11 months in the mission and was an endowed in the temple a year ago. We had spits. Hermana Pacheco and I went with Hermana Acedo. Guess what? She is from Puerto Peñasco! And we contacted a lady and she gave us a reference (which never happens). We went and visited her and we found a new investigator.

12th Family home evening in the church. We talked about decisions. The bishop did a good job. And we had investigators at the fhe 😁

13th We found 3 investigators from Haiti. We taught them in Spanish\French?English because one of them has been in Chile for 5 days and the others for a few months. It was hard but they are so sweet!

14th Happy Valentines Day! We had a fireside and we went with Camila and Antonella but we arrived for the very end but we tried!

15th interviews with president. Herminda and Elias went to the doctor to help Elias with his drinking problem and they are going to get married! A huge family home evening with the Familia soto. We played habla chancho.

16th Cajon de Maipo with Familia Cabello. It was a blast. We played jenga and ate an asado.

Love you all and have a great week!

Someone got robbed but it wasn't me!

Hey everyone! Here are the highlights of the week.

1. We did lots of exchanges with Hermanas and young women in the ward! It is awesome. Instead of just the 3 of us working in our sector we had 5 or 6 of us. The spirit was so strong and the members were able to help the investigators and less actives in ways that we can't. EVERY MEMBER A MISSIONARY!

2. Hermana Mabel had a baby shower, Her 4th boy. The poor woman. We love the Familia Chavez very much. So we helped her set up and clean up. It was fun and a big success.

3. Saturday we had a area leadership training. It was really good and I learned a lot.

4. Monday was full of citas. These are the best days of the mission.

5. Today Hermana Pacheco got robbed on the metro but we didn't even realize. It stunk!

6. Learned how to make lomo saltado.

I sure love you guys and Thomas S Monson said "Our faith in Jesus Christ and in our heavenly father will influence us in everything we do"

Just keep that in mind this week

 I love you all!

Hermana Showalter

A chicken named......

Hey everyone!

The sun came back to Santiago and so once again the whether is in the 90´s. Yay missionary work in the sun. Anyways here is the week break down:

Wednesday: normal day

Thursday: We had a killer day full of visitas. And a family home evening with crepes and majar.

Friday: We had our family home evening as a ward. We were in charge and the theme was, " estar helado (a lado) de Cristo" It is a play on words. For those of you who understand Spanish, you laughed. We talked about love and charity and them ate ice cream.

Saturday: normal day and Hermana Soto gave us really delicious french fries

Sunday:Church. This woman named Astrid came to church. She was on The Voice Chile. Cool right. Then in the night we had another family home evening and it was really great. We played the game habla chancho. We will have to play it when I get back.


Monday: meeting in the morning and then we did splits with an hermana. I went with Hermana Lucia and my companions went and contacted. I learned that missionary work CAN NOT be done unless we work with the members. Then we did visitas with Hermana Soto. I held her chicken! I named it Hermana Showalter.

Today: went to the mall to buy shoes for my comp. I remembered how much I don't like malls. Then we made tacos and relaxed.

I LOVE YOU ALL!
Hermana Showalter

Another Great Week!

Hey everyone!
Well this week was pretty good. Just some highlights
1. We had a baptism in our ward, Judith.

2. We did exchanges with Hermana Marisol this week. She went with Hermana La Serna and we had tons of success. So we will be doing many more exchanges with the members. Our ward is so great and willing to help.

3.  A miracle that I saw this week, we were in church on Sunday and I was a little bummed because none of our investigators came to church but right before the sacrament our golden investigator, her 2 sons and HER HUSBAND walked in. It was a miracle. We have never taught her husband and in fact he is the reason that the missionaries haven't passed by in the last 4 years and he came to church. Not only that but they stayed for all 3 hours and the husband actively participated in the class.

4. I was able to go with Adolfo when he got his endowments. It was so amazing to see a person that I have been teaching go to the temple. Because as a missionary that is our goal not only to see the converts in white for there baptisms but also in the temple. 

5. We had a special training and Elder Espinodola.

Have a great week. I love you all.
Hermana Showalter

Week one of a new area and a DOG BIT ME!!

Well week one is done of white wash number 2. Here is a brief recap of my week
Wednesday. Arrived at the apartment with my new comps (I'm in a trio) and well we are living where elders lived so we did some cleaning. We found a saw in the apartment?? We walked a lot and then met our mission leader.

Thursday. We met an old investigator who is GOLDEN. Her son was baptized but she couldn't because she isn't married to her boyfriend. But the Elders couldn't come over any more because her boyfriend told her they weren't allowed. But she is so amazing, Her name is Marcia and her sons´ names are Javier and Maxi. I love them. Then we visited a recent convert\less active. She is super sweet and her husband has a baptismal date! So pray for Leandro and Susana.

Friday.We had a family home evening as a ward and Marcia and her sons came! It was about family history and they loved it. It was a lot of fun.

Saturday. We had a cita with Soledad and Marcelo. They were telling us about their past and it was really humbling. I am so blessed. I have a great family, a nice house, and over all a great life but most importantly I have the gospel. It is the gospel that brings us happiness.

Sunday. We had church. Our ward is Nuevo Amanacer in the stake Alicahue. We are a small ward. About 50. There is a lot of work to do but we are so excited. We found some new investigators and they gave us bread!

Monday. We had zone class. A dog kind of bit me... (don't worry mom, I'm fine) We visited a less active by chance. We actually were looking for an investigator and contacted a lady in a house and she told us to pass to her neighbor´s house. They were very excited to see us. We ate some watermelon with them.

Tuesday. Relaxed and I bought new shoes.

What I learned this week?

We have to have more than desires, we have to ACT on the desires we have. We need to be consecrated. That is my goal. To be less selfish and serve with all of my heart. I invite you all to do the same.

Love, Hermana Showalter

Here I come Nuevo Amanecer!

This lil girl put on her dads name tag and walked out the door with us. It was hilarious, but began to cry like crazy when her parents told her she couldn't go with us. hahaha it was sooo cute.

Hey everyone! Well I just began change number 8 and just completed 10 months in the mission! Time is passing tooo fast.  My motto is new year, new sector and new companions. Yes I am leaving Hermana Lopez and Violeta Cousiño. I truly enjoyed my 6 months there and all the people I met. I am now going to Nuevo Amanecer with Hermana La Serna and Hermana Pecheco. I am in a trio. So I leave tomorrow. But as for this week, if I had to say it in one sentence it would be: Week of miracles.

1. We went to the temple and did a tour with Coni and Pablo. The spirit was so strong and Coni wants to get married in the temple. It was sweet and although pablo says he doesn't believe in God, I know something inside of him changed.

2. We had so many AMAZING contacts. In the beginning of this change we were having a hard time but in the last 2 weeks we have filled 2 pages of contacts and found a bunch of new people to teach.

3. We went to the temple for pday and it was amazing. I just love the temple.

We went to the temple today! This temple is gorgeous.

I just want you all to know that I know that God exists, that he loves us and he is aware of us and had a plan for us. You are important to Him. If you look for him, you will find him because he isn't hiding. Open you eyes and see him.
I love you all and have amazing week.
Hermana Showalter

P.S. there was a little earthquake this week but don't worry nothing out of the normal :)