Week 2

Hola,  how the heck are you? I cant believe it is already monday again! this week was the longest fastest week of my life. I dont even remember what happened! It passed in a blur of spanish! We did see some miracles though. First and formost I got your package from Christmas with the snowflakes! thank you soo much it was awesome they are hanging up above my bed! Its funny because one of my investigators was telling me how much she hates the dr pepper flavored jelly beans that come mixed in her favorite kind and how America is obsessed with dr pepper and then you sent me dr pepper gum! ha im going to bring her a piece and make her try it. Her name is Luisa and she is pretty much legit. She is about 70 i think and believes everything like the second we present it to her. She is ready for baptism right now but her sister has cancer and they think she is going to die this week so she hasnt gone to church yet. But she will hopefully! We also have a baptism planned for this saturday im hoping it goes through. His name is raphael and he only has one leg, he was in the army and knows everything is true but says he hasnt felt the spirit yet, But i know he will soon! 

It is HOOOTTT here thpugh. I already am dying and i think this coming month is supposed to be the peak. I really hope it doesnt get much hotter but i know im probably being a weenie. I already have a pretty sweet tan lines on my feet, from my watch, and from the straps on my backpack! oh something else crazy happened! Colton Wilson in argentina was serving in the city where my comp is from and ate lumch with her family every day and they were joking about how their daughter would be my trainer and now she is! what in the world!!! its so crazy, the world is tini let me tell you. 

<so you know how it is so hot? we were stopping my a recent converts house and had just finished fasting and she asked if we wanted some water so of course we said yes. She is 89 and really tender. When she brought us water.....it was filled with chopped pieces of onion! oh my gosh it was HORRIBLE! ugh i couldnt do it! she got up to go to the bathroom and we hurried and poured it down the sink. Ill send pictures but man oh man! I have my weekly talk i want you( especially the girls) to read called sharing your light by Niell F Marriot. Its super awesome. Well Im sorry I never rememeber good stuff to write about but i know this is the work of the lord. We had family home evening with a family this week and i was remineded of how amazing familes are. I have the best family in the whole entire world! thank you so much for your support. i love you tons and cant wait to hear more about how you are all doing! p.s. thats awesome nate beat bride and it snowed! haha pray for some snow down here!

First Week Out

Jan 19 at 11:37 AM

 IT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE LONGET WEEK OF MY LIFE...FUNNY THING ABOUT SPANISH KEYOARD...TEHY ARE DIFFERENT SO sometime i hit the wrong button and then there is no hope for how to fix it. i have never felt so nontech savy in my whole life haha but you never know what another language can do to you! my first week was so incredible though!   i thought my companion  would be american because  her name is Day haha, but nope she is from argentina! she is pretty dang cool too! i hope we will get along really well. we have so far but also i dont speak spanish and she doesnt speal a lick of english so as you can guess its mostly just a lot of sign language! but its so awesome. way better than the mtc for sure! im in a section called maipu! its about an hour out of santiago where i was...but also still the same big city!  i was hoping to get out of the city but its okay! this city is still beautiful! THERE ARE A TON OF TREES EVERYWHERE AND ITS PRETTY green. ?good news i found the caps lock key but i have no idea how to do a parenthesis¿ everyone sounds like they are doing awesome! i miss wrestling for sure but its ok, missions are better. We mostly just taught a lot of lessons  this week. its crazy, my comp already makes me teach most of the lesson even though i really dont make any sense. its really embarassing because every  sentence i have to ask...do you understand? and then they just laugh and nod their head! heaven help anyone who needs to learn the gospel from me! im really sorry i dont know how to send pictures! i have been taking a few and maybe ill try to get some next week...even though i said that last week! I had a few awesome experiences. we were having lunch with a less active member and i though things were going good. i was smiling and nodding a lot, my new favorite thing to do, and my comp out of nowhere asked me to share a scripute. they only one that came to my mind was 1 nefi 3.7 that says i will go and do the things which the lord has comanded. I was just silently praying this would apply to the situaiton and the lady just started crying! and gave me a hug for honestly 10 minutes and cried onto my shoulder! it was so amazing! i guess the lord knows what people need and not even my lack of spanish could stop it! also there was a lady who came up to us at church and told me she wants me to come teach here. i assumed she was an active member because she was at church but after she left my comp explained that she hasn´t been to church in like 3 months and has never accpeted the missionaries to teach her, but she wanted me to come and talk in english to her daughter who has been trying to learn! it was such a testimony builder! we have 4 investigators with baptismal dates this month so hopefully i will have my first baptism soon! i invested 2 people so far and trust me it was so scary! one said no but anopther said yes! it was a miacle...she wouldn accept a date yet but thats ok! sorry this emiaol i so long. thank you so much for you prayers family. you truly are my strength! hopefully this picture loads and i will talk to you next week! sis. phelps

This pic. is just before leaving the MTC

Goodby MTC (CCM)....Hello Santiago

MISION CHILE SANTIAGO OESTE
President Jose A. Barreiros


13 January 2015

Dear Brother and Sister Phelps,

Sister Barreiros and I were pleased to welcome your daughter, Sister Phelps, to one of the finest missions in the world, the Chile Santiago West Mission.  She is well and happy, and we are impressed with her enthusiasm for the work.  After greeting her at the MTC and a brief tour of the beautiful city of Santiago, we arrived at our mission home. We had a delicious lunch together. Afterward, we went to the mission office which is the Stake Center of Maipú.  My Assistants and office missionaries then gave her a brief orientation of the mission.  She met her new companion, and they departed for her first area of labor!

Sister Phelps has been assigned to work with Sister Day who will serve as her training companion.  Trainers are chosen for their competence, patience and dedication.  With this letter we are including a photograph taken of your daughter with Sister Barreiros and myself.

Please accept our deep appreciation for raising such a fine daughter.  We feel a genuine fellowship with you in supporting and providing her this opportunity to grow spiritually as she labors to bring souls unto Christ.  It is my prayer that the Lord will inspire us all to sustain her in this challenging assignment.  Please write her frequently, weekly if possible.  Express your love, support, and confidence in her.  You will witness miraculous changes in her life as she engages fully in the service of others.

Being parents ourselves, we understand your desire to occasionally send packages.  For your information, packages sent to your missionary through FedEx often require large duty fees which must be paid by the missionary.  Those sent through Global priority mail, marked missionary supplies and valued less than $100 usually arrive duty free and within 2 weeks.

If you have any questions or if we can assist you in any way, please do not hesitate to write.

Sincerely,


President Jose A. Barreiros
Chile Santiago West Mission

2013126@ldschurch.org