This week I fell down the stairs. I need to watch where I am going when I have socks on. Papito is awesome. He has no problem with the Word of Wisdom or the Law of Chastity. We have a date set for the 8th of July. He didn't come to church yesterday :( He had to change houses, but we think it is still our sector. We told him we couldn't enter in his house if there wasn't a woman in the house...so he took out three chairs and we taught outside. Even in the cold the work doesn't stop. Nicol came to church all by herself yesterday. :) She has made many new friends. This week while contacting we met a girl named Javiera. We become to talk to her and during our conversation we told her, "you know that you are a daughter of God right?" A smile came across her face that melted my heart. She then told us, "no one has ever told me that, but I know now that I am." Ah. I could be a missionary forever thanks to moments like that. I really did fall down the stairs in our house. It was bad. I decided yesterday to ask for a blessing from the elders because I was in bad shape. As Elder Callister began to give me the blessing he said...."we want to give you a blessing...no your Heavenly Father wants to give you a blessing..." He then gave me one of the most beautiful priesthood blessings I've ever received. It was incredible and just what I needed in this time of my mission. In the blessing he repeated multiple times "your father in heaven is aware of you and he is aware of the sacrafices you are making." He also blessed me with the health I needed to finish my mission. I will be okay. I am really grateful for a Heavenly Father who knows us, who knows our desires, and I know He blesses us according to His will. Have a fantastic week. I love you all. xoxo Hermana Brinkerhoff
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What a week. I think I just followed my companion around while she did her going home stuff. I'm not going to lie....it was trunky.
A few things... 1. I started a new (and my last) change today. My new companion is Hermana Nacho (her name is sickkk I know) she is from Bolivia. 2. We are still chugging away here. We have so many good people, but no one wants to come to church because it's cold. Yikes. 3. I just feel wierd. I'm the oldest Hermana now. EWW. No. I'm going to be a missionary forever, right? This week while walking down the street we ran into a girl named Nicol. We started to chat and found out that she is a member. She is 16 and after a simple invite to an activity she came without problems. I was so happy. She wants to come back to the church, but just didn't know where it was. I've never really had the chance to work with to many less actives in my mission and it was just so fun to see that because we opened our mouths she came. The Lord really does use us to bless the lives of others. I am just His instrument. I love testifying of my Savior everyday. The mission is so great. xoxo Hermana Brinkerhoff Hey do you folks even read this bad boy anymore?
I hope so. This week I ate more than the elders. I know my mom is super happy right now. No but really I ate 5 breakfast burritos. It's a good thing to because lunch was..interesting :) I walk a lot. That is a blessing. Anyways, I'm going to stop pretending like I still have a good sense of humor because it is just not there anymore. My new best friend is a Hatian girl named Guirlande, but all of our Hatian investigators have been moving away. They just love to play with my heart like that. I did divisions with Hermana Sotomayor. She is the best. The best. Sometimes I feel like the hermanas know more of this mission stuff than I do. We had the best noche de hogar. We faked a plane crash and told everyone to read the scriptures. I better be in charge of activities at UW when I get home. The mission has taught me some fun stuff. My companion is so funny. She goes home next week. It's not fair. I love her. Papito is our potential in this moment. He still doesn't speak english or spanish. Here is you homework for the week...if you read this article write me back this "yo lei" ¿lo hare? (insert accent mark on the "e") https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/04/the-power-of-the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng We did a photo shoot. I'm trying to choose a picture to print and give to all my favorite people here in Chile. It's like highschool all over again. xoxo hermana brinkerhoff Hello.
This week: Divisons. duh. It's my life as a sister training leader. I went with Hermana Chimbo from Ecuador (the besttttt. I loveeee this hermana). Then on Thursday Hermana Mariaca from Bolivia (such a cutie). Elder Packer from the 70 came and visited us. We had a special meeting with the STLs and Zone Leaders where we learned how to be better leaders. It was fantastic. Then we had a meeting with the other missionaries. My favorite part was when he encouraged us to think in a way that we would baptize every week. Doesn't that sound fantastic? He told us that the second coming is near and the work is hastening even more. We've got to work harder. For our service activity we cleaned a hoarder house. I'm just leaving it at that. It was interesting. We found a Book of Mormon from 1999 :) Right now we are working with fantastic people: 1. Papito: our famous Hatian. He still doesn't speak spanish but he does speak a little english. And I mean a little. 2. Eliana: She has read the entire Book of Mormon and knows the church is true, she just won't seal the deal and come to church on Sunday :( 3. Franswa: he's from Haiti (everyone I teach is Jatian no joke) and he's a pastor in some evangelico church but he changed his tune these last few weeks and has been coming to our church alone. 4. Sara: she is the mom of a member. We had a great lesson this week where we talked about how she could receive her answer. We told her if she really wanted to know if the church was true she needed to come to church. (helllloooo) and she came. It was great. I love my mission. I know I always say that, but it's not a joke. I love the saints of God here in Chile. Yesterday at church I got a little choked up because it hit me how much I will miss these people. They have been my family the last 16 months. They have fed me, listened to me, laughed with me, shared thier hearts and home with me. I owe a debt I cannot repay to the people of Chile. xoxo Hermana Brinkerhoff This week my whole world got flipped upside down. We had "special changes." Hermana Bedoya left me. We still don't know why, but everything is for a reason. My new companion is Hermana Bohling. She is from Indiana and goes home in three weeks. Our house is getting a little trunky ;) She is a great Hermana and I'm excited to be her last companion. (It's the first time I've "killed" someone).
I'm still living the sister training leader life. The hermanas in this mission are so great and full of potential. This week I was with Hermana Young. :) She is an excellent hermana. Jeggings is doing well. His cousins just got here from Haiti and didn't have any winter clothes, so we found them some. I just love Haitian people so much. Some of my favorite lessons are with them. We met another Haitian friend named Papito. He is a famous actor in Haiti. It made my week. I'm speed reading the new testament in Spanish. It's going well. I love learning about the life of the Savior. :) xoxo Hermana Brinkerhoff |
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