I was surprised on Tuesday night to
receive a birthday celebration with decorations and a piñata from a group of
members and other missionaries in the Chapel. It was something I didn’t expect
at all and it really was awesome. Almost half of the relief society was there
and some of my great friends. We ended up having cake and I opened presents! :)
The decorations and planning was done by my two mamitas, Hermana Medina and
Hermana Fernandez, seeing almost all of my friends there almost made me cry I
was so happy! I hit open the piñata and then I had my first tortazo!! Everyone
pretty much filmed it and it was epic! the video is too big to send over email but
I got pictures! The tortazo is tradition to get some of the cake on the
person´s face after they blow out the candles, well for my first one, it wasnt
just a little bit on the chin, it was my entire face!!!
The following day, I woke up with a
cold. Not being able to talk, Hermana Castro went out with our friend Maureen
to get some citas while Hermana Fernandez took care of me and was my companion
for the day. She made me drink Tapsin which is this gross menthol drink and
afterwards I sat on the bed while she ironed the clothes and we talked a lot
about spiritual things and things I have learned on the mission and things she
has learned through her son on his mission. Afterwards she brought me a tray of
grilled cheese and hot chocolate and we watched Mormon messages and a LDS film
online. I must admit, for my first sick day in the mission which was also in my
9 month cumplemes, was probably the best sick day I have ever had.
The following day we had our car
wash, Castro and I ended up being the sign people which meant we had to
dance and yell at the people to come to our capilla. We had a pretty good turn
out about 20 or 25 cars came and we got about 10 references. Not nearly as
crazy or productive as the first carwash but hey it was an activity.The good
news is, this past Sunday Iquique had a stake conference and we had two
investigators in church, plus all of our converts were in church so I was very
happy about that :) Castro and I have been lucky to have found someone
progressing, his name is Cristian and he is the boyfriend of one of the members
in our ward. He is very receptive and read two chapters from the Book of Mormon
every day, which is super amazing because not even members do that on an
averagely basis. We are planning on challenging him to baptism at our next cita
on Tuesday. I’m sorry if this email lacks more interesting details like my
emails but this week I find myself responding to a ton of mail, so I hope the
pictures can make up for it!
Love Hermana Kennedy
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