Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Week 20: And I am 20!!

2-10-14
Hola Familia y Amigas,
Thanks for all of the birthday wishes!!
It was such a great day.  Hermana Taylor kept telling me that it kinda stinks because it is just a normal working missionary day, but she said she would try to make it the best. And she and you did and the ward did. It was just so fun!!! 
So first I woke up and got ready and then Hermana Taylor set up all my presents and a sign and I opened all of them in the morning. It was so fun.  I will be adding tons of pictures this week from last week as well!!
So thanks for the clothes and the candy and especially the necklace. I don´t know if you did this on purpose, you probably did, but you put 3 things about me in the necklace;  An infinity sign, which shows my love for math and the fact that I will be able to live with my family forever,  The starfish because the beach is my favorite place on earth, Then my purple birthstone. I also put in a one peso from Chile, because I just love my mission so much and the one pesos are so tiny!! Well thanks so much!
Then at church the elders told everyone that came into church that it was my birthday and the news spread like wildfire and I was sung to in Relief Society (The relief society pres. said, ¨You are really far from your family today, but today we are all your Moms¨ I almost broke down because they really do just love us and are so caring. I love this ward.) and then I had to go around to everyone in the room and salud them and give them a cheek kiss.  That was a little to many kisses for my taste, but it was fun.  
Then for lunch we ate at the Coronado house.  Their daughter Vicki, who is 23, is like my favorite person in Chile!! I love her so much! She added Mariah and me on facebook. So Mariah you need to accept her and accept her on my facebook. Please!!! Also the rest of you can add her and also see the videos and pictures from yesterday. She said she posted them!! I don´t know if here name on facebook is Vicky, Vicki, or Victoria. Well anyways we got to their house and we call Alo and then they didn´t answer for a long time and but we hear all this noise inside. Then the mom shows up in the window and is like wait one minute. They finally opened the door and there were a string of balloons and they have cake and they start singing when I come in.  And they are recording the whole thing!! They are the best.  If I ever come back or if you mom and dad come pick me up, this family is who I would stay with. They are the best.
Then we had a normal working day and then we finished planning really fast at night so that Hermana Taylor and I could have a fiesta. It was so fun and I have tons of videos, but you guys don´t get to see them for another year or so because the videos are always to many megabites for the email or something. But you will get to see them one day.
And then President and Hermana Arrington called and all of the elders in my zone called throughout the day and sang to me!! It was really fun!! Then today we met up with Hermana Ayuso and went to eat with here! It has only been two weeks but I missed her so much.  She is thinking about coming to study at BYU after the mission and I am continuing to convince her that she should!! 
Also one of the best parts was that it was warm and I am tan!!! That has never happened before on my birthday. I am already promising myself a birthday present in the future to come back to Chile on my birthday in like 5 or 10 years and go to the beach on my birthday!! I have never been able to do that before!!
Anyways it was so good!! And thanks for all of your letters and the package. I am glad I waited to open half of it for my birthday. 

Anyways for the rest of the week.  It was interesting. I have been kind of sick since the first week I have gotten here, just problems with the food and my stomach. I have kind of just gotten use to the pain and tried a few different pills and some help but not a lot, but this past week got pretty bad to the point that we had to come home early, so we called Hna. Balden the nurse and Hna. Taylor has been feeling the same way the past week, so Hna. Balden suggested we take ¨The Bomb¨ which I guess wipes out everything in your stomach and is a three day process and everything is just suppose to come out on the third day.  Gross I know right!!  Probably too much info. but I was really nervous for it this week, but I got super lucky because it worked and has made me feel better, but also I didn´t have to go through the whole third day.  It just felt better. I am still not one hundred percent but way better than I was and so is Hermana Taylor.  Well that was an interesting few days haha.

The other bummer or the week was that yesterday none of our investigators came to church and they all promised the day before that they would. That stunk. It is hard when that happens to not think that it is my fault and that I didn´t work hard enough. I know I can always be better, but others have their agency as well.  Although the really good news was that we had 3 less active families in church yesterday. That was awesome. One family we had visited for the first time on Saturday, because a member had told us about them and went with us to their house.  They had not been to church in like at least a year.  They went to all the classes and participated. It was really cool to see that, I know it strengthen the member that came with us and her testimony that she can make a difference and help others.

Also funny story. I woke on Saturday Morning and realized I still had my plaque on.  Went to sleep with it still on!!! YEAH 24 hour missionary.  And I have started having dreams where I am teaching lessons in my dreams...it is super weird! haha

Lastly, Happy Birthday Today Sister Goodfellow!!!  Love you!
Anyways this letter was a long one this week, so didn´t get to write any of you back, sorry!! Have a great week!
Con Amor,
Hermana Corbett

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