Training!

Hello Family!
I'm training! Shortly after writing you last week I went to pick up my new hija. It's scary because I recently just finished my own training, but now I have to train someone else! Bienvenida a la misión.
But she's super cool! Her name is Hermana Hirchak from Orem, Utah. She has ten people in her family, but that is because her mom married her stepdad who had six children. Sounds like a party. She is also super spiritual and already seems like she's been trained. She knows everything, she just needs to practice her Spanish and teaching people.
And even though I am still new, I can see the difference between a missionary who just came out of the CCM. She is so excited to work and she walks even faster than me. I have a hard time keeping up with her! She doesn't know anybody in the ward, but the people she does know about she asks about and reminds me to keep in touch with them. She is awesome and I am so happy to be her trainer!
We also had some pretty awesome things happen this week! We've had more cities and managed to teach all of them and visited so many people that we haven't been able to visit before! We have some new investigators too, which has been a while since we've found new people. But it's great!
Today we went to Cerro San Cristobal for Preparation Day, and I am sorry but I don't have the thing to send pictures. It was awesome because it's the first time I have been hiking since being on my mission. It wasn't that bad. Everybody else said it was steep, but I know what steep really is (cough cough Hawaii hikes cough). But it was awesome! We went up and up and got to see the Virgin Mary on top. Which is cool. But I liked the view better. The smog was so beautiful...
Well, that's pretty much my week. Love you guys! Look for missionary opportunities! Read the scriptures! Pray! Stay faithful! Email me!
rachel.reed@myldsmail.net
Su hermana,
Rachel

Cambios!

Wow, some big changes and milagros have happened this past week! First of all, I am staying in Cristobal Colon and my trainer has left to go to Nunoa, which is further south in the mission. But I have also been called to train a new missionary. I haven't met her yet, but I will tonight, and then we are going to start working and meeting new people! We're going to work hard and happy! It's a bit alarming having to train right after my training, but I know that the Lord will help me and miracles will happen this cambio.

Speaking of miracles, a big one happened this week! First of all, about a month ago I lost my missionary tag when I was getting off the bus. I tried to look for it, but we had to get back to the house because of curfew. So I had to accept that my poor placa was lost. But yesterday when I was in the missionary office for the cambio reunion, I saw a placa with my name on it. I thought it was a new one, but it was actually my placa! It also had a note on it from another missionary that said: "Thanks for dropping your placa! A less active found it and found us - and now we're teaching her and her family." :) My placa is such a good missionary.

I really don't know what else to say besides that! I'm excited to train but also excited to work some more! Nothing makes me happier than sharing the gospel.

Hna. Reed

El Partido

In the chilly land of Chile, there were two missionaries. In this day, they called members and investigators and invited them to a very special night called Noche de Hogar, translated from the native language into English as "Family Home Evening". Yet something seemed amiss...nobody seemed able to come. It was when their faithful conserje told them that there was a very special game on that night between Chile and Bolivia. The game was part of the American Cup 100. And thus the missionaries discovered again how their special night was ruined again by soccer.

Just kidding. While this did happen, we just went and tried to find more people. So not all was lost. But I guess it's just going to show us how the FIFA World Cup is going to be like. #soccerisimporantinlatinamerica

I wonder how the Rio Olympics are going to be? But in all my experience in Latin America, Chileans seem the most dedicated to soccer. They scream more, there are more parties that last throughout the whole night (and thus my sleep!). Missionaries usually have a warning to be safe on game nights, because whether Chile wins or loses, people always seem to lose it and go a little loose on the streets. But since my sector is more cuico, translated from the native language as "richer", we don't seem to have this problem.

But in one of my pictures you will see the consequences of the partido (which means game, I think).
Not much else is happening. We have been trying to reach out to more menos actives and contacting more and more! And we will keep seeing more and more miracles, because miracles still happen. Next week is cambios, so some changes will be happening soon!

My sector :)

District photo!

Apparently the Partido causes cats to run away...