Recently I learned another name for my area of Cristóbal Colón - Sanhattan. There are some Australians in my ward and they explained that a lot of people call this area Sanhattan because it's like the New York of South America: a lot of people move here to work, there are tons of big buildings, subway, everything.
But yep, that's pretty much how it is! A lot of people here are from other countries too: Australia, Colombia, United States, Peru, Ecuador, etc. Chile had a good economy, so a lot of people move here to work.
People also call traffic jams here "tacos", and they always happen in the morning from 7:00-9:00 and night from 6:00-8:00. Whenever a taco starts to form, me and my companion like to say, "Taco time!" Too bad Taco Bell isn't in my sector.
My hija is also doing great. We've been teaching even more, contacting even more, singing in all the building, it's great. The conserjes are our "biggest" fans. At least some of them. (conserje means doorman)
My hija's name is Hna. Hirchak, which is really hard for some of the Chileans to pronounce. A lot of people think she's German. One time we went to meet with a member, and while we were talking to a conserje, someone exited and saw her placa. He got really excited and said, "I speak your language!" And then proceeded to talk in German. My hijab started to think that her Spanish was really bad while I replied, "Sorry, we don't speak that language!" So he said, "Spreaken de Duetch?" And I said, "No spreaken nada de Duetch."
For those who speak German, sorry, but I don't know how to spell anything in German.
We also celebrated the beloved Fourth of July with Doritos and some Snickers. Yay for the United States!
Hope you guys had a great Fourth of July!
Love,
Hermana Reed
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