Bye Bye Javiera Carrera

So you may have noticed that by my subject line I have finally left my old area. I am also not going to say where I am now.  You´ll just have to guess by the pictures!

I was ready to leave Javiera Carrera at any time, but this last week I felt like it was my last week there and it was the week that I most wanted not to leave. We found some great investigators that were progressing really well and had a great hunger for the gospel, and everything had improved dramatically. I wanted to stay the most, but at least I know that I am leaving my area in good hands and giving the next missionaries plenty of work to do.

And I am also sending a lot of pictures, because pictures speak louder than words and I tool a lot of pictures this past week. 

Chao!

First foto: Here was one of my investigadors, Eduardo, whom I taught and was preparing to get baptized. 

2nd: Moon picture, because it's pretty. 

3rd: Here is the family of my ward mission leader. They are the best. And the dog is the cutest and jumps like a bunny every time she sees the missionaries. 

4th: Carmen, another investigador we were teaching. She's our ward mission leader's niece. 

5th: Last picture with Hermana Hair with the best view in Santiago. 

6th Last zone picture in Javiera Carrera

7th: Generation picture! In the Charla Fogonera I got the rare opportunity to see my hija (the sister missionary I trained) Hermana Hirchack, her hija Hermana Karstulovick, and her hija´s hija Hermana Cordova. So in mission language, I am a bisabuela! I´m so old! It's so awesome. 

Sanhattan

Hola,
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

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