Kind of like a Fire Hydrant

¡¡HOLA!! Happy Halloween!

Pday got changed to today because tomorrow is a big holiday here and everything will be closed. 

So they CCM is kind of like drinking out of a fire hydrant, you get a little bit of water but mostly it just hurts your face.

Honestly this is the realist thing ever! My head hurts so much by the end of the day  I feel like I haven't even gained any knowledge even though I probably have, it's just slow.

Last wednesday, on pday, we got to go exploring. We went to stores and different places. It was fun to be outside of the gates for a while and be able to talk to people who spoke "normal paced" spanish. Everyone in the CCM will talk slower for us so we can understand and it's really nice. 

We got to go to the temple, it was so beautiful! It was like a reboot for the rest of the week getting that spiritual high. Later at night we had a devotional where we watched a broadcast from the Provo MTC and that was awesome. Elder Christofferson and his wife talked about the Book of Mormon.

The rest of the week days are basically the same. We have class and eat meals and then have more classes. We teach mock investigators which is so stressful because I know what I want to say I just can't say it.

We have exercise time everyday and my companion recently had ACL surgery so she can do a lot so we walk and do situps and pushups.

The latinas in our room are so funny and nice. They always sing songs but they all listen to American music so they sing in english even though they don't know what they are saying.

On Saturday Elder Mark Bragg an Area Seventy and his wife came to speak to us and they talked about missionary work and how we can become better missionaries by loving the people and talking to everyone.

Sundays are for English!!!! We get to have all of our lessons in english except for sacrament and the night devotional but it's so nice because  we don't have to worry about how to say something or what they said we can just feel the spirit!

Sorry its so short we dont have a lot of time!

Till next week! Have a great week! 

Love Hermana Jepsen

One Week Down!

This Week has been good! The flight was long but not too bad. When we got here we unpacked and then went straight to classes. Basically we sit in classes all day. We learn spanish and we also learn about the gospel. Its frustrating for me because I know what I want to say but I can't say it in spanish, but I know it will get better! Pray for me.

My companion is Hermana Ricks. She is so nice and we get along really well. She is also the oldest in her family so we have that, along with many other things, in common. We share a room with 4 latinas and it can be difficult at times because we don't know what they are saying but it also helps a lot because then we have to practice our spanish.

Our district is only girls which is not normal but it's really nice because we can stay on task easier.

The food here is pretty good but they basically only eat carbs. Every meal is like chicken and rice or other kinds of meat and pasta. For breakfast they don't have regular milk they eat cereal with chocolate milk, strawberry milk and vanilla yogurt. The bread is really really good here too. 

 My spanish is not very good but it will continue to progress every day. There are so many things they make us memorize and that is so difficult at times. 

Sunday was a really good day where we felt the spirit a lot. All of our meetings were in english and that was nice. 

We haven't really done a lot of different things basically the same every day so I'll try not to be too repetitive. 

ONE WEEK DOWN.

Sorry it's so short, Hopefully more will happen next week. LOVE YOU ALL!!

Hermana Jepsen

(I was hoping for some pictures, but Ally said they can only take pictures on P-day so hopefully next week!)

Made It, Safe and Sound!

Allyson left on Wednesday for the MTC in Santiago, Chile.  We received a short email on Thursday letting us know she made it there safely!   Her P-days are on Wednesdays.  I will be posting her letters here if you are interested in hearing about her adventures in Rancagua.  

Cute Hermanas, all traveling to the MTC in Santiago.