Pratt, Betsey

This week was interesting. We got flu shots on Wednesday, the same day we had interviews with president. We took the bus to Chillan in the middle of the day, got our shots, and then after interviews and our district council, we took the bus home, just in time for our lunch appointment, at 5:30... but hey miracles in disguise because we were in the bus the whole time it was pouring rain in Yungay.  If anyone is wondering what it's like to be on a house makeover show, I now have first hand experience.  It started with the president's wife calling us out in front of the whole mission. We sent a photo of the bed sheet we've been using as a curtain to let her know that we needed a real curtain, and she forwarded the photo to the mission chat, and was like ¨who else has 'curtains' like these¨ Thanks hermana Hukdhs. But after a facetime tour of our house, a trip to the store, and 3 elders sacrificing their study time to drive to Yungay, we got a complete house makeover! Ne...

Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. estudie mucho y aprendí mucho esta semana, vimos mucho progreso en nuestras amigos carmen y pedro, queremos poner fecha con carmen, y esperamos que ella puede asistir la conferencia de estaca What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? quiero ser mas en tiempo con todo, y se que vamos a ver milagros si estamos mejor con el tiempo Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? el ha guiado nosotras a encontrar muchas personas y ver milagros en cada momento, he encontrado mucho felicidad y gozo en la obra

8 months as a missionary! En que momento?! I don't know where the time has gone, but it is definitely well spent! My companion bought a giant pencil and we have spent the week bring it to meetings and lessons and everyone loves it!  We had an Hermanas meeting with all the Hermanas in the mission, that meant we had to travel to conce. For the lucky missionaries in Yungay (us) that meant either traveling to chillan and then to conce (about 4 hours travel time) or go straight from yungay to conce and leave the mission boundaries (about 2 hours travel time). Like the obedient, but smart missionaries we are, we got permission from the APs and left the mission!  It was a great meeting, high key relief society vibes, but really good!  We had a Blitz at the end of the week, for once we didn't have to travel, they all came to yungay! We worked a lot, had lunch together, and then worked some more! Me and Hermana Blanco had a lesson with our amigo Carmen and she committed to come to...

Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. Carmen asistió! tuvimos una lección en un blitz y el espíritu realmente toco su corazón, ella comprometió y esperamos la próxima día, y ella asistió! estaba tan feliz! casi lloro de felicidad! la rama era super bueno para recibirla y me sentí super bien! verónica nos dijo que quiere quedar católica pero vamos a hacer todo lo que podemos hacer. Con la conferencia, consejo de zona, el blitz, y una asistencia sentí super animado y motivado! What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? quiero enfocarme en trabajando con miembros para animar la rama, y involucrar nuestros amigos en la rama Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you w...

This week feels like it happened months ago, bueno, we had a blitz on tuesday and got to eat these completo like burgers.  We started out the week really well with some good visits, we had a lot of good food, and a beautiful sky every night, but we don't have any friends progressing which is sad.  But we have been eating really healthy, saw cute cats, had an encounter with a spider, and survived the week running out of money!  We haven't really been doing much. You guys probably have better stories than I do for this week, so let me know.  Our friend Valentina is all but ready to be baptized, but her mom wants to wait until they move to Utah in November, so that is really disappointing.  We didn't have any amigos come to church, actually barely anyone came to church because it was mothers day, but me and my companion both spoke and I think it went pretty well. Even with our branch president throwing us for a loop and announcing that I wo...

Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. Valentina aún no asistió, su mamá quiere que sea bautizado en los Estados Unidos en octubre o noviembre. Estamos tratando todavía pero perece que vamos a dejar ella. Tuvimos buenos lecciones con carmen y Verónica, sentí bien con nuestros promesas y compromisos, sentí el espíritu mucho, pero ellas no asistieron tampoco. Necesitamos buscar nuevas personas, hay muchas aquí, solo es difícil, necesitamos el apoyo de la rama. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Quiero trabajar con Miembros para buscar personas, y usar muchas líneas Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional)

I spent approximately 9 hours on a bus over the course of 3 days this past week.  On Tuesday we headed to Chilan for a choir practice and to clean the chapel. I´ve never vacuumed the benches of the church before, but you know if you can´t take your daughter to work, the work will come to her.  I also found a very friendly cat.  The next day it was back on the bus at the crack of dawn to have another practice. They are lucky that I like to sing or the hours of bus rides might not have been worth it.  The next day it was the same, I know it sounds crazy, but I missed waking up at 6:30!  We also did a photo contest this week with our morning exercises, and while our zone did some very nice exercises we slept in the bus.  We finally arrived at the conference, we had been preparing all week! We were going to have a conference with Elder Christensen of the 70 and his wife! I was already nervous to sing, when sister Christen...

Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. Este semana tuvimos muchos viajes y siento muy cansado, pero a la vez con la oportunidad escuchar Elder christensen sentí super bien para trabajar, trabajamos mucho el viernes y sábado para ayudar nuestros amigos asistir, pero nadie asistió y sentí super enojado, pero ayer tuvimos una lección super poderosa con nuestra amiga carmen, y poco a poco ella está entendiendo y progresando y nos dio la referencia de su hijo! What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Quiero enfocar en control de estrés y mi salud, Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional)

Unfortunately I am cutting more raw meat now more than any other time in my life.  On Tuesday we had intercambios. I guess I didn't know it at the time but me and hermana Garcia are actually the most powerful companionship and need to be together at least once every 2 months or the balance of the mission is off. We had a miraculous day in Libertador, an old guy told me I could get rid of my acne by using my own earwax, so if anyone wants to or needs to do a science experiment, just be sure to put my name in the acknowledgements! Then Hermana Garcia made me pancakes at the end of the day!  On wednesday we ate pizza in a park and came home to new shelves. We also helped a couple push their car and I thought it was broken, but turns out it works like a toy car that you pull back to wind it up and then it goes, so that was an interesting act of service.  On Friday I turned 20! Thank you guys for all the birthday wishes! We spent the day in a bus to Chillan for a bli...

Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. Encontramos algunas personas, muchas de las personas que tenemos realmente no van a progresar y quiero dejar muchos de ellos. Conozco los miembros mejor y ahora quiero trabajar con ellos. Siento alto en ánimo, pero bajo en motivación What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? 4.3 control del estrés, muchas veces esta semana he sentido mucho estrés y quiero pensar mejor y no estrés de cosas que no importan, quiero tener un mejor actitud y pensar en que puedo controlar Who did you participate in exchanges with? Hermana García How did the exchange go? Super bien, caminamos mucho, tuvimos buenos lecciones con familias, y correlación con su líder misional y era super bueno para ver y escuchar a sus esfuerzos y quiero aplicar esos cosas Is there anything happening at home or wit...