Hola SUMMER!!! It has been a long winter but the SUN is OUT!
What a week! I will just brush over a few things.
First, please do not feel the need to call my president again. I am fine and my leg is a lot better! I fully intend to finish my mission...and will come home in March...or come home in a box..dead.
haha no I wont be so dramatic. But really I feel a lot better. I was able to walk this week without limping...something that I havent been able to do in months.
Bullet points this week..
My little Chelly got her mission call!! It came in the mail earlier in the week but her parents hid it for a week...then softened their hearts a bit and gave it to her. They wanted nothing to do with it though...so us four missionaries opened it with her saturday morning. I just cried the whole time. It is so amazing to see the strength of this girl. She pretty much is kicked out of her house now and has no way to pay for any of her mission supplies. But even like that...she is sitting here beside me again. Anyways, I prayed a lot that God wouldnt just send my Chelly to any old place..because she is the best and needs to go to the best place! I was really worried about...but God knows all of us so perfectly. And she is going to Guatemala! Which is a super dangerous place but perfect for little chelly...she can beat up anyone! Even though it breaks my heart to see all the challenges she has to pass through to go on a mission...and just to live in general. I am so happy she can go on a mission...it is the best thing she could possibly do. Did I mention that she got baptized just a year ago! She is amazing. And we are adopting her into our family. Literally. We are having her sealed to us.
Manuel has his baptism between conference sessions this week! He has tried to drop his heavy drugs for years...gone to countless rehabs and everything. And with the gospel...he was able to drop them all immediately! The gospel is wonderful and perfect! I love it!
Thats all I have for this week!
But I would like to let you all know that I fully plan on living in Chile the rest of my life. Maybe I will come home for a month or two...but my real home is here. And I will come back. And my children (all 12 of them) will dance to reggaeton in the streets and eat empanadas everyday.
Love you all!! Sincere thanks for all the fasting and prayers!
Hermana Orchard
