Every week is just a tad more crazy here! This week was no exception. For lack of time (like always) I will just touch on a few brief things.
So after someone climbed on our roof to break into our house last week we have had an interesting time sleeping. Or not sleeping I should say. All our mattresses have been on the floor for a week now in front of the door and we sleep with iron rods next to our hands. We used to take turns staying awake and listening for noises but that was driving us crazy. We all just sleep very lightly now. Luckily dear Aracely was able to sleep with us every night so that helped us feel better. That and putting hymns on all night and lots of prayers...we made it through the week. Now we have bars on all the windows and a new door.....hopefully that does the trick! We will probably be getting a new house soon though. But its been a fun adventure and has brought lots of hermana bonding time! I seriously love the hermanas I live with! I always love the hermanas I live with but the four of us right now are super close. Its fun. We have lots of fun always!
I dont know if I have talked about them yet.
There is Hermana Piriz...from Urugauy...my darling little daughter. She is a calm little thing but loves to laugh and scream with me.
Hermana Vawdrey is the new little gringita from Utah. She is super sweet and learning how to handle my constant singing and pranks. Its fun sometimes to have a fellow american in the house.
Hermana Razaiera is from Brazil and one of my favorite people in the world! She is hilarious and we have fun planning our trip around south america together. She is also teaching me portuguese!
I love them all and we are all fully planning on staying in Hualqui together for the next 5 months.
Well Thursday night we had a fun outing to the city at midnight....because...I had a doctors appointment at midnight? Oh the health system of Chile
I thought I was getting an x ray but it turned out I got an MRI. That turned out to be the worst experience of my life. WHY DID NO ONE WARN ME THOSE THINGS ARE SO HORRIBLE?
Well I guess for the normal person it wouldnt be so bad. But I walked into a big freezing room alone with what looked like a lit up coffin. I almost fainted when the doctor said I would have to lay inside it. I imediately started panicing but laid down and closed by eyes and tried not to think that the ceiling was 5 inches from my face. As a clausterphobic person it was not fun. It actually turned out to be the worst 40 mins of my life. But I prayed a lot and sang lots of hymns. And when the doctor finally came and got me I stood up and passed up from all the stress.
oh my...
But I should have the results thursday so we can finally know what this is...after 7 months it will be nice to know.
We started teaching english classes again! So thats fun! The elders here are also teaching cooking classes...which are hilarious.
Summer has come and kind of hit us hard in the face. Its actually still spring but the heat is unlike anything I have ever experienced....I dont know if I want to see what the real summer is. But Haulqui is still gorgeous and I love it with all my heart!
Last night my leg was really hurting a lot and there was a lot of drunk men in front of our house yelling and doing stuff. We were all really scared and no one could sleep. Finally everyone dropped off to sleep except me. Between the pain and replays of that man entering my bedroom three months ago...I could not sleep. As my pain and stress grew I started praying really hard. I was pretty sick of weeks without sleep with all the fear and sick of all the bad things that have been happening for so long. I dont like being scared at night and was confused why I was having so much fear. But I started praying and thinking about all my blessings that say I have angels protecting me. And all of a sudden I could feel their presence. Like all the angels just came and surrounded my bed and for a little but I was allowed to know that they are there. I know they are always there....but to be able to really feel them helped a lot. And all my fear was taken away. I dont think I will be scared again.
Sometimes I wonder why we have different trials in this life. When we try to be good...and things just get worse...its confusing. But thats when we really have to put our faith in God. That He really does have a plan. And we should plan on His plan being completely different from our plan...because about 99% of the time it is. Oh but isnt it just so much more fun that way! Never having any idea what is going to happen....how these crazy situations happen and how they will ever get resolved. But I am getting better at just kind of sitting back and letting God show me all the other plans that He has as surprises.
The people here have such hard lives. And sometimes I get kind of mad that they have to suffer so much. But I know God loves them so much..because I love them so much. I cant even imagine the love God has for them...and I know He will take care of them when I cannot.
Can I ask you all the pray for my little Aracely? She is one of the most special girls in the world who has the hardest life. And she needs all the help we can give her right now.
Love you all! Have a great week!
Hermana Orchard
