CAMBIOS

Well dearest everybody, it´s been a lovely almost-five-months here in Caupolican, La Union.  But transfers have arrived once again, and for the first time in my mission, I´ll be changing sectors.  I´ve come to love so many members and people here, and it was especially hard when I told Emma (who is still here by the way and is about to receive a calling), and she began crying and told me that she feels so completely different and so much happier and thanked me about ten times for serving a mission and having patience with her and teaching her about the gospel of Jesus Christ.  That´s a happìness you just can´t find anywhere else.

HOWEVER, I will now be going to a new sector a little bit more South.  IN fact, if you looked at a map and found the absolute very tip of South America, and I mean the very last piece of land attached to this continent, that´s where I´ll be going.  It´s called Punta Arenas and it´s where the penguins are.  Thankfully, it´s almost summer and I´ve heard it´s not as bonechillingingly cold right now.  I´ve also heard it´s light until about midnight or one in the morning and that it´s absolutely beautiful.  My sector is called Patagonia, so you know it´ll be bakan.  

My last Sunday here, the woman in our branch who usually directs the choir of teenagers, for which I play piano, was sick, so she gave me all the music, and I, very expertly, directed the choir.  Mostly I dashed about singing the parts with those who didn´t know their parts or trying to direct while also playing the piano.    One of the members got a picture of it, but of course these computers are not functioning well with my camera.  HOpefully next week in Punta Arenas.  But all I have to say is, thank you mom for making me practice piano.  There, 20 years into my life and I told her over and over and over again that I would never ever say that.  But I can´t tell you the blessings I´ve received through that talent.  All the blood sweat and tears were worth it.  I was the only one who could play the accompaniment to all of the songs for the choir, and I would never have had that experience without all those years of practicing and stress and tears and all that jazz.  So thank you mother dearest for making me practice piano.  There, I said it.

Anyway, I was also able to play piano for stake conference and our mission president talked in stake conference and played the video from the missionary broadcast.  My beautiful shining, singing face appears in that video for about three seconds, and our president pointed me out while I was sitting up front with the piano.  I´m trying to make sure the fame doesn´t go to my head.

Anyway, the gospel is true and I love you all and I wish there was time to write all the amazing experiences that happen here in the mission, but there never is, so I´ll just leave you all with my testimony that the Savior lives.  I love you all!! Ciao!