In case any of you forgot... in case I've been gone for too long... I am a 19 year old girl. That's it. It's not much and I have not went to medical school. I know someone of you think I have but nope, I'm afraid I haven't done too much with my life yet.
Buuuut... Explaining that to people here... IMPOSSIBLE.
Almost every person LOVES to tell us aaaalll about their medical problems. It's like Hola, mucho gusto.... He're my only toe!
Seriously, Maria... yes three-toothed Maria... she constantly shows us how one foot only has one toe, and the other foot has a missing heel thats not a good color. Yeah... she whips that thing out and I´m like oooohh... hahahaha okay. No more. I am not a doctor, I can't help you with that. All I've got is the Plan of Salvation. Later, you'll be made perfect, but for now... Maybe you should go to the Doctors.
Seriously though, everyperson... They start on about a pain in their side, and then my companion starts on how she was sitting studying and a crazy strong pain started in her little toe. (Sidenote she's totes fine hahaha) and then soon everyone is going on and on, and I'm just sitting there.... Yeah... so Jesucristo... hahaha its so funny. It's moments like these where I have to become the best actor ever and not laugh. It's never serious problems, but I honestly think I have a laughing problem. I laugh in all the wrong moments. Ask Crystal Blacker... We can't go to movies anymore... hahahaha No but there's this one family... Familia Coria. And one lady is a member but her mom, no. But they ALWAYS smile and laugh. Even about bad stuff. So I always try to watch my comps face, which is always neutral. And the lady always stares me down when talking. hahaha so I'm forced to react. And let me tell you.... You can only fake like you know what's going on for so long. She was talking about her friends baby who was born with some kind of problem.. and I was smiling right through that. Yikes... she still likes me, and still thinks I understand her, but jeez people!! Would it hurt you to frown when you're talking about sad things?!
Another interesting thing was we were at a members house eating lunch, and they LOVE to sing. Like they've traveled the world as a family performing and know tons of famous people. Anyways, they're always trying to do karaoke. And so we were sitting there and they asked my comp how this song goes and so she starts humming it. And then soon she kinda starts to sing it. And they're like, sing it all! So she's like okay. So she starts to sing it, and then all of sudden they hand her a real microphone, and just like that... the lights were dimmed, microphone on, and music from who knows where turned on. We had a show. Everyone was acting like this happens often... and I was just like... uh... That escalated quickly. hahaha it was sooo funny!! These people... I felt like I was in that one ICarly episode where the whole school is a musical (Calista knows what I´m talking about hahaha). It was intense.
So this week we didn't have very many lessons. It's hard in Santiago because the other presidential candidate Scioli paid almost every person here to vote and gave them jobs and he's not president now... Macri is. So... Santiago is struggling. Many of our people can't come to church or meet with us because they're looking for jobs. A whole city is looking for jobs. It's bad.
But I'm so excited for Christmas!! It's getting closer!! And as it gets closer, I realize more and more that yeah I miss my family and normal Christmas, and having no sun, but that's not what Christmas is about. And I'm so lucky to have the opportunity to tell people why Christmas really is so special. It's because of Christ. He gave us his everything, and still continues to. He gave us the gift of peace and love and hope. "He's more than a teacher, than an example, he's more than a physician, he is the literal savior of the world." Turn to him this Christmas season. He's waiting. Let us all come and adore him, and shout with praise, because he lives and he loves us.
"When we his children plead for bread, he does not hand us a stone. He swallows us up in gifts overabounding. He transforms darkness to light. He gives us his son." -Dieter F. Uchtdorf.
LOVE YOU ALL
Hna Bower
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