The source of information and communication with Sister Madeline Thelin of the Puerto Rico, San Juan mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Weekly letters from Madeline
Hola a todos!
The past week or so I’ve been waking up with headaches and going to bed with headaches, nothing too crummy, but wow I feel so wiped out and my brain wants to explode sometimes. I think this might be my brain yelling at me for living, breathing, and sleeping in a foreign language. Who knew it would be so hard to just casually start living in another language. 🙂
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Hola a todos!
Busy week here in Carolina, PR, full of a lot of contacting. Wow, pero wow. We’re trying to find a lot of new investigators right now. We’ve got lots of hope and hard work going on. We have a lot of members helping us out with little things but we’re still struggling to get member presents. We hope by buttering them up with lots of homemade cookies we might be able to get some member presents this week.
Hola a todos!
Sorry in advance that there are no photos this week. We’re in a new place typing and there’s a rule that we can’t plug our cameras in. Don’t worry though, we’re typing somewhere else next week so I can send them later.
But to formally introduce my new companions: I’m in a trio right now with Hermana Antonie de la Republica Dominicana (who fears iguanas more than death itself) y Hermana Montoya de Mexico (who loves to sing hymns with me in the calle loud and proud). They both struggle with English, as in they don’t speak any English, so it’s been a little crazy trying to communicate everything in Spanish. It’s been literally a week since I’ve spoken any English and my head hurts. Lol. President really wants me to learn Spanish quick.
Hola a todos!
I hope you can see the pictures this week ‘cause I heard I failed to send them in the actual email last week. Oops, technology fail. I’m but a lowly missionary that can’t really remember how technology works ‘cause she types on a dinosaur computer from the 80’s.
Hola a Todos!
Time is short today, so I’ll just give you an update on today because it was way amazing!
We hiked around in Yunque. It’s some giant forest on a mountain that is amazingly adorable and I’ve never seen so much green and there were so many coquí it was breathtaking.
Hola a todos!
En la semana de Pasqua (Easter) espero que ustedes pueden sentir la amor de nuestros Salvador y Redentor Jesucristo tan fuerte. We worked our 110% to get as many investigators into church this week as possible because literally everyone goes to church during Pasqua. We had so many menos activos and friends of family en iglesia it was crazy. I wish church was like this every week with the capilla bastante llena.
Here’s a chisme (joke) for all my Spanish speaking friends. if you don’t get it, don’t worry about it. It doesn’t make sense in English really.
?Porque Nefi y su familia no muerten en la deserto? Porque Lehi estableció su tienda.
Hermanas Thelin and Tingey have a conversation over dinner in their apartment about their teaching pool and life in the mission.
Hola a todos!
Es un buena dia aquí en Carolina! No tenemos lluvia y tenemos mucho comida en la nevera para comer. Estoy contento.
<Translation from Google: “It’s a good day here in Carolina! We do not have rain and we have a lot of food in the fridge to eat. I am happy.”>
After the baptism, Hermanas Thelin and Tingey talk about the even as they drive back to their apartment.
Note that they don’t have a car and using it was likely due to the baptism.