Transfers in the south are a lot different then the north...

So, I know it´s Tuesday. I promise I´m not being disobedient. It´s just that when you are chilling with the non-existent penguins (lame that I still haven´t seen one) tranfers are a little more loco. Here´s why, because when you are waiting for your new companion, she has to get on a plane and travel all day just to get to you. As opposed to finding her at the mission offices and jetting off to enjoy your p-day. Also, because your now ex-companion has to wait a day for her flight, you spend a lot of your p-day saying goodbye to people. Things are very different here. So, would you like to know about my new companion? Her name is Hermana Erickson, she´s from Chicago. Blonde, and hilarious. She came in the same group as Hermana Alvey and Hermana Gutierrez, which means I have now been companions with every Hermana from that group. Which I think is hilarious. There is obviously something very special about this group. Oh, and I´m still in Chacra II. Hermana Gutierrez left, she went to Caballitos, capital. It´s going to be so different. I kept telling her not to wear her heavy jacket in the airplane but she didn´t believe me. She´s been in the cold so long she can´t wrap her mind around the fact that there are places warm in our mission. It´s cooling down up north, but it is still pretty hot. We know this because Hermana Erickson shows up in this very light skirt, without tights on, absolutely freezing. She put on her warm jacket real quick. Anyways, that´s the most exiting news. How awesome was General Conference this weekend? I loved it. As a missionary it is still one of the most stressful times of my life, because we have 5 chances to get investigators to church, which means 5 times to look for investigators, call them, wake them up, and get them out the door. But it´s all worth it because then we get to listen to the prophet! And we get the chance to sustain him (I did, enthusiastically) and promise God to follow the counsel that He gives us. Plus, as a native english speaker, I went in a little room with all the other english speaking missionaries so we weren´t distracted by all the little kids running around. A spirit of reverence resided. I won´t recap any of the talks, but I will just say, that going to General Conference boosts my testimony every time. To see all those people singing and testifying, and knowing that there are millions of people all over the world who are doing the same, and watching with me. It is also nice to know that at this time, my family is doing the same thing I am, and we are growing in the Gospel together, even though we´re about a bajillion kilomotres away from one another. Ish. Bit of an exaggeration there. And this week was just amazing, Divisions with Hermana Gonzales was very edifying. We talked a lot about receiving the Vision of God, something President Gulbrandsen has wanted us to do for a while. Because when we receive the vision we understand how to work more efficiently and then we achieve miracles. And I was thinking about this during conference, God has a Vision for each and every one of us, if we can take the time to understand it, we will be able to work miracles in our lives. Anyways, Hna Gonzalez taught me a lot, through her example and wisdom. She goes home this transfer, so she has a lot of experience. I´m going to be as good as her some day. I can do it. And then I got my companion back and we just went to town teaching and being missionaries. And it was awesome. It was hard, and we still had trials and had to show our faith, and we didn´t have a baptism this weekend, but we have some awesome plans and I´m excited to keep working. I know this e-mail is really vague. But there´s just so much to do. Last week when we were doing weekly planning I kept getting frustrated because lunch kept getting in the way of our plans. Sometimes I just don´t want to eat. I´d rather go and visit one more person, teach one more lesson. But that´s not healthy, also we need to form a good relationship with the members. God is wise, making us eat. We can do it. Thanks Heavenly Father. And don´t worry, I really do like to eat, I just want to keep working as well. We can do it. Pray for us please, I need to get better at so many things, but God is preparing people and He is preparing me. Just like He is preparing each and everyone of you to be in the right place at the right time to share your testimonies and bless someones life. You don´t even know when, but it will happen. Because God loves all of His children. Not just one or two. All righty, got to jet, otra vez. I love you all! Hermana Reed