Hermana Burnham: "Climbing Volcanos and a New Companion"

Ya folks. I climbed a stinkin´ volcano today!!!! It was sooo cool. It was our activity for our zone and it was at Mount Lonquimay. So fun. It was hot, but we had snow and also one hermana had never seen snow. So yay! It was super fun. Oh Chile. You are awesome.

So I have a new companion!!!! Sorry I didn't write last week, but my new companion is awesome! Hermana Rimmasch from Sandy Utah! It is crazy because we were in the CCM together, but we didn't remember each other so that was cool. She is super sweet and awesome. She can understand the Chilenos like none other so that is nice. I was super scarred to get an American companion but she is doing just fine.

We have been doing pretty good! We have one awesome investigator, Judith. Man that woman is hilarious. She asked if we could date the elders and if we lived with them. Hahahahaha! We were trying so hard not to just bust up laughing. But she is so sweet. She is 25 and has 2 kids and her boyfriend. She is always so correct when answering our questions and is reading The Book of Mormon faithfully. It is super cool. I love it. We taught her about keeping the sabbath day holy and she fully understood why we don't shop and why we need to go to church. She really wants to go, but her boyfriend is not a big fan of us. We have never met him but he told her she can visit with us but can't go to church. So we continue to pray for her and that her boyfriend will soften his heart more. She is the best and super funny.

Also, we have Ramon. Poory guy :( He is having a rough time right now. He hasn't really been progressing ever since we had out law of tithing lesson with him. He said he is struggling for money right now, but that he really wants to be baptized. But also that he doesn't want to be baptized and then not be able to pay tithing. So he has some really good intentions, just scared of what might happen. He is super sweet though and I sure love him. He is super chill and always reads everything we give him and then studies it. He is super awesome. LOVE HIM.

Besides that things have been just the same. Having a new companion is super cool, but I still miss my mom Hermana Lozano. She was the best mom ever. But it's good to get a change and also have Hermana Rimmasch. She is super funny. And she loves the office so where can I go wrong? :) We quote it all the time in the street. Hahahaha! And all my zone leaders and the other elders love Nacho Libre, Napolian Dynamite, and Hot Rod. So we always have a good time quoting movies in meetings and such :)

OH! We totally had the best experience yesterday! Well, on Thursday we were contacting and found this one lady in the street, Katia. She was with her son who had just broken his arm and had a cast. We talked and she told us that she went to a Mormon church once a long time ago when she was a kid and that she really liked it. So we got her address and then had a lesson with her yesterday. SHE IS SO AWESOME!!!!!! We showed her the picture of José Smith during the lesson and she was like hey! I have seen that picture! And I have heard his name before. He was a prophet, right? YES! HE WAS! It was so cool. She accepted a baptism for 20 de Diciembre and so that was just awesome. She also has a daugher, Ignacia who was there but she was kind of quiet throughout the lesson. But how cool! Then she told us at the end, it wasn't an accident that we ran into each other in the street. That we met for a reason. AHHHH!!!! :)

So ya. Thats it for now folks, Oh we also had branch council this week so a bunch of members from Victoria came and gave the best talks ever One quote I liked was one that I'll post down below. But thanks for everything!!! Chile is super hot and I get sunburned everyday, even with sunscreen. But I love it!! Have a great week :)

Con amor,

Hermana Burnham

We dont go to church to please other people. We go to church to renew our covenants and to please the Lord.