8 May 2017

Well this morning I found out that my little brother will be going to the Morristown New Jersey Mission! I am so excited for him and I know that is exactly where he needs to be! I’m so happy that we will get 3 weeks together before he leaves! 

This week was crazy! Wednesday, we went to the airport and met up with a bunch of new sister missionaries that were flying to the bottom part of our mission. They were so sweet and excited and had the sweetest spirits about them. I can’t believe I was in their shoes 1 year ago. The time has flown by and it has been such an adventure, I am so excited for all of them! We got home late that night after helping all the Hermana’s get to their new sectors! I love all of them.

This is us with some of the new missionaries and my black eye ha-ha. 

Friday, we went back to OSORNO! I’ll be honest, I miss that place! It feels like home there! We got to go to the house of the Hermanas in Osorno because I had left something when I left and Hermana Hess told me that Maria Triviño should be getting baptized very soon! I am so happy they are taking very good of the sector and the investigators! Conversion really is such a special, long process and I love how sure Maria Triviño wants to be with her decision! We then had Leaders Conference and just like always it was so good to hear from President and Hermana Isom! There have been amazing changes in the mission and we are seeing more miracles and more people coming unto Christ! We are really focusing on consecration ... President wants us to humble ourselves and give all we can to the Lord. I know we have so many miracles that are about to come fourth! It’s amazing to see the revelation that President is receiving for us! I wish you could all meet him! We had a bunch of Hermana’s in our house that night because they were headed to the bottom part of the mission. I was with two Hermana’s that are from the same group as me and it was so fun to talk and see how much we have all grown! 

Saturday was finally a day we had time to work in our sector! We found Yennifer and got to sing ‘I Know That My Redeemer Lives'… She has a friend that is a member and she is going to invite them to the next lesson we have! She is amazing! We are working with a sweet lady named Victoria and she is progressing but is scared to come to church! We find a lot of people but then we have to drop them because we can’t find them or get a hold of them! So, this transfer we are really focusing on helping them all progress! 

Yesterday was a beautiful Sunday here in Chile. It’s changing slowly into winter and I’m not excited! I just want sun everyday but it’s nice to have cool weather! 

I wish I could write about all the crazy things that happened this week but it would take me way too long! ITS BEEN A CRAZY WEEK! I am so grateful to be here in beautiful Chile... helping my brothers and sister to come unto Christ! I feel so blessed to testify that He lives every day! I love being a missionary in these last days. I am so excited for my little brother to go out and help our brother and sisters as well! There is nothing greater than this work! 

Hope you are all enjoying your spring! lovee youuu alll! 

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Hermana Falslev

eating beets :) Im addicted!

Me and Hermana Adams are obsessed with making stickers!

Bus Accident

2 May 2017

I don’t know what to even say this week! It was a long week ha-ha... 

Last night everyone received their cambios but me and Hermana Adams will be staying together for another cambio here in Libertad... WE ARE SO EXCITED! As we have seen the Lord preparing so many people in our sectors! Hermana Tripp (who was my companion) called me last night because she is a Hermana Leader in another part of the mission to tell me that Javier, one of the investigators me and Hermana Hanosek taught got baptized Saturday!!! I don’t know if you guys remember me telling you about him but we found him walking by the mission home one day when we went to pick up food from Hermana Isom and from there on we had many lessons teaching him and he always came to church. I knew from the moment I met him he would be baptized! When I heard that he had been baptized I was filled with so much joy! I’m soooo grateful for Hermana Isom called us that day to see if we wanted their leftover food… The Lord truly works in amazing ways! Even though I didn’t get to teach him all the lessons I truly felt how much he wanted to know of the truth! I AM SO HAPPY! I believe he wants to serve a mission! I will attach a picture of us below for those of you who don’t remember! I was just so happy hearing that he had been baptized! 

During our week, we have just been working and working! Helping our investigators progress as much as possible! I just want them to be able to understand everything at once but that’s not how it works ha-ha. 

Now for the story of today... Yesterday we did not have p-day because it was Labor Day here. So today the Zone Leaders had planned an activity to go to the country about 15 minutes out of Puerto Montt... We were on our way and got in a crash. I don’t remember how it truly all happened. I just remember looking at my companion and she told me my nose was a little cut... and then I looked back and a few Elders had bloody noses and one Hermana had a hole in her lip. But really everyone is okay! The worst was a broken arm! We were protected from something that could have been a lot worse! And we had to take an ambulance to the hospital even though we were okay and within 10 minutes of sitting in the hospital an old little grandma comes in and starts throwing up a ton of blood... it was insane... sorry if that’s too much information... Lets just say the hospitals are a lot worse here in Chile. BUT I AM OKAY! Just look like I got in a fight ha-ha. I know Heavenly Father was looking out for us because the buses here do not have seat belts! 

We have lots to do this week because of cambios and so tomorrow we get to sit in the airport waiting for missionaries and help them get to their sector! It’s going to be a great week and I feel so blessed! I love, love, love being a missionary!! Happy Birthday shout out to my sweet beautiful Grandma Falslev! And I am so excited to hear where my little brother Peyton will be serving the Lord this week!!! Missions truly are life changing! 

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Hermana Falslev

Part of the Chile Census

We go and buy arepas every pday now.. they are so good! 

24 April 2017

Another week has come and gone in LA GRAN MISION CHILE OSORNO! So much to do every day it’s so much fun!  

Wednesday, they had the Census here where everyone is off work so that they can be in their house and people go around and fill out papers about how many people are here in Chile. President said we had to stay in our house until they came to our house. They came at about 10 in the morning and asked us a bunch of random questions. The last one they asked was our relationship and they didn’t have ones for companions so we said we were Hermana’s, so we are truly Hermana’s here in Chile! It’s true... I love my sister Hermana Adams! She is such an amazing missionary and seriously every hour is so fun working together! We were so happy they came early because that means we could leave...

After lunch, we went contacting like crazy and we found the cutest family!!!!! Dolly, Francisco, Nicol (4) and Alfonso (2) ... When we knocked on their door it was like they had been waiting for us! We went in and they offered us some cake and we sat down and shared about our loving Heavenly Father with them and got to know them! They got married when she found out she was pregnant with Nicol. They are both from two different religions but don’t go to either of them... They have a cute little new house and moved in about a month ago. Little Nicol calls us her Tias (aunts) and gives us so many hugs and kisses! This family is so prepared and I can’t wait for us to come Tuesday to share more with them! WE HAVE FOUND SO MANY PREPARED SONS AND DAUGHTERS! It’s so fun finding and truly feeling SO MUCH LOVE for people I barely know. I just want them all to have the JOY and LOVE they can feel through this amazing Gospel! 

We also had an amazing lesson with Claudia and she is progressing and reading the Book of Mormon!

Wednesday night I felt the spirit to knock a cute house that looked different than the rest (because usually they all look the same, I call them cookie cutter houses). We knocked and a sweet lady named Julia came to her gate and we said we would like to sing a hymn for her and her family she gladly invited us in and we got to meet her sweet nephew who cannot see or talk but can only hear. We asked if we could turn off the TV and her and her daughter warned us that he would scream but as we began to sing he smiled so big and was so happy! I believe we all felt the spirit so strongly. They asked us to sing another and it was so special! We will be going tonight hopefully to teach the plan of salvation! It was so beautiful! 

Thursday, we got told from the AP’s that we now need to do surprise inspections to all the houses of the Hermanas! So, we started doing that this week and we will have lots to do this week before cambios next week! Their houses aren’t too beautiful so far, hahaha. Elder Thomas said, ¨I’m friends with all the Elders and then it comes to the inspections and we aren’t friends until it’s over... he is so funny.

Last night I got to say goodbye to a member’s dad that was slowly headed to the Spirit World to rest from his pains... It made me emotional watching him and reminded me saying goodbye to my Grandpa Falslev... I know the plan of salvation is true and that our death here on earth is just the start of our eternal life! It’s so exciting and amazing! I truly feel sooooo blessed that I was born into this gospel and I never had to wait for the truth!  

The mission is just truly something I can’t describe with words! Every day is so fun, hard, exciting, and beautiful! LIFE CHANGING! Thank you all for your love and support and your letters and love! Chao hasta lunes! 

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Hermana Falslev

We did a open house in Puerta Varas, it was amazing! 

The oil aisle in Chile is so big... They use so much here! 

Hermana Adams made fun of me because I almost left without a sock...