Hermana Katie Griffin

 I've been a missionary for more than FIVE MONTHS NOW WHATTTTTT Once again I am awestruck by the way time works as a missionary. For example, Thursday felt like the longest day ever, but last P day feels like yesterday. Yeah I don't really get it and I don't think I can really explain it. This week I think felt really long because we planned everything out, but like very very nearly EVERYTHING fell through. Like at the last minute too. It was a little frustrating!! But we survived.  But anyways.  This week I had the really cool opportunity to get a root canal... in Chile... on a Tuesday. Surprisingly wasn't that bad. The dentist honestly seemed about the same level of high tech as my dentist back home, but he was literally the friendliest guy I've ever talked to. We think he speaks English, but because I was speaking Spanish didn't bother to. I was so freaked out because I don't have the vocabulary to talk about dentist things. But, it turned out just fine. ...

  Helloooo    Helloooo I gotta be honest I don't really feel much like writing, so here's the highlights: Yesterday was Chilean Independence Day, which meant literally 18 people showed up to church, and half of them left after the first hour. In the evening, we made empanadas and brownies and had a little party with the four of us hermanas. It was fun and we stayed up too late, but it's okay because today's p dayyy Saturday we had a ward party and my team won tug-o-war and my comp won the sack race. The food was good, the company was better, and the dancing was the best-we didn't dance, because we're not allowed, but it was the Chile dance and it was very cool. We have a really cool family who's progressing a ton.... but they're not married so we're working on that. Our ward mission leader is being a little overbearing with his trying to help us... like I can't count how many times I've heard "when I was on my mission we... and had...

  Holiiiis  How's it going? I hope really well.  So. I tried mate (ma-tay) this week... it's this tea-like drink that's really popular in Uruguay... which is where my comp is from  ... and also in Argentina. I hated it. It was the most bitter nasty thing I've ever had!!! But my comp lovesssss it.... and when I tried it, it was apparently very clear that I did not, and she thought it was the FUNNIEST thing she's ever seen and every time we had lunch with members all week she told hem about how funny my face was when i tried mate. I kid you not, the flavor was still in my mouth five hours later in spite of eating a million things after   anyways.  Right now I'm writing from a bus. We're going to antofagasta tonight for our tri-zone conference so we have a three hour bus ride before arriving. And I get to see TOMMY TONIGHT!!!! (my trainer) she lives in the apartment where we stay when we visit antofa, so needless to say I'm super excited!!!  This wee...

Buenos dias!!  Buckle your seatbelts my friends this week was crazyyyy Haha I feel like I say every week is crazy but like... it was crazy crazy this week  - Monday and Tuesday it was just the two of us in the apartment so I literally didn't speak any English for like 48 hours straight!! My Spanish is literally improving more than ever before!! We did a TON of cleaning and decorated for the new hermanas!! We found some Christmas lights downstairs so I definitely was distracted with that for a little while!!!  -Wednesday morning I made cookies also to welcome the new hermanas, and at like noon we went to the bus station to pick them up!! They're both from Utah, one of them is brand new and doesn't speak much Spanish, and the other was mtc comps with my trainer, so I've heard a lot about her! They arrived and got unpacked and then at like 3 or 4 we got a call that said surprise! You're all going to antofa today... your bus leaves at 7 and you have to be at the station...