Areas
Chile Puerto Montt Mission
Snapshot
Kaitlynn's full-time mission. Headquartered in Puerto Montt in southern Chile. She entered the field on March 25, 2025 after flying from Mexico City to Santiago. Mission president at her arrival: Cristian J Gervic.
Details
The Chile Puerto Montt Mission covers the southern regions of Chile.
Headquarters in Puerto Montt. As Kaitlynn serves in specific areas within
the mission boundaries, those notes will accumulate under
Kaitlynn/Mission/Areas/.
Sources
- 2025-02-06_email_mtc-travel-itinerary
- 2025-03-06_document_chile-travel-itinerary
- 2026-05-11_transcript_kaitlynn-evening-call - Kaitlynn's full mission timeline dictation (Mar 26 arrival, planned Aug-Sep companions, return Sep 23)
- 2026-05-18_transcript_kaitlynn-morning-call - start of Kaitlynn's Hermana Líder Viajera (HLV) term; mission-specific female-AP role created by President Mackay; Kaitlynn will travel across the entire mission for exchanges and weekly meetings at the president's house
- 2026-05-18_transcript_kaitlynn-evening-call - Jason's mission-map review: Kaitlynn's five areas (Punta Arenas, Puerto Montt, Coyhaique, Valdivia, Puerto Montt) cover roughly half of Chile
- 2026-05-25_transcript_kaitlynn-memorial-day-call - mission has 9 zones (Kaitlynn confirmed in passing); two mission-wide zone conferences scheduled Thursday and Friday for the area Seventy's visit; rumored temple groundbreaking announcement
- 2026-06-01_transcript_kaitlynn-morning-call - mission vision stated as filling the Puerto Montt temple, which Kaitlynn carries into how she teaches; HLV traveling work continues (a first "real blitz" with another companionship was planned, which she considered canceling after twisting her ankle)
- 2026-06-01_email_kaitlynn-weekly-enabling-power - mission size given as 202 missionaries, "spread out supppper far," so multi-zone conferences are split into 2-3; visiting authority Elder Costa and Hermana Costa conducted the mission tour ~May 28-29 (see 2026-05-28_elder-costa-mission-tour-zone-conferences), with conferences "based exactly on the needs of the missionaries present"
- 2026-06-08_transcript_kaitlynn-evening-call - Kaitlynn describes the mission's new "blitz" program: a dedicated set of traveling Hermanas and a set of elders (all near the end of their missions) who hold no ward/district/zone and do exchanges with every missionary across the mission; they live with Kaitlynn's HLV companionship on weekends so she has the intel to help with transfers. She closed the call calling it "an amazing mission" and saying she is "very blessed to be where I am."
- 2026-06-15_transcript_kaitlynn-coyhaique-blitz-day - mission expansion under Mackay: many long-closed towns reopened (Chaitén after ~30 years, Futaleufú, Palena, Hornopirén, Chile Chico, Puerto Williams, the English-speaking Falkland Islands). Kaitlynn framed the mission as lower-baptizing but higher-retention than most of Latin America, "opening so many new sectors" for a future harvest once the Puerto Montt temple is built, and thinks the mission may be split. End-to-end mission travel runs ~11 hours (Panguipulli to Valdivia ~3 hr, to Puerto Montt ~4 hr, flight to Punta Arenas, then bus/boat toward Puerto Natales / Puerto Williams).
- 2026-06-22_transcript_kaitlynn-weekly-call - the office handles missionary travel and finances ("the office monkeys"); the new office senior couple (Mackay's parents) do not speak Spanish yet, having just arrived, and need it to work with the Latino elders in the islands. Kaitlynn said the missionaries now in the Falkland Islands are preaching in English to "a bunch of Brits."
Coyhaique
Snapshot
Kaitlynn's third field area; deep in the Chilean Andes in Patagonia. She served here from approximately December 2025 through early March 2026 as a trainer with Hermana Juncker. Hermanas had not served in Coyhaique for approximately 8 years before her arrival. She calls it "the land of miracles." One confirmed baptism: William (early 2026, before her transfer to Valdivia).
Details
- Kaitlynn's period: approximately Dec 3-4, 2025 to early March 2026.
- Companion: Hermana Juncker (Kaitlynn's first trainee).
- Setting: Andes mountains, Patagonia. Kaitlynn describes it as "imagine the Utah mountains, add Chileans, Germans, and 2 small Chinese malls."
- Hermanas absent ~8 years prior to her arrival; sense of being pioneers.
- "La Cena" - large zone dinner gathering tradition unique to Coyhaique.
- P-day highlight: hiked Cerro Mackay (a mountain near the city; named unrelated to Presidente Mackay).
- Kaitlynn was called as trainer here for the first time.
- Hashtags she used in emails from this area: #FEMHAYQUE, #NOTENGAMIEDODEBAUTIZAR, #MIGUAGUITAESUNAMAQUINA.
Confirmed Baptisms (Kaitlynn's Service)
- William - early 2026, before her transfer to Valdivia. "His faith is super strong."
Notable Contacts
- Carmen (Coyhaique) - investigator; distinct from Carmen in Punta Arenas; came to church.
- Lucio - elderly convert; jokes about the missionaries being American.
- Carlos and Victoria - ward members who hosted the zone Christmas dinner.
- Jose (Coyhaique) - investigator; accepted law of chastity and Word of Wisdom; partner did not.
Sources
- 2025-12-01_transcript_kaitlynn-transfer-call (the eve-of-transfer call; "pink-washing" framing - hermanas had been absent ~8 years)
- 2025-12-08_email_kaitlynn-weekly-coyhaique-miracles
- 2025-12-16_email_kaitlynn-weekly-law-of-chastity
- 2025-12-29_email_kaitlynn-weekly-be-gods-hands
- 2026-02-09_email_kaitlynn-weekly-long-time-no-see
- 2026-03-09_email_kaitlynn-weekly-it-is-well
- 2026-03-02_transcript_leadership-self-compassion - barbecue with the elders at the apartment; sugar-vs-salt mishap
- 2026-05-11_transcript_kaitlynn-evening-call - referenced in Kaitlynn's mission timeline dictation
- 2026-06-15_transcript_kaitlynn-coyhaique-blitz-day - Kaitlynn returned to Coyhaique on her HLV exchange blitz (excited for snow on the mountains), continued ~1 hour further south to Puerto Aysén, and noted Coyhaique has now been opened for sisters more broadly as part of Mackay's area-opening push
- 2026-06-22_transcript_kaitlynn-weekly-call - recapping the trip, Kaitlynn said it ran five days instead of three after the flight home was canceled, and that she returned to the area where she had served (rendered "Huake Alto") and saw Carlos and Victoria again
- 2026-06-22_email_kaitlynn-weekly-good-day-to-repent - weekly email called Coyhaique "chilean park city," noted the canceled plane made the visit "4 days instead of 3," and that she had lunch with Carlos and Victoria
- 2026-06-29_transcript_kaitlynn-emergency-travel-call - calling from a Coyhaique pharmacy during the emergency-travel week; went to church with her old ward (played piano), a ward family home evening, and the dinner again. Noted frost everywhere and that the cold/cinnamon smells made it feel like Christmas; mentioned local restaurants 04:55 (a burger place) and Chepio. See 2026-06-29_emergency-travel-companionship-rescue.
- 2026-06-30_transcript_kaitlynn-evening-call - recapping the trip from Puerto Montt: dinner again with Carlos and Victoria in Coyhaique ("fun as always"), but unimpressed by two elders ending their missions who made crude jokes at the dinner and airport. The German contact (Nicholas/Wilhelm) was met during this travel.
- 2026-07-20_transcript_kaitlynn-morning-departure - departing Puerto Montt for Coyhaique (her third return) to do exchanges with the Hermanas; called it very cold, colder than Puerto Montt.
- 2026-07-20_transcript_kaitlynn-coyhaique-travel - on the hour-long bus from the airport into Coyhaique for the exchange; snowy scenery; the extended companionship-counsel call.
- 2026-07-20_transcript_kaitlynn-evening-call - evening call from Coyhaique the same day.
Mexico CCM
Snapshot
Centro de Capacitación Misional (Spanish for Missionary Training Center) in Mexico City. Kaitlynn trained here from Feb 20 to Mar 25, 2025 (about 5 weeks) before flying to Chile to begin field service.
Details
The Mexico CCM is the Spanish-language training facility for missionaries serving in Latin America. Located near the Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City. Kaitlynn trained here as part of her preparation for the Chile Puerto Montt Mission.
Sources
- 2025-02-06_email_mtc-travel-itinerary
- 2025-03-06_document_chile-travel-itinerary
- 2026-05-11_transcript_kaitlynn-evening-call - referenced in Kaitlynn's mission timeline dictation (arrived Feb 20, 2025)
Puerto Montt
Snapshot
The headquarters city of the Chile Puerto Montt Mission. Kaitlynn's second and fifth (current) field-area assignment. First tour: approximately late July 2025 through late November 2025 with Hermana Pehrson then Hermana Soares; one confirmed baptism (Yilver). Second tour: began May 18, 2026 as part of her Hermana Líder Viajera (HLV) call with Hermana Figueredo (see 2026-05-18_hermana-lider-viajera-begins); housing in the building directly next to the mission home (~5 minutes away); new ward sector ~10 minutes from her old Puerto Montt ward. Mission office is here; zone conferences are often held here. Volcán Osorno (near Puerto Varas) is a common P-day destination.
Details
- Kaitlynn's first-tour period: approximately Jul 28, 2025 to early Dec 2025.
- Companions during first tour: Hermana Pehrson (Transfer 4), then Hermana Soares (Transfer 5).
- Kaitlynn's second-tour period: May 18, 2026 to present (HLV term).
- Companion during second tour: Hermana Figueredo.
- Housing during second tour: building next to the mission home (~5 min away), the unit previously occupied by the Puerto Montt hermana leaders.
- Frequent rain; one occasion the streets flooded knee-deep.
- The ward is described as "full of people who just want to serve the Lord."
- Kaitlynn and Hermana Pehrson were assigned as EnglishConnect teachers - online English classes for the area.
- Sector "Punta Ibáñez" / "Presi Ibáñez" - Kaitlynn's specific assignment within Puerto Montt.
- Kaitlynn gave her first sacrament-meeting talk in Spanish here (Nov 16, 2025).
Confirmed Baptisms (Kaitlynn's Service)
- Yilver - November 1, 2025.
Notable Contacts
- Yessenia - investigator; had old baptismal date; reset to Aug 24, 2025.
- Jose Luis - long-term contact; almost made it to church.
- Claudia - read the Book of Mormon introduction before they followed up.
- Jessica - investigator with social anxiety; came to church.
- Juan Pablo - ex-Jehovah's Witness investigator since 2017; ultimately dropped (Oct 2025).
- Tomasito - beloved ward member with two young kids.
- Hermana Leticia - devout ward member whose husband is Muslim; Kaitlynn admired her deeply, compared her to Kristi.
- Familia Fuenzalida Godoy - ward members; husband has one lung.
- Claudio (Viking family) - believed in Valhalla; gave Kaitlynn the nickname "Freya."
Sources
- 2025-07-28_email_kaitlynn-weekly-chao-fitzroy
- 2025-08-04_email_kaitlynn-weekly-waters-of-mormon
- 2025-08-11_email_kaitlynn-weekly-anotha-one
- 2025-08-25_email_kaitlynn-weekly-freya
- 2025-09-01_email_kaitlynn-weekly-dont-love-drugs
- 2025-09-29_email_kaitlynn-weekly-think-celestial
- 2025-10-06_email_kaitlynn-weekly-general-conference
- 2025-10-13_email_kaitlynn-weekly-volcan-friends-flojo
- 2025-10-20_email_kaitlynn-weekly-casi-la-mitad
- 2025-10-27_email_kaitlynn-weekly-marathon-not-sprint
- 2025-11-03_email_kaitlynn-weekly-muite-bom
- 2025-11-10_email_kaitlynn-weekly-9-meses
- 2025-11-17_email_kaitlynn-weekly-for-you
- 2025-11-27_transcript_thanksgiving-family-call - Kaitlynn was in Puerto Montt at time of call; photo-sharing of grandmas she had ministered to recently
- 2025-12-16_email_kaitlynn-weekly-law-of-chastity
- 2026-05-11_transcript_kaitlynn-evening-call - Kaitlynn confirmed her next assignment (May 18) will be in the building next to the Puerto Montt mission home, with Hermana Figueredo
- 2026-05-18_transcript_kaitlynn-morning-call - Kaitlynn arrived in Puerto Montt for her HLV term; sector change tomorrow to a new ward ~10 minutes from her old Puerto Montt ward
- 2026-05-18_transcript_kaitlynn-afternoon-call - beach trip "Ladina" (spelling unconfirmed), empanadas, mall; weather 10 degrees Celsius (winter setting in)
- 2026-05-18_transcript_kaitlynn-evening-call - mission home compound housing setup; Hermana Snowder closing out her mission alongside Kaitlynn and Figueredo
- 2026-05-25_transcript_kaitlynn-memorial-day-call - first week as HLV in her new Puerto Montt ward. Kaitlynn describes the sacrament meeting as the best she has had in years, "maybe even better than at home"; thinks the new ward is the ward of the planned Puerto Montt temple; suspects the area Seventy's upcoming mission tour will announce the groundbreaking date.
- 2026-06-01_transcript_kaitlynn-morning-call - best week yet for proselytizing time; lots of first lessons but few second lessons. Kaitlynn frames the sector's teaching around the temple: the mission's vision is to fill the Puerto Montt temple, so she keeps the temple "the end" in mind with everyone she teaches. Twisted her ankle badly in the sector the night before.
- 2026-06-01_email_kaitlynn-weekly-enabling-power - Kaitlynn names her ward as the one that will hold the future Puerto Montt temple ("the blessing of being in the ward that will (when its built) have the temple"); the ward followed Elder Costa's counsel to make the sacrament meeting the most special part of the week.
- 2026-06-08_transcript_kaitlynn-evening-call - Kaitlynn saw dolphins from an Uber in Puerto Montt ("the little hoppy hop thing"); a countryside service project building a post for a member where she smashed her thumb; based here for her HLV term, hosting the mission's new traveling "blitz" Hermanas in her apartment.
- 2026-06-22_transcript_kaitlynn-weekly-call - Kaitlynn was in her Puerto Montt house packing before flying out that afternoon for a Punta Arenas HLV exchange; confirmed apartments here have washer/dryer and she has never used a laundromat in Chile.
- 2026-06-29_transcript_kaitlynn-emergency-travel-call - Kaitlynn was returning to Puerto Montt that day from the emergency-travel trip; described the busy transfer week ahead (presentations, goodbyes to departing missionaries, welcoming new ones), with transfers the next day.
- 2026-06-30_transcript_kaitlynn-evening-call - back in Puerto Montt "officially" for transfer week, six sisters in the apartment; stayed companions with Hermana Figueredo through the transfer; described the week's HLV-heavy schedule (leadership council Friday, incoming missionaries and trainers, an office change, a convivio).
- 2026-07-13_transcript_natalie-kaitlynn-packing-call - P-day from Puerto Montt: a member drove Kaitlynn and her companion up Volcán Osorno (they turned back at the crest, wind almost carrying them off the cliff) and then paid for a late buffet lunch. Kaitlynn described the local winter as meaning "it rains every four seconds." See the trip note.
Punta Arenas
Snapshot
Kaitlynn's first field area in the Chile Puerto Montt Mission. The southernmost city in mainland Chile, near the Strait of Magellan. She served there from March 25, 2025 through approximately late July 2025 - four months total. The sector was officially closed by the mission when she transferred out. Two confirmed baptisms here: Rodrigo and Yasdiel (May 19, 2025).
Details
- Kaitlynn's period: Mar 25, 2025 to approximately Jul 28, 2025.
- Companions while serving here: Hermana Snowder (trainer), brief trio with Hermana Garcia, then Hermana Bird.
- Southernmost city on mainland Chile; surrounded by islands, which reduced the May 2025 earthquake-triggered tsunami to about 3 feet.
- Wind gusts up to 120 km/h; cold and coastal.
- The ward and especially the Familia Ruiz became like family to her.
- The sector was officially closed by the mission when Kaitlynn transferred out in July 2025.
- Kaitlynn picked up nicknames here: Hermana Ewok, Hermana Madera, Hermana Hola-Madera, La Rubita.
- The "crusty white dogs" running joke originated here.
Confirmed Baptisms (Kaitlynn's Service)
- Rodrigo - May 19, 2025. Carmen's nephew.
- Yasdiel - May 19, 2025. Same day as Rodrigo.
Notable Contacts
- Carmen (Punta Arenas) - first baptismal date recipient; Rodrigo's aunt.
- Familia Ruiz - ward family; Carol, Jose, Hermana Anita, Mía.
- Ines and Jorge - ward members; Ines was less-active for a time.
Sources
- 2025-03-31_email_kaitlynn-weekly-hermana-ewok
- 2025-04-07_email_kaitlynn-weekly-more-dogs-than-people
- 2025-04-14_email_kaitlynn-weekly-crujiente-blanco-perros
- 2025-04-21_email_kaitlynn-weekly-call-me-messi
- 2025-04-28_email_kaitlynn-weekly-one-rock
- 2025-05-05_email_kaitlynn-weekly-tsunami-punta-arenas
- 2025-05-13_email_kaitlynn-weekly-mothers-day
- 2025-05-19_email_kaitlynn-weekly-baptisms-rodrigo-yasdiel
- 2025-05-27_email_kaitlynn-weekly-stanky-leg
- 2025-06-02_email_kaitlynn-weekly-hemos-shegado
- 2025-06-09_email_kaitlynn-weekly-moved-houses
- 2025-06-16_email_kaitlynn-weekly-licursi-mi-pastor
- 2025-07-07_email_kaitlynn-weekly-oops-i-did-it-again
- 2025-07-28_email_kaitlynn-weekly-chao-fitzroy
- 2026-05-11_transcript_kaitlynn-evening-call - referenced in Kaitlynn's mission timeline dictation
- 2026-05-18_transcript_kaitlynn-morning-call - Kaitlynn names this as where she previously met Hermana Figueredo during an exchange; Figueredo is now her HLV companion
- 2026-06-22_transcript_kaitlynn-weekly-call - Kaitlynn flew here that afternoon for a roughly three-day HLV exchange (back Wednesday); mentioned sisters serving here she does not know well (one heard as "Amanda Green") and that the penguins are out of season
- 2026-06-22_transcript_kaitlynn-evening-call - calling from Punta Arenas that evening; staying in the house where she had lived for six weeks early in her mission while her assigned (floorless, run-down) apartment was being finished
- 2026-06-22_email_kaitlynn-weekly-good-day-to-repent - weekly email highlight: "back in punta arenas (and a year later 🥲)," marking her return roughly a year after first serving here
- 2026-06-29_transcript_kaitlynn-emergency-travel-call - revisited Punta Arenas again at the start of the emergency-travel week; had lunch with a member from the ward she started in. Reflected it had been "literally a year ago this month" she served here and that the house she stayed in "feels like a lifetime ago." See 2026-06-29_emergency-travel-companionship-rescue.
Valdivia
Snapshot
Kaitlynn's fourth field area. Located in the Los Ríos Region of southern Chile. Her zone is "Bautizalle y Confirmalle" (a missionary phrase meaning "baptize them and confirm them"), also known as the Calle-Calle zone. Served from early March 2026 to May 16, 2026 (~2.5 months) with Hermana Artieda then Hermana Stewart. Miracles include Rood (from Haiti) being baptized, Mauricio quitting a 30-cigarette-a-day habit and being baptized, and the Valdivia ward as a recent-convert powerhouse (12 converts in the prior year, all but 2 still active). Kaitlynn left for her HLV call in Puerto Montt May 16, 2026; Hermana Stewart remained in Valdivia. See 2026-05-18_hermana-lider-viajera-begins.
Details
- Kaitlynn's period: approximately March 2026 to May 16, 2026.
- Companions during the assignment: Hermana Artieda (Feb 23 - Apr 6, 2026), then Hermana Stewart (Apr 6 - May 18, 2026).
- Briefly working alongside Hermana Snowder again early in the transfer.
Notable Contacts
- Rood - Haitian investigator; taught Kaitlynn Haitian Creole slang; came to church.
- Mauricio - accepted a baptismal date.
- An unnamed investigator who used to smoke 30 cigarettes a day quit almost immediately after choosing Christ (March 2026).
Sources
- 2026-03-09_email_kaitlynn-weekly-it-is-well
- 2026-03-16_email_kaitlynn-weekly-flower-emoji
- 2026-04-06_transcript_kaitlynn-easter-transfer-eve - Easter transfer-eve call. Kaitlynn walks the new Valdivia-area zone composition as hermana líder. House internet reliably bad. Upcoming zone is mostly gringos.
- 2026-05-11_transcript_kaitlynn-evening-call - Kaitlynn names that Valdivia has two stakes (Valdivia and Calle); Niebla beach trip with Hermana Fano; CTR ring (HLJ) story; "I'm good friends with all of the [members]" confirming Ward-as-Family pattern reproducing here
- 2026-05-18_transcript_kaitlynn-morning-call - Kaitlynn left Valdivia Saturday (May 16) for the HLV transfer; Hermana Stewart stayed in Valdivia; Kaitlynn traveled alone three and a half hours by bus to Puerto Montt
- 2026-06-08_transcript_kaitlynn-evening-call - Kaitlynn planning to drive back up to Valdivia for blitzes with the leaders; Wednesday exchange into her old Martínez de Rosas ward, working with Hermana Stewart's companionship