Kaitlynn Weekly Email - Licursi mi pastor es, nada me faltará

June 16, 2025 · Punta Arenas, Chile

Snapshot

Week 18. Four months in the mission. Still living with hermana leaders (new apartment floor still being repaired); 1-hour walk to their sector each way. Transfer call: she's staying in Punta Arenas. Found an "elegido" [spiritually prepared person] near a meat shop after a prompting. Walked into the corner of a puppet theater; has a forehead scar - "the chileana Harry Potter." Deep lesson with the Familia Ruiz.

Week Highlights

Lunch with "my favorite chileano grandpa" - Hermana Solis.
Met a Venezuelan man who said their work was "super impressive."
Still living with hermana leaders; 1-hour walk each way to their sector.
On the walk, felt prompted to return to a meat shop where a man had waved. He told them the reason he waved was because he "saw something different" in them and wants it. She calls him "elegido" [elect - spiritually prepared].
Ward member built a puppet theater; asked all missionaries to operate it for Primary. During a practice run while carrying the theater to the church, Kaitlynn walked into a corner panel - now has a forehead scar. "The chileana Harry Potter."
Best lesson yet with the Familia Ruiz - everyone crying, eating calzones rotos [a Chilean fried pastry; name literally means "broken underwear"]. Spirit very strong.
Performed the puppet show for the entire ward, not just Primary.
Transfer call: staying in Punta Arenas. ("VOY A QUEDARME!!! WOOOOOOO" - "I'M STAYING!!!")

Spiritual Thought

Alma 31:38 - God provided strength so the missionaries' afflictions were "swallowed up in the joy of Christ." Hebrews 12:2 - Christ, "the author and finisher of our faith." Sister Hinckley: "The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it." Recommends three GC talks.

Subject Line

"Licursi mi pastor es, nada me faltará" - playful phonetic rendering of Psalm 23 in Spanish: "El Señor es mi pastor, nada me faltará" [The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want].

Notes

Four months: from Feb 10, 2025.
New photos album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/KDajX86gn63HGbkd6