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Jill M. Jones 05
New Zealand
New Zealand
Service: Education and Youth Ministry
Jill with her community
Hi all, I think my Birthday in Chile would have to be one of the best birthdays I have ever
had!!!!!!! this could be because.....
Sor Lorena told me I wasn't allowed to get up early and had to wait until she came to wake me up
which means something is up.
I am waiting to be "woken up" and I can hear Sor Lorena and some girls outside my room doing
something and then I can see on the ceiling the shadow of ballooons so I'm thinking this is cool.
The girls are all making lots of noise telling each other to shhhhh or silencio! Then one girl has
a toy bear that when you push it's parts of the body it says them in English so I hear a "This is
my hand". I am laughing now.
Next thing i hear, "uno dos tres..." I am expecting a Happy birthday song and I get bombarded
with soft toys!!!! All the girls' soft toys. I started throwing them back, just a little war. They all
sang Happy birthday in English and Spanish.
Every class I had I was sung Happy birthday in English and Spanish. I think I was sung happy
birthday in one day more than all my other birthdays put together.
Sor Lorena took me out for a Hot Chocolate and Yummy as cake!
Alejandra took me out for a yummy as Lemon Pie, which I adore and Hot Chocolate.
Lunch with the Sisters and the Priest that comes on Thursdays. Very cool!!! I chose my
favourite Chilean food which is Empanadas of Cheese and of Meat. Then Sor Lorena and
Orieta made the yummiest biggest cake ever!!! Of Chocolate, Vanilla and Manjar and
Cream!!!!!! 1000000 points!!!!!!!! Also we had Pisco Sour, which is the Chilean liquor that I
love!!!!
I waited after lunch to open my present from the sisters, and as I was opening it, I read "Lady
Jane lingerie!!!" I'm thinking, "is this okay to open in front of the priest?" I asked Sor Anita and
she's like "no don't open it", but I keep going very slowly and carefully and inside is a Clock of
Chile and a CD that I really like and have been wanting to buy. It has one of the sisters that
showed me around Santiago singing on it and it is beautiful. Anyway, it was a very good laugh.
In the evening I was invited up to the other dormitory and the girls up there had a ceremony for
me and wrote a beautiful letter and it was lovely. When I went to bed - my bed had been short
sheeted!!!!! The sheet was tied in knots and I had all the toys of the girls to sleep with. (wasn't
that kind of them). Actually I loved it!
Time for the cake (yes another one) and after the Happy Birthday, they tell me it is a Chile
tradition to bite the cake (like we scream when you first cut the cake). I am having a hard time
with this and don't believe them. Also I just can't phsyically bit the cake it is unhygenic or
something. Anyway finally I pluck up the courage and do it only to find my face totally in it!!!!!
Very funny!!!!!!!!!! What a sucker I am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A huge thank you to everyone who made my day sooooo special!!!!! Especially Alejandra and
Sor Lorena!!!!!!!!!!!! You two are the best and I am really thank you to have to as my friends
here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well that is all I have to say.
I hope all of you are happy and living up life.
love and Godbless
JILLxxoxoxoxoxoxox
had!!!!!!! this could be because.....
Sor Lorena told me I wasn't allowed to get up early and had to wait until she came to wake me up
which means something is up.
I am waiting to be "woken up" and I can hear Sor Lorena and some girls outside my room doing
something and then I can see on the ceiling the shadow of ballooons so I'm thinking this is cool.
The girls are all making lots of noise telling each other to shhhhh or silencio! Then one girl has
a toy bear that when you push it's parts of the body it says them in English so I hear a "This is
my hand". I am laughing now.
Next thing i hear, "uno dos tres..." I am expecting a Happy birthday song and I get bombarded
with soft toys!!!! All the girls' soft toys. I started throwing them back, just a little war. They all
sang Happy birthday in English and Spanish.
Every class I had I was sung Happy birthday in English and Spanish. I think I was sung happy
birthday in one day more than all my other birthdays put together.
Sor Lorena took me out for a Hot Chocolate and Yummy as cake!
Alejandra took me out for a yummy as Lemon Pie, which I adore and Hot Chocolate.
Lunch with the Sisters and the Priest that comes on Thursdays. Very cool!!! I chose my
favourite Chilean food which is Empanadas of Cheese and of Meat. Then Sor Lorena and
Orieta made the yummiest biggest cake ever!!! Of Chocolate, Vanilla and Manjar and
Cream!!!!!! 1000000 points!!!!!!!! Also we had Pisco Sour, which is the Chilean liquor that I
love!!!!
I waited after lunch to open my present from the sisters, and as I was opening it, I read "Lady
Jane lingerie!!!" I'm thinking, "is this okay to open in front of the priest?" I asked Sor Anita and
she's like "no don't open it", but I keep going very slowly and carefully and inside is a Clock of
Chile and a CD that I really like and have been wanting to buy. It has one of the sisters that
showed me around Santiago singing on it and it is beautiful. Anyway, it was a very good laugh.
In the evening I was invited up to the other dormitory and the girls up there had a ceremony for
me and wrote a beautiful letter and it was lovely. When I went to bed - my bed had been short
sheeted!!!!! The sheet was tied in knots and I had all the toys of the girls to sleep with. (wasn't
that kind of them). Actually I loved it!
Time for the cake (yes another one) and after the Happy Birthday, they tell me it is a Chile
tradition to bite the cake (like we scream when you first cut the cake). I am having a hard time
with this and don't believe them. Also I just can't phsyically bit the cake it is unhygenic or
something. Anyway finally I pluck up the courage and do it only to find my face totally in it!!!!!
Very funny!!!!!!!!!! What a sucker I am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A huge thank you to everyone who made my day sooooo special!!!!! Especially Alejandra and
Sor Lorena!!!!!!!!!!!! You two are the best and I am really thank you to have to as my friends
here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well that is all I have to say.
I hope all of you are happy and living up life.
love and Godbless
JILLxxoxoxoxoxoxox
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