DREAM COME TRUE
My name is Lenka, I'm writing you from Monterrey, Mexico. I'm not Mexican, though. I'm Chilean, and the co-founder of the Chilean X-Files fan club (that we like to call The X-Files Group) along with Francisco Arqueros.
You can't imagine how happy Chilean fans are about your visit -- along with Chris Carter -- to our country. It is more than a dream come true; a ludicrous possibility only achievable in our wildest imagination.
But 10 years ago, when we prepared our first fan convention in a small theatre with less than a hundred seats, the possibility of even reuniting fans in our small and frogotten country was wild. When Francisco and I decided to do it, we had no support whatsoever from any institution. Nothing. We were just a couple of kids (I was 18 at that time) completely alone, renting a theatre and equipment with money we didn't have, hoping that fans would support us cause if they didn't we would… well, go to jail? (It's kind of exaggerated but yes, the thought crossed our minds. Asking for loaned money to rich uncles or selling our computers were also possibilities).
The convention was a huge success. More than 200 fans supported us that day from the farthest reaches of our long country. People who thought that our project was just a childish whim ended up begging for a membership in our "fan club," and a chance to be part of the next convention.
I look behind and I can't help but feel some sort of maternal pride and love for our humble project, which now 10 years later has turned into having Frank Spotnitz and Chris Carter themselves visiting us.
Unfortunately I won't be able to be there to meet you. I've just moved to Mexico with my fiancée so start a new life here. When Francisco told me that you would be coming-- I mean, going -- to Chile for the convention, I felt sad because I knew that it would be nearly impossible for me to travel back to my country to see you, since I have just arrived here (I knew I should have bought that private jet the other day…). But despite that sadness, I'm tremendously happy for all the fans down there in Chile. They deserve it, especially Francisco, for believing in a dream and making it true. I have great old friends among them, and they have told me about their excitement. I live that excitement through them. And some day in the future I'm sure I'll be able to meet you in some other opportunity, somewhere else in the world =)
I wish you a wonderful trip to Chile. I hope you have the chance to know a little bit about our country and our people. I'm sure their warmth and kindness will leave you wanting to come back.
And of course, thank you so much for choosing us. We won't let you down.
With affection and gratitude,
Lenka Yerkovich
PS: Grab some warm clothes because it is cold down there in my country!
PS2: I have a degree in English Literature and Linguistics, and I'm also an English/Spanish/Japanese translator and interpreter. I would be more than happy to help you translate letters you receive in Spanish from Chilean (and Latin-American) fans. You probably have a lot of people helping with that already, but maybe you can still use some help from this humble server.
You can't imagine how happy Chilean fans are about your visit -- along with Chris Carter -- to our country. It is more than a dream come true; a ludicrous possibility only achievable in our wildest imagination.
But 10 years ago, when we prepared our first fan convention in a small theatre with less than a hundred seats, the possibility of even reuniting fans in our small and frogotten country was wild. When Francisco and I decided to do it, we had no support whatsoever from any institution. Nothing. We were just a couple of kids (I was 18 at that time) completely alone, renting a theatre and equipment with money we didn't have, hoping that fans would support us cause if they didn't we would… well, go to jail? (It's kind of exaggerated but yes, the thought crossed our minds. Asking for loaned money to rich uncles or selling our computers were also possibilities).
The convention was a huge success. More than 200 fans supported us that day from the farthest reaches of our long country. People who thought that our project was just a childish whim ended up begging for a membership in our "fan club," and a chance to be part of the next convention.
I look behind and I can't help but feel some sort of maternal pride and love for our humble project, which now 10 years later has turned into having Frank Spotnitz and Chris Carter themselves visiting us.
Unfortunately I won't be able to be there to meet you. I've just moved to Mexico with my fiancée so start a new life here. When Francisco told me that you would be coming-- I mean, going -- to Chile for the convention, I felt sad because I knew that it would be nearly impossible for me to travel back to my country to see you, since I have just arrived here (I knew I should have bought that private jet the other day…). But despite that sadness, I'm tremendously happy for all the fans down there in Chile. They deserve it, especially Francisco, for believing in a dream and making it true. I have great old friends among them, and they have told me about their excitement. I live that excitement through them. And some day in the future I'm sure I'll be able to meet you in some other opportunity, somewhere else in the world =)
I wish you a wonderful trip to Chile. I hope you have the chance to know a little bit about our country and our people. I'm sure their warmth and kindness will leave you wanting to come back.
And of course, thank you so much for choosing us. We won't let you down.
With affection and gratitude,
Lenka Yerkovich
PS: Grab some warm clothes because it is cold down there in my country!
PS2: I have a degree in English Literature and Linguistics, and I'm also an English/Spanish/Japanese translator and interpreter. I would be more than happy to help you translate letters you receive in Spanish from Chilean (and Latin-American) fans. You probably have a lot of people helping with that already, but maybe you can still use some help from this humble server.
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