Chile ~week 26

this week was good again, as normal..

i already wrote for tuesday, but i have a little more to write about..

so heres my week:

Tuesday(Night): we found a family of jehovahs witnesses but theyre inactive so thats pretty cool, we also got a phone call that one of our investigators named sandra, she wants to be baptized!

Wednesday: we went to Quidico again, but so we can talk with sandra and her boyfriend Alejandro(member) about baptism, and they didnt know they have to get maried, so now shes second guessing it.. but well see what happens, im sure theyll be married!

Thursday: we were walking around trying to contact, we saw 2 kids look at us and run around the corner, so we went to see what they were doing, we got to the corner and one jumped out and tried to scare us! haha, then a little further his friend did the same! haha both times my comp got scared, but i was brave for both! then that night we went to an evangelical church again! its weird there, but its cool cause everyone comes and welcomes us and thinks its cool that we go!

Friday: we went to Quidico again, for a Noche de Hogar(FHE) and we watched Meet the Mormons. we were there kind of late and we knew we needed to catch a bus, they said there was a bus at 8 and at 9. so at 8 we went to the bus stop, we were waiting... and waiting... and waiting.. we thought the bus might be late.. then it came to be 9, and we decided to ask what time the busses pass by, and a guy told us they dont pass by anymore at night.. so we decided to call alejandro and he drove us home, but we got home really late.. but we were just grateful to be out of the cold and be home!

Saturday: we ended up walking a TON! we did a service in the morning of an old battle fort that was here, we just walked around and picked up trash! we started our 40 day fast! not really fasting for 40 days, we start with a fast, and pray everyday and night for 5 things we want to do better, then we end it with a fast.. so we got pretty hungry from that!

Sunday: Church, and for some reason there was a bunch of people there, probably cause it was a beautiful day.. then at night we found a really nice less active member. she used to be like a mom to the missionaries, so she gave us food and we talked for awhile. shes super nice!

Well thats really my week! i have a few pics here! 

Chile ~week 25

CHI CHI CHI! LE LE LE! VIVA CHILE!


So heads up, my email might be a bit short, the keyboard i have is driving me nutz, cause its terrible, some of the keys stick and are falling off.. so its gonna be a bit difficult.. 

but heres my week!

Tuesday: i bought a little book i could use for my vopcab words im learning. we were contacting, and the same drunk guy i had to talk to in church during my training, came and found us on the street. he told us to go to his house, so we followed him, he wouldnt let us say no. after being with him we think he might have a bit of a mental disability, and be drunk, we dont know... but he gave us a tour of his house forever, cause he wouldnt let us leave. after that we walked around then decided to go home and clean the house for the new elders..then that night we got the new elders, one is elder Gomez from colombia, and the other is Elder Payne, From Logan Utah, hes just starting his training. hes pretty cool..

Wednesday: I did an intercambio with Elder Gomez so he can get to know the Area. we were contacting on a hill, and we were walking down the hill and islipped and fell, cause there was mud!! haha, so my pants and my sweater(which went through), and my white shirt were all muddy. was pretty lame...

Thursday: we had our zone meeting, we now have 16 missionaries in our zone.. we had a good lunch, its spaghetti with eggs o top, its a little weird, but i like it a lot. we found some people to visit from the carpeta. we visited some of myrecent converts. was a goodday.

Friday: this is the say we can start giving juice(chilean saying, means like mess around, waste time).  we had a ward activity, which was awesome, we ate a bunch of empanadas. and celebratred chile stuff... we played all sorts of games, it was lots of fun.

Saturday: Was our first free day. we played soccer in the morning for like 3 hours, lots of fun!! i then ate lunch and went to take a nap! i slept for like 3 hours!! it was nice!!!! then we wokeupandit was 6 oclock. and we arent allowed to leave the house on those days after 6 cause its dangerous... so we had to stay in for the rest of the night.. and my comp was being annoying on nthe top bunk, and so i was messing with himon the bottom bunk, and the bunk fell!! his mattress fell on me!! haha, so theres pics of that!!

Sunday: the big day inchile!! we went to church, there was a huge parade going on! haha, we had a hugew lunch with lots of meat!! it was so good! we came home and took a nap again! just like old times, a nap after chuyrch! then we studied the rest of the night which was good!

Monday: We had a barbecue with a member, and played a bunvh of games, i have some pics of that, i also took a lot of pics with animals, so theres that... haha... we were doing tricks on the trampoline, and all the other missionaries thought i was so cool!! haha, then this nightmy comp needed to cut his hair, and all the places were closed for the holidays... and we had haircut stuff in the house, so i told him ill try, and it actually turned outgood! he likes it! so i feel pretty good!! the first time i cut hair, was a success!! so ill send pics of that too!!

Then today, we had district meeting, then lunch, then came to weite, nothing too special.. but thats that.. was a really good week!!

Chile ~week 24

Okay just a little Heads up, I will not be writing next monday, theres a huge holiday this next Sunday, so saturday sunday and monday we will be doing stuff, so i will be writing next tuesday!

Also, I have a Bunch of Pics to Send, so there will be an overload, but i will not send all, only the best ones!

Then Also, i dont have unlimited time to write anymore, our president came out and clarified the rule, then we can have only one hour, so im gonna try to write much faster again!

And this week Was CRRAAZZYYYY!!!!

So heres my Week:

Monday: So We had a good lesson with our investigators, Sofia and Fidel, Who were Planned to be baptized on Saturday. We watched the Joseph Smith Movie, Then that night we made No Bake Cookies (or tried to make) for district meeting the next day. They turned out pretty Good Actually..

Tuesday: District Meeting, and Everyone loved our no bake cookies, which is really good! haha we went to one of our old investigators house and they werent home, so we left, and their dog followed us all the way home, and tried to go inside our house, but we didnt let it.. then it just left and we dont know what happened to it. we went to a chinese store to buy a tie for our investigator, and while there we found some pretty cool stuff, other ties, so we bought some for ourselves aswell. I have those pics in another Email also. 

Wednesday: So im gonna clarify before i tell this story, The week of a baptism, is always the crazies week, everything that can ever go wrong, goes wrong the week of a baptism, its just how it happens.. okay so today, we were having a good day and all, then we had to run to the store to buy something for a zone breakfast party the next morning before zone conference. We took a Collectivo(like a taxi) to the store, and we got out annd went into the store, i felt my pockets and i realized our keys were gone... our keys for our house and the church... and it was at night so we didnt really have much time to track them down. we assumed the keys fell out of my pocket while in the collectivo. so we bought our stuff and ran home, we climbed our fence, which was hard because there are spikes on top. we were planning on breaking a window to get in, and then our neighbors came out and said they know who our dueña is(the person who owns the house) and that she should have a copy of the keys. so we climbed our fence again and went to her house, luckily she was thee and gave up a copy of the keys. so we were able to get in the house, even though we got n a bit late. But we still didnt have our keys, which caused a problem cause we didnt know how we were going to get into the church on saturday to fill the font.

Thursday: Zone Conference, Was a really Good breakfast, and a good conference! haha i also ended up doing my Return and Report Training with president after the conference. afterwards we did an intercambio so we can do the baptsmal interview, and sofia passed, and fidel, we had to see because he was going to go away and work for awhile, and might not be able to go to church that much. so tht night we had to call the assistants and see what we can do. they said they have to talk to president, so they will call us back friday.

Friday: we finished the intercambio, and we called the assistants, Fidel i s good to be baptized!! so we are going to have a baptism on saturday! We went to quidico again, for one of our investigators. then this night we went to our investugators house to fill out the baptismal papers, and we talked about the baptism, me and my comp are going to be baptizing them. Also Soledad(the mom of the family, inactive for like 20 years) posted on facebook that someone lost their keys, cause i told her and she said she will help us find them. so friday she had them and gave them back to us! so we were so grateful! We had everything set for the Baptism now.

Saturday: We had the Baptism!! WOOHOO!!! Fidel was so happy, he was smiliong and giving us hugs and everything! we visited them that night and gave them presents, things theyve been asking for like a bible, a hymn book, and whatever. then this night we were waiting to hear our transfers. we were getting anxious and wondering why they werent calling, but we waited until right before we went to bed to call and ask them. they said theyve called us like a thousand times cause our phone is super bad.. and our transfers are... im saying in cañete! with my same comp! and we will be getting 2 more missionaries in our branch with us! so were happy about that.

Sunday: We had our confirmations which were super cool! and me and my comp had to speak in church, we had to speak on missionary work, the same as last tie, so our branch president said we can speak on whatever we want! so i spoke about the book of mormon and related it to the missionary work. i guess our talks were pretty good, even though we had like no time to prepare, but wlcome to the mission! haha. Then last night it started to rain again, it hasnt rained in forever and then rained again, which is really lame.

Well thats my Crazy Week! it was kinda long, but there ya go!

Chile ~week 23

This morning we were in a town called Arauco, we had a multizone activity, we went to the beach and ate. it was actually kind of lame cause it was like 2 hours away on our pday...

But heres my week!

Tuesday: We had district meeting and me and my comp were assigned to teach it! it went really well! my district leader came up to me and told me i should train next transfer, and that im ready, but im still young to train in my mission, so we will see how it goes! 

Wednesday: i was studying in the morning, i prayed for a scripture on how i can be less lazy and be more determined and excited to go out and work. i flipped open and saw the scripture Mosiah 3:19 marked, and that i took as my answer which was really cool! we had done another intercambio(divisions in english?) and i was with Elder Sterri again, the one whos newer than me, i had to teach basically the whole lesson by myself, and it was okay, so i was pretty proud! we also had to contact a lot tha day, which i have been blessed and have not had to  contact a lot in my mission. haha

Thursday: We ended our intercambio, and we were driving back in a micro(like a small bus) and it was packed with people, so many people, we ended up missing our stop, but it wasnt terrible, we just had to walk a tiny bit further. we had a family home evening this night with our best investigators right now, it was good. then that night we had to call the assistants to see if we could get our investigators baptized a week early.. they said they neeed to talk to president, and would call us the next day, so we were praying super hard. and they were gonna tell us the next day.

Friday: we never got a call from the assistants, so we were going crazy.. we were going around hanging up flyers my comp made, and we saw smoke in the sky.. and heard an alarm of a house fire. so we went to go check it out. we got there and saw that one of the members houses is on fire. the firemen came and put it out, but it was still crazy, and the house is in terrible condition, not livible anymore. my comp took pictures, so ill try to have him send them to me. but its really sad...

Saturday: in the morning i studied the talk the 4th missionary, and it was awesome, its about the different qualities of missionaries, and its awesome! we called the assistants to see if they can be baptized, and they said YES!! so we will be having a baptism this saturday at noon. we worked a lot with the burnt house, going through all he rubble and seeing if anything survived, its really sad. and we made invitations to send out to the ward at church.

Sunday: in the morning we were waiting outside for our investigators, because they NEEDED to come to church to be able to be baptized. and they finally showed up, but a little late. we were getting worried, we thought they werent going to show up for awhile. the family whose house burned down got up and bore their testimonies, and they were so powerful, they are so humble. our investigators ended up staying for more hours of church, which was cool, normally they dont, and the youngest wanted to stay for the third cause it was fun(which was funny cause her first time she said it was boring). 

Well that was my busy fast week!! it was good, and were excited for this one to come, we have a baptism and that night we will hear our transfers, so its gonna be exciting!