Chile ~ Week 52

This week was such a good one, ive been thinking a lot about a scripture my dad shared with me, 1 Sam 15:22, its a good one, i recommend it! haha. its about the obedience, and it really is important, its what brings the blessings!!

Well heres my week:

Tuesday: we had district meeting, and afterwards we went on a gran intercambio, white wash, where we all went to a different sector, and with a different comp.. i went with elder Montoya, from here in chile, and we were in lautaro.. it was good, we founf one new for the elders there.... 

Wednesday: we returned from the Intercambio, We came home to a house filthy(we had cleaned it on monday) so that was really awesome, not really... then we went to the sector of the hermanas in our district so my comp could get to know some of their investigators.. then we contacted a bit in our sector..

Thursday: Me and my comp, in the morning we had to go pay for the gas, cause they shut it off(yes i had a cold shower, and yes, now were broke) Then we went to Danixa, and had a good lesson, shes starting to understand a little bit. Then we saved our studies to that night cause there was a Chile vs. Argentina game, and we lost... boo!! but its okay it was just a small game, not like the 2 championships we won!! haha

Friday: We had studies, then went to lunch, at lunch the hermana told me i look a lot more spiritual, so that made me happy, im trying to be more spiritual, and it happens as you learn about the gospel. Then we had a lesson with Esteban, he is smoking a ot less, and is going to attempt to leave smoking this week, so keep him in your prayers!! 

Saturday: Nothing way interesting happened, but one of the many drunks in the street started talking to us, and after when we said bye, he came and hugged me, oh that was lot of fun, haha not really... 

Sunday: had ot go to church in the rain.. and we had no one come to church, so ughh... not very fun, then we had an attack in Vilcún, and we founf a new investigator for them aswell, thn we came home late and went straight to the house..

Today: we had our zone activity this morning and we played volleyball and dodgeball, it was pretty fun..

Sorry nothing really interesting happened this week, so sorry if its kinda boring XD

Chile ~WEEK 51

Hey everyone, this week was great! nothing way crazy happened, but its always a great week in the time of our savior!

Monday: our investigator christian wasnt progressing so well, hes a way nice guy and everything, but we decided to give him the decision if he wants to listen to us more or not, so we left with with some homework, and when he does it he can call us and tell us to comeover, but until then, were not going over any more...

Tuesday: we had district meeting, then we did an intercambio, i was with an elder Chico, from Mexico.. we had a good day, a bit of contacting, English classes which were funny, Elder Chico knows a bit of english, so it was nothing new to him. but our faithful student Luis, hes a little challenged mentally i think, we always are nice to him and joke with him, so he loves us. hes a pretty fat guy, just an important note for the story... so we were talking about health, so i asked him how his stomach feels, and he looked at me confused... i said it again, same thing, then a 3rd time... and he replied fat? haha, it was so funy. 

Wednesday: we had another multi zone conference, with 4 zones... we learned a lot! we are going to start putting a big focus on family history here in the misison, try to baptize with a focus on that... so were excited! we left to contact, we found some good potential investigators..

Thursday: Nothing way special happened, we had a lesson with Danixa, we talked about the word of wisdom, and she finally commited to live it... we told her the blessings we recieve when were obedient, and she wanted them... i dont know what 12 year olds are doing drinking coffee here anyways, everyone drinks it... 

Friday: we walked a looott... we were determined to take a day and contact a lot of references and find news.. so we walked all around centro, and finally arrived at a reference, and the house didnt exist... so we took a bus back.. then we had a cita fall, so we walked around more.. we were dead, but at least the day ended good.. i found 1.000 pesos on the ground again!! hah

Saturday: we were preparing for an attack that we had in our sector. then we also started to fast, we did a zone fast. but yeah, nothing really interesting happened.

Sunday: Esteban came to church again, 4th time!! wooho! then in the after noon we had the attack, a few companionships came and we all left to other parts, and it worked good..

but i dont have muhc time left, so...

have a good week everyone!

Elder Severtson

Pics:

Weird building theyre building,

Bridge

Honey our investigator gave us

and a map of our area

Chile ~WEEK 50

This was a great week, as always, im learning and growing more and more every day.. its amazing that with the gospel you can feel so happy and make the best decisions and be confident about it...

But heres my week:

Tuesday: we had zone meeting, we contacted a bit, had english, a normal day, nothing real interesting happened.

Wednesday: Was a weird day, was rainy and sunny on and off all day, there were even times where it was raining and the sun was shining so brightly, we dont even know how it was raining... haha, we had a good contact with some black guy who didnt even speak english or spanish, we think he was speaking something like french... but were not sure... the we went to a recent converts house and did a little scripture study..

Thursday: studies, weekly planning, a normal day, until we had english.. our first successful english class.. we had 5 students, 4 were members, and our investigator christian came, and he liked it and said he will come again on tuesday, so thats great!

Friday: we had interviews with president, and it was good, its always nice to know that we can talk to him and share with him.. and to notice that he really is a good man that cares about all of us... afterwards we practiced the song were gonna sing for zone conference this week.. its gonna be with 4 zones again.. so thats exciting! we contacted a bit, then went to estebans house, right as he was leaving.. we shared a bit with his uncle whos less active, then we shared with esteban when he came back, we were able to set a baptismal date, whiwh is good, he needs to stop smoking, but hes been doing good on that.. so we should have a baptism here soon!!!

Saturday: we had studies, contacted a bit.. then went to lunch, at lunch they showed us the new restoration video, it was pretty col, i like the style, but i dont know how good its be to show to a lot of people... but it was really interesting... then on the way to do english classes i found 1000 pesos on the ground, which is like a bit more that a dollar... which was cool, i seem to always find money on the ground here... my comps hate it!! XD then we were ablt to contact a bit more until we went to the blanco family, who has a daughter Danixe who is not a member, but is kinda interested, nd he family wants her baptized, so were gonna see what we cad to there. we had a good lesson with here, so thats good!

Sunday: Church, Esteban was the only one who ended up coming, then we had lunch, then we did an attack(where we all work in the same sector) for the hermanas in the sector of Ñelol, it went okay.. then we returned home to plan.

So far today weve played soccer, which was fun, a good workout..

But yeah another good week, were doing good things, making good choices, and were being happy, or at least doing our best to. hope you all have a great week, just like we do here!!

Elder Severtson

Those cool flowers again

Argentinian Alfajors that the blanco family gave us

Chile ~week 49

I cant believe ive been here 19 weeks, the time in the mision is flying, its so true that the more time you have, the faster it flies!!

well im gonna be honest, this email is gonna be a bit lame, not much exciting happened this week..

last monday we were able to go to the hospital to give a blessing to a member from osorno. while arriving at the hospital another man who claimed to be member told us to go and give his mom a blessing, so we did that then we went and gave the lady who originallyl needed it, so that was cool, we did it all in the few minutes we had of visiting time.

this week has rained a bit, in the beginning of the week. so it was good to get some rain here, cool it down a bit, its getting a bit colder here, but its nice. 

we were able to do some church tours, and actually this sunday we recieved an announcement that here in south america south region were gonna start having church tours as a ward and stake. so that awesome! 

But this week in church we had someone named Estaban, hes really cool, hes the nephew of some less active members, were gonna try to put a baptismal date with him this week, so pray for us! 

we had district meeting on thursday and it was cool to get to know the whole zone, we got a few new missionaries that are pretty cool. 

me and my companion decided to make goals for this transfer, some things that we can do better, so were going to be trying to do that this transfer.

but sorry everyone, i dont have much more to say, nothing really exciting happened this week! but that doesnt mean the mission isnt awesome, i ove it, and im starting to fele like this is my life now, and i love it! i have grown so much its amazing! i love the gospel!!