Chile ~week 16

This week has been a pretty good week, this morning we had our zone activity so i will try to send pics of that.

but this week:

Tuesday: We had district meeting, and we had a grand intercambio, i was put with lder montoya, he is from santiago but he knows lots of english. we ended up walking all over lebu that day which wasnt very fun, because this week i had blisters on my feet(another pic i have). it rained not much that day, and to make it a great day our lunch appointment fell... so we went and ate churrascos and fries, so it wasnt too bad.

Wednesday: Wednesday was a craaazy day! it rained a ton!! from in the morning when we woke up til right before we went to bed that night. the intercambio ended, we went and did an attack in los alamos, which means we contacted as much people as we can for them. but we had to leave a bit early cause we had appointments back in cañete. this day was also super windy, so lots of wind with lots of rain... not a good combo... maybe the coldest ive been in my life, but ive said that a few times jajaja. 

Thursday: i was able to go on a little cambio with Elder Deus, he is from brazil, we spent the day in los alamos again because i was supposed to go get my chilean id there, but it didnt work at that registro civil. then that night we had interviews with president and his wife, which was cool, they are good people and im excited to work with them. 

Friday: We did another intercambio, ive spent a lot of money this week on travel, but i was with Elder Runyan again this time. there wasnt rain which was good, but he told me starting sunday we were supposed to have a huge storm. i was a bit scared for it.

Saturday: we had another similar thing like los alamos, but this time in curanilahue. we used that to end our intercambio, but this was a good day, me and my comp were wondering why our past weeks have been so hard, then after that we had some miracles. the first was when we were talking to our investigators about baptism, and one of them said lo haré which means i will do it. she regrette4d it last time she did not get baptized. one of our inactives said she will go to church(which she did, it was awesome!) then another inactive that went to church last week said she can really see how her week was blessed from that experience. then that night it started raining again...

Sunday: it was raining all through the morning, then the beginning of church, i was scared it was the big storm, but the rain didnt last long, so the big storm was just a mis call. which really made my day. we had church, then lessons with some people.

This week we should have a baptism, so were pumped for that!

And the sun was out and shining today!! so this storm isnt so bad at all!

well thats it!

Have a good week everyone!

Elder Severtson

Chile ~week 15

So this week was a wild one!!

Tuesday: We did inter cambios again, i went toLos Alamos, And we did Lots of Walking. I waswith an elder namedElder Loose, He is from argentina, so he didnt know a lot of english, so i was able to practice a lot mof my spanish and it get a lot better from that. We also had district meeting that morning!

Wednesday: We had to wake up early to go to San Pedro, The shower i took was coldunlessit was barely drizzling, then it was kind of warm. I finally dreamed in spanish where i realized it! I was asked to give the prayerin the reunion where we met our new mission president, President May, And they are supercool!! We had Papa Johns For lunch, which was awesome! it remimded me of home!! imiss american pizza. We had a super long day home then headedto Quirico, Another town by the beach, so thats what the pictures are!  And it rained a little bit that day.

Thursday: We did another Inter Cambio, i was with Elder Runyan,hes a crazy missionary, he stayed an extra transfer in the mission, so hes going crazy!! But it was a good intercambio, I lkeatrned a lot!

Frisay: We were finally able to getmoney, i was outof money, i was only able to take money out a few weeks ago, and it wasonly 20 mil!! vause my card had problems. but now weregood cause i have more money!!

Saturday:Rained a lot again!! Its weird when it rains here it gets warmer!! We also ended up walking a lot!

Sunday:  We had church, And it still was Raining, its basically been raining non stop since saturday... Then we had tqacos for Lunch which remionded me of tacobell athome!! which Was Super good!

Yeah...

Today its still raining!!

Well thats reallyit!

Have a good week!!!

Elder Severtson!

Chile ~week14

Happy 4th of July!!!

we kind of celebrated, we had to go to lebu again for my chilean ID,

so we met up with the elders there and made strawberry pancakes, so it was pretty cool

not much time to write! 

anyways on wednesday: zone conference, intercambios with elder smith, whos dad opened our zone almost 40 years ago, we saw a dog that was ran over or something, all its guts were hanging out! eww... and crishna passed her bap interview!!!

Thursday: we got lost in Los alamos because we couldnt find our companions, so we went to the elders house there and eventually found ur comps, so it was a weird day,

Friday: we washed the baptismal font, and i had a completo with no tomatoes! so it was awesome!!! we founf out it wil be this cold for 2 more months!! the temperture was below 0 celcius so we decided we should buy a new gas cause we were out for a few weeks, and our investigators dad doesnt believe or have a testimonsy( hes inactive) so we strengthened our testimonies hering he doesnt have one..

Satuday: We started our fast, BAPTIZED CRISHNA!!!!! it was a funny baptism i was putting her under and she didnt bend her knees so she just fell and splashed all over!! hahaha... and we helped paint a house again that morning!

Sunday: fasted still, had Church, nothing really special happened...

This wednesday: we will be meeting our new mission president, named President May from alabama!

Well thats it! Have a good week everyone!!

Elder Severtson!

Chile ~week 13

monday: pday, so notmuch happened,

Tuesday: we strarted running because it was recommended by our health missionaries. me and my comp have a goal to read all the book of mormon in one transfer, and were a little behind already. he told me that traniers dont normally stay with their trainers for both combion in our mission, but some reason we stayed, so we will see why. just from reading the bom in spanish my spanish has gotten way better.

wednesday: we had district meeting, i got to meet my new district. and our investigator gave us some good cake.

thursday: we saw some dogs in the street start fighting, like real fighting, and they almost died, then they ran around the corner so we didnt see what happened.

friday: we went to the hermanas in our districts area because my comp had to interview for baptisms and i sat behind a drunk guy on the way back so i could smell him the whole time, it was bad. i almost got sick, theres alwats a bunch of drunk people here!

saturday: we have a progressing investigator named krishna, she is super ready to get baptized, and we had a lesson with her this day, and many other days i forgot to mention.

Sunday: krishna came to church for her 3rd time so she can be baptized, we had branch council, and the copa america partido was that night, chile vs. Argentina, AND CHILE WON!!!!!

Monday: we helped more with service, smoothing walls inside our investigators house, so we were super dirty, we had a lesson with krishna and planned her baptism, she is getting baptized on saturday and i will be baptizing her, which is cool!

Today: we went to a museum this morning, thats what the pics are, and not all of them fit, so i will send more in another email!

well thats my week!!

have a good week everyone!!

Elder Severtson!

Chile ~week 12

okay everybody this is my week.

last week we were in lebu for pday, we went to the beach cause thats where the sword shop was, and as you know me, i ended up buying a sword. and we ended up walking a TON that day, but its good.

Tuesday: we bought a new gas and a new lock for our gas which is good, that night we went to an evangelical church for our pastor friend, it was super weird, they were all sreaming and stuff.. we helped our investtigators with hr english hmw, and we taught a good family.

Wednesday: we had district metting, we were taching one of our investigators and a huge dog came up tairs, the biggest dog ive ever seen!! it was huge!! we taught our investigator benjamin, who is 10 and his parents are less actives.

Thursday: we had weekly planning, aa member made us pizza which was good, and she loves missionaries. we taught a family and made a big tough guy cry, his name is alfredo, he is a less active and is the uncle of one of our investigators, 

Friday: we had another lesson with benjamin, we had a family home evening with our ward for fathersday. and for lunch we a roast meal, like the one we have at home, it was so good!

Saturday: This da was CRAZY!! we were going to a small town called tirua, with a family who needed help ainting their house. on our way there there was an accident, a bad accident, between a bus of super police and a micro, and in the back was a big semi truck pullng logs. so we walked through traffic and on the other side got in the back of a truck and we rode across the country side on the highway. it was sooo cold and sooo windy, im never going to be cold again! we came home and were super busy...

Sunday: we had church we had 8 people committed to church but only 3 came which is sad... we had to talk in church, they told us on saturday and we had no time to plan at al!!! it was hard cause i couldnt plan anything and i cant speak that well. our topic was missionary work, so i had to find something in english pmg, and found it in spanish and shared some stuff. there was a returned missionary there visiting an hermana that was in his mission. his name is nathan witch and is from pima az. sunday morning was super cold. there was ice on the road and grass and stuff.. but it wasnt too bad, i want a scarf but we cant find them anywhere!!

today: we got transfers and me and my companion are staying!

well have a good week,

i have some pics of the beach, part of our area, and my weapons i need :)

here a song i wrote about my sword to the tune of nephis courage!

The lord commanded garrett to go and get the sword,

from the windy lebu that is near our sector,

And i dont have much after that hahha..

anyways have a good week everyone!!

Elder severtson!

Chile ~week 11

This week was super fast! also i amgoing to apologize in advance, this keyboard is terrible, worst oneive used, the space bar doesnt work too good. but this is my week!

Monday: finished Pday and we gopt a call fromsalt lake about a chinese family in our area that doesnt know spanish or english, so we would be able to teach them through skype with a translator in salt lake!

Tusday; We had district meeting, we ate lunch in a hotel because oneof our ward members owns a hotel. some of our good investigators finally came home. and that night we were able to teachan inactive lady. she said she doesnt believe that god loves her. that was powerful forme, i have never realized howmuchgod lovesme,or howmuchi love him, until i have met someone who doesnt believe it! it was super sad!

Wdnesday: we had a super busy day,.we have a lot more investigators now and were super blessed this week. we did a bunch of walking to a bunch of appopintments and found some good investigators.

Thursday: We were able to teach some less actives who have a less active daughter,we think next transfer we willbe able to baptize a lot, we hve 6 people preparing forbaptisms. we have a family home evening that nbight and found some more good people, and we raced home and made it rightontime, we were super far away!! 

Friday: Friday wassuper hot then got pretty cold that night. we wokeup that morning and we were robbed of our gas, it was brand new, i was trying to shower in the morning, but the water was reezing cold, we checked our tank.and itwas gone!!! We had lunch with an hermana that can speak english which was cool, we were able to teach a pastor that night,and he usedto bethe equivilent of an area 70 for the evangelical church, so hes a big deal andhes agoodfriend of ours. 

Saturday: Wewoke up so coldin the night, the tops of our blankets and pillows were wet! wewentto afamilieshouse and that played a lot of english music and we played some chileans games, we werent supposed to,but the elders they hadbefore werent good,we were trying to ease themback down. a lot of our plans ended up falling cause of it. 

Sunday:We had church, mycompanion was talking to a nonmember family, and this drunk guy alked up to us in church. my companion told m to take him away, soi wasstuck tryingtotalkto a drunk guy inspanihs, most of thetime i didnt even say anything cause i didnt understand. wedidlotsof walking thatday. andi finally stepped in dog poop... i knew it wascoming everyone always does.

All inall it was a good week!

Were about to go buy someswods that aremadeof swordfish, soi will sendpictures next week!

i also have a pic attthed of french fries, and a videoof our area!

Have a goodweek!

Elder Severtson!

Chile ~week 10

okay so this week was pretty good, last week was pday and we did a bunch of walking and found an inactive family.

on tuesday we had district meeting asnd i had mashed potatoes for the first time here! thewyre pretty good, we planned our ward family night a lot aswell, a lot more walking, and something super cool is that one of the ward members said that my pronunciation in my spanish is better than my trainers!! hahaha

on wednesday we had no rain! but it was super cold, this whole week was freezing cause there was no rin and no clouds!! but we havent had much appointments and lots of walking.

thursday was sunny but stil cold, my companion ended up stepping in dog poop 3 times that day! hahah, we did a lot of walking again and visited old investigators and menos activos.

friday we did interfcambion agsain, so i went to Lebu with the zone leaders, i have pics of lebu, its the ones where were by the ocean, everything there smells fishy and there are dogs that follow us everywhere!! and i got to help an elder whos mom had recently died and tried to help him get throgh it, we had a noche de hogar that night as well!

the other pictures we have is us blocking out window with boxes, these cats would always jump through our window and make our bathroom dirty and pee on our floor and stuff, how annoying right!! then on saturday we had practices in the morning, like practice teaching! found a good family in a part of our area that is super far asway so we cant walk there! members said my spanish is super good again! but its not that good really, im stil learning a lot and its still pretty hard to understand!

then yesterday was freeeeezzzzing!!!!!! and was fast sunday! we found 2 new families and had ward counsel..

well thats basically my week!

Have a good week everyone!