Last Letter!!!

Well as you can all see in my title.. this is my last letter ill be writing, its kind of sad, but at the same time its exciting, cause i wont have to write any more!! haha

well.. my second to last week has been crazy! and will jsut keepo getting crazier this week!!

here we go!

Tuesday: we started with District meeting, and we started to not feel so well, me and my comp.. and some of the other missionaries either, we think it was cause of the food from the Zone activity the day before.. so after meeting we went home and we stayed home almost all day, we left a bit to jsut get out of the house, then we came back a bit after to work in the area book..

Wednesday: we got up in the morning, i was already all good, my comp still felt a bit sick though. so we had studies, then we went to visit an old investigator named pedro. boy does he talk a lot!! we tried getting out of there.. it was hard, but he has suffered a lot of things, and needs a lot of help.. then that afternoon we had an appointment with Javiera again, we gave it to her bold, we found out shes not very sure what she believes, we found out a bit more about her, we mighjt end up leaving her here soon if she doesnt start to progress.

Thursday: We started with a service in Collipulli, we painted a preschool again, like we did a few weeks ago. after we came home to have lunch, then went to visit a less active family.. then we went walking around a lot trying to find and we could not find her house.. then anotyher appointment we had, also fell.. so then we went to veronica, who is an investigator that we found when we barely got here. so we helped them with their firewood, then we shared a bit with them..

Friday: we had another service, helping an older couple with their firewood(weve done a lot of service this week).. After that we did weekly planning, then we had lunch with an hermana, then we went to pedro again... then that night we had an appointment with Guido.. hes been going inactive, and apparently is a very good member.. hes well known b all the misisonaries.. so we wanted to talk to him and see whats going on..

Saturday: We had studies, then went to the campo for lunch, we had a barbecue, we had goat meat! it was good! after we came back to los sauces and tried talking to a few investigators but could meet with us then, then we remembered that theres an hermana that arived from santiago, so we started talking to her and doing a small service, then she talkd to us for a long time about the church here in los sauces..

Sunday: this day was a bit difficult.. we got ot church and there was only 8 of us.. a bit after showed up 2 more.. we were only 10 people in church!! what the?! so i kinda felt bad, but it was also testimony, but hearing the testimoniues made me feel better.. after church we had lunch and had to bring the sacrament around to the older members who cant go.. then we also said goodbye and took pictures with them.. then with our investigator jacmy, we finally met his girlfriend.. Thelina.. she was really cool until she heard "mormon" then she changed a lot! seems like shes against us a bit.. then we contacted a bit then went home to plan and do 12 weeks training..

But this week was a good one, it was lots of fun, and this upcoming week will be awesome! really crazy!!

well..

Have a Good Week!

Elder Garrett Severtson

Pics:

some of the old people we bring the scarament to..

also..

part of the campo here in Los Sauces

Chile ~week 99

Hola!!

this week was once again a great one!! i think ive been nbñessed with a greast end of the misison, everything jsut seems top happen really easily.. but heres our week:

Tuesday: we had ot go to the campo for lunch, thenm we wenmt back to los sauces and had a lesson with an investigator named Cindy, shes awesome, she always reads and prays, we taught her lesson3. after in the afternoon we had a lesson with javiera, and she always asks us why god lets people suffer, so weve tried to explain it in so many7 ways, but we cant seem to get to her, but here soon we will..

Wednesday: we had lunch at home, we found a new, a lady whos really evangelical, so when we pray she says stuff, its kinda hard to pray withoput laughing.. also, that night we wenmt and taught Lorena and her mom maria, we had a god lesson, we started reading the book of mormon with them, which was cool, they havent really been keepingin their commitments, 

Thursday: i had an intercambio aghain, this time with elder domingues, from brazil. hes pretty cool, his acent is still really strong in portugese.. so sometimes its hard ot understand him, it was cool we taught some good people, but we also found a colombian guy. it was also crazy, we went to lunmch, and didnt look like it was going to rain, almost no clouds in the sky, then we left lunch, and we didnt have time to go home, and it started raining, so we went to another members house, ans they gave us jackets, but mine didnt have a hood so i walked around all day without as hood!!! haha it was fun!!

Friday: we had district meeting, then we ended the iontercambio. we found a young woman in our ward whos inactive and has like no desires to comeh back.. so thats lame.. then that night we went and read more with lorens and maria..

Saturday: we had a service that mromning, where we had to fill a lot or wheel barrels full of dirt, like when we shovel rock, but with dirt, and we had ot bring it a good 50 yardas away and dump it.. oh that tired us out.- then that afternoon we had another lesson with cindy, we watched the joseph smith movie, she really liked it, and started asking a bit about baptism which is awesome!!

Sunday: we had church, there was 14 of us.. we had 2 investigators, our hatian jacmy, and maria came!! shes awesome!! her daughter mariela(whjos a member) has told us that she thinks shes thinking about baptism!! which is awesome!!!Also that night we went to javiera again, we watched the JS movie again, and then we made food with them, my companion taught them how to mmake some peruvian food, which was cool..

Today: we had a multizone activity with the Victoria zone.,. it was fun

Have a Good Week!

Elder Garrett Severtson

not too many pics to send this wek, but next week i think ill have more!!

our generation pic! me, my 2 "kids" and my "grandson"

also,

All my comps who are still "living"

Chile ~week 98

well.. this week were getting our first rain here in Los Sauces.. its been 9 weeks without rain!! what a miracle!!

well.. sorry, i have like no time left, and i have a voice recording and pics to send.. but al lof a sudden my adapter decides to not work and i cant send you guys any of that.. so hopefully next week i can get it all to you!!!

but it was a great week, as always in the mission field. we didnt have anyone in church, were teaching our investigators more and theyre starting to progres... 

this morning we went fishing.. but thats all i can think of right now...

so...

Have a Good Week!

Elder Garrett Severtson

Chile ~week 97

well this week was once again a good one!!

dont have a lot of time to write.. but ill summarize it..

this wek was a bit more difficult.. we had a lot of plans fall.. but we think its cause heavenly father should be trying to test us.. cause he should have something great coming for us..  and wants to know if we are preprepared..

but here we are in los sauces.. working hard, trying to make the best of it all here.. 

sorry i dont have too many pics to send.. and the computers right now are slow.. so next week ill send more!!

Have a Good Week!

Elder Garrett Severtson

us on a bus..

and my converts took me out to lunch!!

Chile ~week 96

Well... this week has been a great one, i dont have much time to write.. so ill try to share the coolest things that have happened...

Well.. with our investigator Jacmy, we were able to show him the restoration movie, about joseph smith... that was 1 hour.. and after he understood a lot more, and is starting to talk a little more serious... so thats awesome!!!

Maria: shes a less active weve been working with.. we called her to come to church on sunday.. and she came!! but she shared her testimony, and said she woke up hearing a voice asking if shes gonna go to church.. then we called ehr right after and invited her.. so she got ready as fast as she could and went to chruch.. so that was awesome!!

Javiera: shes the daughter of a member whos been inactive about 18 years.. and her daughter knows a lot!! she has asked us a lot of questions!! and then in the end we found out a few years ago her grandpa died, and she stopped believing in god.. so now we know her need.. so were gonna be working with that!!

we had interviews with president that also turned out really good... it was my second to last!! 

thjen today we went to take a hike with some other missionaries.. and we took a lot of pics.. so ill send em!! we saw some waterfalls.. it was awesome!!!

Have a Good Week!

Elder Garrett Severtson

Chile ~week 95

Sorry, im busy writing, ive got a lot of emails!! so i cant write too much,

But weve had a great week, its awesome here in los sauces!! were seeing a lot of miracles!!!

me and my companion will be staying together one more cambio(my last)... and also, my first trainee will be training, so im gonna be a grandpa!! ahhaha

hope you all have a great week!! and nos vemos en algunas semanas!!

Elder Garrett Severtson

pics:

us as a zone playing futbol

more pics of our branch activity.. these are from my comps camera

this is what the campo is like out here!! very yellow.... like arizona!!

visit from my converts from cañete..

Cattle raoming freely in los sauces...

and my watch tanline

aaaaand... my birthday lunch..

thats the last of em for this week....

Chile ~week 94

So... once again we had a great week!!! not too many pictures cause my companion took a lot, but forgot his camera...

but was a fun and really fast week!!! here it is:

tuesday: we did   a bit of studies, then we had to go to angol, to see the broadcast of the new prophet,, Russell m nelson.. which is realy cool, i never saw him as prophet before, but whenm i saw him there on the screen, i realized, hes gonna be a great prophet, i dont know why, but i totally saw him as a prohpet now!!! 

Wednesday: we had our multi zone conference which was cool... it was in los angeles, in the church i was in in las americas.. so that was cool being able to go there again... 

Thursday: we studied, then lunch, as always, we went and found some more less active members, then went to visit doris, who we put a baptismal date with.. and she told us she doesnt want us to come over anymore, were thinking someone told her something bad about us.. but what can we do.. we invited her to keep reading and praying if she wants to know..

Friday: we had lunch in the campo... we got there real fast, we headed home, taught a lasy, who didnt understand anything, so we just left.. then we found some more less actives, and theyre awesome!! then we went and visited an old investigator, named katherine, and shes cool, shes catholic, but never oes, she asked us to bless her house cause theyve felt bad things there.. so we went and did it.. it was cool...

Saturday: we went on a trip with our branch, our misison president gave us permission if we had an investigator, so we invited jacmy, the hatian.. and boy, we had an adventure.. we got lost in the woods for like an hour trying to get there.. ad we got scraped a lot from the thorns that were there.. then we finally arrived, which was a relief.. then that afternoon we also played sports with the members and jacmy, which was awesome, jacmy id really liking the church..

Sunday: it was a good day, we went to church, jacmy didnt go, but after church we talked to him, and told us he didnt want to get baptized this weekend... which we werent donme teaching him which was good, we still have a lot to teach him.. he said he didnt want to cause he wants to get married with his wie first, so he wont sin, his wife will come in february, so hopefully he will get baptized here soon...

and well thats our week.. sorry im a bit rushed!! hope you all hav a great week aswell!!!

Have a Good Week!

Elder Garrett Severtson

pics from our branch activity...