Hola mi familia en los Estados Unidos!
Sunds like you guys are having a great time like always! Cruises and stuff, while im down here working my tail off to bring people the salvation of their souls;) haha estoy Bromiendo, Let me start off with explaining my teacher situation, so she told me that she was going to do it and stuff but then after i had written you guys and couldnt tell you guys differently, she tells me that they created a new rule where they cant deliver mail for us.......so i still have them in my possesion....sorry about the confusion! oh and stephanie,,,,thats crazy.....hope she is better now! and USU? thats so cool!! i cant wait till she gets married, i know that she wants it so bad and i am praying for her to find the right man for her that will be her perfect other half. Awesome:)
Well havent these last 10 days flown right by!! i feel like i wrote you guys yesterday!! wierd how thats how the mission is going to be! so yeah im no longer in the CCM. and am officially in the feild teaching the people of chile the gospel of Jesus Christ. Im gonna start off telling how my last week went in the CCM. so First it was a normal week until thursday, we went out street contactin, and that was sooo hard because i only know spanish about the gospel and my comp doesnt know any spanish so it was an awful 2 hours....but the next day we were able to go outon splits!!! we went to the south mission and i was hoping that i could be paired up with corbin, but nope....i was with a latino and he has been out for 13 months. we did tons of street contacting and it was AMAZING! it made me soooo pumped for the field!
It was kinda hard to say goodbye to all the people that i had become so close with and would never see again! but its all worth it because now its not about us at all. its solely about the lord.
Alright, conference. one word "UN-FREAKING-BELIEVABLE" i was able to watch it in english and every single talk was just soooo perfect for teaching me little things that i need everyday out here in the field! I have to say that my Favorite talk over all was Bednars. He was talking directly to me, and the people that i am going to teach in just a few days and i just felt the spirit soo strong that whole two days! i wish that we could have that on a weekly basis! but hey in november Russel M. Nelson is coming to chile to talk to us! so thats suuper sick!!!:)
Okay, now for the new stuff. THE FIELD! Oh my gosh i love it sooooo much!! it is so much better than the CCM and is so much better than anyone ever said! My comp is Elder Silva from brazil, he doesnt speak any english which is good! because now i am literally forced to learn spanish or just be mute haha The gift of tongues is really coming and i can feel it when i am talki8ng to people. oh and Pres. wright, he is THE BEST!! i had the oportunity on my first day to do a practice lesson with him being the investtigator! i Learned tons, but it was hard because i was nervous...but it was good:) He is awesome and his wife aswell!
On My first day we went to visit a family for the first time. Neither of us knew them. It consists of Jorge(Less active) Rosa(Non member) and their two daughters Fernanda(9) and Violeta(1). They are so amazing! we had a great lesson even though there was tons of distractions.....kids crying, ice cream flying, soap opera blaring, neighbors screaming, ETC. But the spirit was still there. They told us that they want fernanda to be baptized and she told us she wanted to be also. They asked if i could baptize her! of course i was stoked to say yes! but in the end i hope that we can make it work out to where Jorge could baptize her, and also that Rosa will be ready also. She has shown interest. I feel that she will be ready aswell:) The work is reall and has only just begun!!!
So everyday we have a lunch with a different family in theward. they give us soooo much food! but it is super good! even though its a lot of food, its like the perfect amount with how much walking we do it is a perfect balance so we have energy the rest of the day:) The people are so amazing and i already love each person i meet, i just see such great potential in all ofthem! i want each person to accept the gospel!! haha funny story, so we were visiting this member family and got talking about music and she asked if i liked Queen and of course i said yes! so she puts her CD in and is blaring Bohemian Rhapsody, Fat Bottom Girls, Another One Bites The Dust, Bycicle race, etc it was awesome:)
Our house is pretty cool, its decent in size but is sooo cold. there is onlyone window that brings in light and its solid concrete everything, freezing! and its so dirty.......nappy gross. I am loving it here and am so glad that all is going well at home and you guys are being the amazing family that you have always been:) thank you for your support and know i pray for each and everyone of youeach day. I lover you so much. until next week!
Elder Collins
sorry i didnt adress some of your questions, my mission office is 20 minutes away haha but yea his spanish is super good! but no english... haha oh well! He is the DL but is really sluggish and i am having to get us going and stuff but it will get better! I will send pics of my apartment next week and my area is pretty small its called Alicahue and there is 1200 members, but only about 80 are active.... lots of reactivation!!! no one plays the piano.....if i practiced a little i could be able to but i just dont have any time......
SCOTT!!!! I LOVE CHIPOTLE!!!! hahahahahahaha i started laughing sooooo hard!!!!! love you man!! look up kendama tricks on youtube to see cool stuff:)
Thell the marines that im busy;)
oh good!! the letter got there!! the other one for lyss will probably never get there... so dont worry about it haha
BRETS GOING TO MICHIIGAN!? THats AWESOME!!!!!!!!! Tell him kthat i am soooooo stoked for him and that he is going to LOVE it!!! love him tons!!
yeah that package will get to me, but here is a better one
Misiòn Chile Santiago Este
Cristòbal Colòn 6824
Casilla 27.144 Las Condes
Region Metropolitana
Santiago Chile
its the misson homes direct adress:) either one works though:)
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