May 6, 2015
Today was a short p-day, but it was also quite fun. We went
to a mall to buy things that we needed, and had a good time running into
missionaries of Santiago Sur. We didn’t
really find what we were looking for, but we went to a giant gringo supermarket
called “Jumbo”. The have everything that
you would find in a Walmart. My
miracle/blessing was from that wonderful wonderful store.
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| This brought me happy thoughts about my dear mother. |
Today was a great division with the zone leaders. I left the sector and realized just how hard
my sector really is. As we contacted in
the other sector, we entered into houses, took out appointments, and found very
good people to teach.
Miracle #226: We started a contact with a grumpy old
man. As we offered to help him, then
followed through with our offer, this man started to open up. In the end, his
son came out and turned out to be really interested in our message. We gave him a Book of Mormon and he promised
to read it.
The funny part of today was the fact that our Zone leaders
didn’t have anything planned to do for tomorrow, but by the end of the day, we
filled up their schedule for tomorrow with future investigators. Also we ate some tasty tacos!
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| Happy Birthday Elder Chavez! |
May 8, 2015
Today was pretty great.
We actually found some people to hopefully teach. The division yesterday really gave me a boost
for this week and hopefully longer.
Today I talked with EVERYONE in the streets. Today was also Elder Chavez’s birthday so I
gave him a belt of mine that he has always wanted. We also got cake and a good dinner that was
nice.
Our usual number is zero.
The funny/horrible part of our day was our toilet
disaster. Our toilet spits everything
that you put in it out onto the floor.
Right now my companion is taking it apart to try to fix it. I think that I am going to have to dig an
emergency hole in the backyard if you know what I mean.
May 9, 2015
Today was actually good.
Three good/great days in a row is practically a record. This morning our toilet still didn’t work and
I had to beg the use of our neighbor’s bathroom. We also painted someone’s fence this
morning. Elder White and I jus talked
and painted for a couple of hours and it was fun. When we came back to the house we learned
that our toilet would not be fixed until Monday! We are considering making one
of our flowerpots a chamberpot.
Miracle #228: We were walking through the feria when
we ran into M.’s son. We told him that
we visited his dad and then he invited us back for tomorrow to share our
message with the other part of their family.
The funny part of today was in our last lesson, the family
commented that they liked my companions ties more than my tie. I pretended to be scandalized and
offended. After that, they chose me to
say the closing prayer and I prayed that they would be blessed to see that my
tie was wonderful. They all lost it…but
then of course I got serious and offered a sincere prayer to finish the
evening. It was fun.
May 10, 2015
Today was really lazy.
After church we went straight to a member’s house to Skype home for
Mother’s day. I had a great call with my
family where I realized just how cushy I have it here on my mission (compared
to my brother.) I seriously cannot complain at all. My mission is amazing and I
am learning a ton. I really feel like I
am becoming more and more converted to the gospel every day.
Miracle #229: I
pulled of a musical number today that I learned in about 2 hours of practice
and it actually turned out really well.
He funny part of today was how much cake we got to eat! Seriously, I must have eaten ½ of a cake
today. It is okay though since yesterday
I was fasting. Seriously, fasting is
really rough for me. I always get a
little grumpy when I do it. I already
got one of my answers that I fasted for!
May 11, 2015
Today was a really decent day. The only hard part of the day was when I
realized that I couldn’t shower after exercising because the plumbers where
working to unplug the pipes. It seems
that the other Elder’s like to use wipes instead of toilet paper, and the wipes
plug up the pipes. It took them 5 hour
to unplug the clog and we were helping them the entire time.
Miracle #230: We finally have a working bathroom
again!
The best part of the day was finding an awesome person and
teaching him a lesson. We were walking
along and my companion stopped to knock a door.
No one was there, but we stopped at the next house and met J.M. I think that he is by far the most incredible
person that I have met here in Chile.
The funny part of the day was making poop jokes with the
plumbers and the owner of the house we live in.
The owner reminds me of my Mom.
Overall, today was a good day.
May 12, 2015
Today was the first day in a long time that was
depressing. Most of the day was spent
visiting a man who is dying of cancer.
He is suffering and just wants to die.
His family knows that there is nothing left that can be done to help him
live longer, but they don’t want to tell him the truth. It was really a sad situation and it made me
reflect on home and brought me down the rest of the day.
There wasn’t really any fun part of the day, but we did get
lots done and ended our day playing a game.
Tomorrow is p-day so we should be able to get some needed rest. The best
part of the day was probably doing a brand new insanity video that I don’t
have. It is a leg heavy workout and my
butt hurts.
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