July 29, 2015
Today was a pretty good p-day even thought we just kind of
sat around due to the fact that my comp is till sick. We had a fat-kid moment when we made and ate
tons of oatmeal cookies. I tried to let
them sit for a few hours before my workout, but I didn’t wait long enough…I
actually got sick. It’s over now though
and other than that we had a very uneventful day today.
Miracle #308:We had a ward
council meeting today! (It is only the third time on my mission that I have
been to one of these.) It was a good
meeting.
July 30, 2015
Today was an all right day.
We had a lot of our citas fall through.
We also contacted a TON today , but it really didn’t turn out very
well. The worst part of the day was
getting totally chewed out in a lesson for falling asleep. This member heats up her house really warm,
which is not common here in Chile. So here we are wearing all of our warm
clothing, in a warm house after lunch…it was just a killer.
Miracle #309: The miracle family from last Wednesday
was our 9:00 appointment, but just as we walked out of the house, the mother drove
by and stopped us to let us know that they wouldn’t be able to meet today. The miracle is that she told us that she
wants us to call and reschedule and gave us her phone number.
The funny part of the day was having a totally immature, yet
hilarious Zone Leader in the house. All
he wanted to do was talk about women, and he kept making crude jokes and
generally inappropriate comments. I just
don’t see how guys like that make it into leadership positions. There is literally nothing that I see in him
that I want to emulate.
July 31, 2015
Today was a pretty stellar day. We basically just went from person to person
teaching lessons today. It was well
executed, although we weren’t able to plan any of it in advance because our ZL
took up all of our planning time last night. There was a huge contrast between
yesterday ad today. I was unusally off
yesterday and uncharacteristically on today.
I would like to be able to even things out a bit so that I am more
consistent. I did struggle to stay awake
in a few lessons today and I am trying to come up with a solution to that
problem.
Miracle #310: We had a really good lesson with someone
who’s basically heard every missionary message before, except for the lesson
that we came up with.
The funny part of the day was probably when Elder Furner got
swarmed by cats in a lesson. He had one
on his lap and was petting it when another jump up. All of a sudden one of them started growling
and hissing. Elder Furner had no idea
what to do when they started fighting. Poor guy was just caught in the
middle. We visited our old senile friend
who is all alone.
August 1, 2015
Today was a great day but not because we had lessons,
because we didn’t, but we had an awesome ward activity today. Most of the day was absorbed in the activity and
related jobs that needed doing. The
activity was my 2nd dessert competition. It was, if possible, even
better that the first. Practically the
entire ward came and supported the activity. This time, the desserts didn’t run
out, so we all stuffed ourselves to the bursting point. It was totally worth it! After the activity, we had an appointment
that we couldn’t make it to because the judging went way too long.
Miracle #311: There ended up being 4 nationalities who
participated in the competition: Peru, Canada, Chile, and USA. So it was the
first international dessert competition.
There were 2 really funny parts of the day. The first was with the other elders. We couldn’t find our magnetic name tags
earlier today and we had to leave without the outer tag on. When we got to the activity, the other elders
revealed their dessert….9 kilos of jello!
Then it clicked, they put our name tags in the mountain of jello!
The other funny part of the day was playing a
missionary game where the point was to get someone else to volunteer to offer
the prayer. The game is to say “Yo”
followed by something to do with water.
In the end someone says, “Yo lago” which sounds like “Yo la hago” –
which means “I’ll do it.” It is a game
that only works in Spanish. There was
one other fun part of the day and that was when the members that we live with
played Queen on their stereo during our dinner hour. We rocked out to Queen while cooking our
dinner.
August 2, 2015
Today was a good day as well. We had the most spiritual testimony meeting
that I have been to here in Chile. We had some people come to church who never
show up and it was super cool. After church, we went to give the sacrament to
someone before going to lunch. The rest of the day was really good.
Miracle #312: The ward was really unified today and I
think that it had a lot to do with the activity yesterday.
Today we had a giant ward division where we left to invite
people to the activities that are happening this week. This Tuesday we have a ward family home
evening, and this Friday we have a talent show.
We have all this stuff because this week is our ward conference and they
have a weird custom of doing a week of activities before the conference. I am not complaining because activities are
the bomb!
August 3, 2015
Today was pretty good.
This morning we had an unusually good district meeting, which helped us
to be more motivated to obey. I am not a
disobedient missionary, but I could be stricter with myself. This meeting
motivated me to want to be better. After
the meeting, we went to lunch where we wasted time talking to a family in the
ward. I’m really the only missionary in the ward that tries to get out of
appointments on time.
Miracle #313: We had a lesson with a super stubborn
less active members who never agrees to go to any type of church meeting. But, through gentle persuasion, they agreed
to come to the activity on Friday.
The funny part of the day was when passed by to visit a new
investigator family. Here in Chile,
neighbors watch out for each other and try to protect their neighbors. When we knocked on this family’s door, the
neighbor told us that they were not home, and he insisted on it even though we
pointed out that their gate was open and their lights were on. Then just 2 seconds after that, the father of
the house walked out to greet us…the neighbor quickly ran inside.
August 4, 2015
Today was a good day.
We started out the day by going to a cita with R. They were going to get
bread, but we volunteered to get it for them.
We decided to run a kilometer to go get this delicious whole wheat
bread. When we got back, they freaked
out and claimed that wheat bread tastes nasty.
Ughhh!
Miracle #314: We had an awesome activity today with a
really good turnout!
The funny part of the day was when one of the families we
visit made fun of poor Elder Furner….he was not amused.
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