December 12, 2015
Well today was a decent p-day. As a district, we went to Estascion Central
to buy some souvenirs and stuff. I bought some cool nativities and a fardo of
ties. About a year ago, I bought a fardo with my trainer and this year I
decided to do the same. It was a pretty fun excursion, but 12 people are too
many to go shopping with. After buying
all that stuff, I had to go on divisions with Elder Flores and that wasn’t very
fun. I promised him I would do it if he was obedient so that he could say
goodbye to a few people.
Miracle #487: As we were biking past a park, I saw a
slack line for the first time in well over a year, o even though we were a little late, I had to stop and give it a
go. It was a great part of my day.
The funny part of the day was when all of our plans for
today fell through. We literally had 4
divisions and 3 lessons planned, but every single one fell through. It was ridiculous. I am really excited because tomorrow we are
going on another division and I get to leave the sector. I hope it will be a day where I don’t have to
worry too much about the planning part.
The mission is exhausting.
December 10, 2015
Today we had divisions with the zone leaders which was quite
fun. We had a super busy day with a lot
of lessons. I was with Elder Hermosilla
who is a really funny Chilean who is about to finish his mission. We had a great time. It was pretty weird walking all day. I felt so slow, but it gave us a long time to
talk so we got to know each other pretty well.
I had a bad day of eating junk food.
I have decided that I am just going to relax on my healthy diet for the
rest of the holidays because everyone here give you so much junk.
Miracle 488: today we were guided by the spirit to
find someone who desperately needed us to pass by. It was a very good experience. I need to trust more in the spirit.
The funny part of the day was a little hard to recognize. I
have always liked getting to know new people and today was no exception. Elder H. gave me a lot of good suggestions
not just for my companionship, but also for my mission. I have some things to work on and I am
determined to work on them so that I can be a better missionary and disciple of
Christ.
December 11,2015
Today was pretty good.
This morning w had to go to the bike shop because my companion’s tire
broke open and the tube exploded. It was
kind of funny because he bought a bright red tire so it looks weird. After that headache, we went to a little shop
where we prepared a gift for the gift exchange.
We came up with the idea of printing artwork of Jesus Christ on magnetic
photo paper so it will stick to the fridge.
We also superimposed our mission logo on the image to personalize
it. It is going to be a fantastic and
unique missionary gift.
Miracle #489: Even though a ton of our citas fell
through, we were busy all day long and set up a ton of new lessons.
The funniest part of the day was when two of my better
friends in the zone called us tonight.
When I answered, the immediately started singing, “As Sisters in Zion.”
As soon as they finished singing the song, they hung up. That definitely made my day. The other funny
part of our day today was being exhausted the whole darn day. I am pretty sure that the sun is sapping away
my energy and at night sometimes I don’t have enough energy to stay awake after
planning and I have to crash early.
December 12, 2015
Today I learned a good deal.
This morning we had a zone service in an old folks home. We sang Christmas songs which was pretty
entertaining because a few others and I were trying to harmonize in parts, but
the whole group of missionaries were so bad at holding the same key that we
couldn’t sing parts. In every single
song, the group unintentionally changed keys like 4 times. After the service and lunch, we went to the
chapel to do a little computer work and also practice piano. Last week I was asked to improvise a verse of
“Oh Come All Ye Faithful”, but I suck at improve so I spent about an hour today
writing a little arrangement. We didn’t work until a little bit late, but I
think it was a necessary use of time.
Miracle #490: Even though we didn’t have any divisions
set up for today, we managed to do a
double division where we actually separated and visited 2 people at the same
time.
The funny part of the day was visiting a super bitter and
prideful blind less-active member. It
was pretty annoying because he just didn’t understand anything that we were
trying to teach. The funniest part of the day was when we got to his house, it
looked like no one was home because the lights were all off and the windows
were closed. When I told the member that
I was with that it didn’t look like he was home, the member said (in English),
“Lights don’t help him Elder.”
December 13, 2015
Today was pretty decent.
This morning we had quite a few investigators in church, but very few of
our less active members. We were both
super happy and let down. I didn’t fall
asleep in church today!!! That should have been my miracle for today. After church we had choir practice in the
stake. Really it is just one ward that
is participating. No one goes to the
choir because the director is super mean.
She asked several of the missionaries to sing and asked me to play the
piano. As a favor, we go to the choir,
but it is miserable because she treats everyone like imbeciles. She yelled at
us and made fun of us until I couldn’t take it anymore and I told her, “I have
never enjoyed music less in my life than I do right now. You are more worried about the notes than you
are about the music. Music, especially
Christmas music is about feelings. You
invited us here and now are treating us poorly because some of us don’t know
how to read music. That is a huge lack
of respect and we don’t need to be treated like this.” It may have been a little harsh, but it was
all true and needed to be said. The
funniest part was that she got soooo mad at me that she kicked me out of the
choir.
Miracle #491: There is a second choir where all of the
people who want to have fun and go to sing for pleasure go, and I went over
there to play for them. It was a blast.
The funny part of the day was probably when my bike tie
popped and I had to switch out the tubes .
One of the members of the “mean choir” drove by while I was fixing it
and yelled “KARMA!” Yeah, it is sure
karma that everyday something on my crappy bike breaks and I have to fix
it.
December 14, 2015
Today was super fun division with Elder Anderson, the
trainee of Elder Diaz. It was a pretty
good time getting to know him. We mostly walked and talked all day traveling
from person to person and occasionally contacting. Before the division, we had
a decent lesson with a less active member where I almost fell asleep, but
DIDN’T!
Miracle #492: In a lesson that we had on the division,
we were able to teach by the spirit and testify with power.
The funny part of the day was when Elder Anderson convinced
me to eat a huge (?). It was so juicy and delicious.
December 15, 2015
BIRTHDAY EVE! By far
the best part of my day was getting and opening my birthday/Christmas
package. In the package I got very
little food, which was a bit of a bummer until I realized that the gifts that I
got were awesome! Mom sent me a super col little metal model kits of Star Wars
and a cello. I also got a crossword
puzzle book and Insanity shirts. The
best part was getting a NEW PAIR OF SHOES!!
They are the same brand as my worn out ones but they look entirely
different.
The missionary part of my day was
a little rough because everything fell through.
Miracle #493: At the very end of the bad day, we were
contacting and at the last minute we found someone who was prepared and wants
to be taught.
The funny part of the day was probably staying u admittedly
way too late to put together my 3D model.
It was quite fun to do and I just couldn’t put it down. Thanks family!
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