May 20, 2013
Why hello everyone! Another week has come and gone here in Chile! Sounds like everyone is doing well and I´m glad to hear that. Getting ready to head to Idaho it sounds like.. without Jeremy and Jon? Of course they would find some way to get out of going to Idaho.. so lazy. :) Mom, that picture of that ¨thing¨ was pretty nasty but it doesn´t even compare to the slugs here! Yes, I´ve been told I´m in one of the nicer houses here.. which kinda sucks to think about haha. Anyways this week has been decent! We have quite a few investigators but one of them came to church. We had about 3 or 4 promise us on Saturday night that they were going to come but never answered their phone Sunday morning. It kind of sucks because then my companion is in the WORST mood ever the entire day and takes it out on everyone haha. There is a new convert here that we go visit quite often which isn´t my favorite thing to do. It´s that house that smells awful and has poop and pee everywhere. It is a single mother that has 4 kids. One girl is about 6, the other girl 3, a 2 year old boy, and a baby girl. I feel so bad because they are dirt poor and barely have anything. I went to go to the bathroom the other day and their bathroom was like flooded with 2 inches of water and the sink doesn´t work. The mom also hits the kids in the back of the head really hard if they do something wrong. Also, the 6 and 3 year old hit the 2 year old boy as hard as they can in the head if he is bugging them, and the mom doesn´t even care. The 2 year old boy had a diaper full of poop that was hanging soooo low.. which leads me to think he uses the same diaper for a week or so. The 3 year old girl loves me and won´t leave me alone when I go over there.. she thinks I´m so funny and always wants to play little games with me. I know she doesn´t get a lot of attention so I play with her as much as I can, but she´s always so dirty. She constantly has mud on her face and is wearing really dirty and ripped clothes. She told me that they don´t have soap so they use paper from a math book to shower or something like that. After we left her house the other night, the mother called us at around 11:00 at night and said her baby was throwing up. We had to ride all the way back to her house in the rain to give her money to take a taxi to the hospital. I feel super bad.. but I don´t understand why she has 4 kids if she can´t even support 1. Anyways Wednesday I went on a mini-change with Elder Scott from Florida. It was nice to be able to speak English to someone for a day! He has been out for 9 months or so, but he´s super quiet. Some of our visits were a little bit awkward but they turned out fine. The people have a really hard time understanding his Spanish so I taught quite a bit in our lessons. We taught a lady that had committed to baptism, but she told us that she had taken a bunch of pills the day before to try and kill herself. She seemed totally fine when we were there though so I don´t really know what happened. Last night we went and visited a less active lady and her non-member husband. They have 2 little boys about 5 years old and 3 year old. They loved me and didn´t want me to leave! Both my companions that I´ve had HATE kids. My first companion asked me one time why I talked to kids. Like okay sorry bro but I like kids and I always will! I miss my nephews so much :( Tell them I love them! Haha anyways they were super funny.. The couple like the church but they don´t want to get married so he can´t get baptized. We´re going to visit them again and see what we can do. The lady said that she has talked with a lot of new missionaries that come to Chile and was surprised at how much Spanish I knew already.. which kind of made me feel good! I still struggle to understand people some of the time.. it just depends on the person. Whether they use a lot of slang, or are just old, I don´t know. Anyways that´s pretty much this week. We are at the time of transfers.. and GUESS WHAT!? I am staying in Linares like we all knew! And so is Elder Layseca..haha however that missionary in my house from Uruguay is leaving. Elder Collins from Texas will be staying.. and he is going to be training! Let´s all hope it´s a gringo that he trains so I´m not the worst one at Spanish.. that will make me feel better :) He comes in on Wednesday so I´ll let you guys know whether he´s a gringo or not next week! But let´s all remember how bad my luck is so I guarantee it´ll be a Latin that already knows Spanish. This next transfer is going to only be 4 weeks, and the one after that will be 8 because of the new missionary president coming in. I can´t think of anything else that happened this week but can you guys make sure to refill my checking account at America First? I think I will be taking another 200 out next week just in case. It´s been difficult because they gave me extra the first month, and not very much this month. It´ll be easier when I start over next month and get the regular amount that I´m supposed to. Anyways thank you all for writing me and keeping me updated on everything!I really love reading your letters and! I hope you all enjoyed the pictures I sent last week. Mom, I honestly can´t remember where Peter is serving.. sorry! That´s cool to hear all about the mission calls.. sounds like everyone leaves in the next few months! I leave you with the infamous Tweety Bird´s Seeds of Wisdom started by the one and only Jeremy Neilson: Why are computer mouses called a ¨mouse¨? Like am I the only one that has never even thought I was touching an actual mouse while using the computer? I still just don´t get it.. anyways I love you all and I will talk to you all next week!!!!
Why hello everyone! Another week has come and gone here in Chile! Sounds like everyone is doing well and I´m glad to hear that. Getting ready to head to Idaho it sounds like.. without Jeremy and Jon? Of course they would find some way to get out of going to Idaho.. so lazy. :) Mom, that picture of that ¨thing¨ was pretty nasty but it doesn´t even compare to the slugs here! Yes, I´ve been told I´m in one of the nicer houses here.. which kinda sucks to think about haha. Anyways this week has been decent! We have quite a few investigators but one of them came to church. We had about 3 or 4 promise us on Saturday night that they were going to come but never answered their phone Sunday morning. It kind of sucks because then my companion is in the WORST mood ever the entire day and takes it out on everyone haha. There is a new convert here that we go visit quite often which isn´t my favorite thing to do. It´s that house that smells awful and has poop and pee everywhere. It is a single mother that has 4 kids. One girl is about 6, the other girl 3, a 2 year old boy, and a baby girl. I feel so bad because they are dirt poor and barely have anything. I went to go to the bathroom the other day and their bathroom was like flooded with 2 inches of water and the sink doesn´t work. The mom also hits the kids in the back of the head really hard if they do something wrong. Also, the 6 and 3 year old hit the 2 year old boy as hard as they can in the head if he is bugging them, and the mom doesn´t even care. The 2 year old boy had a diaper full of poop that was hanging soooo low.. which leads me to think he uses the same diaper for a week or so. The 3 year old girl loves me and won´t leave me alone when I go over there.. she thinks I´m so funny and always wants to play little games with me. I know she doesn´t get a lot of attention so I play with her as much as I can, but she´s always so dirty. She constantly has mud on her face and is wearing really dirty and ripped clothes. She told me that they don´t have soap so they use paper from a math book to shower or something like that. After we left her house the other night, the mother called us at around 11:00 at night and said her baby was throwing up. We had to ride all the way back to her house in the rain to give her money to take a taxi to the hospital. I feel super bad.. but I don´t understand why she has 4 kids if she can´t even support 1. Anyways Wednesday I went on a mini-change with Elder Scott from Florida. It was nice to be able to speak English to someone for a day! He has been out for 9 months or so, but he´s super quiet. Some of our visits were a little bit awkward but they turned out fine. The people have a really hard time understanding his Spanish so I taught quite a bit in our lessons. We taught a lady that had committed to baptism, but she told us that she had taken a bunch of pills the day before to try and kill herself. She seemed totally fine when we were there though so I don´t really know what happened. Last night we went and visited a less active lady and her non-member husband. They have 2 little boys about 5 years old and 3 year old. They loved me and didn´t want me to leave! Both my companions that I´ve had HATE kids. My first companion asked me one time why I talked to kids. Like okay sorry bro but I like kids and I always will! I miss my nephews so much :( Tell them I love them! Haha anyways they were super funny.. The couple like the church but they don´t want to get married so he can´t get baptized. We´re going to visit them again and see what we can do. The lady said that she has talked with a lot of new missionaries that come to Chile and was surprised at how much Spanish I knew already.. which kind of made me feel good! I still struggle to understand people some of the time.. it just depends on the person. Whether they use a lot of slang, or are just old, I don´t know. Anyways that´s pretty much this week. We are at the time of transfers.. and GUESS WHAT!? I am staying in Linares like we all knew! And so is Elder Layseca..haha however that missionary in my house from Uruguay is leaving. Elder Collins from Texas will be staying.. and he is going to be training! Let´s all hope it´s a gringo that he trains so I´m not the worst one at Spanish.. that will make me feel better :) He comes in on Wednesday so I´ll let you guys know whether he´s a gringo or not next week! But let´s all remember how bad my luck is so I guarantee it´ll be a Latin that already knows Spanish. This next transfer is going to only be 4 weeks, and the one after that will be 8 because of the new missionary president coming in. I can´t think of anything else that happened this week but can you guys make sure to refill my checking account at America First? I think I will be taking another 200 out next week just in case. It´s been difficult because they gave me extra the first month, and not very much this month. It´ll be easier when I start over next month and get the regular amount that I´m supposed to. Anyways thank you all for writing me and keeping me updated on everything!I really love reading your letters and! I hope you all enjoyed the pictures I sent last week. Mom, I honestly can´t remember where Peter is serving.. sorry! That´s cool to hear all about the mission calls.. sounds like everyone leaves in the next few months! I leave you with the infamous Tweety Bird´s Seeds of Wisdom started by the one and only Jeremy Neilson: Why are computer mouses called a ¨mouse¨? Like am I the only one that has never even thought I was touching an actual mouse while using the computer? I still just don´t get it.. anyways I love you all and I will talk to you all next week!!!!
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