1:48 PM 3-11-13
Oh, it´s my country now, is it?
That´s always exciting to think.
We have no idea what´s going on
here, don´t worry. Nooobody knows really. We asked some of the members about
the change in time [or daylight savings], but they said they don´t know
either... it´s quite humorous really.
I hated when those floor machines
would break down, but they do a good job. . . speaking of janitorial, I
realized this morning that everything that I'm doing has SOMETHING to do with
those nights of Janitorial work. We
walk about 10 miles every day, like work, clean the bathrooms and floors in the
apartment every Monday, mop the floors, clean tables, then also the fact that
the hours are different, it's basically like I've accustomed to shifts about 5
hours ahead--or wherever I am right now.
Happy birthday to K---, tell her
she's awesome and give her a hug for me if you can.
WHAT! My companion’s name is Elder (S). Did I not say this already? I'm losing my
mind. Our Spanish is off and on in the streets. We switch to Spanish in
the vicinity of people, but generally we talk in English. We feel that the
stronger we get to know each other, the better we can work together, and it
seems to be working. I keep looking for ways to help him out, cuz he's so
awesome. He's super organized and smart. He's bold to the extent that he puts
the emphasis that the only way you can know that something is true, especially
The Book of Mormon is by reading, thinking about it, and then asking God.
He often says to the people, "We know that we can't truly convince
you, only God can. For that..." and then makes sure they know that they
have to pray, and we can't force them. Does that not sound like the truth? Just an invitation to try to believe, and if
you feel that it is right... quite frankly it's a promise from Heavenly Father
that if you really do want to know if it's true or not, and you do those three
things, you WILL receive an answer from His messenger, the Holy Ghost.
But you have to want an answer and be willing to act.
Please continue to pray for me, but
don't worry about me being afraid or worried anymore. I speak just fine, and the point isn't to
speak perfectly anyway. The point is to help them understand and love them
unconditionally.
That's something that I learned a
while back and I'm thinking of it more and more - Who should we care more who
thinks well of us: some people, or our God who we truly love, and loved us from
the beginning? I think we owe it to Him
to stop worrying so much about what people think of us, and start wondering
what Heavenly Father thinks of us. He's
always waiting with open arms for us.
The weather is slowly dying down,
so the fleas are less active. I still get bites, but significantly less.
Maybe it's because I started not caring about petting the dogs so much
and started working harder for the people. If a dog comes by though, I pet him
with my planner notebook thing.
I have been ignoring my tomatoes,
and nobody has been caring about it. It
makes me so happy. Eventually they'll
stop putting it in the garbage--though sometimes I wonder if they slip ground
up tomatoes in my ice cream or whatever comes next. Oh that really only makes sense if I explain
this: They have 3 courses. 1st is salad, then they take your plate and get the
main food, then they take your plate and get some giant melon or watermelon or
a beautiful bowl of Ice cream. The Esperanza ward feeds us like rich people.
Sweet. I hope they make those bible
shows a DVD too. Elder (S)---s and I have been raving about how awesome the
Gospel is. All the super rad stories in the Bible and Book of Mormon are just
absolutely fantastic. Super divertido [funny].
Yes, we did have caletas de
misioneros come in recently [Chilean slang
for groups of missionaries - odismo caleta means a lot basically]. The number
of missionaries here goes from about 170 or something and up to 250 or so.
No big deal. The works just progressing, that's all.
ELDER (G) IS IN MY ZONE! and he is
serving in Nueva Aurora, which is honestly about 10 minutes walk from
Esperanza. He's so cool.
I met Elder (F) today. He's cool
too. Oh. I'm assuming this is a different Elder
(F)... he's been here for about 8
months.
ELDER (U) ! I love hanging out with
him! Haha!! He just got transferred, but he was so funny. He was with
Elder (G). He has about 2 months left.
If you want a good lesson on
Repentance, start with Romans 8ish. It’s the last 5 verses of whatever chapter
it is, saying that nothing can keep us from the love of God, but since we can't
be perfect, we're "like sheep for the slaughter," which is why we
have the Atonement/Repentance. It's an amazing scripture that we actually
shared yesterday for a FHE lesson at a member's house.
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