Area: Santiago, Chile
Companion: Elder Peterson
Hola Familia,
So heres the big news, I am leaving Corona Sueca and am going to Huelen. I'm not exactly sure where that is but it will be good anyway. I do know that its relatively close to Corona Sueca because I will be in the same district with Corona Sueca which I was stoked about because that means that I am going to be able to do intercambios (exchanges) with Elder Lezcano and his new companion (a Chileno) and be able to come back to the sector a couple times in the next change. When I found that out I was really excited. I don´t know if its weird to feel like I do at this moment, maybe knowing that I´ll be able to come back has something to do with it but, I don´t really feel too sad about leaving. I do love the people but I just feel calm about what is happening. I´m happy I´ve had this time here in Corona Sueca but I know that in Huelen there are great things waiting for me and I am so excited for the next cambio.
I don´t know my companion, just his name. Elder Peterson. I haven´t met him
yet, right after I finish on the computer we are going to go to the office to to
the changes. All I know is that he is a gringo and he only has 2 changes left
and I¨m expecting that I am going to be with him for those changes and so I´ll
probably be his last companion in the mission. Also, something that I¨am STOKED
for is that he is going to be new to the area as well. The are was closed about
3 weeks ago, meaning, Presidente took the missionaries out of the area because
one went home (he finished the mission but a little bit early so that he could
study) so he took the missionaries completely out of the sector. So it is going
to be really fun going at it the next few weeks and just putting our all into
it, getting to know the ward, and starting from scratch. I just feel so good
about this cambio and excited about it. When two missionaries are new to a
sector they say that they are opening the sector. I was thinking a little bit on
Friday about the changes and the thought of opening a sector came into my mind
and when I found out about the changes it all just felt right. I´m pumped.
It was strange saying goodbye to everyone and going to bed last night
knowing that ´this won´t be home anymore but I think knowing that I´ll be back
made it all alot easier. It made it feel more like an Hasta luego (see ya later)
than an actual goodbye. But I do feel lucky for the time that I have had here,
to be able to work with tthe members and investigators and learn from each of
them, through the good and the bad. There are many people here that I am never
going to forget and I'm excited that you are going to be able to meet them next
year (it sounds pretty close when I put it that way, right? and time flys!=).
I´m excited for you to be able to meet my mamita. She is awesome! She was crying
when I said goodbye but I told her not to cry because I would see her again
soon. She gave me a sweet Chilean shirt with like a Chilean crest on the front.
She also wrote me a letter thanking me for my time here, for all the love, and
that she felt like I was like a son to her. I was touched by her letter and I am
really going to miss her.
I said goodbye to Christopher just before coming to write. (I gave him my
suit that you bought me for prom because it is now too small for me and when he
came to the house he forgot his wallet and so we went to drop it off) Yoseline
was really sad that I was leaving too, after 7 months, there are people here
that have become like family. But Christopher is really excited about us coming
to Chile next Christmas and told me that he wants to show the family all over
the south when we come!!! Which would be SWEET!!!! I also told them that they
always have a room in our house if they are ever in San Diego. He gave me his
phone number and told me to call him if I ever needed anything and he would
communicate with you too. He is such a great friend.
I can see many ways that I have changed in my time here, I know the Lord is
shaping me and refining me in my experiences here. I don´t remember exactly who
told me but I loved what they said, a quote from Joseph Smith. He said that
something along the lines of, ¨I feel like an unpolished stone that every time
comes into contact with another object, and with more force, becomes more and
more polished and refined.¨ The mission is not easy but I am grateful for the
experiences that I have had and for those that are to come- good and bad. Thanks
for all the love and support, and be ready for great news next week.
Love,
Elder Holland
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