Area: Santiago, Chile
Hey
Family,
Sorry about last
week. Wrote a letter last week and sent it but it looks like it got lost in
cyber space or something because it didn`t make it to you guys. Cyber space is a
big place ya know. So sorry about that. It didn`t show up in my sent mail either
which is a bummer cause it was probably one of the best pieces of literature
ever written. Nobel prize anyone? But I do have a part of it still...
But this last week
we were robbed inour house=) We actually weren`t in the house when
they robbed us which was good and they didn`t really take all that much
which is also good... but everything they did take was either
property of the house (other missionaries had left the stuff) or mine...
which is not so good haha! They took the stereo system that we
had, a portable dvd player, my ipod and my camera (with all my fotos from
the mission. I was going to back them up on the hard drive that I
bought last monday but I didn`t have time to do it and was going to do it
today but they took everything and so now it will be a little hard
to recover them =) haha. So that is the worst part. But oh well. thats
life. But no worries because President Essig said that if I let him
know the prices of everything that they took from me then he would
reemburse me for the stuff so that it pretty cool.
Dad asked about
what is going to happen with all the new missionaries that are coming to
the mission and they are going to have to open many different
sectores. They are making the mission home the new mtc here for our mission
and so the 7th of january President Essig has to move to an appartment
closeby. Thats a bummer cause the house it huge and awesome=) its only
like 8000 sq ft and it is the first mission home here in chile=)
thats awesome. But they have to move out and thats the bummer. At least
we are going to be able to spend Christmas there in the mission home,
thats a plus.
Ah, so you didn`t
hear about the changes then! Well last week there were changes and Elder
Willoughby went to another zone and Elder Garza from Mexico is my new companion.
We were a little bit confused as to why he is my companion right now because he
actually has more time in the mission than I do but its cool to have a companion
that actually knows what he is doing. I am guessing that he will be here with me
for only one change and then next change he will probably go to another zone and
be a zone leader until the end of his mission. He only has 3 more changes (4
with this one).
But more than that I
don`t remember what I wrote. Sorry. The internet place we had to go to last week
wasn`t the best.
This week was a good
week though. We are working hard here in the sector but having a few
difficulties with finding some good investigators to teach but I guess thats all
part of the work. We did a fast this weekend so that we could find prepared
people and so that we could teach more.
My companion Elder
Garza is great, he works hard, is positive and we have lots of fun together
which is always good. The house is lots of fun, the other two Elders are great
too (the chilean is CRAZY! But he is a great friend. I was really excited when I
found out that he was coming to the house becase I met him like 6 months ago in
Renca and we get along really well, hes lots of fun. I think I am going to visit
him in the sur sometime after the mission) but we have a great time. I feel like
this change is going to pass by WAY too fast. and then after this change there
will only be 4 changes left. Wow. And Elder Honey goes home at the end of the
month! wow. Time flies.
This week we had a
conference that was really good with Elder Ceballos. He is in the Area
Presidency (a 70) and it was really good. He is chilean and has been serving in
the 70 since 2008. Elder Patterson, 2 other Elders in the zone and I sang a
special musical number in the conference. It was really bad but it is still cool
that we were able to sing it for him =) he shared his experience of how he was
called to be a 70. At the time he was serving as a mission president and they
called him but he said that he was not expecting it and felt really unprepared
for what came but he knew that the Lord would help and sustain him in his
calling. I think it is the same for all of us. There will always be things that
we have to do that seem hard and that we don`t understand why they happen but
the Lord will always be there to help us through them and to help us to
progress.
I am doing great here
and am really enjoying everyday. I always feel tired but its ok, we are working
hard=) But in only 2 weeks we`ll be talking!! I love you!
Elder Jaromy
Holland
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