Area: Santiago, Chile
Companion: Elder Lopez
Hey
Family,
This week was really
kind of slow and not too much happened. Well, I guess a few things have happened
haha. The weather changed haha. Its not blistering hot with the sun quemandonos
(burning us) anymore. its like San Diego weather not, not too hot, not too cold,
but just right. So i´m in heaven now. But the people are finally coming back
from vacations because school starts soon which I´m really happy about because
we are going to have people to teach again! But we had a pretty big let-down
this week. I mentioned a Carlos Toro from a while back and he was going to get
baptized this last Sunday. He is really poor and lives alone and doesn´t have
many friends and its really sad but he gets a little money from the government
each month. He got the money the same day that we had the baptismal interview
and when we went to his house (well I wasn´t there because I was in intercambios
(changes) with the zone leader who had to do the interview) but he was
completely wasted cause he wasted his money on booze. So we are working with him
and trying to get things figured out and hopefully he will be able to get
baptized this next week.
Things are tougher
this change than they have been in the past but its ok, its all part of the
experience as Kathy would say. Thanks Mom for all your words of advice and
comfort. I don´t know how you do it (well yeah I do, the spirit=) but you always
seem to say exactly what I need to hear every week so thank you! I printed off
your letter with the stories from the japanese mission presidents and from
melvin j ballard. They were awesome! I especially liked the thoughts about
loving everyone, showing them that you love them and that you care. That was a
great reminder for me of something that I can work on and get better at. Its
sometimes really hard to love the people in the streets that you don´t even know
but its what Christ did and he loves me and you so I can try to work a little
harder to love everyone else in the same way. Thanks mom.
But the week was
really pretty unexciting. Hna Gomez got back yesterday and I was really excited
to be able to see the family again! I´m going to miss them when I leave. And
President Essig sent me a letter and told me that he would be changing me the
next change so I will definitely be going someplace new. We´ll see where. It is
going to be weird. In the intercambios last week I went to another area to work
for the day and it was the first time that I had left Corona Sueca to work in
another area in like 3 months!!! =)
But thank you all for
the Emails that you sent. And Lindy and Spencer.... WAHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU¨RE GOING TO ZAMBIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I¨m so stoked for you guys! That will
be BAKAN!! like they say here in Chile. Spencer, i¨m so glad that you decided to
go. This, if you let it, will seriously change your life. I´m going to send you
guys a voice recording next week but know that I´m so happy for the both of you,
its amazing the experience. Thanks mom and Dad for sending them! ANd Cutler, mom
told me that you are going to be going the next summer! When i get back... go
for it man! Its way worth it and even if you are going to be there when I get
back from Chile- do it. Its worth it. go for it.
As for a couple of
Dad´s questions. The weather here is finally changing but it is definitely much
hotter here than SD is in the summer. Its not that its necessarily so hot but
that the sun really burns you because the ozone layer is like nonexistant here
in chile. I don´t really like the city, I prefer the suburbs and nature,
mountains, ocean, things like that. Even though I guess you could say that i´m
in the suburbs but its not very pretty haha.I prefer san diego =) =) The spanish
is coming along, I dream in spanish all the time. I found out since I came here
that I talk in my sleep....alot. Like every night and its more like a
conversation than just talking. I am hoping that my companion can record me one
of these nights cause it happens almost every night. But I don´t have to think
about the spanish so much anymore. Like you said, I just need to work on
building my vocab now and thats a pain =) haha.
Lindy, We didn´t find
anyone new to teach this week which stinks but i´m hoping that this next week
willbe better. Today we were going to do something with Christopher but he can´t
so I think that we are going to do something next week like make rootbeer from
the extract mom gave me for christmas and cookies and hamburgers or something.
Its his birthday on sunday so I want to do something for him. Wish him a happy
birthday on sunday. Mom, Christopher was asking about timeshares and I don´t
really know that much about him but maybe you could send him a quick email and
tell him if theyare worth it or not and how to do them..
SOrry its a lame
email this week but I hope you all have a great week.
Les quiero,
ELder Holland
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