How is everyone doing? So first of all for our cambios, it
looks like for a third cambio I will be with Elder Rupp again, but its not 100% sure
because there have also been talks of splitting our sector and we each run a
part of it so we´ll see, but this next cambio is going to take us right up
until Christmas.
So it has been a good week, we taught a lot and I have
really been pushing to find new people which has been going good, we have a
huge sector with lots of fields and farming areas which we have been exploring
a little bit more.
Thats fun that Kassie had her primary program the same week
that we had ours, I think hers might have been a little better because chileans
don't know how to sing, very tone deaf haha and don't know how to follow a piano
but it still went well. The primary president was very thankful to have a piano
there and she wanted me to tell you (mom) thanks for teaching me.
So its fun thats it is starting to cool down for you guys
because it sure has been heating up, I haven't been wearing a jacket and
yesterday I was too hot during the day in a longsleeve shirt which means
that I am close to shortsleeve weather which is exciting. It will be weird to
have a warm Christmas and thinking about how cold it is there. The only bad
part about the weather heating up is that so are my allergies, thats not fun at
all haha.
We also had interviews with president this week which
is fun, it was the day after the elections and Hermana Rappleye was pretty mad
about the results. I'm pretty frustrated but at least now Chileans will stop
asking me for my opinion on the subject. It was cool because while President
Rappleye is interviewing, we just sit and talk with Hermana Rappleye and she tells
crazy stories, they have been everywhere in South America.
So I was getting my visa all taken care of in Puerto Montt
because that has the biggest places to take care of stuff, Elder Quinanola,
another Elder in our house took me becasue he served in Puerto Montt, so we got
off the bus and hopped in a colectivo (a cheap taxi which is about 400 pesos or
1 dollar). So our colectivo driver is going, about 30 seconds into the ride he
cuts off a big truck driver and the truck driver gets out of his care at a red
light and he has a bar and threatens to hit the colectivo driver, me and elder
quinanola were just like what the heck, and all of the sudden our driver hops
out of the car and goes and gets the caribineros (police) and they come over
and me and elder Quinanola just told them that we were going to leave and they
let us but bottom line is that I almost saw a guy get beaten with a bar which
was crazy.
OK well, that was my week. I hope everything is going well in
the states even though Obama is back.
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Pichanga again which is the most amazing food, just with
french fries, sausage, steak, tomatoes, avacados, eggs and about anything else
you can think of
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It is fun
to see the growth of the church. There is alot of talk about what the new
changes are going to be like all missionaries going to chile will now be going
to the MTC in Chile, the average papers that the get a week is now around 4000,
the amount of missionaries in the world will go from 55000 to almost 100000 and
they are asking to see how many sister missionaries each mission can hold and
are now expecting around 250 in each mission (We have about 180 right now with
is about 30 or so more sectors). Its amazing to see how the Lord is taking
control of the work and everything that has happened in the last year or so has
been in preparation for alot more missionaries. They are trying more than
anything to strengthen the church in areas rather than have a ton of little
small branches in remote towns, which there are a good bi in chile of branches
with about 5 people and 2 are missionaries. Now is the time and i am so excited
to be apart of the missionary work in the world.
I hope everything is going well.
Te Quiero
Elder Nelson
Mom and Dad
I don't Have much time to write anything personalized to you
guys but I love you and apreciate everything that you do for me.
Love Jentry
