This has been a long and exhausting week. I feel that it has been one of those weeks that we have been
busy almost every day with between 2-4 extra missionaries in our house.
On Tuesday, we had intercambios with the assistants to the
President. I went with an Elder from Salt Lake named Elder Adams. My companion
went with an Elder from Florida who is going to be playing linebacker at BYU
when he gets off his mission named Elder Amone, he has a full ride to play at
BYU and I was talking to him and he said he had scholarship offers from all of
the big schools and was the number 15 linebacker from his class. That day
ended up being very rainy and cold. I always knew that the sun can't last that
long here.
On Wednesday, we had interviews with the president, so we
had interviews all day long as ZL. We have to stay in the chapel the entire time
and make sure that everyone is there and what not, so that was also a long,
tiring day, and we also had some elders that were staying with us a couple days
so it was just a lot of juice.
On Friday, we had to go to Osorno as there was a counsel of
leaders of the mission. That was also an activity of the entire day, but it
is cool because we are having a new program to be able to find all the inactive
members in Chile where we have access to the names and directions of every
Chilean that is registered to vote in all of Chile. That should be good as
there are so many people here that are members and we don't know where they are.
On Saturday, I had a fun trip to the dentist as my permanent
retainer broke so I had to go get that fixed, its crazy how cheap Chilean
dentistry is. $40 for the repair.
Well, we are getting ready as a mission for some very
special guests, Elder M. Russell Ballard, President Ronald Rasband of the
Presidency of the Seventy and Elder Walter F. Gonzalez who is the President of
the area South America south. I am so excited for that! We have a special
stake conference the 16th of February and the 17th of February we have a
special mission conference with them. I am really excited for that. That means
that we will have our p-day Tuesday the 18th of February not the Monday so if I
don't write, that is why.
Well, I hope that you are all having a wonderful week. Thanks so
much for all your love and support.
Congratulations to Jacque on her wedding this Saturday!
Love, Elder Nelson
Pichanga and Root beer floats.
We found root beer at a store called JUMBO. It's like a Walmart.
