I love chile!

It's getting cold here in Chile

We ate cow heart for lunch today and it was so good and I've tried octopus and horse meat, lots of stuff! So this week was fun. Im getting nice and used to the cold and rain. Its gonna come stronger in winter! I just bought some beanies and gloves and scarves. Were getting all prepped for winter. 

My Companion Elder A and I

This past week it has gotten quite cold and the rain started to come! Im all bundled up and have lots to keep me warm. The ghetto part we live in occasionally has power cut off. So we get to sleep nice and comfy without the heater. Just a tiny thing we plug into the wall haha. While and after it had rained it felt so refreshing. The air was all nice and crisp clean cold. I just thought of how i have come to love chile and the people. It may different here then back home in ca but I find this place amazingly beautiful. And the people are amazing. This is a wonderful place and im lucky to be hear sharing the gospel.

Gods Army needs to take a rest  ~  My desk

The family that we are teaching have all been progressing great! H, M, and the kids. They are a great family and love the church. They have known the church is true for a long time and have been attending for a month or two now. But they are all reading the scriptures together and going to all of the activities! The members are getting a long great with them which is a big help in coming to church. 

Just 3 more weeks of this transfer and the we will have our Mission President change. Everything is good down here, hope for you guys too. Love you Have a good week.

Another transfer here with my companion!

Im really stoked to be here for another transfer in this sector. Its crazy to be here my 3rd together! But this transfer is only 4 weeks because our Mission President is changing soon! Im pumped for that too. We are gonna get a new Chilean President. Things have been going great here in principal. Actually lots of problems with the house but its all good. Some guys are coming to tear out or bathroom and redo it because there was so much mold and crazy stuff. They said it was a terrible safety hazard! And we will see what happens because there are rats that live under the bathtub too haha! I find all this stuff fun. 

Prepping for lunch

This past week was good and I spent much time reading the book of mormon. I would study it in the morning and come back at night and sit down to read. I have found a great love for the scriptures in my mission. Before it was hard for me to read but ever since day one that i entered the mission i have had this great change. I now starve to read the scriptures and am disappointed when i have to stop. And in preach my gospel, there is a section on the attributes of Christ, one of them being knowledge. I can say that my life has dramatically changed due to my mission and the scriotures are now one of the most important things to me. 

Ill just share what i recently read the other day. I was in Alma 17 reading about the sons of Mosiah. They obiously had a big change in there lives and ended up serving missions for 14 years it say! Please read Alma 17:2-5 and think of the missionaries nowadays who are serving. There are many things it says the sons of Mosiah did. They would study the scriptures, pray, fast, recieve revelation and prohecy, and they taught with power and authority of god. This is the missionaries that are serving now. It even contines to talk of the aflicction and suffering they went through, Physically, mentally, and spiritually. I love every new chapter i read of the scriptures and am grateful to be able to share this with those i am privileged to teach.

Sorry i didnt take and pics this week:/ just one of when my comps were prepin lunch. Have a good week, i love you guys:)

happy mothers day mom, and happy birthday my bro garrett!

My view of family in CA and sister on a mission is Texas

I was excited to skype with all you guys:) until christmas! but i was good to see you all and share a moment.

This past week i had a great spiritual moment. i was in an intercambio with another missionary for the day. at the end of the night it was almost 9.45 to start coming home, the last appointment fell and we were ready to go back. But my companion said that we should pray to see what to do. As we did a house came to my mind and i told him i dont know why but we have past this house many times before without success, and the house was at the other corner of our sector. But he said to follow the promting as we started to walk. We got to the house and the mother opened the door telling us she was very occupied. When i asked her what it was she said "come in and see!" I was so suprised to finally enter this house after many tries.

As we were teaching she explained how she had the missionaries a long time before but dropped them because her husband didnt like the missionaries. While we were teaching the husband walked in and saw we were teaching the whole family, uncles and aunts and kids. He rolled his eyes and kept walking. But we invited him to listen to the prayer as we end. While my companion was praying the whole house was silent and it felt so peaceful for jsut a moment. And the first person to say anything was the father. He joked with us for a bit but we were able to see him changing. We are going to keep going back to tach the whole family as they have a great desire to listen.

Painting a sisters house

It was really special to give some flowers, chocolates and notes to some of the sisters in our ward. Some who have never had children, we wanted to make their days as special as we could:) love you guys, talk next week.

For the sisters in our Ward :)

crazy week!

Futbol with zone Leaders

so this week was crazy! a lot of stuff happened. so im just gonna be throwing some stuff around. Firstly how in the middle of the night the other day Elder F heard a noise in his room. it ended up being a rat in the house. so we all grabbed brooms and tried to get it as it was running for an hour. and that thing was the size of a shoe that could jump! he jumped on my legs three times and i was just laughing with the camera in one hand and a broom in the other. and then a different night there were cats screaming outside all night. 

Kept us up all night

M was confirmed this week and received the holy ghost! it has been great having him in the branch as the strongest group of the branch is all of the young men. He has also been an example to his family who has definitely changed and we can feel more peace in the house. I can really see the difference the gospel brings into the lives of many. I have been blessed to have grown up in the church with all of my family and am very grateful for that in my life. 

I really didnt know how blessed i was before the mission. But out here it is a huge difference. Like many of the little things i have i never really noticed how much i have.  that reminds me of a story from the mission president in the ccm who talked about a young missionary who came to serve with a pair of jeans not knowing what exactly to do being the first member in his family. and how the president took him out to get new clothes and necessities. there are many who drop family for coming on the mission. 

But thank you all for always being there for me:) im excited to skype sunday:) I wanted to spend sunday doing something nice so i told the other elders that we are going out to visit some of the sisters of our ward to bring them flowers and especially the single sisters. that will make me the happiest on sunday:) oh and Happy Anniversary mom and dad! and my bro Garrett will be turning 17 soon! love you guys. talk soon! 6 days!

P Branch - Ward Pictures with my roommates Elder B , Elder F & Comp Elder A