Short Video Clips

Climbed talest mountain Santiago Chile - Andes

Mix of hymns before transfers

The snow doe!!

Posing with some guys board.  Cant
wait to come back after my mission.

Went to Portillo, Andes Mountain between Chile and Argentina.  Crossed into Argentina for a bit. Another elder andI  we were looking at the map of which route we "would take" if we could ski.  haha. A few more years.

This week the two quotes that i have thought a lot about are not from the scriptures but really mean a lot to me. One is from Mumford and sons in a song that says, "keep my eyes to serve, my hands to learn." And it helps me to think of my service as a missionary. My eyes to serve as i should always be looking for those who are in need in any kind of way, and that i may learn from the lord in using my hands as instruments to preach the gospel. It has many meanings the way you look at it, but always makes me think of what i am doing with my service to the lord. And the other is from a different song that says, "If you're lost and alone, or you're sinking like a stone, carry on. May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground. Carry on." This one means a bit more of whatever may be happening, just keep going. Move forward no matter what. 

 Grandpa look what i found  -  Kids, Kites, siesta

I am having a good time in my mission and these activities lately help a lot. Our district is probably the closest in the mission. A few nights back we all got together in our house because with all the changes . We all talked about what we needed to and it was good to have a little devotional/ meeting thing. 

Dont worry about me, this is my service to the lord, not to any other person. We've had lots of exchanges for the day in our district to help us all stay energized. All is well for me as usual. - Love you Bye:)

Early in the morning waiting for a taxi

 Crossed into Arentina for a bit - dreaming

Me, snowman & Elder B  -  Portillo

 

Portillo, Andes Mountain between Chile & Argentina  -  My trainer Elder D

Pday up the mountain  -  Some famous dog hotel

Bus ride.  Long day

1st Baptism

My 1st Baptism 

This past week was great! We were able to baptize M and all went well. All of his family came to church and the baptism. There was a little problem with the font so we baptized in cold water but i told him you get to do this once in your life and your obiously going to remember it forever. It was great and many others were there to see the baptisms of our ward. Many investogators came to church on sunday and stayed to see the baptsims. The work in this sector is amazing and the people are so loving and helpful.

so lets see, we have until 18 may in this sector then Elder F goes home and we will see which sector i stay or go to. haha so last sunday they choose me again to choose and lead the music. we started to sing the sacrament hymn and i noticed in the middle that i was singing alone and nobody knew the hymn. so i pretty much sang a sacrament solo haha, the only other ones singing were the other missionaries and one sisters who knows all the songs. 

Oh i got the letter from my sis Ashley and i got one from gf Kennedy! thanks for sending me the letters:) The other day we were in the house studying and Jehovas witnesses came to our door. No one wanted to get it so i decided to and ended up talking to him for a little in the doorway. I dont know if in the states you can still knock on doors to proselyte or do it in the streets but we still do it here. We have to complete with a goal of talking with at least 140 people each week.

Anyway everything is good here. the rain is about to start coming which will be fun! LOVE YOU guys, have a great week!

Elder F had a baptism that day too so we took a pic together.

I´ll go where you want me to go dear Lord

Well this week was great as usual! I was excited to hear the news about my girlfriend
Kennedy! Im excited that youll be serving in the dominican republic where the Lord wants you.








It reminded me of a hymn that we ended up singing on
sunday. i dont remember how it goes in english, something like, "ill go
where you want me to go dear lord." and then in spanish it says "to where
you send me ill go lord, to mountains or islands of the sea" rougly thats
what it says. But i thought of how there is always something waiting for
us. The hymn is from 1 nephi 3:7 if you want to read it. I am excited for
you kennedy and know the people of the dominican republic will be blessed
as will you.

This week M has been progressing great! he came to church with his
mother and hes getting all of the lessons in. And we were lucky this last
week to teach a lesson with his father and his mother together who are
divorced. But they were both happy for their son and the decision he is
making. We want to postpone it one more week  just to make
sure he is fully prepared for everything. All of the work here is great as
we are finding more people. One family of a less active father and all his
non member family who have a great interest in the church.

All is well for me as usual! Nothing new really. Oh and how singing hymns
works here in chile is wierd. So because there arent instruments there is
one person who sings the first line as a solo to give the tone for the
rest. So for that song in sacrament meeting i was leading the music and
sang the first part to start it of. and thats your fun fact for the day. I
think im gonna put in a fun fact every week now. haha well bye guys! love
you

Elder F's birthday!

Getting ready for christmas!

I love this place!

I am so pumped! i just have energy like the energizer bunny! I dont know what it is but i love all of this. Hahah well this week i had a little sickness in my stomach and spent most of my week on the toilet. Never eating fish again. They food is different and i'm getting used to it.  We just share whatever and eat whatever. I love them all and want to help as many as i can.Hahah just in the middle of this a man came up and asked me to light his cigarette.  

Went on interchanges and rode bikes!

This past week has been getting better with trying to find more people to teach and talk with. We stopped by a house the other night looking for a someone but ended up talking to an older man in bed rest. He can only move his right arm and gead after a attack in his brain. but we talked to him for a while and he ended up being a member but many years ago. It was really special to talk with him. He has been in bed for a few years and hasnt been in contact with the church for many. But we are going to help him the best we can. My companion and i love to sing songs and the older man asked us to sing his favorite song for him. while we were singing he was holding his heart and smiling big:) He also told us about how he prayed this morning and knew that we would be coming. It was very special, and i know he is one of the many who are waiting for the missionaries.

Me & my companion Elder C.  We email here every p-day.

I gave a talk this week in church. I prepared a 5 min talk but gave a 15 min talk in spanish because the other speaker wasnt there. It was actually good and understandable. I'm always willing to speak!

Many people try to get us with a kiss on the cheek because it is customary, but we always have to say no kiss for the rules. BUt the haitins are so loving and will always greet with a kiss. Haha too many actually. The kids gave on on the lips and i was thrown off. So we had to tell them no more. But they are kind and loving. All of our investigators and members of the ward.

The wedding or baptism didnt happen this week because the certificates and papers they had were bad. But in a a few weeks they will be baptized and married! So awesome! 

Shhhhh.  I took out the mac & cheese and put in trix cereal!

Have a great christmas week everyone. see you soon -Elder Jaeger

Semana 2 - CCM

CCM (Chile MTC)

Woah there is so much to talk about and not enough time. only have 15 minutes now because i was sending pictures and emails. well a funny story real quick. so here in chile they drink soda and carbonated stuff with every meal, my companion and i wanted regular water. so at the store last week i bought what i thought was water. we were walking on our way and i opened it up the water it sprayed all over my shirt! it ended up being a bottle of carbonated water! 

This week my district and i got to sing nearer my god to thee in spanish for the whole CCM. it was during a devotional and it went great! the 8 elders and 2 sisters in my district are all great in music so always want to sing and stuff. 

When we work out every morning and go running there are tons of stray dogs.  If you are even the slightest bit nice to them they will follow you around. so imagine missionaries running with dogs around them haha. and they try to steal the soccer ball when we are playing. 

So today most of the mtc left to there missions and it is pretty empty, haha it went from over 100 people to less than 30. but another group is coming in soon. we are the next ones to leave now!

I have been having such a great time here at the CCM, never a dull moment. most people here only talk in spanish so it really helps me learn. oh i have been reading in mosiah this week for myslef and wanted to tell you all in case you may want to read.

Santiago Temple ~ CCM (Chile MTC)

it has been fun here, learning lots with 12 hours of class a day. and they told us that our group came a little later so this is our 3rd week and we will be off and out in the field by the end of this month. my spanish is coming along good. i can talk with many of those who speak spanish here. and we are able to purchase stuff easily in spanish. they have all the same stores. today we went to the mall which is the tallest building in chile. it had all the same clothing stores and food places. we had a cinnabon and dunkin donut. everything here is the same except it has real sugar... oh and no mountain dew for me. they dont have it.

 

well i sent a letter home for the family and one to send off to kennedy, i tryed too say much but will never be able to tell you all until i get home and read you my journal. i love you guys and pray for you. i dont have much time to fix all the spelling so sorry about that. and sorry that i might have been jumping all over the place. well talk to you guys next week. i am doing great here. miss you all but i am focused on the work. Love you all. have a great week and i know i will.

and a side not is that people say regular mail is better than pouch mail outside of the ccm. so just send it thorugh the regular mail. love you bye  -Elder Jaeger

Main road that connects the CCM & Temple to all the stores.