Alright
so last Monday was p-day was the zone activity and you guys already
heard about that. The rest of the day after that we didn´t really have
time to do anything but grocery shop and go to an appointment with Alex
and Carola. We didn´t even have time for weekly planning on Monday
because everything went so long and we had to do it Tuesday morning. The
appointment with Alex and Carola wasn´t anything special we just shared
a spiritual thought and ate once with them.
Tuesday
I was exhausted. My entire body was sore. I haven´t legit played sports
in the longest time. So in the morning we had to do weekly planning
and what not because of how crazy things got on Monday so morning was
another morning in the house... Not my favorite thing in the world. We
went out with a member in our ward named Fernando to teach Sebastian but
he wasn´t there! GRRR. Fernando came with us to a few back up plans but
we got nothing. Sigh. After that we went to the church to see if we
could chat with the Bishop and the Secretary for a second but no one was
there yet. Then we went to go pick up Fallon for our lesson with Alex
and Carola but then she couldn´t come because she was sick. Probably for
the better because I was dead that night. I don´t even think we ended
up teaching. I was so out of it. After that we tried to plan really fast
and get to bed early. That was a good life choice right there. I woke
up feeling like a champ Wednesday.
Wednesday I
really just focused on trying to keep a prayer in my heart throughout
the day. That morning I kid you not I just thought please let us teach
someone. We have been trying to get a hold of this guy Juan for forever
and we finally got to teach him that morning. We got to teach him and
his wife. We taught the Restoration. It wasn´t my best lesson and it was
kind of hard to get them to just read the introduction to the Book of
Mormon but at last they finally said they would read it. Kind of a tough
crowd if you ask me but I´m so thankful that we could teach that
morning and that Heavenly Father answered the prayer in my heart. That
night we got to teach Alex and Carola about baptism and Fallon was able
to come with us. It was so cool to have a recent convert in a lesson
with us helping to teach. Super good day. We also got to talk with
bishop that night and get the low down on some less actives. It is
really good that we are getting more involved with him. He is a super
cool guy. I like him a lot and I think he´s gonna be able to help us out
a lot.
Thursday was the most dreaded day of
the week. The 11th of September is a sketchy day in Santiago. A long
time ago on this day a military take over started and a lot of people
died. Because of that every year the young people get all angry and use
that fact to do some bad things. So we had to be in the house by 6 that
night. No one really felt like talking to us that day. I can´t really
blame them. So Elder Bullock and I got back right at 6 and ordered some
pizza made a fort and hunkered down for the night. It was pretty chill
that night. Just wrote some letters and nothing really happened near us
so that was really nice. The scariest thing was that the power company
cut everyones power at 10. I heard some stories on Saturday about places
where it was at peaceful but nothing super bad happened this year so
that´s a really good thing. I think the extent of it was burning tires
and some maltov cocktails. However you spell that...
Friday
we had district class because they canceled zone conference. I guess
we´ll have that this week. I did super well with my Spanish on Friday so
that was good. I really tried to keep a prayer in my heart again. And I
actually got some super awesome contacts that day so again Heavenly
Father answers the prayers in your hearts so always have one. That night
we had a cool lesson with Alex and Carola about following the prophet.
Alex is really quiet when we teach but I really think that he is taking
this stuff super seriously and making a lot of changes in his life. It
makes me really happy. That night Elder Bullock told me that Alex
actually had not been progressing before the start of this transfer and
they were thinking of possibly dropping him but then all of the sudden
he has started doing really well. It just made me feel good that maybe I
am atleast doing something. We walk around a lot and aren´t really
teaching much and sometimes it is frustrating but it feels good to know
that we are atleast doing something right.
Saturday
was crazy. I was up from 5:30 am and ate breakfast and then went to a
service project all day. We just painted and we didn´t eat squat. It was
pretty far away too. We had to hurry back and we barely made it back in
time for the adult session of stake conference. It was a crazy day. Our
mission President was there and there were some awesome talks. But
still no food. At the end of the day we were exhausted and we just
chowed down once we finally got down to the house. Still a pretty
awesome day.
Sunday morning was all miracles.
We were running late to stake conference and then as we are practically
running there some members drove by and they were able to give us a ride
to conference. We made it right on time. Then that morning we had tried
to call Alex but he didn´t answer so we were scared he woulnd´t make it
to stake conference. But right after the sustainings Alex and Carola
and Felipe and Catalina and two of Carolas nieces came walking in. And
Alex was wearing a blazer and a white shirt and khakis! I have never
seen him at church in anything other than jeans. It was the coolest
thing every! I was so happy. I didn´t get to listen much in that
conference I spent most of my time with Felipe giving him paper and
colored pencils to draw so that he wouldn´t be all over Alex. That was a
bit exhausting but worth it because I think Alex really liked Stake
Conference! We also found some less actives we can visit during lunch
that day. The daughter is active but the mother and step father aren´t
active so more people to teach! Boo ya!
Today
we got to hike Cerra Renca. It was tons of fun and I ran into Elder
Farnsworth! We got all the way to the top of the mountain where the
cross is and well you´ll just have to read the description of the photo
to hear about the Chilean flag story. I will expound a little bit about
how one of the Elders had brought an American flag and while they were
singing the Chilean National Anthem we started singing ours it was super
fun! Very exhausting and kind of a crazy morning but super fun. Kind of
a crazy week but lots of good things are happening and I´m happy!
Love
you guys so much thanks for all of the support. I forgot my other
journal at home today so I don't have a quote to give ya but the gospel
is true sooooo live it!
Elder Shell
La Feria on their street
More at la feria
They built a fort on Sept. 11th since they had to be inside early
Selfie in the fort
Chillin' in the fort
Deciding to hike up to the "Renca La Lleva" sign
Elder Shell and Elder Bullock and the view!
The District and the view
Elder Shell and the flag of Chile in the background
Made it up to the sign!
Elder Shell and Elder Bullock with the sign
Elder Shell and Elder Bullock victory pose
The view of Elder Shell's area from the sign
The sign itself
They could see the tallest building in South America
Look at them Andes!
The cross on their hike
Elder Shell had to take another picture because some kids
climbed the cross and nailed the flag of Chile to it
Elder Shell and Elder Farnsworth from the MTC
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