Elder
Mangum and I are having a blast here together. It's always a great time
on the mission when you are best friends with your companion. Ya we have
our differences at times but we love each other and I'm glad to be able
to work along side Elder Mangum. Elder Mangum and I get made fun of
every day for have gaining so much weight... Mostly just Elder Mangum
though hahaha He gets so mad at the Chileans when they call him ¨waton¨
which means fatty... hahaha it's so funny cause literally 99% of the
Chileans have no room to talk.... hahah I just bust up laughing
every time. Mangum doesn't think it's very funny.... hahaha Freaken Mangum.
Here in Chile I would guess that the national food is tomatoes.... The
people eat them with EVERYTHING.... Mangum and I both despise tomatoes
so you guys can imagine the fun we have with trying to hide them in napkins and put them in our pockets without the Chileans seeing us....
hahah oh the joys of the mission... I think we got caught the other
day... oops hahaha.
Do
you guys remember about 3 years ago when the 33 miners got stuck
underground about 750 Yards for 2 months... Well that happened here in
Copiapó about an hour away from Tierra Amarilla. We have an investigator, Luis, who is famous here in Chile for being one of the
best chef´s in Chile. He was 1 of 4 chefs who cooked for the 33 miners
during when they were underground. They had special tubes to send the
food down to them and Luis has a bunch of cool things like the actual
tubes and stuff. He literally cooks like theee best food in the world I
have ever tasted.... he LOVES the missionaries and cooks for us every time we come over to teach him. He is a genius in the kitchen. Luis
and his daughter and partner (soon to be wife) are more active than most
of the members. He has only missed 2 Sundays in like 3 months, which is
saying something for an investigator but we have to wait a bit for his divorce papers to finish up with his previous wife for him to get
married and then baptize him and his daughter. His partner is already a
member from when she was a kid. So ya. That's Luis. He´s awesome.
We
have 3 Fechas for January. Jackaline (Jacko) and Sofia for the 4th and
Andres for the 11th. They are all soooo excited to change their lives
and forget their past and to feel the work of the atonement in their
lives through baptism. Andres is a Bolivian who came over from Bolivia
to find a new life and to forget his past life he had in Bolivia. Guess
who he met his first day here in Chile.... ;) The Missionaries.....
hahah How awesome is that. He has a best friend who is the secretary in
our branch so he is awesome. he has teary eyes every time we talk about
the Gospel with him. I love it! Jacko and Sofia are the same way. They
have came to church the past 2 weeks and absolutely love it. It's a mom
and her daughter and they are very excited for the 4th for the baptism. We will keep on working hard with them to keep that excitement there.
There is nothing like the mission. Seeing tiny miracles throughout the
day are so amazing. Literally I believe it's because of our obedience to
the mission rules which lots and lots of missionaries have problems
with. The Lord will bless you when you do what he asks. I'm loving the mission right now. Couldn't be more excited to work and find new people
who need the Gospel in their lives.
I
can't explain how weird it is to see Christmas lights up during the summer.... It's blistering hot here and yet there are Christmas lights
and fake snowmen.... No Chile.... It just doesn't seem right..... Freaken
Chile.... Anyways ya. Great week. We´re hoping for the same this
upcoming week. Love you all. On the daily grind.
Elder Paxman
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