Well my good friends the Bolivians Luis Josè and Lizzeth are back in Bolivia for good. I'm not a fan of goodbyes and it was a tough one with them. Like I have said thousands of times before, you learn to love the people so much. I'm going to Bolivia one day to see them... They are good people...
We had some really good success this past week here in
Tierra Amarilla. Not only our sector but the others as well. We are
going crazy with putting the fechas with investigators. Without a fecha
for baptism the investigators don`t have anything to work towards. So we
were blessed to put 3 fechas and the other Elders 6 for the month of
April. We are working hard with the family of our recent convert Marianelal, Who lives out in Nantoco. (small town 20 minutes outside of
Tierra Amarilla). Nantoco is so pretty compared to T.A. Grapes are a huge
huge part of Nantoco and so there are fields of grapes out in Nantoco. I
love the ride out there. Beautiful, comparative. So ya we put 2 fechas
with her brothers, Jesùs and Juan, They want to get baptized sooooo bad
it's just a rough situation because of the money to take a micro every Sunday. They have ZERO money and barely make it through the week with what they have let alone a ride to church every Sunday all 4 of them... It's rough but we are praying for a miracle. They are scheduled for the 26th of April.
We are also working with the best friend of one of
the members in the branch. Her name is Jenny Smith.... Second cousin of
Joseph Smith.. Jk... But ya she looks gringa (white) and also her name.
She also accepted a fecha for the 26th of April for her baptism. She is 16 and is going to need a little help quitting smoking and also not going out every Friday and Saturday
nights until 3 in the morning... But hey... That's normal here in Chile
so we just gotta get her on the right path. Her friend Alleen and the members will be a huge huge help with that. We are gonna be praying
super hard for her these next few weeks. We are seeing the fruits of our labors here in Tierra Amarilla.
We have a TON of investigators just not that many
that want to keep our commitments. Chileans LOVE hearing the word of
God and most think that is sufficient.. Acting is a big problem here but
we are working hard with them all to realize it. Silly Chileans...
Gotta love em... This past Thursday
I went on an intercambio with my Zone Leader, Elder McCusker from
Southern California. Probably one of my best friends on the mission,
aside from Elder Sargent and Mangum of course. Elder McCusker has about
22 months on the mission and is one of my role models-heroes out here.
It was so awesome working a whole day with him. He has a way of teaching
and clicking with the people so well. I strive everyday to be like some
of these veteran missionaries. I love love love intercambios basically
for the reason to learn how to better teach a principal. I can`t really
explain it to well of what I learned from this intercambio (change for
the day) but I will always look up to my good friend Elder McCusker.
The assistance in church is going up. We gotta keep
it high and those families that come every now and again we gotta help
come EVERY week. We have a lot of those families. But we are doing good. Working hard. Trying to be as obedient as possible. I love it. We had a
great Noche De Hogar (Family Night) with the church about 30 people
came. It turned out awesome. We played bowling.. I beat everyone ;) Still
got it ;) and we also played musical chairs.
Chile has all their food-condiments inside of bags... I was squeezing my ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise from a bag
and it finally hit me... How weird Chile is for putting their yogurt and milk and EVERY type of food in bags.... Silly Chile... Makes me
laugh...
I have been studying a lot of Spanish lately. I'm
trying my best to become as fluent as possible. I love Spanish. Such a
beautiful language... I know I didn't think that a year ago in my first
few days in the MTC haha. All is good. Go read The scriptures. They
answer whatever question you have in life... Love you all. I'm happy. My son is doing great. Better Spanish than I have ever seen someone with 2
months in the mission have. He is a good kid.
Con Mucho Amor Elder Pacman (Following what the Chileans call me)
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Wow-one year already!!! This'll be over before we know it. Sad. I love reading your weekly emails and hearing about the progress of your investigators. Tom and I are headed to St. George for some sunshine and conference this weekend. I CAN'T WAIT. It snowed here again this week, and I'm ready to head South. General Conference is THE BEST TIME OF YEAR and I can't wait to hear the word of God from our leaders.
Take care and be good,
Julie (and Tom too)
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