CHILE

 

Hello! how is every one doing? this is weird. Every word that i am typing right now says that it is spelled wrong. I don't like this.  But oh well. besides that everything here is awesome!!! 

So we flew in on a little pane and it was super cool. It looked like we were flying into Yellowstone.  Everything here is super green and there are tons of water ways all over the place. This place is really cool. 

We got picked up in the airport in Puerto Montt.  I got sick on the small 2 hour drive to Osorno.  It really wasn't pretty... i ate duncan donuts in the airport in santiago and it all came up again..... 

When we got to the mission home we met with presidente Rapleye and he is super awesome.  We then had individual interviews with him.  He talked to me about being diligent and then he told me where i was going and who would be my companion. I am in Valdivia, my companion in Elder Randall.  We then went to a hotel and I had the best night sleep ever!

We woke up got our visas in order and then we went to the stake center to meet our companions.  My companion, Elder Randall, is super cool, he is soft spoken but he is a really good teacher.  he has been out for about a year and he is from Missouri. (i have no idea how to spell it).  After that we went and had some delicious hot dogs.  They call them completos here.  and they are amazing! what you do is get a hot dog, get some sturdy bun, and then you put chopped up tomatoes and guacamole (not real guac. it is just smashed avocados) and then you put on some cheese.  It is incredible. 

Then we went to our sector.  We are in the Estanque Branch.  They have been struggling in the branch for the last year.  Missionary work is really slow right now... we have three investigators right now so it has been really hard.  We spend most of our time knocking doors and street contacting.  We have got a lot of references this past week so we will see where we are by the end of the week.  My companion has only been in this sector for 2 weeks, so we are still trying to get to know all of the active people in the ward.  That is the thing, There are hundreds of members, i think about 550 just in our ward, but only 90 or so of them are active. most of our work is reactivating people.

The water here is amazing! i was never a believer in good tasting water until i came here.  It is amazing.  The water is super cold right out of the tap and super pure.  The Food is incredible! we do not have a mamacita like the rest of the mission. The members feed us here. And it is incredible.  They are always giving us bread and fruit. I love it.  Our house is probably the nicest apartment in the entire mission.  We just moved in and we have an awesome location an awesome shower and just a really nice set up.  It reminds me a lot of our apartment in Spain.  I'll send you pics of it next week.  Most of the houses here are wood heated so we have to split the wood. The weather is very cold. Its 50 degrees outside right now but it feels like a good 25.  My hands have not been warm for days.  But it makes things feel more like an adventure.  At least there are no Fleas right now. I hear they get really bad. 

I took this pic this morning.  It is the first day since i got here that it has been sunny. It is super nice.  

Quick story.  So we were just about to leave for our house when my companion got a call from one of the members inviting us over for cake.  It was pretty late but we figured we could make it.  We get there and This guy is absolutely bonkers.  He is super nice but completely crazy,  he has tons of ear hair and nose hair and a lazy eye.  When he was pouring the soda he drooled a ton and the drool missed my cup by about 2 inches.  But he was really nice and kind of funny.  He reminds me a lot of Pepe.

I love you guys a ton and i love to hear from you.  If you see alex or kline tell them that i love them and am looking forward to their letters.

Love, 

 

Elder Paco