Answering Questions

What do you do on Pday?  Your letters come early in the morning and you seemed rushed.
Well the reasson i am so rushed is that we only have 45 min to email family.  and 15 to email our mission pres.  It is hard for someone who types 10 words per min.  But besides that we normaly go to the church building and play ping pong with the other elders in our district. then go home and make lunch. 

Are the members feeding you every lunch?
Yes! it is amazing.  The church is super stong in valdivia.  The only day we have to cook is p day.  Sometimes its hard though because some members get offended because i dont eat very much.  Turns our most missionaries have the reputation of being complete animals when it comes to food.

Are you becoming less intimidated and speaking more often?  And have you given a talk in church?
I getting more comfortable every day but it is still really hard...  Havent given a talk yet but i think i probably will have to soon.

What is your ward/branch like?
Our ward is amazing.  we have a huge area called the bosque where all of the rich people live and then a place called the Pablo Neruda where all of the extremely poor people live.  There is quite a difference.

Whitney wants to know how nerdy is your companion?
Not quite as nerdy as me. But extremely nerdy.  We get along great.

Does it rain every day?  And how are your shoes holding up?  Have you worn your boots yet?  Does your backpack work well?

It rains almost every day.  but i think that will stop now that summer is coming along.  My shoes are awesome. mission shoe is a little uncomfortable but that is why i asked for insoles.  boots are great ive worn them a couple of times now and they are by far the most comfortable shoes i have.

How many active investigators do you have right now? What is their names so we can pray for them?

We have one real investigators as of today. But we also have a guy who we have taught once that sounds interested.  His name is Omar. Our other is Victoria. She is awesome but is scared to make changes in her life.

What is your area like? Is it hilly or flat? Is it poor or richer? (i always liked poor areas).
There are a few hills but for the most part flat.  It is rich besides one little poblacion named pablo neruda that we aren't aloud to go in at night.  for the most part it is just huge.

What's your biggest challenge right now? (so we can pray for you)

Finding people.  We knock doors a ton and most of the people have heard of us and don't want anything to do with us.  It's hard.  that would be nice if you prayed for me.

Well its been nice talking to you.  that was a ton of typing and now I'm going to go take a nap.....

Elder Paco Lane Borup