Way too much

Mar 30, 2015

My head is about to blow.  I dont even know where to begin or what to even say.  So much stuff has happened this past week.  Well, all we have really been doing is planning this darn activity in the plaza.  We have had a couple ideas and all of them have been shot down,  we need to be ready for sure by the 3 but we think we will be doing another activity the 2.  i dont really know.  But the point is, is that there are too many things.

This week we did a big ole activity in the feria.  The church actually is right in the middle of it so we could actually set up a table right in front.  We put out a sick sign and Dvd players playing the new video from the church, contacting people while they are in a hurry to shop is hard, but there were a few people who stayed and watched the video.  And almost all who watched the video wanted missionaries to come back to their house.  Doing missionary work with this video has been really fun.  Something that i have never told you mom and dad is that way back at the begging of my mission, i bought a portable dvd player.  I bought it because at the time we had a lot of investigators who didn't have tv`s, so we couldn't share anything like video or movies.  Anyways, i bought it,  And now it is coming in big handy.  Using it in the plaza and just asking people if they would like to watch a 2 minute video while they sit is way fun, and really effective.  They can definitely feel the spirit during the video.  I love it.  

We haven't had too much time for anything else. but we did find another new investigator named Alejandra.  She is way cool.  But we are going to have a FHE with her this week.

I love you guys so much.  Today has been a cool day just because i could talk to you.  I have the best family.  Thanks for all of the B day wishes. I have really had a good day and an elder gave me a handful of Peach e o`s as a gift.  Best gift ever!!!ç

Well I love you bunches!

Elder Borup

Livin la vida

Mar 23, 2015

Well its been a long week.  Its been good, but it feels like forever since i have last written.

This Easter the church is going to have a huge program called "because he lives".  Its a video that will be available the 28th.  Its going to be awesome!   We have been planning the activities for days!!!  i am getting a little tired of being on the computer typing up stuff for the municipality.  We have to ask for permission from everyone to do a little activity in the plaza. Oh well.  

Some cool things have been happening in the sector.  We are super excited about helping the Branch.  They need lots of help.  But we are having a good time getting to know everyone, and trying to inspire them to be better at what they are called to do. This week i gave a talk in church about Conversion.  I think it turned out well.  well I did only take 15 minutes of the 25 minutes that i was supposed to take, but i gave our Branch president a time to talk. 

I love serving a mission!  I already have anxiety about coming home.  I`m not always thinking about it!  But when i do i realize that i need to give all i have in the time i have left. I had a dream this week where there was a dinosaur invasion in the south of Chile and that we needed to be evacuated.  Then the next thing i knew i was SLC and i was super mad, because i still had 4 months left.  But there are no dinosaur invasions down here, so dont expect to see me for a while longer.  I still have tons of stuff to do here. 

I love you guys a ton.  Sorry this is not my best letter.  I still have to write president, and design a poster for this activity, but i hope that you have a good day.  

Lovin bunches,

Elder Barup

This week....

March 17, 2015

Well i dont have any time.  I know that that is my go to saying, but its true.   Yesterday we had to go to osorno to get my companions intestines checked out.  And sure enough, he has a intestinal eating bacterea that is doing a number on him.  We thought for sure that it was going to be worms, but bactirea is just as fun.  He does get the best medication ever though,  He has to drink 2 bottles of gatorade a day!!  i want that.  

Well the week has been good.  Sooooooo many things have happened.  We had interviews with president Obeso.  I love that guy so much.  We talked about the need of investigators in our zone.  He said that we need to have a hunger to find new investigators.  I am a hungry guy so im set that we are going to find a ton of people.  

We also had intercambios with the Asistants.  That was really fun .  We did an activity in the plaza where we put up a huge poster about the book of mormon and we contacted all around us, while Elder Crotzer and Elder Hazard played the violin and guitar. It was awesome.  

this week i found kraft mac and cheese.  And aloe vera juice is amazing.  

beeing a missionay is the best!!!!!  I cant get over it.  It is the hardest thing ive done, but it has been the funnest thing ive done.  I feel super happy, and i have tons of energy.  I would like to know how much ive changed but i cant really judge mylself can i.  I love it though.

Love you guys bunches

Elder Gringo

So Crazy

Mar 9, 2015

Well this week has been completely crazy.  We started out with zone conference.  That ended up as a disaster.  We were going to build boats and float them down the river.  Then we were going to read the story of nefi and how he built his boat in the way of the lord.  And then relate that to how we need to build our sector in the way of the lord.  We lost all of the boats in the curant.  And then we had no time to talk.  You live and you learn. 

Also we found some new guys to teach.  They live under a bridge, lots of times they are drunk, but if we go by early in the morning, we have the chance to catch them sober.  They are good people though, and they really need what we got, so we feel like its necessary. Plus they have a N64 that i really want, and i was feeling that i could trade it for a soccer ball.  The last time we went by they were preatty drunk so we didnt stay long.  but the did offer us some cantelope.  Me being the smart guy that i am, I partook  of the rotting food.  The next two days were a big ole blur of speratic eruptions in the baño.  We did get out a couple of times but we were limited by the distance of the nearest bathroom.  Lesson learned, dont eat melons under a bridge.

This week we had some huge drama with one of the hermanas sectors.  They have been confronted by this guy who always wanted to cut their grass.  They always said no but he kept persisting.  So what we ended up doing was that we took the hermanas out and put them in Rio Bueno for 4 days, while we went to go confront this guy.  Long, long, long story short is that the guy ended up being way creepy, but he said that he wasnt going to bother them again, and if he does, we are going to go throw him off the bridge.  Not really, but something along the same lines.  But that was super stressful.

Yesterday we went ham on the contacting.  We just hung out in the plaza for two hours, and we taught a ton of lessons to people on benches.  None of them lived in our sector, but we talked to a bunch a really good people for some other sectors. 

I love you guys a ton, The emails really help me.  Thanks for all the support.  Dont eat Mellons that drunk guys give you, and dont try and build boat out of soda bottles.  they dont work

Elder Barup

The Union

Mar 2, 2015

I left punta arenas.  It was sad.  I really hope that i will be able to go back there soon.  Such a cool place.  Such good people.  But it was fun.  On the way up i got to meet up with a bunch of old friends.  Elder Aedo was waiting for me in the terminal in Puerto Montt.  I love that guy.  Also, i ended up seeing almost all of my group. I ended up getting here at 9:00 at night.  And we didnt end up working that day at all. 

I made it to La Union.  It is really weird to be in the north of the mission.  I just spent the last year and three months stranded in the frozen south.  I did not even knkow that it could be hot in our mission.  But let me tell you that it is really, really hot.  Well maybe its not that hot, but my body has gotten used to the cold, and now i am getting destroyed.  its fun though.  New things are always good.  

The sector is big.  Its the centro sector and there arent that many people that actually live in the sector and we dont have that many investigators.  But its cool.  I am feelling super good about being here. The house is good. We live with two other elders in a big house.  Its nice and clean.  The branch is good, the branch president is more hyperactive than a chipmunk, and we have a really really good mission leader who is pumped on having activities and getting the members help.  The other members, from what ive seen are not too excited, but we have a vision to change that.  That is what i feel like we are missing here.  The members complete suport.  

Gonna be a good cambio.  My compaion is Elder Hazard.  He is super sick, from Reno, Nevada, and another world class shotput/discus thrower. We have been getting along splendedly.  We are going to give the 100% this cambio and reap the blessings.  

I feel different about this cambio for some reason.  Not sure why, but i feel like its going to be really, really good.

I love you guys a ton.  I hope i wrote enough for you. Hopefully mom got enough details to be satisfied. We`ll see.

Ooodles of love,

Elder bo..bo..bo.......

(not a chance)

1.  This guy is a champion from Patagonia. 

2. Saying goodbye to Alexis our investigator

Chau, chau Punta Arenas

Feb 23 2015

Im leaving.  Its super weird but its my turn already to get on the plane and head up to the blazing north.  I really thought that i was going to stay there for the next 4 months.  Nope.  I am leaving on wed. to go to La Unión.  I have never heard anything about this place, but i know my companion and he seems like a good guy. His name is Elder Hazzard.   

Well anyway thats the big news.  

This week was awesome.  We had Intercambios with the Assistants.  Elder Jacobson was my Zone leader in Chiloe and now he is the assistant of the south of our mission.  Soooooo coooool.  I love this guy.  We had a good day and we found a lot of people.  So much fun right now.  We are working tons with the members and finding lots of success.  The coolest thing though is that we had a lesson with a new investigator named Carlos.  This guy has a ton of potential.  Super cool family guy who is looking for the church that he should baptize his family in.  Nuts.  this is a good guy though, and i am confident that he is going to get baptized.

I got to call elder Kvarfordt this week.  that guy is soo funny.  But he was telling me all about Dalcahue and how it was doing.  So much crazy things have happened.  He said that the week after i left they had 10 investigators in church and that they kept that up for the next 3 cambios.  Marlen and her daughter got baptized,  and tons of other people are progressing.  its was really good to hear.  I neeeeeeeeeed to go back to that place.  I love it so much.  

Well thanks for every thing guys.  If you want to know anything about the Patagonia i basically know every thing there is to know.  

Love you so much,

Elder Borup

(right when they start to get it right i leave, Typical) 

1. Pictrure of a good looking guy

2. Baptism of Isabel!!! 

3. me in front of a statue

Torres Del Paine Take 2

17 Feb 2015

Well.... Thats Torres del Paine.  Eighth  natural wonder of the world, and its in our zone.  So thats awesome.  

This was a good week though.  Not too much happened, we had lots of fun this though.  

I went back to Río de la Mano on an intercambio. That was really fun.  We got to stop by carlas house, as i am sure she has already posted on facebook a ton of pictures.  But i had to say goodbye to her.  I dont know if ill be transfered this transfer and she went on a month long vacation to Viña del Mar.  I really hope i get to see her again. She is way funnier than i remember, she was just making jokes the whole time.  She is super active and is loving being a primary teacher.  

Also this week i have had some extreme hunger.  I dont know why.  Maybe im growing?  who knows.  But i have just been pounding food.  Before i wouldnt normaly need anything to eat at night.  Now if i dont have a dinner at night my stomach will hurt to bad for me to sleep.  And im not getting fat either.  I hope i have parasites!  That would be gnarly.  Just joking, i dont have them, and i know its something i dont want.

We taught a cool lesson to Alexis.  We just passed him off to Río de la Mano.  We put him with date for the 21 of march.  Sad that we had to give him away like that.  but he is getting along well with Elder Montiel.  And i know that he will progress more over there.  

The Investigator pool is barren now.  We are now looking ahead to a week full of searching.  Hopefully it will be the most fruitful week ever.  Thanks for all of the prayers.  I have been studying a ton about prayer lately.  Its amazing that he acctually communicates to those who diligently search for him.    

Lovin you guys oodles.

Elder Syrup

I found the Jacket in the house.  We have been calling it the Tortoise neck.  I love it.  It did make me look like a big time german tourist though.

This is the Cueva de Milodón.

That is a Milodón