Dear family and friends, this week in Temuco was a cold one.
I think it got colder this week than it ever has been for me since I got
here. I have to thank my parents for
sending me prepared with the things I need to not freeze to death here! haha The cold and rain combination is very cool and
pretty hard to deal with as missionaries.
However we are still working and just trying to stay dry!
I’ll start off with this week talking about these two cute
old grandmas that we visit occasionally. I don’t think I laugh harder when I’m
on the mission than when I am with them!
One is 84 years old and the other is 76, they have been friends their
entire lives and they decided that they were going to finish off life together. They have a lot of problems due to their age
with hearing and seeing but they are always quick to make a joke of it when
they can’t do something. They have
really learned how to look at the good or funny side of things, and that’s what
I’m learning from them. I decided I’m
going to visit and talk with people of an older age more when I get home, they
have more experience in life and know what’s up! Also they are funny!
The work here in my sector, Millahue, has picked up since I
got here and we are starting to find people that we can teach. But the majority of the people that we have
right now have one thing in common that they are all lacking… it is
marriage. Chile is really relaxed in
that sense, a lot of people live
together without being married, so we have to teach about that subject a lot. Before I end my mission, I want to get a couple
married and then baptize them, it’s going to take work but it’s going to
happen! Then the other thing is the
authority of God. We try to explain and
teach it so clearly but a lot of people don’t understand or don’t accept
it. We continue passing by and helping
the people with whatever we can. The constant search for the people whom God has prepared
continues as well.
Another thing that
happened this week was on the 21st of May. Here in Chile they celebrate that day in remembrance
of when Chile beat Peru in a war. It was pretty funny being with a Peruvian as
a companion and being in Chile that entire day.
People were throwing in sly comments here and there but nothing too
serious happened.
With it being so cold lately, I can see by breath when I
breathe in our house, haha. We have been
helping a lot of people with their wood, like cutting it and arranging it, and
also their stove chimney things. I even installed
one this week!
Well that’s pretty much everything that happened this week
but I would like to share with you guys something that I learned this
week. It’s something that I have
realized and put into practice in my life.
It’s the act of making and completing goals. I have learned that the magnitude of how fast
we can grow or learn is greatly increased when he have goals set and we are
working towards them. Also is helps a
lot when we have a plan on how we are going to accomplish what we set out
to. That’s it for this week, love and
miss you all!
Elder Clay
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