Hey family and friends, things went well for me and Elder
Shapiro this week here in Temuco. We
have been able to find more people to teach and we have been trying to live up
the last weeks that my companion has in the mission. We have met some amazing people who really
want to become closer with God in their life and they are looking for the
truth. I have realized here that the more
humble a person is the more easy it is for them to get answers and help from
God. It is an amazing thing.
I don’t know if I have already said this but my favorite thing in my entire mission is the opportunities that I have had to meet people. I have met ALL types of people and I find myself loving meeting them no matter what type of person they are. I do believe that there is good in every person, even the people who yell at us or slam the door in our face the moment they see who we are!
To tell you a little bit more of this past week, last P-day
was a pretty cool one. We went to the
title defense of a thesis of a really good friend that we have here in our
sector who is a recent convert. His name
is Alex Huenupe, he’s Mapuche and speaks English really well! He actually just graduated from college and
now he can be a teacher of English. So that’s
what we went to and he did really well and passed! It was cool to be there with him and his family
and see the accomplishment that he has done.
His story is so cool to see the past that he came from and then he met
the missionaries and got baptized and see where he’s going now. He is a really good friend now and will be
for the rest of my life.
One day while walking down the street in the central of
Temuco we saw on a billboard that the Harlem Globe Trotters were going to be in
Temuco this week doing shows. About five
minutes later we crossed paths with five gigantic black dudes and I didn’t
realize that I had just walked past the Harlem Globe Trotters until after. I was so mad at myself for not realizing and
asking to take a picture with them, I still am.
They were just walking down the sidewalk haha. It was pretty funny to see them in Chile because
they are so tall and the Chileans go up to their waist haha.
Something else cool that I was able to do this week was talk
with Brian from my last sector. He is
doing really well, and is actually President of the Young Mens now! He has the Melchizedek Priesthood and wants
to go on a mission! He’s such a great
guy and I’m so lucky to have him as a convert, he’s already an example for
me. Also I was able to talk to another
very good friend from Coronel, Kiki and his family which is pretty much my
second family. They told me that they
had moved to a new house and they had prepared a room for me already for when I
go back there and visit them, they are the best ever. Lots of love here in Chile.
Another fun thing that happened this week is we did a Zone
Attack in Carahue. A zone attack is when
all the missionaries of the zone go to one sector and contact it all. It was a lot of fun and I was able to be with
Elder Whiting. He is probably my best
friend in the zone right now. He is from
Arizona and has the same time as Elder Casperson in the mission so about 19 months. We are very similar and we get along really
well because we were both nerds before the mission. We have plans to play Worlds of Warcraft
after the mission and go to Lake Powell, should be a good time.
All in all this week has been a really good one and I know
that the Lord has been blessing us with people to teach. Hopefully a few can progress towards baptism
but I am just glad to be able to be here helping the people in whatever it might
be. I hope that everyone is well back
home and that everyone has a good week!
Love Elder Clay
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