Friends and Family,
This week went by really fast and it was a really
good one! Tuesday I went up to Concepcion
to pick up my “kid” and get some capacitation.
I had a bunch of friends up there who were training also so we had a lot
of fun together. The room where we got our new companions brought back so many
memories into my mind about how nervous I was and then getting Elder Casperson
as my trainer and everything that followed.
Except this time, I was on the other side of it. As I stood up in front of everyone, introducing
myself, President Bluth said the name of my companion, “Elder Gordillo”! My “son” in the mission is the best
haha.
Elder Gordillo is from Mexico and is 24 years
old. He is a very good guy with good
intentions and is very humble. We get
along very well and I pass the day laughing because he’s so funny. He speaks English pretty well and I’m helping
him with that. Something that is really
funny that will help you guys understand a bit more about Chileans and how they
talk is, constantly during the day my comp has to ask me what the person or
people say because he doesn’t understand them.
My comp speaks Spanish, it’s just that the people here speak Chilean
haha. It’s so funny because he gets so
confused why the people here speak so fast and drop letters off of the end of
words. It’s not as drastic as having a
gringo kid, but as well, I have to help my son learn the language.
C and D did not get baptized this past
weekend because C felt like he was not prepared enough but we have had
some really good and spiritual lessons with them and they know that they are
going to get baptized they just need a confirmation on when they are going to
do it. We are hoping for some time
within this month, so if you all could keep them in your prayers, that would be
awesome. I have done pre-interviews for
the baptism and they are both SO ready!
I am now living with a kid named Elder Inman, who is
from my group and we actually sat next to each other on the plane when we left
from Utah! He is from Kaysville and is hilarious. We get along very well and this transfer should
be a good one!
Other than that, there is nothing really new going
on, my ankle occasionally pains and swells but I have a brace now that I’m always
wearing so it should be good.
Book of Mormon chapter of the week, Alma 5. Absolutely love it and the inspired questions
that are asked. I hope everything is
going well back home, about 4 more months left. Love and miss you all.
Elder Clay
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