Hey guys, this week in Temuco went really well, lots of rain
and cold but I had the opportunity to work with a bunch of different people so
I enjoyed it a lot! I started off the
week with an exchange that we did throughout the entire zone. I got put with a missionary named Elder
Gomez, which we had a very good time together!
This is his first sector in the mission, he has about 4 weeks in the
mission, he is from Argentina. He was a
DJ and a clown for work before his mission.
It’s pretty funny because he doesn’t seem anything like that, he’s a
very chill, laid back guy. We were
working in his sector and it’s pretty hard to work in a sector when he is so
new to it. However we managed it pretty
well and were able to contact the people we had appointments with and all that. It reminded me a lot of when I did an
exchange with Elder Parkin when we both were so new to our missions, that was a
fun time. For being so new Elder Gomez
is a really good teacher and missionary, so we dominated the sector! J
The house for the missionaries in his sector is ridiculous,
it’s so nice, it reminded me of houses in the United States! You could say I’m pretty jealous of
them. I enjoyed talking to Elder Douglas
who also lives there, all night about a bunch of things. He ends his mission in two weeks and I always
love to talk to people who have that much time, because I can ask for advice
and experience. He gave me a lot of
advice and helped me out a ton with some other things. He’s a very impressive and chill missionary
in everything he does and he live in Utah so we will be homies after the
mission. I will also add that he is the
second funniest person I’ve ever met.
Another thing that happened this week is the Assistants to
the President came and worked with us in our sector! We worked with Elder Catschke which was a lot
of fun even though we contacted almost the entire day. He only has one cambio left in his mission so
it was cool to be able to talk to him.
He was companions with my Dad in the mission, Elder Casperson (my first
companion) so we had a fun time talking and laughing about him.
In the night both the Assistants sat me down and had a talk
with me haha I was pretty taken back.
They talked to me a lot about my mission and the reasons why I am put
where I am. They also gave me a lot of
advice. I feel like I received so much
advice this week, I’m overwhelmed haha but I’m good, learning a lot.
So pretty much my entire week consisted of working hard with
different people and having a lot of talks, receiving advice and help. People say that you can learn something from
every person you work with so I really try and apply this to everyone I meet. But I have realized a lot on the mission that
things come with time and life requires patience. I have devoted myself to trying to serve the
people I am with in this moment and learn from them. I realize that I am where I am for a reason
and how I respond to the situation is up to me.
To end this week I am going to share a scripture that Elder
Douglas shared with me. It’s Romans 8:38-39. Some of the truest and best verses in the
scriptures that I have ever read. For
me, life is very hard to understand and sometimes it’s hard to see the light at
the end of the tunnel. But I always seem
to find, at the lowest point where I’m about to give up, something keeps me
going, I like to think and I believe
that it is the love from our Heavenly Father.
He is at our side. You all are in
my prayers. Miss and love you all. Have a good week!
Love Elder Clay
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