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November 2018


Well, we received cambios this week and right now I am writing from ..... IQUIQUE. That is because I did not leave. So it will be close to a year that I have been in almost the same area. Elder Mayfield left to go to Copíapo last night. So I said goodbye to my 2nd son and received news that I am staying to have a 3rd SON!!! So I am stoked to train again. Really I learned so much from these 2 past cambios. The only thing is, this is my 3rd sector and I will be completing a year and a half at the end of this transfer. Its looking like I may only have one more left if the pattern continues.
Our week was super dope. We baptized Juan who is 10. This kid is super smart. He is able to pretty much remember everything that he reads in the Book of Mormon and is coming to church on his own on his bike. His family doesnt have much interest but we are going to focus on them and make it happen.
Fun experience during the last week. The streets were unusually super empty on Tuesday and Wednesday so we were only able to make 10-15 contacts that day and 95% of them lived outside the sector so we only picked up a few new amigos but then the next 2 days were awesome! God lets us go through the hard days to prove ourselves dignos for the good days.
It is getting to be pretty hot out here so we are cracking out the hats.
Also super fun story. On Thursday we were getting ready to go to bed when Elder Mayfield sees something scuttle by his foot. He then proceeds to pull out his desk and squish a cockroach the size of my big toe. Now cockroaches are really common here but tiny. This thing was HUGE (See Video) We had a good nervous laugh (because who knows if there are more hiding) Needless to say we are buyin more bug poison.





November 5, 2018

Well this was definitely a great week that we had. We were able to see and verify with all the cool people that we got to meet the last week. We weren't able to find a ton of people but that is because Chile had a 4 day weekend for Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos. There were a lot of little kids going around and trick or treating but I have to say that Halloween is better in the states. The candy here just isn't to par, but that's okay, we still enjoyed receiving some. I went as my companion and my companion as me. (We switched nametags) Actually, I went on intercambio that day but it was totally worth it because we got our interview baptismal done with our friend Hans.
He is so cool and a big testimony builder of how the Lord can prepare people. 3 weeks ago he was drinking and smoking and landed on the front door of a friend who happens to be a member. The friend tells Hans he can't keep doing this and invites him to church. Well, that's where we met him and from that point, he has been just great.
Also, I got my Christmas package on Halloween which is a step up from last year when I got it just in time for Valentine's day So thanks to the fam for the presents and the Extra Toasty Cheezits





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