January 8 - January 14, 2019

Well, the thing is that the weeks just pass by so quickly that I really honestly don't remember a whole lot. Something cool this week is that we have a new schedule where we eat lunch at 1 instead of 2 and we do practices and study from 2-3 and then idioma ( language study) from 3-330. It makes everything flow a lot smoother and I like it. We found 56 new investigators this week. but only 2 came to church :( Thats the hardest part to get people to fulfill on their commitments. But it is part of the fun. I also am now able to write a little bit more in my journal. I had an interview with Presidente this week and it was really good. Elder Baines is super good, and we get along well.

We decided to hike the anchor today for preparation day. You can't really see it in any of the photos. It's like the Y of Antofagasta but it really only took like 30 minutes to get up there.

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Sept. 26 - Oct. 2, 2017 Week 7

Hey all! Crazy week and I don`t have a lot of time to write. My computer that is in the internet cafe is super slow and wasted a lot of my time :) so forgive me. I got a new comp. He is Chilean and is 23 years old. Turns out my 2nd or 3rd or 4 cousin, no sé, but someone related to me was the hermana that converted him. We get along great and he really knows how to go about doing the Lord´s Errand. Conference was super great! I hope you all had a chance to listen to it this weekend and if not, it's on lds.org . Just a few highlights that I picked upe was the need to focus more on Christ. All light comes from Christ and we really can´t develop any Christlike attribute or I guess improve at all unless we focus on Him and act out of our desire to become more like He is. I also learned a little bit about obedience to the commandments in my personal study this ...

Oct. 3 -Oct. 10 Week 8

Hello Everyone I have had a great week and I hope it was the same for ya'll. I completed 3 months in the mission last week and to celebrate I ate a delicious churasco. Hoy día we went up to the Morro that is here in Arica and that was just fantastic. It had some great views but I also realized how brown it is here. There really is a limited amount of green. I learned a lot about patience this week with myself. I have noticed that I am still in the beginning of the mission and there is time. I received a really personal impression from the Spirit during this week and that has given me a lot of comfort and peace. My testimony of the fact that God knows us and helps us as we strive to develop and learn more has grown so much since coming out. It isn´t always easy, but when it is easy I get complacent, and that is not why we are here. We are here to grow and progress! We ha...

Sept 19-25, 2017 Week 6

Hey all, Sorry I haven´t written recently. It has been a really busy couple of weeks. My language is improving slowly but surely and I even have a hard time saying the english equivalent of some words. We didn´t have anyone to cook lunch for us this week so we had to cook for ourselves. My comp can cook pretty well and on Wednesday he asked me to fry some chicken and cook rice. I failed at both. The rice was hard because I didn´t add enough water. Also all that I knew for cooking chicken is to put in in the oil. Apparently you have to score it too so that all parts are cooked. And the chicken here comes with the stubs of feathers in the skin and I didn´t cut those parts out. So it was a pretty crap meal. But ahora, I am confident 75 percent that I could do it again and have it turn out well. This gospel is true. I have learned a lot here that I can´t even begin to describe. I am working better wi...

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