Hola people of the united states!! (and argentina (Mom, dad, curtis))
Ive survived another week! and it was a really awesome good week!! So ill just start from the beginning!
We've had a lot of blessing come this week! thats why it was such a good week haha. But so Tuesday I had a memorable moment as I had my first bible basher as we were giving a lesson!... We were giving a lesson to a recent convert, Robinson (who is the funniest guy in the world) and as we were in the middle of reading a scripture his dad came out of the back room and walked up to us and stared at us for a second, then asked us "Do you guys dance??" Except he was asking in a mean tone haha... it was the most random qusetion ever. Anyway, Elder Sutt answered that as missionaries, no, but normal members of the church do. The guy then left, returned with his bible (and his wife) and began yelling at us about who knows what and reading bible versuses to us and things... Totally ruined the moment haha. But Elder Sutterfield handled it well as I sat in silence and finally we just got up and left. Robinson was extremely apologetic. But as we left I just started laughing and said "Heyyy my first Bible Basher!!!" haha. And then wrote down a note to write home about it. haha.
Wednesday we had a last minute change in schedule and spent alot of the day with the Branch President, running around Linares and buying things for the house, and for the fiesta we had saturday! more about that later. But so it was alot of fun to be able to spend that time with the Branch President. We seriously have the best branch president ever. Hes the nicest man alive. I will also explain that later as well. haha.
So thursday we also had an awesome mini miracle/answer to our prayers. We've been struggling to find people to teach lately, and havent had alot of success. So as we were biking to Los Cristales in silence, out of nowhere Elder Sutterfield said " man I really want to rent or buy a huaso outfit for the 18th of september. That would be awesome to wear to the church activity saturday." Well, not even 30 seconds later we look to our left and a house had a sign in the window that said "Renting Huaso outfits!" So we were like No way!! and went to check it out. Welllll.... turns out the lady didnt have what we were looking for hahah. BUT we then asked if she'd like to hear our message and she let us in her house to talk to her! and she's married and has 2 kids, and this lady just asked every single question in the world that our message as missionaries answers haha. She doesn't attend church but has really strong faith in christ. And so basically as she was talking she just asked question after question after question and we were thinking "this is perfectt! We have every answer you neeeeeddd!!!" haha. So that was a blessing to run into her like that. We knew the Lord sent us there because it was just too perfect of a situation! haha.
Friday was a reaaaally fun cool day. We had a Conferencia de Nuevos in Talca. So basically all the people who are new go and we have a training with the Mission President (president Humphrey) all day and learn a bunch and all this stuff haha. So that was really really good. learned alot. President and Sister Humphrey are awesome. Haha. Funny story from that that I think Dad, you will find funny/unbelievable/appreciate. We were split up into Spanish and English groups so we could have the lessons in our native language, and then we switched classes midway through the day. So during our time with President Humphrey, mid-lesson, mid-thought, mid-sentence, one elder gets up and answers his phoneee and walks out the door to answer the call. It was really funny because Elder Esparza was sitting next to me and as soon as he saw the kid leaving he whispered "oh nooooo....." hahaha. any everything got really awkward really fast because president humphrey was just speechless in unbelief, then gave us a quick lecture about NEVER answer your phone like that cuz its so rude, and then he chewed out the kid. haha. Anyway just made me think of you and what you would do dad if that happened hahaha.
So another cool blessing of friday was after the conference when I came back to Longaví, it was AWESOME because out of nowhere I was understanding ALL the spanish that was being thrown at me and speaking it perfectly too! (okay not perfectly, but i was communicating fine haha) IT WAS THE BEST FEELING EVER. I was even joking with people and making them laugh and I could laugh cuz i understood things and blah blah blah. haha. I dont know what happened. But it was an awesome blessing. Unfortunately it didn't last forever, but since then I can definitely see huge improvement in my ability to understand and to speak! I cant wait til it STAYS that way and can always understand and talk! hahaha.
Anddd another awesome blessing of friday was what the branch president suprised us with. FOOD. SO MUCH FOOD. He bought us so many things of cereal and milk and some granola bars and mac and cheese and so on and so forth. Mom must have been praying that I find a way to not be hungry so much. hahaha. Well Seriously it was crazy. And he just did it for no reason. Our branch president is seriously the nicest most awesome guy ever. Ive really been blessed!!!
Okay and finally saturday! So since tuesday is ACTUALLY 18 of Septiembre, the Branch had an activity ALL day Saturday. Started at 10am until 10pm (but i guess people were there til midnight haha) It was just loaded with a baptism, games, games, games, games, dancing the el baile nacional- La Cueca, more games, food food food food, asado (bbq) and soooooo on. So we were there ALL DAY. It was a ton of fun. And the best part (besides the food) is that they have a bunch of tradicional games that they play. And one game is their own version of horseshoes. And so they had a tournament. Peru (the peruvian elders) Chile (their best players) and USA (Elder Sutterfield and I) and usa dominated them all hahaha. I dont even understand how the games works because elder sutterfield for some reason wouldnt explain it in english to me and I couldnt understand anyone else, but all I know is we dominted, and the chilenos were really really mad hahah. It was funny. But anyway, yeah the day was really awesome and really fun!!
Okay and last but not least, some other news. So everyone in our house is a little sick. We've all been coughing a bunch and blah blah blah. But so elder sutterfield has been sick for awhile, and so long story short, the branch president said "okay were gonna take you to get checked out". Turns out he has pnuemonia. and the doctor said he has to be bed ridden for 7 days. Soooo..... Elder Sutterfield and I will be spending alot of time getting to know the new house this next week!! We'll be in the house allll day until friday... Woo hoo. haha. No but actually I see it as a blessing too because I can now spend this time doing alot of studying on stuff that I've noticed I need to learn while we're out teaching haha. Doctrine, stories, THE LANGUAGE haha. So yes itll will be long and boring and terrible, but I think we'll survive. Hopefully. haha. Well that was my week! hope all is well with everyone else!
Its really cold in the mornings and warms up during the day! Im continuing to improve alot with the language! The food is still good! except their meat is kind of disappointing.... haha. oh well. uhmmmm I cant think of much else.... Im loving it! Its alot of fun and such an awesome experience. Im learning so much! haha. Iiiii dont know. Anyway. Cant think of anything else.
The church is true!! I love you and miss you all! Tengan una buena semana! Español es tan bakán. jaja. Chau.
-Elder Heyman
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