Hola peeps! How goes it? I had a good week this week! But I failed to write down any good points so... Hopefully I have something good to share today haha.
My new companion is here! His name is Elder Cowden and he's from Salt Lake City, Utah! He's hilariousss and we get along great! Seriously hes really funny. Hes so goofy. But we work really well together and im actually really excited about this cambio and think were going to have alot of success. So I guess ill tell you about him first off haha.
So the first thing is he LOVESSSS baptism. Just everything about it. haha. And eeeevery person he talks to he just like straight asks them if theyre baptized, and if they say no he says "why not? What impedes you from being baptized?" hahaha. Hes funny. He speaks really good grammatical spanish but has a not so great accent... POR EJEMPLO: our first day together we found this new person to teach, and at the end asked if we could give a prayer, and who the lady wanted to give the prayer. She responded by pointing at me and saying "Him. He understands more." hahaha. We both looked at eachother and laughed and then Elder Cowden explained how he understands everything but just has a bad accent hahaha. Its funny. I felt awkward and bad hahaha. And something like that has happened more than once haha. The other funny thing is this is his first sector in his mission where he's riding a bike, and its been about 6 or 7 years since hes ridden a bike... and weve already had multiple accidents with him falling and other things hahaha. So im basically retraining him to ride a bike! haha. Not really, but I give him tips a menudo on how to ride better and smoother hahaha. Its really funny. But no really hes awesome and really funny and fun. Hes really focused, driven, and motivated to do well and get work done and such and its awesome. My mission president told me how he has alot of "animo" and that if we can get that going, we'll have alot of success! and I feel like we really will! We already had an awesome first week together and it will just improve from there! and Im excited because we communicate well together too. Were good about talking things out and figuring out how we can improve and such. So im really excited cuz i think he'll be an awesome comp and we'll work really well together!
It has also been brought to my attention this week that the Chilenos are starting to find me on Facebook. Haha. I had two people here tell me they found me on facebook and asked if they can add me as a friend. I was shocked, laughed, and said "well yeah I guess so! My sister has control of my facebook though." haha. So jen, when names like Libeny and Felipe and not american names show up... Now you know. Im being found. haha.
Also new news! I will be teaching a music class here! woo hooo! Ill teach it on saturdays haha. Its been an idea of mine for awhile now, but now its actually gonna happen! And so all Im going to do for now, is basically going to be like directing a choir of sorts haha. Because iiiiii have no idea how to teach music, so theres noooo idea of how to do it in spanish. SO. what im going to do is take the songs that we will be singing in church for that week, and I will be teaching whoever shows up those songs, and we'll sing them and such and ill accompany them on the piano so that the following day in sacrament meetings can be even better! and then people will know the songs and feel comfortable singing and.... Hopefully sound a little better. Its pretty rough on the ears on sundays hahaha. Or maybe its just hard as the piano player because sometimes it seems like Im playing one song, but theyre singing a different song hahaha. But so we'll see how that goes!!!
More announcements: We have a baptism coming up on the first of December... A guy named Boris. And hes AWESOME. haha. Anyways, he has a super strong desire to be baptized in a river by his house because he lovessss nature... and we are going to try very hard to get permission to do that. Because that would be sweeeeeet. Baptizing in a river! haha. Itd make cool fotos at least :P haha but no were really excited for boris because he is un investigador de oro! The other week after church he came up to us and asked "can i bring my book of mormon and bible and a notepad and paper to church? is that okay? Because Id really like to take notes on this stuff!" and then whenever we ask him if hes going to church next sunday he replies "oooobviously!" hahaha. Hes awesome. A really good kid and his going to be awesome after his baptism too!!!
Another possibility for december is a woman named anny! Who came to church this sunday a little late... because we were disappointed she didnt seem to be showing up... but then she called us and told us she was in the plaza eating a dulce with her little son, and that she had come to church, but couldnt come in! So i thought "oh shoot was the front door locked or something?.... dang it..." SO i asked why she couldnt come in and she just said she was nervous and embarrassed hahaha. So elder cowden and I went to the plaza and accompanied her to the biulding haha, and she loved the meeting! so thats super good too.
I guess its thanksgiving this week or something... That doesnt exist here so i dont have to be thankful for anything. haha jk! I am SUPER thankful for all of you and your support! But especially thankful for my family. Myyyy family is the bomb. I have the best coolest family of them all haha. I love you all and miss you! Thank you all for everything and I hope you have a great thanksgiving!
Uhmmm... Oh! Libeny is awesome!!! So first off she volunteered to serve us missionaries lunch one day... and she DEFINITELY made it onto the "I serve the missionaries FANTASTIC meals" list. (That list contains about 4 people fyi hahah.) We had some bistek? (honestly no idea how to spell that...) and rice and papas fritas and eggs.... haha. Trust me. It was really good. Anyways so that. But ALSO shes already a dang misionera. We went to visit her cousin with her one day this week, and libeny did awesome! Without any practice too! haha. The thoughts she shared and experiences and how she explained things haha. She was awesome! And if her cousin joins the church that would be awesome. It would make things alot easier on Libeny and she would have some family support and everythihng.... Her cousin seems pretty good! So were hoping it all goes well.
Which reminds me. Iiiii love being a missionary. And especially this past week Ive loved teaching people. Because its aweome to see the spirit working with people. Its just an awesome feeling when things just go right and its obvious that the spirit is there working with people. and when it works through me too! For example(s), with Libenys cousin, at the end of the lesson with her, she said something about how "yeah id really wants you to come back because you really sparked my curiousity now!" and Iiiii know that that was the spirit working with her and opening her mind and heart to listen to us and learn more! Another time we were teaching someone new, and usually we have to ask the questions FOR them so they start thinking (for example: Have you ever asked yourself WHY theres so many churches nowadays??) but when we were teaching these people, out of nowhere this woman asked US the exact question we were hoping for (the previously stated question), and it was just a witness that we were doing our job and teaching by the spirit so that these people understand and want to learn more. and the final example is when we were teaching Anny, I bore my testimony about something. and afterwards she said "tan bonita lo que dices" (which basically translates to: What you say is so beautiful) and she was definitely NOT talking about my spanish or how I said it hahaha. It made me really happy to hear her say that because it was a witness to me that she was feeling the spirit and we were working/teaching in the right way... BASICALLY. I dont know if any of that made sense to you, but basically being a missionary is awesome. I love it. Especially when Im doing it right, and the Lord gives me witnesses to let me know Im doing it right!
Uhmmmm Im still working really hard with my memorizing the scriptures thing... and Im VERY confident I will finish my goal and be a "misionero de oro" at the end of this cambio! Which would be aaaawesomeeee. Ill keep you updated! haha.
But shoot besides that I cant think of anything else great or grand that went on this past week haha. The weather is still unpredictable... its been cold for forever but today its hottt. haha. and my spanish is going really well! I can speak really well and understand like 90% of everything now haha. Im getting there!! By christmas I should maybe hopefully idk be good? Proooobably not.... haha. Allì vemos. PEROOOO... Eso no mas!
Me encanta esta iglesia y no tengo duda que esta es la iglesia de Jesucristo restaurado en la tierra hoydia. nada puede cambiar mi mente. Estoy trabajando muy duro para ser el mejor misionero posible. yo amo esta obra y estoy tan feliz. Tenemos un padre celestial que nos ama y por esto todovia nos habla por medio de un profeta. Thomas s monson es el profeta viviente de dios, y de nuevo jesucristo ha revelado su evangelio para que podamos volver y vivir con nuestro padre celestial de nuevo. Los amo, y los extraño! que estèn bien, cuidense, y hagan lo justo! jaja. Los amo! Chau!
- Elder Heyman
