and p.s. still dont have a way to upload pictures, sorry :( ill work on that!
OKAY. So. On tuesday nights they always have a baby futbol activity at the church! So we always invite our investigators and go play futbol with them at the end of the night. Well, this past tuesday night, LONG story short, Elder Layseca got kicked in the leg. REALLY hard. and so he had alot of pain and everything, and ended up going to the doctor that night to check it out... Turns out he had a fissure? I think its called. Because I think a fracture is more serious than what he had... But anyway he had a fissure/fracture and ended up with a medical Boot on his leg. So the next morning he called President Humphrey and told him what was up. But we were going to have interviews with President on Thursday morning, so President said that on thursday they`d check it out and make a decision what to do... So Elder Layseca couldnt walk at all and had aLOT of pain :/ So they checked it out, and he ended up going to the office in concepcion because he couldnt do much in our sector, and he`ll probably end up just going home for a month or two since hes from Antofogasta (like 2 hours away) to heal and return later :( But so Elder Layseca left on Thursday :( Im really sad. He was a good friend haha. I hope he gets better...
But so that means that Elder Arèvalo didnt have a companion... So since Thursday we`ve been in a trio. Ohhhh thats been rough... Its a test of patience, I shall say... haha. We`ve had to search out jovenes and members of the church to come leave with one of us so we can still work in our sectors, but then we have to balance working in our sector and their sector, and once again im already the "oldest missionary" here in our sectors, cuz Ive been here for 5 weeks and theyve only been here for 2 weeks. But nobody knows anyone in the ward or where members live for lunches and blah blah blah. It was a stressful couple of days... hahah. And even worse president humphrey had said that obviously he was going to fix the situation, but that perhaps we would have to be a trio for another month while we wait for more missionaries to show up... hahaha. Oh it was stressful. Every prayer in our house we prayed for there to be a happy solution to our situation hahaha. BUT, we survived the few days. It was pretty lame, Ill be honest, pretty tough... BUT, there IS a solution, and this is it!
The Lord REALLY hears our prayers, brothers and sisters. This is a miracle and a HUGE blessing.
So there was a missionary in the MTC in the US that had Visa problems, and due to those problems, will be "coincedentally" showing up in the concepcion airport by himself tomorrow! Which means he needs a companion, and somebody to train him... ME!
Wooo hooooooo! Im going to train!!! Im so pumped. Im super super pumped.
So i am no longer companions with Elder Arancibia. He will now be in the other side of Lautaro with Elder Arèvalo, and I go to Chillan tonight, and then Concepcion in the morning to go pick up mi verdito gringito!!! Im so excited! haha. But seriously, that was a HUGE answer to my prayers... It seriously is a miracle haha. But basically Im really really excited to be training a gringo... Can you tell?
So thats the basic rundown of the craziness that went down this week. Lots of highs and lows. It was a crazy week. But Im really excited to be training. Me and my comp are going to dominate this sector. Success here we come!
But more than that, quick updates on investigators. Paulina cannot/does not want to/doesnt think she can stop drinking and smoking... So we have to move onnn because she wont progress :/ But we have an awesome reference from some members in the ward that will be baptized by the end of the month! Its a mom with 3 kids. But her oldest child (her 16 yr old daughter...) just gave birth this last week and is living with her boyfriend in his parents house... so yeah. She wont be prepared for a baptism with the rest of them :/ (welcome to Chile ladies and gents. Thats a norm here) and the other daughter is 7 yrs old so she also wont get baptized, but the mom and her son, yes! So everythings going really well with them, we`re way excited for them! The members have been a HUGE help with them :)
uhmmm but more than that... I cant think of anything super important haha. But so yeah, that was a quick rundown of my week! Seriously I have had the weirdest experiences here on the mission... Is this normal? Does all this weird random stuff happen to all the missionaries? I know everyone has their own special experiences but I just feel like this all is TOO weird. This will be my 3rd companion in a month and a half haha... Weird. Oh well, im excited!
But so Im really happy because things had been on kind of a downhill lately with a lack of animo and lots of stress... haha. But im excited to get going again with my new comp! Its gonna be awesome. We`re gonna be the best companionship ever. haha.
But so anyway... I love you and miss you all. I hope all is well. Youre all always in my prayers! I love praying haha. I have really long prayers sometimes :/ haha. Buts thats okay. its not bad. and also i love the scriptures. Ive learned to love the scrtiptures alot during this time! haha. The church is true and the Lord knows us, listens to us, and answers us! Que este bien. Tengan una buena semana. Hasta la proxima vez! Chauuu
-Elder Heyman
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