Hey peeps. Here I am once again. Its still pretty cold here. Brrr. My hands are really cold. I dont have a ton of updates this week, so ill just go right to it.
Well this past wednesday was some national day here in chile. It was the 40th year anniversary of some war... or some president/dictator was killed... Im not 100% sure. But so on wednesday we had to enter the house like 2 hours early because there`s some parts in chile that can get pretty dangerous. It sounded like each year people go crazy and just do a bunch of stupid stuff, and always fight against the police here... Throwing rocks and just doing a bunch of stuff. ANYWAYS. So we had to enter the house early. But it sounds like in our part of town not much happens. But anyway, it was just something different and new. So now you know. haha.
On Thursday we had a conference of the mission. So thats always fun. I learned alot. We talked alot about the libro de mormòn and making compromisos and stuff like that. I learned alot and it was alot of fun to be there and see other missionaries and stuff. Its always a good spirit booster and gives us good animo to have a conference.
bueno, and to finish off the week before I give other miscealouenkqzoous updates (i have no idea how that word is spelt anymore...) on saturday I got a surprise "hey elder can you talk 10-15 minutes tomorrow in church?" fonecall haha. So, on sunday i gave a talk in sacrament meeting about the importance of sharing the gospel. and it turned out really really well actually! I got lots of compliments and felicitaciones afterwards! haha. I had alot of fun with the talk as well. But i was happy to do it and really liked it. It was also good because we (as a companionship) had alot of people in church on sunday! Were making alot of progress here in our sector! woo hoo!
Maxi and the family Solis Barker and doing SUPER well. They committed to keep coming to church and see alot the blessing in their lives from the changes theyre making. Theyre all good and maxi is all pumped to be baptized. So the biggest thing we need now for the progress of that family is an interview with the bishop so he can help the parents/family out however they need it... But so we`re pumped because the family is becoming reactivated and maxi is going to get baptized! yay! hooray for not just baptizing the children of inactive families, but reactivating the family too! yayyyy!
Also we had the family Peredes Jara in church as well! Bueno... the mayoria of the family. theyre relatives of the 1st counselor and of our ward mission leader. They were a reference of them. The dad of this family is menos activos of manyyyy years. So on sunday he went and played futbol instead of going to church with his family... and one of their sons was a niñita (haha kidding) and said his head hurt in the morning so he didnt go to church either... Theyre a family of 5, so the mom, daughter, and youngest son went. But we went and visited them sunday night after church and ALL 5 are comitted si o si to coming next sunday! woo hoo! including the menos activo, soccer playing, evangelico dad! haha. So thats BIG progress. And they like church ALOT. so WOO HOO for that family too! Keep them in your prayers!
Oh the other thing is that this friday (due to the fact that the nuevos gringos will be showing up that day) we are going to have cambios instead of the next tuesday (which would have been the normal day). So were not expecting any changes over here but... its just something interesting haha. So we`ll see how it goes and what changes happen! Cambios are always something exciting to look forward too. Because as missionaries we do alot of the same stuff day after day... so we`re always looking for little things to do to "change it up" a bit just so its at that next level of fun. And we can always count on cambios for that! :D
Things continue to improve slowlyyyy between my companion and I. We still just have LOTS of differences and beliefs and understanding of things... So we still bash heads de vez en cuando... But things are slowly improving. The biggest thing is I think our patience with eachother is growing. Instead of instantly exploding were getting better at talking things out haha. So yeah. Èso.
Andddd.... theres not much else. Im happy. Im healthy. Im busy. Im learning lots. And Im loving it all. So all is well. No se preocupen. The church is truer than the sky is bluer. haha. I have no idea what that means or where it came from. But it ryhmed. Anyway The true church and evangelio of jesus christ have been restored. ¡Que bendecidos somos nosotros por tener este conocimiento! Si no lo sabe, aprendalo. Cambiarà su vida. I love you and miss you all. Have an awesome week! Chauuuuu.
-Elder Heyman
p.s. Oh and this week is the "july 4th" of Chile. El 18 de septiembre. Its gonna be a crazy week. Ill let ya`ll know about it next week. CHAUITO.
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