Elder Heyman in Chile: Shoot Im getting old. 02/17/2014

Well, its true. This week I turn 21. Snap. Thats way old. I still feel so young inside! haha. I definitely feel like im older, but still I meet people here that are only like 21-22ish.... and i feel like theyre SO much older than me still! I never thought the day would arrive when I turned 21 haha. Weird.

Anyways. Enough ranting about that. I imagine ill be having a good day. No special plans so far, but ill let you know next week :D

But so this week was a good week! I spent alot of time with Argentines this week! haha. I think the accent is starting to stick che... haha thats a joke for people that know how argentines speak. anywayyy...

So on Wednesday we had a conferencia de los nuevos again! Soooo once again we had some visitors! Thats when i had my first day with an argentine haha. So we went and picked up some new missionaries to do some divisions with them in our sector. So I was withElder Andrade! We had a lot of fun and had a good day. He was really shy! So i had to push him a little so he would talk more. But it was fun. and we had a good day :) I really enjoy doing those mini cambios with the newbies because its fun to answer their questions and help them out and stay. I always do a kind of "you can ask me ANY question, about anything" with them (who does that sound like? I must be the son of my father.) and its alot of fun like that. and then at the end of the day me, elder paulson, elder andrade and elderMoura all met back up at the house (Because they were going to be sleeping there) and we treated them to a ton of Mac N Cheese! haha. They sell some in the supermarkets here, so we had bought them to make for them. IT WAS SO GOOD. ill send pictures.

Friday was also an interesting day. It started out with a call from the assistents letting us know that we were having an emergency cambio in our zone! they joked with me for like 2 seconds and said that i was the one that was leaving (that was NOT funny haha) but then told us that Hermana Taylor was leaving! So emergency cambios are always fome (lame) and so it was sad to have hermana taylor leave. She was a really good missionary! And replacing her came the Hermana Nàjera from mexico! So we`ve got a latina now. And she says she knows how to cook. So we told her the next zone activity we have were putting her in charge of the food so she makes us mexican food. hahaha.

And then the other thing friday was that the assistents also did some mini cambios with some missionaries from our zone. and so long story short we did some mini cambios with some of the newer missionaries in the zone to capacitate them and stuff. and so once again i was with another Argentine. So i spent friday with Elder Lozano! and it was way fun to be with him too! Hes a way good elder and is really smart. He has some difficult stuff going on back home so i was able to talk to him about that too and so it was way good to get to know some of our elders better.

The other weird thing about Friday was that it was valentines day. and chile is a very..... lovey/touchy country... so it was just awkward all day because you wouldnt believe the number of people just kissing and all over eachother all day. Seriously it was unbelievable. It was bad haha. Anyway. Just wanted to make a note of that.

also friday was awesome because with elder Lozano, we were walking down a street (a dead end) because i thought the house we were looking for was on that street, we realized it wasnt, starting leaving, and as we were leaving the street, a woman we had said hi too as we came in came back out of her house and said suddenly " Elderes! Come here! I need to talk to you!" So i cautiously said "uhhh... okay? Do you need help with something? Or whats up?" And she just opened her door and said "Come in! I want you to talk to my daughter. im a member! But ive just been inactive. And i want to go back to church. and my kids are at that age when theyre starting to get in trouble and they fight alot and they need help and good principles. So i decided i need to go back to church so they can learn." And we just stood there shocked. and so we said well alright. So we went in, and asked how old her daughter was and she told us 8! So i, being a missionary, asked oh awesome! And when does she turn 9?" And she said "In march! March 14!" yesssssssssssss. even betterrrrrrr.haha. So anyways. We taught them, met the fam, and laid down the law to tell them what was gonna have to happen so that she could get reactivated and the kids baptized. It was an awesome milagro find!

So friday was an awesome day just full of stuff! haha.

and then saturday and sunday were just normal, and this morning we got together as a zone in one of our chapels and played soccer together! It was fun. Ill send pictures!

But so that was a quick run down of my week! I love you and miss you all. Thank you very much for all the birthday wishes i received today! Youre all the best :) I hope to have a good birthday! Ill update you next week. As for now... a trabajar no mas. Asì es la misiòn. I LOVE being a missionary and LOVE all the truths ive learned during my time as a missionary. Read, pray, go to church, keep the commandments, and all will be well :) Love you all! Have a good week!

-Elder Heyman

1. Thats elder paulson with a magnet we have on our fridge. Its actually way funny. haha