Alooooha! September 10, 2012

It's aloha right? haha jk. hola mi familia and amigos y todas las personas que leen mis cartas!

SO ill just start out with my funny stories of the week! Nothing super crazy... but I had some language messups this week hahaha... (ps sidenote, im typing on the really weird keyboard so excuse my lack of precision with spelling and grammar)

So first off, here in Chile they use pesos. And the way it works is basically that 500 pesos is equal to one dollar. Tada. anyway, so if one way or another the amount due when you buy things comes out uneven or is low (for example 2,050 pesos) those 30 pesos are basically worth... 13 cents? and they dont really have change for that much, so they just round and have you pay even numbers! So instead of paying 2,050, you pay 2,000. I hope that makes sense... haha. SO ANYWAY. Now that you understand that, my story. So sometimes they round off the numbers and you just pay, or sometimes they ask you to donate it, kinda like when they ask you to donate a dollar or something in the states... they'll ask "would you like to donate 50 pesos to the fire department?" because the fire department and police departments here are strictly volunteer and they dont get paid! haha. So basically my companion and I went to the store to buy some stuff, and as I was paying, my total was something like 2,010 pesos? and the lady asked me "Would you like to donate 10 pesos to the fire department?". and honestly, I don't even know why I responded because I have no idea what she said. But somehow I knew she was asking me to donate money, and just instinctily i replied "no, gracias!" and the lady freaked out! She said "Nooooo????" and looked at me in amazement and her eyes got so wide... And I got really nervous because I had no idea what I did. But luckily my companion saved the day and said "Si! Si! El queria decir Si". So after we left he explained how I denied the FD 10 pesos and was about to make her get out like a penny and half worth of change for me that they NEVER use because its worth nothing. hahaha... I felt bad but just laughed haha.

And the second story! Each day one of the members from the branch makes lunch and we go to their house and eat! Chile's independance day is September 18th, so its coming up quick. and a specialty of "el dieziocho" are these empanadas they make? Empanadas with onions, eggs, some meat, and the specialty is an olive in it? Idk. So we went to this hermana's house to eat lunch and we were going to eat these special empanadas. The other elders were explaining to her how it was going to be my first time eating them, so the hermana said "Ohh you better like them!". so basically she serves us these empanadas, and they were really good, minus the olive haha. but anyway mid-meal the hermana comes back out and... This is how the conversation went in english:

Her: How are the empanadas?! Do you like them or not??
Me: No, no I like them alot!!!
Her: *Walks off yelling something to her husband in the other room*
Me: *confused, so i just continue eating*

So in spanish after she asked me if I like them I responded in a "english" type of response. "No, no! me gusta mucho!!!" but spanish doesnt work that way. "Me gusta mucho" (what i wanted to say) means I like it alot, while "No me gusta mucho" means I don't like it at ALL. So basically I told this woman to her face that i hated her empanadas, and she got mad and was yelling "Well too bad! You're gonna be hungry then cuz theres nothing else!!" hahahahaha. I was clueless. but luckily the other elders explained the situation and fixed it and she calmed down and all was well.... hahahaha. Oh man. IIII'm still learning!

But okay! Really long stories I apologize. OKay but now update of the week.

We moved today! As in we moved houses. I forgot to mention that in my last email but hey we moved houses this week! We just upgraded to a bigger house with more room. So were excited about that! And it was super anti-climatic and exciting as moving houses usually would be in life. haha. The last house was really small for 4 people so long story short we got permission to find a better house and move if we wanted! So we did that. 

We had another baptism this week! Lucia Flor Fuentes was baptized this week a couple months after her 2 kids, so thats really good and we were happy about that! I was able to do the confirmation again this time! Except this time DURING church.... I don't know why haha dont ask. But anyway it went really well and was awesome! So were glad that family has been baptized and they really awesome people so just everybody is really happy haha. 

Each week on fridays we have activitys at the church. So this week friday and saturday night we had sports night! And we played volleyball and basketball and "baby" futbol. SO that was fun. But mannnnn.... these latinos are GOOD at soccer. I felt stupid playing with them. it was so hard hahaha. plus it was "baby" football. Which is basically mini-indoor soccer. So it was especially hard. I was getting really frustrated and competitive.... So eventually I had to switch out and sub and I went and played ping pong instead because I was getting so heated hahaha. It was just really frustrating when I A: wasn't even good. B: Didn't know the rules C: Would have people yelling at me to do things and trying to explain rules and things to me in spanish when I had no idea what they were saying so then I would get even more confused and frustrated. So i stopped playing hahahaha. Oh well :P 

I like the food here alot. I'm pretty sure i explained how its normal stuff but just served in random ways, but I like it alot! Minus the "longanizas" (sausages) and soda, but other than that its not bad! Ive always been really picky about my food and realllllly hesitant to try things... but im doing alot better now! haha.

It cooled back down during the week but its getting hotter now, so I'm enjoying that!

I still have yet to receive mail, just because I don't get mail often. I think I explained that too. But I have some meeting this week or something that I'm pretty sure I'll be able to get stuff.... FYI.

And to my family! So I came up with a system. Since I{m really bad at writing haha I apologize. But so here's what I figured I'd do. I'll write my normail email each week, and mom and dad each week too. But then I figured each week I can write something to one sibling too! And at that rate, you'll all get a letter from me at least once a month! It seems like a good plan to me. and then when theres birthdays or baby births or other exciting things I'll make sure to send you something too haha. But para que sepan (Just so you know. FYI) thats my plan. I just go start with Curbo down to Bub haha. 

Thanks for all the emails and updates! I love reading them. They all make me laugh. It's weird to think we're all spread out all over the world! Ah! haha.

The language is still difficult and frustrating, but ive been able to figure some things out to help me, thanks for your advice! It's still coming, but just slow haha. 

I cant really think of anything else grand or exciting... So I shall wrap this email up. I love you all and miss you alot. I know this church is true and I'm real happy to have it in my life! Im loving chile and the time I have here. Its so awesome. The people are awesome and I just love the experience haha. I can't wait to actually be able to communicate fluently with these people so I can REALLY start doing some work here, rather than just tag along trying to figure everything out haha. I just cant wait for that to start. Cuz then the mission is going to be REALLLY fun hahah. But alright! I love you and miss you all! The church is true!!! 

-Elder Heyman

p.s. cant remmber if i have many pictures this week... or any good ones. Ill send what I've got!

Pics from 3rd week in Chile. 09/10/2012

1. An even bigger, massive completo. It was huge. But I liked it alot. haha

2. We did a service project this week. We were chillin' with some cows hahaha. We just helped clean up this recent convert's farm.

3. The farm:

4. The recent convert: Rodrigo. He is seriously the strangest, weirdest man I have ever met. But he is sooooo funny. hahaha. He's a strange man.

Monday, September 3 (2nd Letter from Chile)

THIS WEEK WAS CRAZYYYY.

So first off, Monday night was the craziest night of my life. We went to a families house for a lesson, and mid lesson we heard gun shots off in the distance... So we all were like "uhh.... okay." It was also the investigators birthday, so we were expecting a nice happy short time at the house. But, the ladies husband who she hates (they dont live together) came to the party, and they were just fighting and arguing all night. And the kids were fighting with them too... it was just really awkward. BUT, even more, the aunt was there too. She was in a different room watching the Jospeh Smith Restauration video... and midway through she comes walking out of the room and starts offering a prayer in "languages" on the husband about how he needs to change and stuff? Like she was rambling and mumbling in some weird languages speaking nonsense yelling things. It was really creepy and  weird. We didnt know what to do... The Holy Ghost (which wasn´t very strong to begin with because of the fighting) was just GONE. Weird. So then as we left on our bikes, my companions chain fell off, so I pulled him on my bike off the dirt road up to the freeway, because he was explaining the gunshots never happen and it was really weird, so the freeway would be safer... Well as he was fixing the chain, I turn around and see a group of 15 SUPER sketchy kids off in the distance, dressed in all black on the side of the highway. Which is also really weird and never happens, and they started heading our way, so I said "Elder you need to hurry up..." hahaha. So we booked it out of there. As we biked back, 3 ambulances with lights flashing went flying past us, so we figure somebody hit their mark with that shot  :/ So LASTLY. After all that, and we´re already super freaked out. Were biking along the highway, and remember how I said there´s a ton of dogs around, and theyre always going crazy? We were on the right side of the freeway (2 lanes), and a dog saw us on the opposite side and started freaking out and started charging at us. I was a little ahead so I was fine, but the dog was charging RIGHT for Elder Sutterfield. So he was like "oh no..." BUT.... as soon as the dog hit the road, a car was heading the opposite way as us, and I watched the whole thing as the car just nailed the dog, not even stopping, and the dog yelped a little and then just died in the road... It was crazy, we were freaking out, and the spirit was just GONE. We just wanted to get back to the house for the night where we could be safeee. hahaha

SOOOOO that´s my crazy story for the week! At this rate I´ll have one for you each week! :) haha. I told you. It´s crazy here. Definitely not the USA anymore haha. But i´mmmm loving it. Its alot of fun.

I´m finally at the point where the language is frustrating me :/ The reason im frustrated is because the people here automatically assume we don´t know the language... so they´ve gained confidence in my companion because they HAVE to talk to him since i´m "handicapped". But ive just become frustrated because they don´t even TRY talking to me... If they ever have a question about me or want to know something about me or whatever, they just ask my companion. It´s like im not even there! I get referred to as "him" alot... When they talk and I cant understand, i ask them to speak slower or something to help me understand... but they just immediately give up and turn to someone else. It´s just frustrating :/ because I can speak! I just cant understand :( anybody have any tips for understanding the language, besides "patience"? haha Im not expecting to learn it by tomorrow... Its just frustrating and I need all the help I can get haha. That´s my venting sesh.

So this week we also had our wedding! It went awesome! Quite different than a wedding in the states... but it was still happy and fun so thats good :) Everything was done in the chapel. Usually people want something bigger/a bit nicer than a chapel, but here when we tell them they can use it for free and we´ll help with stuff, they get really excited because the chapel actually has a heater and such! haha. Kind of funny. I´ll just attach some pics of that!

Well the next day since the couple was now married, they could be baptized! So we also had 2 baptisms this week! It was awesome! It went really well and Benjasmin and Jordani (the married/baptized couple) were extremely happy! ANDDDD after the baptism while we were waiting for everyone to get changed up, the Branch President came up to me and after 2 or 3 tries to make sure I understood what he was saying (an extra try or two because I was in unbelief) he informed me that I was going to be confirming Jordani a member of the church, giving her the gift of the Holy Ghost, and giving her a blessing. IN SPANISH. I was freaking out. I was asking "Uhhh isnt it supposed to be on sunday??" Hoping to get a day to practice or something, plus its usually done on sundays in church anyways. and he said since we´re a really small branch they just do it then and there... So.... I once again was freaking out. I started praying HARD hahaha. I whipped out my book which told me the order the blessings supposed to be done and started translating asap. I was like "why are they asking me?! She wants a GOOD blessing!" hahaha. I was just freaking out about it. But, so I stepped up and placed my hands on her head and gave her the blessing. In Spanish!!! I did it! Day 10 and I gave someone a blessing in Spanish! When I was done I was in unbelief. haha. I couldn´t believe I did it. haha. I hope they understood it all... haha. But so yeah. I was definitely giving some prayers of thanks after that experience. haha. 

Okay and lastly a quick explanation because I´m going to attach a photo, we have ward activities every friday night, and this night we had a costume dance. So obviously we werent allowed to dance, but we got permission to dress up a little bit. It was very last minute, but so yeah. That´s what the picture is haha. 

Well! That´s kind of all I have to say for this week! The weather´s warmed up really fast, and I continue to play the piano whenever it´s needed haha. We bike lots, I still like the food... and literally I can´t think of anything else haha. OKAY! I love you all and miss you so much! Keep me in your prayers por favor! You´re in mine ;) hahah.

-Elder Heyman

P.s. Okay I remembered one last thing... So I guess I only get mail once a month kind of?.... (long story) So continue to send me letters! haha but just so you know... Which p.s.s. It makes emails more fun to read now :) haha. Okay miss you and love you! 

Pictures from 2nd Week in Chile! Sept. 3

1. Looks like I forgot to include a picture of me and my companion last week haha sorry.

2. The famous "Completo". A hot dog with tomato, avocado, ketchup, mustard, and mayo haha. Its delicious.:

 

3. Investigator had this in their house? Its cool, and we had to take an embarrassing picture with it haha.

4. Me, Jordani, their baby boy Cristobal, Benjasmin, and Elder Sutterfield after the actual marriage at the registro civil!

5. The 4 elders in costume! They were last minute throw something together with what we have costumes haha.

6. Benjasmin and Jordani not leaving, but coming to their celebration haha. We all threw rice as they walked by.

7. Small humble wedding reception in the chapel! We had a dinner of some meat (not sure what... haha) rice, lettuce, bread... the usual haha. We blew up some balloons for them, and that actually is toilet paper hanging from the cieling above us... haha. It was awesome. 

Pictures from First Week in Chile!

"Me feeding a cow. haha"

"Walking to a house for lunch (who knows where)"

"Me and Elder Vargas with the Andes mountains in the back"

"Me and my heater eating breakfast!"

I am DEFINITELY not in the USA anymore...

Hooooola familia y amigos!!

IM ALIVE. and Im loving it. so forgive me first off because im going to stop putting many caps in my letter. because reason #1 i know im not in the usa anymore... this keyboard is different and all the letters and such are in different locations. im having a hard time typing hahaha. 

but im alive!!! im here! im actually in chile and teaching real people and speaking spanish and having te best time and best experiences already!! hahaha. so ill just start from the plane ride...

but first, HAPPY (late) BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM!!! on the 25h of august!! i hope it went well! I was thinking of you!

We woke up and went to the airport at 6, and got on a tiny plane to LAX. then from there to santiago, a 15? hour flight (p.s. it took me like 10 secons to find the question mark on this keyboard haha) on my plane to santiago i sat next to a chileno who was basically the boss of chrysler in all of chile. i was able to talk with him a little bit and make conversation and such... but i wasnt too completely successful. But anyway so i just slept away pretty much all of the flights! like usual... haha. it was awesome. there 16 of us traveling together i think. anyway we didnt have much layover time in between, especially with boarding early for international flights and such. so i wasnt able to call much :/ I got a hold of mom and dad and jen, and left a quick message on curtis phone, but thats it :/ i was sad. i wish i couldve talked to all the fam haha. but it sounds like the message got sent around at least!

okayyy but so we landded in concepcion finally and we were greeting by our mission president, his wife, 1 senior couple, and a bunch of office missionaries to help us with our stuff. we all said hi then piled in a van to go to the mission office! We were then sent out to start our visas, take pictures for the president, and other important things right off the back. I had an interview with my MP and he is awesome! He said he would give mom and dad a call sometime!! hopefully he got to that. but then after all that we went to a church nearby and had a quick dinner of dominos pizza (its new here) with all the trainers and then had a meeting with everyone, everyone got paird up with a companion, and off we went!!! sO THat all went pretty quick...

BUT... so im sure youre all wondering what its like, whos my companion, where am i, first impressions, blah blah blah...

So my companion is Elder Sutterfield from Springville utah, and hes been here about a year. hes awesome and we get along well. I{ve been assigned to the Longaví area (you can all google earth longaví, chile now and see where im at!)... and heres some thoughts from the first week.

Its definitely not the usa because its august and i am FREEZING. hahaha. the first day i got here it was just pouring rain all day and cold. I am ALWAYS wearing my long compression shorts and socks at all times. i sleep with them on too haha. its pretty cold. i also wear my sweatpants, a shirt, and a jacket, while inside my sleeping bag, with 2 blankets on me. its really really cold hahaha. my hands are freezing now as i type this!

Longaví is the poorest area in the Chile, Concepcion mission. Its crazy. literally theres no way to describe it but everyday i just think wowwww no one would believe this! They all just need to see it!! The people are really poor and their houses for families of 4 are just a little bit bigger than my dormroom at BYU. There{s no such thing as carpet here, and all they have is stone,tile and cement floors. its freezing cold outside, and theres no such thing as heaters or insulation.... so their just begging for freezing cold houses haha. pretty much all the time their kitchens/living rooms/every room minus a bathroom and bedroom are just one room together. Their houses are usually just one "tri-room" and then a bedroom. i still have yet to see a bathroom in someones house, but i imagine that theyre there hahaha. They have to have wood stoves or something lit all the time to heat their houses. , but most of the time they dont even have that going unless its late at night. so its always just cold haha. 
it rained my first two days ive been here, but its been sunny since then! but its still really cold. but at least im not wet haha.

so we live in a small pension (apartment) too. it has a kitchen, some extra space, a room, and a bathroom. 4 of us live together in it. its alot of fun and all the people im with are cool! haha. the two other elders we live with are peruvian!! and they barely speak english, but theyre trying to learn a little bit. its the funniest thing here because im new so everyone wants to try and show off their english to me and its all TERRIBLE hahaha. but i teach them english things and they teach me spanish so its a good trade! so anyway im living with elder chirinos and elder vargas as well. theyre awesome and really funny. i teach elder chirinos funny little phrases to say in english to tease my companion. for example, i taught him "i can seeee youuu..." as he peeks through the door. its the funniest thing with his heavy accent and everything and we bust out laughing everytime! We have eletric heaters in our rooms, and it is seriously my best friend. we wake up at 7 to have 30 minutes of exercise, and i just lay a blanket on the floor and do my stuff right in front of the heater so i can be warm. literally like 95% of the time were in the house, im just sitting right next to the heater. hahaha

so yeah its really poor here. idk. google earth it and look! haha. We ride bikes everywhere, and we RIDE... as of now it looks like I will still be in good enough shape to complete that Cougar Conditioning Test for the lacrosse team when I return from the mission because we just ride and ride and ride our bikes everyday. haha my legs are dead. we always have to go to "los cristales" everyday and its just so far away. and my companions been here for forever so its nothing for him and he just FLIES and im pumping my legs as hard as i can to try and keep up haha. ah theres just so much to tell!

so theres dogs EVERYWHERE. just hanging out on the street and everyone has a pet dog. and there are also roosters and hens everywhere as well. just roaming around. haha. the dogs never shut up. and it doesnt bother the people one bit. well be trying to contact people and talk to them and their dog is just sitting next to them going CRAZY barking its head off and it doesnt bother them one bit. its already hard enough to understand the people because of how they talk, but then i have to try and hear and understand them through this dog barking too! haha its so hard.

so yeah The Chilenos speak SO fast. and they just slur their words and have so much slang.... I'm lost. hahaha. They use the word "Po" ALL the time... and it literally has 0 meaning. the just through it in their sentences all over the place and everything and it means nothing. it makes understanding even weirder and harder hahaha. although i have been able to understand more than i thought i would! but its still barely any. I can speak most of my thoughts and stuff, but once it turns into a conversation and they reply to me... i just stare at them blankly and then turn to my companion for help. sometimes they do the same thing for me when im trying to talk to them!! hahaha. For example...

we were contacting and we met Roberto. He was a nice guy and let us inside to talk some more. my companion ended up giving a really good first lesson, and at the end we were ready to invite him to be baptized! *remember this is like day 3 for me* so my companion turned to me and one way or another i understood that i was going to be extending the invitation! so i turned to roberto and in my spanish (i had even memorized this line in the mtc) i bravely said "roberto, will you follow the example of jesus christ and be baptized by someone with the proper authority?" and after i said it he pursed his lips and looked at me for about 5 seconds. meanwhile i was thinking "wow! hes thinking about it! whats he gonna say?!" then finally, he turned away from me and looked at my companion and basically said "im sorry... i have no idea what he said, help me out?"hahahahahaha. oh man i died. i just laughed and said "no me entendio?! dang it!!"hahaha. my companion then fixed the situation and roberto said maybe he would. hahaha. what a story for my first invitation to baptism!! hahaha

the people here are really nice. except alot of teenagers like to mess with us and when they see us theyll yell "hey! hello!" in english and they think its hilarious haha.but everyone else is way nice. sometimes the girls here are too nice haha. another funny story...

last night my companion and i went to a door and they just randomly let us right in no questions asked. so we went in and there were 2 women and 4 girls in the room watching the movie "sister act" (in english! hahaha) super funny. so anyways super long story but it was a really weird situation. and finally we got their attention and shared a message. but since i dont understand spanish, i didnt understand or realize how "nice" the girls were being to elder sutt and i... haha. apparently they said some interesting things. but i just thinks its really funny because i didnt figure this out until after we had left the house and my companion was telling me everything that happened hahaha. a lot of the girls here and older women find the american elders "beautiful" and so we call them "snakes and dragons" hahaha and apprently we have to be careful. its pretty weird. haha.

the food here isnt bad at all. i actually like it alot haha. i just eat a bowl of cereal for breakfast each morning, and then we eat lunch with the members each day. and then we barely eat dinner ever. this is how it works in chile: they eat a small breakfast. then at lunch they eat SO MUCH FOOD. their lunches are huge. and then their lunches fill them up for the rest of the day. and they dont eat dinner. they eat '"once" which is just like a small little something around 6. but we dont even eat that. point is, im hungry alot and eat snacks all the time haha. but they eat normal food. spaghetti, pasta, eggs, hot dogs, soup, potatoes...... the thing is the serve all that stuff at once on one plate. hahaha. so the food is all food i like! but they put the most randommm stuff together. my first meal was pasta with an egg on top of all of it, with lettuce and tomatoes. really random. but its good. i like it. haha. the one thing is that NO one drinks water.... and all i drink is water. the only thing people drink is soda and coco cola. which i dont like either. haha. so i force through it and drink it usually. but sometimes if my companion or someone wants the drink, when the person isnt in the room or when theyre not looking, well switch cups really fast hahahaha. so funny. whatever. 

this email is really long. so lastly, ill just tell you about the branch im in and the people were teaching. The branch has about 70 people. nobody knows how to play piano at all, so i of course gladly step in and do that :) the branch president is awesome, and the people are really funny. were teaching about 7 people, with a few others. its crazy. theyre all awesome. and being a missionary is crazy. why, you ask?? because i havent even been here a week but these next 2 weeks my companion and i have to plan 2 weddings, and 2 baptismal services for people. hahhaa. oh man. im 19. planning a wedding for 2 couples. oh man. life is crazy. but i love it. i love teaching. i dont say much, but just try really really hard to listen and understand whats happening at that time haha. at different times ill bear my testimony, but nothing too much.

but OKAY. im tired of writing. this is a ridiculously long email. thats kind of a run down of how the first week has been and what life in chile is like. i'm loving it. this is seriously awesome hahaha. i of course miss everyone ALOTTT. but im so busy and trying to figure things out it doesnt distract me now haha. I knowwww 100% this church is true and im happy to be able to bring this message to the people of chile!! okay. no more. please.

I love you all and miss you so much! this is so much fun haha. i just cant wait til i can actually speak and understand spanish. hahaha. but alright, love you and miss you!!!

-Elder Heyman

It's the Final Countdown!!! (8th letter, August 13, 2012)

It's official. One week from this moment I will be on a plane on my way to Chile. I'm freaking out. haha I'm not super nervous or anything about the culture shock, I've been blessed to do some international travelling and know that it will be super weird and different haha. But still the thing that makes me nervous is the language barrier! Especially since Chilenos speak such different Spanish, just with their accents and their slang and such! It's sad because of course I'm just getting really comfortable with the Spanish here in the MTC... But of course right when that happens I get to get sent to Chile and have all my confidence shot down! haha. But really, I'm nervous, but really excited, and am expecting not to understand anything until maybe like a week in?? haha

 

So for family.... Maybe Mom and Dad you can make the final decisions and DearElder me what you want me to do? Because while I'm at the airport I can call you. So I don't know who I should all call and blah blah blah... So Mom and Dad can you decide that and let me know? haha. Thank you.

 

• We have to arrive at the travel office here at 6am on Monday, August 20th.
• We then head off to the Salt Lake Airport, and we take a flight to LAX leaving at 10:05am and arrive at 11:00am.
• LAX leave at 1:25pm and arrive at Santiago Chile at 5:40am August 21st
• We then fly from Santiago at 8:20am to Concepcion and arrive at 9:35am

AND THEN I'LL BE IN CHILE. ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. This is realllllll. Ahhhhhh. ahhhhh...... haha... ahhh.

 

So those are my travel plans. We'll see what problems occur and what happens, but that's what's written on paper! haha. So again, Mom and Dad, could you DearElder me and let me know what you think the best plan would be?? Thank you!

 

Well... the computers are freaking out and I have a ton of stuff to do so I'll keep the rest of this really short, sorry :/

 

This past Tuesday I was able to see my sister Bub (Alli) at the devotional and it was AWESOME! I was so excited and so happy to see her! You look great bub! and THANK YOU SO MUCH Bub and Sam for the donuts and gummy bears :) They were so goooood. The Gummy Bears are still around but the donuts definitely got demolished haha. Thank you so much. That was fantastic. It was definitely another tough/sad goodbye though.... but life goes on haha. Thanks bub, It was awesome to see you :)

 

So I still never sent the card sorry... however, it WILL be put in the mail today I PROMISE, except Bub I am just going to mail it to you? Mom said to do that. Hope that's alright. If you could download them and then send it back asap so I get it before I leave that'd be great :) haha.

 

Hmmm other highlights... I can't really think of anything grand and fantastic :/ We're just all excited and getting ready to leave the MTC out into our real mission! I'm excited to meet my Mission President and whoever my trainer will be!

 

And as for mail, since this is my last week here, after this if I send you letters it's going to take forever to get back to Los Estados Unidos (USA)... So I apologize. Depending on the rules of my mission and who you are it will just be email from here on out... or be patient for my letter to get to you. and also pray that it does eventually even make it to you hahaha. We'll see how it all goes!

And on the flip side... If you've ever had a desire to send me something, or thought that sometime in the next 2 years you wanted to send me something, probably now is the time to do it haha. because it's still reliable to get here. But maybe I'm just being dramatic? I have no idea how the mail will work out in Chile haha.

 

But that's my story! One more week!! And then it's the real deal! I'm out to teach people about this gospel and how real and true it is! Because I know that it's absolutely true. Anddd I love it. It all makes sense and it's so helpful in life!! I can't wait to go share it with the people of Chile. It's gonna be rad. hahah.

Well... I love you all! And I miss you alot! Wish me luck with my last week in the US of A for the next 22 months! This is crazy. Seriously.

 

Love you!

- Elder Heyman