hola familia y amigos!
This week was awesome. On Wednesday we had our district meeting which was
great because the zone leaders prepared a skit for us. they were acting like
they were sherlock holmes, which was really funny because somehow they found a
magnifying glass, and elder Perez from argentina had no idea who sherlock holmes
was.
tambien, I received an awesome greeny package from my Mommy! it was awesome
and greatly needed because I was really craving some trader Joes granola
bars
This week, while we were passing by the house of one of our investigators
we heard that the neighbor who is a member of our ward, recently had her mother
pass away. we stopped by and talked with the family. in Chile the funerals are
the day after or the night of the person's passing. the viewing is held in the
house of the family. we stopped by the next day and gave a devotional and also
sang nearer my god to thee.
on a brighter note, we had a great family home evening with some
investigators. we like to use the mormon messages a lot here for family home
evening. after we shared a video and taught about the book of mormon, the mom of
the house kept insisting that we eat food. we had so much cake it was
rediculous. in chile there is a meal called once where around 7 or 8 at night
people get together and eat deserts, bread, and soda, and talk for about 1 to 2
hours.
on Saturday we were able to go the temple with Luis y Carolina. it was so
great and so wierd because it had been 4 weeks since I had been living in the
CCM which is next door to the temple. it was wierd to return to the CCM but
awesome to see the temple. there are two sister missionaries that do a tour
there. we talk about the restoration of the church and of the gospel on the
earth, and then we got to enter the temple. you can feel a change in the
atmosphere when you enter the temple. the spirit is very strong, and the peace
you feel there is the best!
that night I was writing in my journal. I felt the ground shake a little
bit because I thought the apartment above was running on their treadmil, and I
thought nothing of it. Elder Boelter was on the phone with members of our
district and they said they felt it too. apparently there was an earth quake! it
was a little one, so don't worry. everybody here is fine.
Sunday was great. Im getting way better at holding a conversation in
Spanish. I can now make it 5 minutes. tambien we had an awesome lunch. hermana
casejo came out with an iron plate the size of a trashcan lid full of pork,
chicken, clams, oysters, beef, and sausage. that was great and not typical of
here in Chile!
Thank you so much for all of your packages, letters, emails, and
prayers.
Love,
Elder Williams
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