This certainly is not the Grand Canyon. Anyways, yeah, this week was pretty great! Unfortunately, I have very little time to write. And bad internet connection. So this will have to be quick.
We had a lot of inter-cambios this week, where we switch for the day with another companion, usually for interviews. We had two. The first time I was here with another Elder from Argentina, Elder Parpal. It's always interesting to get a different view-point of the mission, and another way of teaching. It is very difficult to teach with someone you're not used to, especially someone like Elder Parpal. It's not because he's a bad teacher, the opposite actually, he's very good. But the thing is, he's almost done with his mission, and he speaks much better than I do, so he took complete control over the lessons. It was like I was being trained again. He gave me around two minutes to talk, and the rest was just him chattering away. It was a little annoying at first, but I just took it as an oppurtunity to learn how other Elders work, what I like about it and want to use, and what I don't. There were several things that I learned, different ways to explain topics in a much better way than I had been explaining before. The other inter-cambio was with one of our zone leaders, Elder Newkirk. It was basically the same boat as with Elder Parpal, but over in Alto Hospicio. It was very interesting, because again, it was completely different. Elder Newkirk is pretty chill though, and speaks english, so that was cool jaja. Actually, the night I was with him, we went to the church building, and there happened to be a funeral going on. So we go in and give our respects and everything. As we were up front around the coffin, I was walking around by the pulpit, and right then my bag decides to break. It falls down... loudly. Jaja talk about timing! And not only did it fall, but it took several other things with it, like a vase of flowers, and the picture of the dead man... things were very awkward for a couple seconds.
Sunday came and we had several people lined up to come to church with us! 14, actually! Which was great! But then the morning of Sunday, we called everyone to verify, and nobody answered. It was... discouraging. But we sent a member to look for one, and she was completely ready! Her phone was just dead. So she came to church, and we were happy. We actually had the biggest attendence in church that I've seen here! After church we called Pica to find out how many people went there, and they also had a massive amount! Eventually, we had 72 people in the church! More than that, one of our investigators, Erica, ended up bringing some friends to church! We had 8 investigators in church! Which, in Pozo, is almost unheard of. Needless to say, we were happy.
Today was cool. We decided to stay in Pozo, and ended up going with the familia Rojas Rojas to a salitrera (nitrate?, I think it is a mining cave) called Humberstone. It was basically like the Tombstone mine back home. But we walked around for a couple hours, and were actually allowed to touch stuff. Elder McKinlay and I went wild. It was fantastic! I want to send you the pictures... but can't. So sorry. Next week. But it was super fun, especially because it was with this family, one of our favorites in Pozo! It was a very fun day. but yeah, no time. That was my week! Some question answering time. Yes, I have a mamíta here. She cooks for us Tuesday's and Thursday's. She's pretty great! I like her a lot! Mom, I am definitely gaining weight. Jaja it's so bad! All the walking is keeping it back, but not enough, I am gaining weight. But that's ok, I guess, I'm on my mission! It don't matter! But yeah, that's my week. Or, some of it. I miss you all!
Les amo a todos,
Elder Schmid
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