Sounds like everyone was super worried about Dad's surgery. I'm super glad he's doing better. Prayers were answered. And yeah, Aiden needs to tell me everything!
This week was pretty good. Monday we had a sports day, we played soccer in the Antofagasta Stadium and ate lunch at some family's house in another sector.
Tuesday we had a conference with President. He spent it talking about several things, but I think with a special emphasis on being examples as leaders. It was really cool, and interesting because I didn't have to travel so far to go! So that was a first.
Wednesday we had an intercambio and I went to the lower section with Elder Ramones, an Elder from the Philippines. He's super cool. It sucked, though, because we only had four hours and then we had to go to ward council, and that took up the rest of the night.
Thursday was super normal, just working in the morning and night all day. We found some new investigators who are super solid. One is a Columbian family. Jian is 24 and lives with his pareja Giselle, and they have a kid name Shalem. They're super receptive, and loved it when we talked about the plan of salvation! We also played soccer with the Filipinos and some of their investigators. It was fun.
Friday was another normal day. We talked with Rodrigo again, the brother of Maria, but they both are starting to work in the feria (fair) on Saturdays and Sundays, and I'm not sure if they're ever going to stop. But Rodrigo is gaining more interest, so that's good. Maybe he can help his sister out.
Saturday we went to an activity for the youth in the chapel to talk to them about what President Ferreira wants us to do as missionaries. He wants us to have two activities with the youth every month to which the youth need to bring a friend to enter, someone who is not a member. The activities can be anything from a sports day to a movie, but the key is to bring a friend. At night, Saturday, the Filipinos had a baptism. Ricarda was her name. It was a very small service, I think there were ten of us in all, 6 being the missionaries and Ricarda and her husband. But it was good all the same. We had planned a baptism for Jhoadel, but he fell through last minute. In the morning, when we called, he told us he was going to be too tired.
Sunday was nice to relax in church. We had one investigator there, a guy named José who goes with his pareja who is a member. We just began teaching him, and he seems receptive. He has Family Home Evenings with his pareja and his brother in law every Saturday, so that's cool. I'm excited to see where it ends up. His pareja, Deyanira, seems very excited as well. They left after sacrament meeting, though, so we had nothing to do, and so the four of us ended up reading the definitions in the guia de las escrituras (scripture guide) and having a competition of who can guess first. (In the spanish scriptures, the index of the Book of Mormon, the topical guide, and the bible dictionary have all been mashed into one thing, the guia de las escrituras) I won.
But that was my week. We were bummed at first that the baptism fell through, but we're pushing forward and going for more this month! Working hard! I hope you all have a good week! Cuídense!
Les amo a todos!
Elder Schmid
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