Well, short but sweet email this week from you guys haha! But that's ok. I'm sorry I missed that concert of Darian's, I'm sure it sounded fantastic! Chamber orchestra always really impressed me! Almost as much as Encore! ;) And that's cool that the kids are going to Rocky Point! What are they going to do there?
Anyways, this week was pretty normal for me here in Antofagasta. I'm just getting used to the things here with the new companion. Elder Aparicio is a really awesome elder! He loves the work and has an awesome testimony. He's a convert from 9 years old, but then went inactive, then reactivated and came out to the mission. And while he was out on the mission, his whole family reactivated and now have callings in the church! He is very different from Elder Blanco in the way he works. He loves to plan everything out to the T! It's kind of crazy, honestly. Sometimes we crash together on that because I don't like planning my lessons as much. The most I plan is saying we are going to teach lesson 3 or something, but he plans what we're going to say, when we are going to say it, how much time we need to take saying it, word for word answers, possible questions that they will ask, scriptures, everything! I just kind of watch him go at it while we are planning, not participating too much. He also gets mad when lessons don't go to plan. Not a single lesson has gone to plan haha! I guess I just need to teach him to loosen up a little! ;) He has a little problem with talking to new people, especially on the street. So I'm working a lot with that, trying to get him more comfortable with just conversing. Elder Barney trained me well in contacting, and I hope I can do the same with this kid.
The work is progressing here. We are finding new people and teaching a lot. Maria Jose is going to get baptized this weekend, and I'm stoked for that. Hopefully she can be a solid anchor for her family and help them back. Other than her, we don't really have too many really strong investigators. we need to renew our stock, and so we are going to be contacting a lot more. We are working with a lot of less active people, trying to get them back to church. We found an awesome brother named Gabriel who is 18 and got baptized when he was 9 and then basically immediately went inactive. But we are teaching him, and he's basically a golden investigator, but already baptized! Now he is the key to baptizing the rest of the family!
So today, president wanted to play soccer with us, and we tried to go to the court in the regional stadium here, but it was busy, and so we ended up going to some dirt and gravel field a few miles away. President really likes playing soccer, and is not a bad player, and so he gets right in the thick of it with all the elders. So I find myself going up against president, who has the ball, and I try to take it from him, and I end up getting in between him and the ball. He then trips on my leg, grabs hold of me, trips again, and we both go down. Now, this field was a really bad field. The gravel made it really rough to fall on. So basically what happens is President's face goes into the ground and slides a bit. And he just lays there. And I start to freak out. I tripped President! In front of everyone! And then he slowly sits up, and his face is bleeding! His nose and face are cut up! So basically I jacked up President's face and he went home...and that was interesting.
Well, not too much is happening here either. I can't really think of anything more! I hope you all have a fantastic week! Take care!
Les amo a todos!
Elder Schmid
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