Well, lots of stuff has happened there!! Not too much here... But that's ok! I can't believe Christiaan is about to finish school! I can only imagine the amount of stress that he's about to lose just by finishing that! Jaja he should be happy! Bueno... not right now, in the middle of a pile of projects, but he can see the light at the end of the tunnel! I have a package?! YESSSSS! Jaja Elder Yoshikawa, a new elder who just finished his training, has had 6 packages so far... it's crazy. Haha I'm not saying you need to send more, I thought it was just weird. I'm actually glad you don't send me as much! Of course, it has both my christmas and birthday inside one gift, how many times have I heard that, huh? That was kinda funny hearing about Caelan! Fetching newlyweds! But I do want to thank you for the last part of the email! It was a great strength! You told me something that I always tell others here, but have never really applied it to myself. God doesn't expect you to be at the end of the path, or not even necessarily standing. He expects us to only be on the path. Or rather, it's not a race, it's a marathon. Thank you! Lo agradezco, muchÃsimo!
Well, as I said, not too much went down this week. I had intercambios with everyone in my district! (Jejeje it's just one other companionship). One day with Elder Yoshikawa, and one with Elder Smith. They were awesome days! It was good to see how they are working, and to be able to help them a little bit, and learn from them a little bit. Elder Smith is from Provo and is 27 years old!!! What?! Jaja he's older than Christiaan! But he's probably the best missionary I have ever met! The most humble and loving missionary there is. His only problem would be his spanish, but that just comes with time, nothing he can do about it! I loved working in another sector for a bit. It was just a bit of a refresher for me. Especially because their sector is so flat, there are no hills! Where the mountain starts, that's where my sector starts. We met some crazy people in their sector haha! It's rough there, because almost everyone they contact lives in another sector! They just have such bad luck, haha!
We are working a lot with the mother of our recent convert. Her name is Maribel. She is super awesome! She has three kids who are members now, but I'm pretty sure that her testimony is bigger than any of theirs Jaja it was her testimony that convinced her daughter to get baptized. But she is also progressing very rapidly. I know she will get baptized, but I don't know how soon. She wants to do it, but she is dead set on having her son in Ecuador baptize her, and he doesn't come here until February. So that's a problem. But we'll see how it all plays out. We also found a lady of gold! Actually, she found us. Or rather, the people she lives with did... jaja she moved from Ecuador to Chile a few days ago. We met her because the family she moved in with is the familia Yagual. They are awesome members from Ecuador! And my convert lives there too with them as good friends. But they brought in some hermanas from Ecuador, and called us over, and we began teaching. One of them, Reina (it legit means Queen. When she told us that, I didn't know how to react! Here in Chile, I don't know why, when they say someone's name, the say 'el' or 'la'. It's like saying The Caelan, or The Christiaan. So she told us, I'm 'The Queen'. I just kinda stared at her for a second) But she is so awesome! She accepted the Book of Mormon, and my convert told me she is reading it a ton! She came to church too!! WUT WUT! She gon' get baptized, fo sure!
Sunday was kinda crazy, but super awesome! We had the primary program! And oh my goodness, I have never seen so many people in church here in Chile! The chapel was packed!! It was so awesome! And not too many were visitors! It was just a ton of people that usually don't come, and a lot of investigators! Actually, funny story, some of our investigators participated in the primary program! How's that for weird? Their mom won't let them get baptized, but we teach them and they come to shurch with their sister. One had a talk, the other a scripture! But they finally picked three hymns that were not boring, but that I did know how to play! It's tricky with these people, because they have no idea how to sing. They have the hymn book, but don't use it. They memorize the hymns. The only problem is they memorize them WRONG!!!!! Ugh, it's so bad! I play the song how it is, and they all sing something else, and they all look at me like I'm an idiot, and I don't know what to do! But then they keep asking me to play! But oh well. This week they picked hymns that I knew how to play the Chilean way, so that was good. But then we get to the principios del evangelio class, which we help out in, and the teacher wasn't there! So the mission leader just looks over and says, Elder Schmid, teach us. It was the most filled I've ever seen the class! There were a ton of menos activos and the room was filled! It was crazy! And then I had to teach them all and I had nothing prepared! So he handed me the lesson on his cell phone, and I just began talking! I basically had everyone participate a ton while I could read ahead to see what I needed to say. But it ended up being an awesome lesson on Sacrifices, and how today we practice a different form of sacrifice. We offer God a broken heart and a contrite spirit. That is how we show God our sincere repentance. Lots of people had many great inputs, but the best were from a lady named Tamara. Yesterday while in front of the church, I was just greeting people, and a random lady walked up and was staring at the church from a distance. So I of course walk over and invite her in! She comes, and stays for all three classes!!! And her comments in the class made me think she was some general authority in disguise or something, she was awesome! Sad part is, she lives in the boundaries of another ward....
But anyways, that's my week! Just trucking along here with Elder Aparicio! With all the traveling we have to do, I am broke, but that's ok! Who needs breakfast?! I loved your email, and love all that you do for me! The church is true, Jesus lives! Have an awesome week!
Les amo a todos!
Elder Schmid
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