It's been one heck of a week, lemme tell you that. This sector... it's pretty hard! Jaja and hot. Not as hot as Arizona, of course, but still... I'm not outside in the sun all day in AZ. I really don't know where to begin with my week... I guess I can start with the investigators. They're not progressing. none of them! Ahh it's so frustrating! We have contacted so many people, set so many fechas, but everytime we try their house, they're not home! Or if they are home, they give us a bad excuse and tell us to come back another time! It gets a little frustrating. Everyone also told us they were going to come to church. Nobody came to church. It was a little hard trying to keep myself happy and animated and everything. And I did! I know it's just part of the work. maybe we'll have to change our routine a little, try some different ways to contact. I'm really trying to get this ward here a lot more animated about missionary work. I'm planning a bunch of activities we can do, and trying hard to leave a lot with different people. This ward is dead. Those who are coming are dying off, and those who are new have no roots, have no friendship inside, and leave as quickly as they came. I hope while I'm here I can help change all of that. My comp is awesome. He has the same vision. We are going to do some good work here in Palomar!!
So, as y'all know, I done did turned 20 this week!! Boom baby!!! Jajaja it was honestly another super super normal day. We did nothing different except in the night I bought myself a churrasco (chilean hamburger). I kinda went crazy and went to an expensive place. it cost me 3000 pesos (5 bucks) instead of 2500 pesos (little over 4 bucks). But it was super super delicious. And that was my birthday haha, and now I'm 20 years old! I have twenty years, as the latinos say...
Yesterday was the celebration for new years! It was pretty big! I think it might have been bigger than Christmas... or at least, louder than Christmas. Everyone was outside with their families until 12, having asados (barbecues) and talking and everything. We went over to the house of a member who invited us to a dinner. Usually I wouldn't have stayed too long to get back to work, but I had had a real rough day, and I caved. I stayed for an hour and a half. But the dinner was super delicious! This hermana is a pro at cooking meats. She does it with the oven. But we had a really fun night, because all of her kids were over and all of their kids. They are really funny, and all really loud. Especially the adults jaja! Imagine the Van De Graaff family, but latino style! All the same noise, but in spanish! It was awesome! In the night at 12:00 all the fireworks were going off. Se llaman Fuegos Artificiales in spanish. We had a good view from our second story of some that were going off real close to us. They weren't as big, but it was still fun! It woke us all up. Then the parties started. We had the extremely good fortune of having a party hosted in our neighbors house. -_- It was massive! And they were playing regueton the whole night! Usually I wouldn't complain, because I kinda like regueton (shhhhh) but this time I was peeved because I was so dead.
So that's been pretty much my week. Not too much happening, just a lot of work, a lot of walking, and a lot of ups and downs. We are going to ''sacar la mugre'' this week. (Means we gon' get work done) Nothing is going to keep us down! This is the work of God! I will not sleep through the restoration!
Les amo a todos!
Elder Schmid
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