Wow, this letter was huge! I guess you felt like you had to make up for past weeks or something! ;) Anyways, it sounds, like always, that you guys had an amazing week. Some questions: Darian travels for work? What does she work in? What's she studying in MCC? If I share a room with Aiden, does that mean I don't get the double bed?
Anyways, I'm sorry for writing a little late, I had a long day. I was finally sent today to the doctors to take the test for TB. And so I was basically in the urgent care and consultorios and everything until 5:00 pm, and just recently was able to get on the computer. They took an X-ray of my chest, and nothing else. The whole flipping day, and the only thing they did was take an X-ray. They didn't even look at it, I have to go back tomorrow so a doctor can actually analyze it. But oh well... we'll see what happens tomorrow. I guess you'll have to wait another week to know if I have TB or no! ;)
Things are going excellent here in Centenario. I was a little worried at first, because I thought I was going to feel bored here on account of me having been here basically already. But I am doing well! Haha Elder Gonzales and I work well together. He is an interesting missionary. He is the epitome of what it means to be a missionary. Strictly obedient, never says anything bad about anything, talks in any conversation like he's giving a testimony, always talking about something about the work. Sometimes it frustrates me, but it's normally ok! He is from Perú. He was born in Piura but grew up in Lima. He's a good missionary, he'll help me with my goal of not dying before I leave. We teach well together.
We live in an interesting pensión. It's the upper two floors basically of a 3 floor house. It's very... spacios. I say that because the only part that is seperated is the bathroom. There aren't rooms, everything is just super open. I actually really like it, it makes it seem bigger, but also weird because we have no furniture. We sleep on the 3rd floor, and study there two. Elder Gonzales and I live with the two other elders in the other part of Centenario. The pensión is actually around 30 minutes walking from our sector, which I kind of like, honestly. There are a few interesting things about the pension that I think are funny... for example, my first night, while walking home, Elder Gonzales told me ''Oh that's right, I forgot to mention, we have a small cockroach problem.'' And I thought, ok, normal, just a few bugs crawling around. But then we get there, and I turn on the lights, and everything is covered in cockroaches. Dishes, fridge, counter, floor, everything. It was... kinda disgusting. As the light turned on, they all scurried around and found some hiding place. So that's awesome. Also, we have no hot water. Welcome to Antofagasta again! XD
We are working with several awesome people here. The first of which is a family, the Vilca family. They are Peruvian, and don't have too much time here in Chile, except for one who has several years here. Viviana, the one who's been here a while, is a member, and is recently reactivating. She lives with her two sisters, Rosa and Luz. Rosa is not a member, but her daughter just got baptized. Luz isn't a member either, but her daughter got baptized at the same time as Rosa's daughter. Luz also has a son who isn't member. Basically.... we're working with Luz and Danny, her son! :) They all are amazing people, and they love the missionaries! We had a family home evening the first night right after writing, and it went very well! They love listening, and Luz and Danny are sure they want to be baptized. The only problem is, they want to wait. They don't even know what they want to wait for, they just want to wait! So that's a little frustrating, but they still listen and come to church, and so I will still teach and testify. Luz came to church on Sunday, but Danny didn't, however they both have around 8 assistances to church. For now, they are the main people we are working with.
The ward is doing a ton of activities, and this week we will have one every day. I love it! This ward is just so established! This week, we will be giving a Book of Mormon to every family in the ward with the challenge that they give it to a friend. I'm curious to see how it goes. Of course we will have a little time with the members teaching them some ways of how to do it, and will be doing some practices so that they feel confident doing it. Also, we will be having an open house this week, but instead of a tour of the chapel, we are going to do some ''theatre interpretations'' of the restoration. Basically, every group in the ward is going to act out a certain part of the Book of Mormon or restoration. The missionaries, we are acting Joseph's meeting with Moroni and him receiving and translating the plates. So I'm excited for how this all turns out!
So, I think that answers all your questions! I hope you all have a fantastic week!
Les amo a todos!
Elder Schmid
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