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| A picture of most of our sector |
We had a good week, it was hard to teach a lot because it was the biggest holiday in Chile this week! It was there Independence Day this weekend. The last 2 nights our neighbors had music blasting till 5 in the morning! It was crazy! they go all out here! We ate a lot of empanadas and soda! haha
Our ward had a ward party and Elder Wixom and I we dressed up like Huasos! Those are Chilean cowboys! haha I took and old blanket we had in the house and I cut it into a poncho to wear and I bought a Huaso hat for 1.500 pesos, like 3 bucks! We took pictures as Huasos in District class and everybody gave me a hard time because my poncho looked like carpet! But I thought it was sweet looking! haha And everyone thought we were pretty cool at the ward party! We had P Day on Saturday and are allowed to write a little bit today on Monday.
For Pday we went up to the hills with a couple youth to go cut some branches that they use to decorate, they have like yellow flowers on them, that was pretty cool. Then after we caught a bus to Tome and we played Ultimate Frisbee with the zone on the beach! Then after we came back to our sector and we played soccer with a couple of little kids, one is Juan who we baptized and the other was Juampi the son of Bernarda who we are working with right now.
Bernarda is doing great! She is one of our best investigators. She has strengthened her testimony a lot. On Friday we stopped by her house to teach her and we asked her how she was doing. We talked to her, and we read a couple of scriptures to strengthen her faith and to keep her going, the spirit was so strong there. Now she is happy she feels way better and is excited to be baptized with her son Juampi in a couple weeks! So we are way excited about that!
On Friday we had a Zone Conference in Concepcion, and Elder Richards of the 70 came! He talked to us about The Holy Ghost and how it does everything, and that how we need to become better teachers, and teach more simply. It was great he is just full of the Spirit and Faith. He is great, I got a bunch of notes from that conference! And it pumped us up to work harder and to have faith in the Lord and the miracles that he can work through us. It was great.
And this morning we received transfers, and I’m going to Talca! haha into one sector and off to another! It’s called Cancha Rayada! My companion is named Elder Piti, he’s from Panama! haha I’m stoked he is starting his 3rd transfer, so we are both a little new it’s gonna be great! So today I said bye to everyone at the ward party, and they were all sad to see me go after being here for one transfer, they all thought Elder Wixom was leaving because he has been here for 6 months! But Elder Wixom is going to be District Leader and Train here! He’s excited! He’s a stud of a missionary, I’ve learned a lot from him.
And since they all found out I was leaving the Bishop had me come up on the stage and say bye then everyone started shouting "baile baile baile"! So they made me put on the poncho and hat and I danced the Cueca! haha it was pretty funny. I didn’t know what I was doing up there haha it’s a real cool dance though! It’s what the Chilean cowboys dance. It looks like what the Roosters do when they try to get the attention of a hen, it’s really cool.
That was our week pretty much! Haha a lot of music and culture, and the Gospel! You can’t beat that!
I love you guys and thanks for everything, and especially the prayers! Tell Grandpa J Feliz Cumpleaños from Chile y que espero que loscumpla sus años feliz!
con mucho cariño,
Elder Johnson
Our ward had a ward party and Elder Wixom and I we dressed up like Huasos! Those are Chilean cowboys! haha I took and old blanket we had in the house and I cut it into a poncho to wear and I bought a Huaso hat for 1.500 pesos, like 3 bucks! We took pictures as Huasos in District class and everybody gave me a hard time because my poncho looked like carpet! But I thought it was sweet looking! haha And everyone thought we were pretty cool at the ward party! We had P Day on Saturday and are allowed to write a little bit today on Monday.
For Pday we went up to the hills with a couple youth to go cut some branches that they use to decorate, they have like yellow flowers on them, that was pretty cool. Then after we caught a bus to Tome and we played Ultimate Frisbee with the zone on the beach! Then after we came back to our sector and we played soccer with a couple of little kids, one is Juan who we baptized and the other was Juampi the son of Bernarda who we are working with right now.
Bernarda is doing great! She is one of our best investigators. She has strengthened her testimony a lot. On Friday we stopped by her house to teach her and we asked her how she was doing. We talked to her, and we read a couple of scriptures to strengthen her faith and to keep her going, the spirit was so strong there. Now she is happy she feels way better and is excited to be baptized with her son Juampi in a couple weeks! So we are way excited about that!
On Friday we had a Zone Conference in Concepcion, and Elder Richards of the 70 came! He talked to us about The Holy Ghost and how it does everything, and that how we need to become better teachers, and teach more simply. It was great he is just full of the Spirit and Faith. He is great, I got a bunch of notes from that conference! And it pumped us up to work harder and to have faith in the Lord and the miracles that he can work through us. It was great.
And this morning we received transfers, and I’m going to Talca! haha into one sector and off to another! It’s called Cancha Rayada! My companion is named Elder Piti, he’s from Panama! haha I’m stoked he is starting his 3rd transfer, so we are both a little new it’s gonna be great! So today I said bye to everyone at the ward party, and they were all sad to see me go after being here for one transfer, they all thought Elder Wixom was leaving because he has been here for 6 months! But Elder Wixom is going to be District Leader and Train here! He’s excited! He’s a stud of a missionary, I’ve learned a lot from him.
And since they all found out I was leaving the Bishop had me come up on the stage and say bye then everyone started shouting "baile baile baile"! So they made me put on the poncho and hat and I danced the Cueca! haha it was pretty funny. I didn’t know what I was doing up there haha it’s a real cool dance though! It’s what the Chilean cowboys dance. It looks like what the Roosters do when they try to get the attention of a hen, it’s really cool.
That was our week pretty much! Haha a lot of music and culture, and the Gospel! You can’t beat that!
I love you guys and thanks for everything, and especially the prayers! Tell Grandpa J Feliz Cumpleaños from Chile y que espero que loscumpla sus años feliz!
con mucho cariño,
Elder Johnson
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| Me at the beach in Tome! |
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