September 20, 2017
So this week was kinda slow because of the Chilean Independence celebrations! Here, they do quite a bit. Everyone was off work from Saturday to Wednesday and here for their parties they usually do cook-outs. Like, every day! So Sunday was our first day with asado for lunch and that was pretty fun! Then comes Monday, then Tuesday, and now today, we had a zone activity, also celebrating Chilean independence, also with asado. We're kinda dying right now. Both my companion and I are having digestive nightmares!
Something really awesome happened this week, too!
Since I arrived to this zone (about 3 months ago) we've been living in an apartment that's pretty nice but has a really lame flaw. It's super humid and the walls and just about anything near the walls grow fungus! We lost a couple pairs of socks, my comp lost a backpack, me a wallet, and some other stuff had fungus! We would talk to the Pension Secretary but he said there was nothing he could do because the owner didn't want to do anything about it. Now, in our district we have a companionship that also lives alone fairly close by. As we're doing inspections we were thinking about how cool it would be if we lived together, because the house used to be for 8 missionaries anyway, and then I was like, "Wait, what if we just talk to the office?..." So we did. And they said yes, but were moving kinda slow about it and then my comp got mad and told them what was happening in our house and told the office to change us and that he wouldn't sleep one more night in our house.... so then they changed us that same day!
Now there's four of us in the house and it's SO MUCH better!!! Living with just one companionship in the house is so boring but having another just livens everything up! We cook a lot more now and every night, we play B.S.! It's quite the change so we're pretty happy!
We also got to do a really fun service project on Friday and Saturday. There was a house in our zone that burned down almost to the ground and we got to help take it apart! (So, really, fun for us, not the homeowner)
We also got to do a really fun service project on Friday and Saturday. There was a house in our zone that burned down almost to the ground and we got to help take it apart! (So, really, fun for us, not the homeowner)
We broke apart walls and destroyed roofs and all kinds of stuff! There'll be some pictures!
Another funny story. The other day, I found some clothes left behind in a house that fit me and were in pretty good shape so I kept them. Among them were a pair of grey pants. The fit but they were slim fit and were pretty tight, especially to be riding a bike. One day, I was wearing them and as I hopped off my bike, my pants RIP! But like, a lot!!! Basically, the entire seam around the crotch ripped out! We had just arrived to lunch so I had to go in with my backpack in front of my pants and keep it on the down low during lunch. But then, when we were about to leave, and I didn't think she'd found out, she just stood at the door and didn't go inside. I was waiting for her to go inside to jump on my bike but she didn't do anything. Then she said, "Elder, I know what happened!" and started laughing hysterically! I'm pretty sure that made it into the Whatsapp group of the Relief Society.
This week we had a good lesson with Alex but he hasn't been doing more lately so we're worried about him and have gotten to the point where if he doesn't keep his commitment this week we may have to drop him which would be lame. We have some other new investigators but we've had nearly no opportunities to teach due to the independence celebrations. We'll have to see how things go this week.
Anyway hope everyone's doing well. Have a great week!
-Elder Sierra
P.S. Notes from a chat with Elder Sierra regarding teaching whole families which spilled over into the state of the wards and branches:
"The problem with Chile is that the nuclear family is pretty dead. In my experience, 85% of children are born out of wedlock, outside of marriage. No one plans their families; they just get pregnant and then stay together or split... It's a bit tough to teach the law of chastity. In the church, there are very few wards that are complete with all their organizations. A lot of ward would probably die without missionaries. But the youth who are active generally do go on missions. A young woman we helped re-activate in another area is now serving in Honduras!"
Giving service to a house that had burned
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