November 4, 2013
Hey guys!
This letters gonna be pretty short I
was too busy reading all your fantastic emails. Well this week has been pretty
awesome! I didn't really teach anyone but we had a baptism in our
district! It was really funny, read Dad's letter about the amount of
water in the font!
Excerpt from Dad’s letter:
Well Chileno is coming along. I've gotten to the point
to where I can understand most of it, which is nice, except for the fact that
I'm picking up on jokes about me... Oh well, that’s life! I'm doing great here
and just saw my first baptism Saturday. It was a funny little ordeal. The woman
was 7 months pregnant, like everyone I see here. When I asked Elder Renshaw if
everyone here was pregnant he said, “no, just the women.” Well long story short,
we almost didn't have enough water and her belly only went like a quarter inch
under…. I’ve had a great week here I hope you’re having the same!
It’s been a pretty full week, we had
the baptism, three English classes and a region meeting. The meeting involved everyone
from Valdivia and up, at included at least a hundred missionaries, it was
insane. The English classes have been going pretty well although we haven't yet
really gotten anyone outside of the rama (branch) to go yet. Oh well, Elder
Biggs is hilarious and I think they'll catch on soon. Well the elephant in the
room was the huge day in Valdivia we woke up at 6:00 a.m. (shocking I know!)
and headed to the bus station. We got on the bus and took a 3-4 hour trip
down, I slept and read Jesus The Christ so it wasn't too bad. We got there
for the "specialized training" to find out they're implementing a new
stress management program. It seems pretty sound but a lot of what I read makes
me think it will create a generation of wimpy missionaries. One of the chapters
was titled, "Having Problems with Having to Work Hard?" A
little scared that people don't know what they're signed up for. Well that took
till about 4:00 p.m. then we walked to the bus station and found out that
the next bus left at 6 so we waited it out. It wasn't too bad, some how Elder
Moreno had gotten his hands on a huge Costco jar of Jelly Belly’s that his
friend's parents had brought down when they picked him up, sooo good! It would
cost an arm and a leg to ship though!
Well it's been a good week besides
not really having enough time to proselyte! I hope it was the same with you
guys, busy but not stressful!
Love ya,
Elder Washburn
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