December 15, 2013
It's been an interesting week, 9 days till Christmas (thanks for
the advent calendar!) and it’s in the high eighties over here. Tuesday we woke
up and helped Elder Renshaw get his bags packed, called a taxi, and headed to
the bus station because we had a region conference. Took the 7:10 bus to
Valdivia and we arrived at 8:40. Elder Renshaw didn't want to waste money on a
taxi so we ended up dragging his luggage the 3 miles to the chapel... The
conference was great! President and Sister Rappleye always make good speakers.
At lunch we had soup and pollo rosada (pink chicken) or at least me and Elder
Moreno did (awesome guy from Costa Rica and fluent in English..remember, he gave us the Jelly Bellies at the
last meeting)but his wasn't pink, it was bright red and had a pulse! After lunch
we had some more training and had a Christmas party! Unfortunately my memory
card is full and the 16G cards don't work in my camera, (I'll look for some new
ones but what I'll try to do is get a card reader so I can just transfer
the files to the bigger cards and use them as hard drives.) …so I don't have
any hilarious pictures of me in a red Santa hat... Now Elder Renshaw does, so
I'll be waiting in fear for the day that those come out! After the caroling and gifts from the
Rappleyes, (first time I've been happy for socks! They gave us some candy and a
cool wood fish bowl thing too.) me and Elder Renshaw said our goodbyes
and parted ways. Took a bus to Loncoche which is actually in the Concepciòn
south mission and took a micro bus from their home.
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| Elder Moreno and Elder Gubler |
The last few days have just been pretty normal. It's hot and we walk
a lot and I'm trying to get used to the new companion. He's an interesting guy
and I'm really trying to get to know him better. Nothing too special has
happened this week. We've taught a few lessons but we still can't get
anyone to come to church. Saturday we ate lunch with the Mamita and family. We
had pizza, it was good. Almendra bit me
and I am getting to the point where I can understand about half the words that
come out of Papito's mouth. My Spanish is coming along and I'm really starting
to get close with the family. Although, Almendra's idea of a friend is a
punching bag! Sister Fuentes, our Abuelita (mother of papito) showed up and the
first words out of her mouth was “Elder Wachito!“ We laughed and had a decent conversation (now
that I can talk). We basically tracked until our sita (appointment) with
Barbara. As usual they fed us way too well! This time it was ice cream. I love
once (family home evening) over there! Her mother still calls me Elder Wachito!
My companion hates it and thinks I've told people to call me that, but to tell
you the truth I love it, and it's really become a part of me. Saturday with
Barbara, the family told me that they would always remember their one and only
Elder Wachito! After the lesson with them Elder W (beginning to love the irony)
forced us to sprint home even though we were already late. This was funny
because he can't run... and was a little too out of breath to tell me to slow
down. Yet even with the minute it took to fight off a pack of neighborhood
dogs... I still cut 8 minutes off the average 10-11 minute trip back home!
Sunday was not so fun. None of our investigators could come to
church and (one of them) is drinking again. Mildly depressing to say the least, sort of like Pete’s
moderately extraneous....Sacrament was great, it was only the first meeting because of
elections and we didn't have to speak. (President just called, Renshaw's last
present was to set his ringtone as the choir from the Phantom Menace. Scared the
crap out of me! I told President “hi” from Sister Hillam though) Had lunch with the
Nevarettes, it was delicious like always! Didn't really do too much actual work
wise because next to no one was home. But afterwards we took the Biggs to
Claudio Lopez, one of the district big wigs and gave him fruit. It’s always
fun with them!
Pretty good week, trying to get along with the companion and
show him around before I leave. I think I'll be leaving during the next
transfer since I have a stepfather and that's usually what happens.
Love you all and hope you have a great week!
Elder
Washburn
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| Christmas Party for the Zone |
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