October 28, 2013
Dear Fam and Friends,
It has been a great week. We had
interviews with President this week, and they went really well. Elder R
and I had a chance to talk with him just one on one and get all of his insights
into the zone; it was fabulous, and we are going to see some changes, I am
sure. He had a lot of great things to say, and really helped me personally as
well; I am very grateful for the time I have left in the mission to work on my
Christ-like-ness. It’s a work in progress. Baby steps.
So, interviews….Also did a mini-cambio
with Elder D from Quirihue, a new missionary, super fun guy, doesn’t speak a
lick of the language but it was fun. We walked in through a guy’s gate to knock
his door--usually that’s not a problem with people here but he got super mad at
us, and, at this point, I have had my fair share of handling mad Chileans, so I
just told him that "we said permiso" and then just tried to share
with him anyways. Oh, well. It’s weird to me that I’m where Elder C and all
them were when I started. I wonder if the new missionaries see me as I saw
them...
Saturday, the sisters baptized A
that we had taught--the sisters are getting it done here. Just cleanin’ up
everything we start, which is good. People coming to Christ.
It’s been nice weather; my skin is
getting better little by little, fitness too--we are running a lot on the track
and it’s been great to get that stress out. We had leader council this morning
and now we have a ton of great ideas and animo as to what we are going to do to
improve this month. Gonna be great.
Oh, we also built a fence today for
some of the hermanos of the ward that are starting a business and didn’t want to
pay for workers to do it, just the missionaries. It was awkward--obviously we
gladly did it but there were nonmembers there who were laughing, telling us
that is what you call "aprovecharse de la nobleza" here in Chile--“taking
advantage of us” but I learned how to build a fence and it was fun. Dig ‘em up
up on, dig it.
Good stuff!
Love,
Elder Brown
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