that's so crazy that braxton is gone. im
so stoked for him to finaly be out in the mission, hes gonna love it.
sounds like a crazy week with the dump truck story and the cops and
firefighter team ha. good luck with the christmas decorating mom! i know
you'll do a great job. love you.
this week was
ok, we didnt get to work in the sector much because elder munoz had to
go to santiago to get his chilean i.d., so i went to buin, the
northernmost part in the mission and got to ride bikes all day with an
elder from guatemala named arriola. hes a short litle crazy gutemalan
that is super cool and funny. we ended up riding something like 20 miles
on the bikes, and my butt was so sore after that day. it hurt just to
lay down and sleep for like 2 days after haha. buin is a huge sector so
we were riding basically all day and had a few lessons and met the
branch president there.
we got back to san
vicho on thursday night, had a normal day on friday and on saturday, one
of the married couples in the mission, elder and sister johnson came to
look at our house and inspect it to see if it was all clean from bugs
and to see what supplies we needed. they told us that we needed to take a
whole day and just clean the house, so we cleansed all morning, went
and did a service project for the hermanas in our sector (we cut their
grass and bushes, picked up all the trash and hauled it out for the
trash men to pick it up, i felt like i was back on the lobo team that
day haha). we went back home, deep cleaned everything and then went to a
baptism for a member that turned 8. his older brother baptized him, and
it made me think of when i was able to baptize adam. i felt the spirit
extra strong as i thought about getting to baptize adam and how amazing
that experience was. love you adam!
today we
woke up and cleaned all morning and then went to a zone activity in my
old sector in san fernando. we all hung out, ate choripan and grilled
chicken and smores and played futbol.
questions:
Did you get to watch the first presidency Christmas devotional? where and with who?
no we didnt get to
Is the fruit in season and is it so much better than anything you've had in the states?
its pretty much the same, summer hasnt officialy started yet, so in the next few weeks, we should be getting tons of fruit
Do most Chileans decorate for the holidays? lights on their homes, trees and ornaments, etc?
yep, they have little tiny trees though, like 5 foot trees and they put them outside on their porches. they have lights up and all the christmas decorations like normal
Do most people you come in contact with believe in God?
everyone is either catolico or evangelico so pretty much everyone already believes in god but some people have some crazy ideas about who god is ha
Do you share Mormon messages, dvd's etc with your investigators like the missionaries in the states do?
i have a usb with like 35 mormon messages and we share em alll the time, theyre awesome,
Do people have smart phones, ipads, etc?
everyone has the samsung phones. there are iphones and ipads, but mostly everyone has samsung touch phones and samsung tablets
Does Elder Munoz have a lot of support from his family at home?
ya his wholefamily is mormon. all 7 of his brothers and sisters were baptzed, he said some are inactive, but he has lots of support from his parents
hey
we made the video you asked for, but i cant send it. its only 30 seconds
long, but it wont let me shrink it down or change the formant or send
it or anything..... elder muno and i will try to make a shorter one this
week and try to send it next monday, so sorry...
hey
niño, be a good boy for pepe and santa clause this year!!!love you
buddy. i haent gotten the package yet, but im sure ill get it soon, ill
let you know when i get it! love you guys, have a great week, and go
read "your 4 minutes" from bishop gary stevens. be safe, good luck with
decorations and work and everything before christmas! love you family!
love elder pacheco
