halo hermanos queridos como estan en los estados? here´s three random facts about chile:
-they consume mayo like its candy
-there are horses pulling carriages alongside cars and buses in the streets of viña
-people water and sweep their dirt like its grass
yeah i couldnt believe that first one for awhile either. its the
strangest thing in the world. i think i was blind to it the first couple
weeks but now i look around and see everyone sweeping the front dirt.
its great.
me and my comp had our ups and downs this week. i think as an
allred i just struggle to have other people tell me what to do all the
time because im always right. its super frustrating that he cant see
that. haha no but we´ve been working on getting along and having more
unity and ive accepted the fact that hes my trainer and im probably
gonna be with him for another six weeks. hes a great trainer and i learn
a lot from him. its just frustrating sometimes becuase he likes to do
things in the complete opposite way that i would do them and honestly i
think that is why im with him. i think my purpose in being with him is
to learn how to act and accomplish things in different ways. he knows
preach my gospel and the missionary manuel like the back of his hand.
seriously sometimes he just quotes a page when i do something he doesnt
like. im not kidding its insane. so yeah i guess he pretty much knows
the answer to everything according to the books which is solid. not
something that im all that good at.
our only progressing investigator carlos came to stake conference
with us this weekend (which was so good) and everything was going great
until he asked us if this is the catholic church after it was all over.
he struggles sometimes. hes a seventh day adventist so yesterday we
taught him about keeping the sabbath day holy and why its on sunday.
hopefully he remembers why because his baptism is in two weeks. hes
solid he just struggles with memory. for example he has given up coffe
and tea completely and has promised to pay tithing even htough he pretty
much has no money. good guy. needs the church.
in stake conference one of the counselors in the stake presidency did a presentation saturday
afternoon in the first session about the role of fathers and mothers.
pretty much everything he talked about i thought back and realized how
awesome my parents are. the main responsibility of the mother was to
maintain a home where the spirit can reside and teach and love
individually each or her children in a way that affects generations of
people other than her son. i can definitely see that happening here. and
the father was the carry out traditions and activities with his
children that teaches them things and that they will be able to remember
forever. every day i see this. thanks mom, thanks dad, you guys are
stellar. continue to be beacons of light for generations of chicacabras
to come.
all of the little kids here in the one area of my boundaries call
me one direction. yeah i dont know it doesnt matter how many times i
explain to them that one direction is from england and i am from the
united states. but in stake conference there was another talk that was
phenominal (how do you spell that?) that talked about when we think were
great we miss out on more opportunities to progress. if i think my
spanish is awesome and that i dont have much room to progress, then i
wont work hard and i wont progress. thats why people who remain humble
and dont even try to recognize how good they are at something end up
progressing even more. kind of like that one song that says like you
dont know youre beautiful and thats what makes you beautiful. pucha i
cant remember who sings it though.
were going to find some people who are prepared this week. i
learned that our stake is the lowest baptizing stake in the mish and
that just motivated me more to find people. its weird because our
leaders here are so solid yet the converts are so few. i dont know why.
i love the mish, but the mish is tough every day. thank you for all
your prayers. keep choosing the right and youllhave the promise of the
lord to bless you.
chauito!
-Elder Allred - Chilean Street Raptor
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