this week has been pretty long for me. with changes and having to get used to a new sector, new roads and buildings, and a new ward. its just felt like its taken forever. but hopefully it continue like that and it was just something for the first week getting used to everything.
alright so the most important part about where im at and who my comp is. im back in the middle of the city again in a sector called parque subercaseaux. (su-ber-ca-so) and thats in the zone of san miguel. its kinda funny though cuz its right next to avenida matta where i was before, in fact we have a border with them so i see some of the buildings that i used to see everyday. and there are several connections with the people so hopefully i can see some of the members from that ward at some point while im here. my comp is elder sauceda from cortez honduras and after this first week i can already tell that i should get along with him very well and we should have a lot of fun. the only thing about this new sector is that there are more apartment buildings than just about anything else so its gonna be a lot harder cuz its always more difficult to get in there. and also elder sauceda told me that almost everyone here works til about 7 or 8 and then get home so that sucks. but we ll just have to work through it.
im also district leader now and so the people in my district are hna lopez that i know well cuz i was with her for all 4 changes in talagante, her comp is hna fuentes from mexico that just got here this change. then the other companionship is elder morgan from utah and elder martinez from argentina. and they are all pretty cool so it looks like we ll have fun in district meetings and all that.
now some things about our ward. first off we have everything in our sector. a major shopping center. one of the biggest streets of santiago. the biggest hospital in santiago. a cop station. and more buildings than anything. and the people in our ward are really good too. almost all of the men have served missions here which is the first ward that ive been in like that. so they know how things are supposed to work although there arent very many people that attend. our attendance is about 60 every week. because we also have a ton of people who work in the stake. we have a stake presidency counselor. the stake young womans president. a counselor in the stake young mens presidency. a representative in the high council. and then the biggest one is that we have an area seventy in our ward, elder nuñez. so we have several good members. hopefully we can get them involved in the work so that it makes it a lot easier for us. thats what i would like to do really cuz thats how it should be.
so on tuesday we had the change meeting and i was so nervous about where i would be going. so after i heard my name called, it was relaxing. we got to the pension and then went out to get lunch. but when we got back to the pension, elder sauceda realized that he had forgotten the keys. so we had to have the guy working there help us break into the apartment by opening the door. and it turned out to be a lot easier to open the door than i thought so that was a little worrysome. but at least we are on the top floor so there arent many people that come by our door. and then the rest of the day was about meeting a few members and meeting the guy that was going to get baptized yesterday. (more on that story later)
thursday we had the district meeting so i met the whole zone and everyone is pretty cool. we have a lot of experience here. the 2 zone leaders. then the other district leader is elder balcon that has 19 months in the mission. then there are 4 of us from my group. and then elder sauceda who has a year now. so more than half of us already have a year or more. there are 2 things that i realized that im not gonna love as being district leader. and that is having to call my district every night cuz i just feel like sometimes i dont know what to say. and the other is having to give a class every week in district meeting. but that will come easier with more time.
saturday was a really good day for us. something that is always kinda low here in the major parts of the city is how many investigators we have cuz its just tough to find people. but saturday was good cuz we found 7 new investigators which is more than i had ever found in one day before. the best one of all them is a girl named daniela. she is about 16 and has a one year old boy. she seems pretty good and will have time to listen to us and come to church so that will be good. we just have to get her to do it.
then sunday i met the whole ward. everyone is pretty cool. our ward mission is pretty funny and he told me that at first look i look like a nazi soldier. i already knew that he was gonna joke a lot cuz elder sauceda explained how he is but when he said that it still caught me off guard cuz i hadnt heard that one before. but it was funny. our church building is so small though. it doesnt even have a chapel. they just put chairs up in a cultural hall type thing. and the funniest part about that is that its a tiny builiding in between 3 huge apartment buildings. so it makes it look even smaller.
but anyway thats about it for this week. thanks for all the birthday wishes that i got from everyone. i hope that everyone is doing well. take care
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