AJ's email from 12/17/12
this week was another crazy week. i cant believe that im already almost down to single digit weeks now. its crazy. but this second week being back in melipilla i think was even better than the first. im especially loving the weather cuz if i was in santiago, it would be burning hot but out here i can enjoy a good breeze and its not nearly as bad as in the city. so that makes it easier to go out and work at 330 in the afternoon when its hottest.
tuesday we did divisons with bollenar so i went with elder caballero (his name is funny cuz what it translates to is elder gentleman) who is from paraguay. but we had a fun time out in his sector. the best part of the day was when we went to the church to help with their branch choir that they are doing for christmas. so i got to play piano a little for them (as well as i could) and tell them how to do things. but then at night it was cool cuz he was showing me pictures from his house. and he got baptized a little over a year before he came on the mission, which means that the missionary that taught him got to go through the temple with him. and as i was looking at that picture of that missionary, i noticed that that missionary´s companion was someone i recognized, so i asked him what his name was just to be sure and elder caballero told me that it was elder andreason. and so i told him that i knew him as ricky cuz we are from the same stake and saw each other often. what a small world this really is.
friday we did divisions again with them cuz elder caballero and elder vance had to go to santiago to do their visa stuff. so i stayed with elder garcia in my sector thursday night and most of friday. elder garcia is a funny guy from panama (and is also the only black guy in our mission...not being racist but its just cool) and that night as we laid in bed, him, elder zañartu, and i stayed up talking til like 130 in the morning about a lot of stuff and just laughing our heads off the whole time. it was a lot of fun. i realized though that i know a lot of the missionaries from that group that goes home together. cuz ive been with in a zone at some point, elder chavez, vilar, sanchez, salines, zañartu, garcia, sauceda, and some others that i just cant think of right now. so its cool. the only thing that really sucks about that day is that friday morning i lost my agenda and so i lost everything that i had written down for the last 2 weeks. and on top of that i have walked around feeling lost these last few days cuz i feel like i dont know what to do. its really weird and i honestly HATE not having that agenda in my pocket. what makes me more upset is that its the first time ive lost anything in the mission so that frustrates me. but its just how it is.
sunday was a good day cuz we had lots of people come to church from the retention which is what i wanted the most from being here again. so im hoping that that keeps happening. and also we went out to pomaire which is that little town in our sector that is just a tourist place that sells all kinds of stuff. i felt good being there again. and then we came back and had some good lessons later in the afternoon. it really was a good week for us cuz we were able to find several new families to teach so hopefully a couple of those will be able to progress. one of them is a lady named flor that contacted us in the street and wanted us to come by cuz she wants to come to our church. and her husband is less active so we are hoping that she progresses quickly. and then a couple of the other families have active family members in our branch so we are gonna work together with them so that they come to church. its gonna be better over the next couple weeks.
well i hope that everyone is doing well and that they are enjoying this time of year. christmas is amazing. im just bummed that i have to miss one more year of it away from my family but i know that its ok. have a good week and take care
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