Things are going pretty well out here in Chile. Things are just always REALLY hot. Like REALLY. It has been around 34 degrees celcius like almost every day. That is over 92 degrees Farenheit I believe. Anyway, it is really hot when you get to walk outside all day with a shirt and tie. Luckily, I haven't really gotten very burnt here so far. I'm not even all that tan. I've been a good boy and have been using my sunscreen every day. I probably use more now than I ever did when I went to the lake and laid out in the sun. Granted the sun here is really intense.
Otherwise missionary work has been pretty good here. Unfortunately, we are currently in the middle of vacation season. And in Chile, when you go on vacation, you GO ON VACATION. Like seriously, it's pretty rediculous. For example it's not uncommon for people to say, even like a week ago, "Well we are going on vacation, so can you come back sometime in March?" Yeah, it would be pretty good to be able to go on vacation for an entire month at a time. Things will hopefully get a little better as far as that goes starting in March when the kids have to go back to school. But there was even someone who asked if we could come by again in the beginning of April. ¿April? Crazy Chileans. But they're awesome. We are finding some good people that will hopefully start to progress and learn a lot.
We may have some more baptisms soon. It's hard to say exactly when though because things keep getting pushed back, but hopefully we will have 4 or 5 more this month. We will just have to keep working hard and praying even harder that they choose to make good decisions.
Well... this might be a bit shorter this time because I'm running out of stuff to talk about. Basically, things are good. I'm constantly amazed at how much people know about the Church and how receptive so many people are to listen to us, at least for a few minutes at the door. The biggest struggle is just that everyone figures that the Church is just the same as any other and therefore it doesn't really matter which religion they follow because they all lead to Christ. That's the most unfortunate part. I'm just always happy that people are at least willing to stop and listen to you for a while. I imagine missionary work would be quite different back there in the states.
Oh, so my Chilean culture lesson for the week. Public transportation here is pretty cool. First of all, there are a lot of buses that are called Micro's. I'm not really sure why, but that's what they're called. They're well... buses. Second, there are taxis which you pay just based on time and distance. So those can sometimes be pretty good if you are going a relatively short distance with a lot of missionaries because it costs the same whether there are 2 of you or 4. Third, there are these cars called "collectivos." They are kind of like taxis. However, they have defined routes which they always follow. And you also just pay per person when you get into it. So, if you need to go a pretty long distance and there is a collectivo which goes there, you can usually flag it down and then get there decently cheap. Buses and collectivos generally cost $500 Chilean pesos which is about $1 in the US.
Oh also today for P-day, we went go-cart racing. I'm not that great, but in the group that I raced against.... I WON!!! (I attached some pictures for you.)
Alright, I think that is about all for this week. I hope things are good back home. I'll talk to you soon.
Elder Stollenwerk
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