How are things going back home? I
hope that everything is good there. I am doing well here in Chile. I
received some news this past week that I will be changing the sector
that I am working in next Monday, the 1st of October. I will be going
to the ward Las Acacias. It is actually a really weird change because
the missionaries there are going to switch with us. They will be coming
to our sector and we will go to theirs. Therefore, I will say goodbye to the members and the
people that I am teaching here as I get ready to move to a new ward,
even though it is next door to my current sector.
My birthday here was actually really good. In the
morning, I opened my package from home, which was really great. For
lunch we ate a great barbeque. It was really
delicious. That's just what happens when you go to eat with members who
are celebrating a national holiday. Then later in the evening, we went
by the house of a family that we have been teaching where two of
the daughters were baptized relatively recently. The awesome thing was
that they bought me a cake and they sang Happy Birthday to me. It was a
really great end to the day, followed by a great lesson with a new
family that we recently found. In the end, I was really happy with
everything.
There is really not all that much that is new here.
It is starting to get a lot warmer now. Sometimes it is even
uncomfortably hot. I can't believe that it is already almost October,
which means that General Conference is coming up soon, followed by the
visit from Elder Bednar to our mission. It should be really great.
Another thing that was good this past week was that Elder Zeballos of
the First Quorum of Seventy came to talk to us this past week. It was
really great to be able to learn from him. He was really inspiring in
everything that he shared with us, which really made me feel very
dedicated to work hard. It is interesting that he is the first Chilean
to be called to the First Quorum of Seventy, and like most members here,
he was a convert to the church who met the missionaries in his youth.
I really enjoyed the opportunity to listen to him and his wife during
the conference that we had with him (you can see pictures on the mission
website if you'd like).
Well I think that is all I have time for today. I
am running a bit behind with everything, but I hope all is well with you
all. Have a great week, and I will talk to you later!!
Chao,
Elder Stollenwerk
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