May 6, 2013

Hey everyone,

How is everything going?  Things here in Chile are going pretty well.  This last week we got hit with a lot of rain in the middle of the week; however, the end of the week has been pretty nice as far as weather goes.  It has been nice and clear and hasn't been too cold.  However, the rainy days have reminded me why I like summer at times more than winter here in the mission.  The good thing is that it hasn't rained in a long time, so it was really important to have at least some rain.  On Thursday, we went to a little town called Chépica, where we helped the sister missionaries that recently arrived there to find some people to teach.  The only problem was that it was raining, which normally causes problems for knocking doors because no one (obviously) wants to go out into the rain to talk to you.  However, it ended up working out well, and we were all able to find some good people to help them out.

Today was a pretty fun day.  We went to the beach!!!  It just so happens that this is the only zone in the mission where you can go to the beach (as long as it isn't summer).  So... today we went to Pichilemu, the only sector in the mission that has a beach.  It was really cool.  It reminded me a bit of going to Florida, although things are different here.  Apparently, they have world surfing tournaments here, so that's pretty neat.  I sent a few pictures so that you can enjoy the beach back there.  We had a fun time walking on the beach, and then some of us decided to play soccer on the beach.  It was really fun being able to through yourself around, knowing that the sand isn't going to hurt, but it definitely wears you out having to run in the sand.  All in all, it was very fun, and made for a good relaxing P-day.

This week was also good at church.  We were able to have more members than usual, and we had someone come who hadn't been to church in around 10 years.  That is always a really great experience whenever something like that happens.

Well I hope that all is going well back home, and we will be talking soon for Mother's day!!