August 12, 2013

How is everything going back home?  Things are going pretty well here in Chile.  It is crazy how fast time flies by.  I feel like I just barely wrote my last letter home.  Honestly there isn't all that much new here.  We have been working hard as always to help the branch grow and help the members to deeply feel the power of the gospel in their lives.  It is sometimes hard when things don't work out perfectly, but you always need to remember that people have their agency to choose how they want to act.  Sometimes it's a little bit frustrating that things have to be that way, but it's really the only way that we can progress and grow personally.

On Saturday we had an activity with the Primary of the District because it was el Dia del Niño, or Kid's day.  So we ended up being in charge of 6 kids that came from our branch without their moms.  It was actually pretty fun being dad for a day.  It was a little stressful sometimes, and it really wears you out after a while chasing, playing with, feeding, and just in general worrying about kids. I realized a jump from having 0 kids to having 6 is a lot.  I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.  But in the end everything worked out well.  It was a lot of fun and verified the fact that I really like little kids.  (But I think I'll be glad that my wife and not me will be with my kids 24/7).

Also my companion and I were invited yesterday to a training that the mission president did for the leadership of the District.  It had to do with the new way that missionaries will start to work here in the mission, focusing a lot more upon recent converts and less-active members than they did before.  It really is somewhat like what we have been doing for the last few months here in this sector, so it should be good to see the growth that results from this somewhat new change in focus.

Well I hope all is going well back home, and I'll talk to you soon.