Monday, August 19, 2013

My first week in Chile!

Sam with President and Hermana Arrington
Elder Warburton, Avila, Roberts, Maxfield, &
This week has been an adventure. It´s so much fun to finally be in the field and teach real people! My companion is Elder Jorge from Argentina, Buenos Aires! He´s almost 22 so he´s almost 4 years older than me! It is crazy but I've learned so much from him. We live in a small apartment with one other companionship. Elder Rhodes and Elder Lake from my CCM district. I'm learning Spanish so much faster now but I still can't really understand anyone here. They talk ridiculously fast and they don't finish a lot of their words or pronounce a lot of their S´s. We pretty much talk to everyone we see on the street. Elder Jorge makes me talk to everyone and is really pushing me to learn Spanish. We were teaching an investigator the other day and one of her kids was sick so Elder Jorge offered to give her a blessing. She said yes and then he told them I was going to give the blessing. I almost peed my pants but he helped me through the first part and then I gave her a blessing in Spanish. I don't really know if it made sense but the spirit was there and it was an awesome experience. Most of the people here are really nice but I'm surprised how many crazy people there are. Part of our sector is a little crazy. everyone there is on drugs and there was a shooting there a couple nights ago. But for the most part its a safe place. I can't believe how many dogs there are! I learned yesterday not to mess with them. I jumped at one and then all the sudden there are five dogs chasing me. I was horrified! One of the new kids got bit yesterday and had to go get rabies shots. I haven't seen any flees yet and I'm hoping it stays that way. We have lunch with the members everyday. The big meal here is lunch, we don't really eat dinner. They feed us so much food! Usually it is mashed potatoes and chicken. I was a little disappointed there isn't any tacos or hot sauce here but the food is still great. I love the weather here! After being in Mexico the cold feels amazing. Some days its super cold and some days its gets really warm. Its almost spring though so it is getting warmer. Church yesterday was great! The members are the nicest people ever and I'm getting to know them really good. Sacrament meeting was awesome even though I had no idea what was going on. And then I got to introduce myself and and share my testimony. We are only a few miles away from the ocean. I can see it from the top of the hill where our church is at. It is an awesome area and I'm loving it here! 

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Last week in the Mexico City MTC


Hi everyone! This weeks here feel like days! I can´t believe how fast it has gone by. This is our last P- day here 

Hi everyone! This weeks here feel like days! I can´t believe how fast it has gone by. This is our last P- day here so I think next time I´ll write you is in Chile! It is so crazy that I'm leaving next week! I think we are either leaving Monday or Tuesday, but we don't know yet. My package gets here Monday, so I'm a little worried that I wont get it! Will they send it to Chile if I don't get it? Things around here are pretty much the same. We do the same thing every day. I can't believe how much our lessons have improved! Spanish is coming along great. I probably won't feel that way in Chile next week but it will be an adventure. I hear the Chileans talk super fast and are the hardest to understand, so we´ll see how it goes! My hamstring feels a lot better. I think Dr. Toronto wanted me to email him by now so if you could give me his email that would be great! Well I miss you guys like crazy! Good luck with football Max and Ryan! I cant wait to here about it! I love your guys!!!

Sunday, August 4, 2013

I can play piano!

Awesome week this week! The weeks go by so fast now! I feel like i just wrote you yesterday so I don't have too much to say. I'm still having an awesome time! I'm really surprised with how much free personal study we have. We only have class for about 4 hours a day and the rest is pretty much personal study which is awesome! My Spanish has gotten so much better this week! everything is starting to come together! Our lessons are improving a ton! I feel like I can almost say whatever I want to tell the investigator but I probably just sound like a child. My companion is awesome! He was a little shy at first but now that I´ve gotten to know him really well he´s hilarious and we get along awesome. One of the hermanas in my district is teaching me how to play the piano! I actually got the hang of it really fast and i  can already play a song! The food isn´t as good as it used to be and everyone is getting sick! haven´t gotten sick yet but my companion was sick yesterday morning and then he felt all better that evening so hopefully i don't catch anything! I love seeing all my friends here! More people that I know come every week and we're getting more tonight. We don't get to go to the temple this week so we have all day to do whatever we want. Sorry there is not really anything exiting going on but I did hear some talk of Elder Holland coming so hopefully he comes soon! Well I love you guys!