Hey what's up everyone? :)
Before
I tell my weekly stories, I just want to let you guys know that
sometimes my email likes to goof off and tell me I never got messages
from some of you. So, if you havent gotten a reply from me from any of
your emails, please tell me! Cuz chances are my email hid it from me.
Anyway, this week was an awesome week! It's been a been chilly but still nowhere near the winters in Utah and Colorado. :)
We
worked a lot this week with a member named Doris. She is a born member
missionary. She shares the gospel with everyone she meets, cuz its just
that important to her! We have taught many of the people she has found,
and one of them was a 83 year old man that has been practically on his
death bed for a while. She asked us to come visit him and sing him a
hymn. So we did one night, we sang Más Cerca Dios de Ti, which means,
Nearer my God to Thee. He loved it, even though he couldn't really
respond, he just layed there, but he started trying to say something.
The next morning Doris called us and told us he passed away that
morning. Looks like we gave him a good send off. The missionaries taught
him years ago, and challenged him to baptism, and he said yes! But his
caretaker wouldnt let him get baptized cuz she thought he'd die of
hypothermia. So, anyway, this guy is incredible, and he's up in the
spirit world right now, and Im sure he is listening to the missionaries
and has accepted the baptism challenge once more. :)
Doris's sister and mother are
hilarious though. Everytime we visit them they tell 20 minute stories
and repeat everything the other says. Haha, me and Hermana Hanks try so
hard not to laugh!
This week we ate quail eggs...that was interesting. I dont think Ill die, dont worry, they just tasted like chicken eggs. :)
Haha one night when our DL
called us, he told us that he had rocks thrown at him by someone who
wasn't too friendly with our religion or the USA. haha. I had to laugh
at that one. Elder Faught is like 7 feet tall... he is a moving target
for sure.
I almost got my boots fixed!
Our Chilean mother took them to 2 different places to see if they could
fix them...but alas, no luck. So, she gave them back to me and told me
to frame them, and told me, "I never want to see you round here with
those things on again, ok?" But I went home, taped some cardboard on the
bottom, wore 2 pairs of socks, and taped the bottom of my foot... and
wore them. Yes. That is how much I love my boots. You shouldve seen Hna
Sonia's face when she saw me with them again! Haha.
We taught a member's blind
boyfriend this week, which was really cool. His name is Juan and he is
an adorable little 88 year old man.
We
met a Chilean guy from Philly! We knocked on his door and he had a
perfect American Philadelphian accent. Sounded just like one of my
uncles! Haha it was music to my ears to hear a Philadelphian accent
again. Heck, it was music to my ears just to hear English!
We ran into some more drunk old
people again, an event that is oh so common in Chile. He was stumbling
around on a sidewalk, and yelled as we passed, "Come visit me! Teach me
the Bible!" and cackling. I was just like, "Yeah sure, alright! Will do!
Ciao!"
We met another drunk guy that
recognized us as people of faith, and told us while he was crying that
his life was messed up and that he wanted to change his life, and that
please is there any way you can help me? So we took down his address and
told the Elders to go visit him, since he didnt live in our area.
When me and Hna Hanks come home at night, we both agree that our hair smells like cigarettes and beer. So much fun.
Church
yesterday was awesome! We had 4 investigators come! One was this 20
some year old guy named Robinson that loses his memory every time he
sleeps. But he has obligated himself to come to our church every Sunday!
He is a cool guy and super nice.
I was sitting in sacrament
meeting yesterday and I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn around to
find Diego's face about 2 inches from mine. Diego is the bishop's 5 yr
old son. Haha and he whispered mysteriously, "You know what? I know you
have a ninja turtles tshirt." Hahaha I just laughed and was like, "No
way! Howd you know!?" Diego is so super adorable and he gets a kick out
of knowing I like all the stuff he likes.
We also had a investigator
class that Milo taught, and I sat by Alejandro. Alejandro was pretty
silent for the whole lesson, but near the end he started rambling on
about burning bodies through cremation....and I started laughing.
Silently of course! But it was so funny! I was laughing so hard that
Milo started laughing too! Hahaha oh Alejandro. Pure entertainment, that
man.
Anyway, cambios are next Wednesday. I feel like I might be staying in Recreo!
I
just wanted to let you all know that I love you all and that I hope you
will always try and be the best examples you can be to everyone. There
are a lot of menos activos here that have left the church from being
offended or feeling left out. So please, include everyone everywhere you
go, and dont judge! Just be Christlike. Everyone needs to work on that,
including me obviously, cuz no one is perfect! We are not perfect
people! And neither is anyone else. So let's just love everyone. :)
Deal. :)
LOVE YOU! Enjoy your summer!
Hermana Amy Schrader
P.S. Happy Birthday to Harry Potter last Wednesday, July 31st! ;)
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