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| New Companion Elder Molina and Elder Jayden Miles |
November 3, 2014
All is well this week. It has
been fun/ challenging getting used to the new companionship. It is getting tiring
trying to get to know new companions and figuring out how to work with other
people. I am sure that it will be something that I will have to be doing for
the rest of my life with work and dating and stuff so I guess I better get used
to it.
It has been fun cooking with
Elder Molina. That is something that we both enjoy doing together. Today we
made a pasta with carabona sauce with bacon and some Pa amb tomaca, which is a
thing from Barcelona, bread soaked in tomato and olive oil with a little bit of
salt. Pretty good, I really liked it. It has also been fun speaking Spanish all
day every day. The fist 2 nights I came home pretty tired from not speaking English
haha. Speaking Spanish all the time has helped me realize all the little
mistakes I make and how much more I need to work on my pronunciation... Stuff
never gets easy around here.
Elder Molina & I have
very different styles of teaching and contacting. He is very Boom Bam Bing!
Reference, lesson! I work hard but I prefer to build more relationships of
trust and teach as we go. He has definitely helped me to step out of my comfort
zone a little and be more confident. I do
miss Elder Eskelson. We got along really well and both had a lot of fun working
here in Santiago. We keep in touch often on the phone.
It
has been raining pretty good here the past couple of days. My feet are soaked
right now. I have noticed that I had a big crack in the right shoe of the both
pairs that I have so I had to fix them right up with a little super glue.
Worked like a charm.
We
have been doing a lot of searching like usual. We were able to find 3 new
people and get in touch with some people that have been ignoring our calls. The
work is different here than it is in Madrid and Elder Molina found that out
quick. His first area was there. We have a small branch, not many people can
help us, lots of students on the streets, no latinos, and lots of time to be on
the street.
I am
now the oldest in my district... I am not a fan of that. I miss the old
district. I got along pretty well with the people that were there that have
left. I am getting tired of meeting new missionaries... Hahah it will be fun to
see people that I actually know again sometime.
We
have seen some miracles for sure here. It is always amazing to me how quite and
soft the voice the spirit has. I have had many occasions where I have a feeling
to turn somewhere or stop for a moment or to do something, almost always
something that seems very insignificant, where I later realize that I was able
to follow the spirit and be where the Lord wanted us to be. I love the little
day to day experiences that I have.
This
past Saturday I made about 50 chocolate chip cookies haha. Every fast Sunday
the branch stays after church ends and we all eat together and the Elders are
in charge of the American cookies :) They were a hit and everyone liked
them.
Well,
that is how this past week went. Getting used to a new comp, still in the
search for teaching, walking through the rain, and having a blast.
Love
you all and hope that you have a great week!
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