Dang, it feels like I haven't written in forever and so much stuff has happened. First off, I made it to Chile, which is so awesome and everything I could’ve dreamed of.
The traveling was rough, we had to get up at 2 am to leave and I wasn’t ready for that. Then to top it off they were very picky about the weighed limit for carry ons and I had to leave about 10Kgs of stuff behind at the CCM, I don't know what that is in pounds but it’s a lot. They insisted that they weighed carryon’s in Mexico (I would later find out that that is false and I would have been fine without leaving behind a bunch) but I digress, it's just stuff when you think about it.
Anyway, we took our 8-hour flight went through security then took a 2-hour bus ride to Viña del Mar. And spent the night at the mission home. We got a bunch of Little Caesars pizza, which was like mana from heaven. We then figured out the sleeping accommodations which was just first come, first serve. We all got a mattress, that was about twice as old as me, and then we had to play tetras on the floor to make all of them fit. None of us were prepared for the 35° night we were about to go through, so over all I didn’t get any sleep that first night. But who needs sleep?
Anyway, we went through all the particulars the next day, interviews, training videos and what not, then we got to meet our trainers. My trainer’s name is Elder Dennert and he is absolutely a stud. He's about 6'6" and amazing. We got to our first area around 7:00 and hit the grind by knocking. The usual thing happened, a bunch of people saying that they were too busy, but we did have 2 people say that we could come back. One of them was named Paula and she is amazing. We just went back to visit 2 days ago and got to meet her kids and get to know her, then we taught her a lesson about Christ. She seems to be interested so send your prayer up guys.
This week in the actual mission field has been amazing, one of the best parts is that when we go to knock on someone's door, we yell HALOOO and then like 5 different doors open up. They never know exactly who the one is we’re trying to talk, to so it's first come first serve. If someone else opens, we'll just run over to them which is hilarious. We've also gotten a bunch references from members which has been amazing. The ward is huge, so we always have a lot of help with the work. We teach a bunch of the members too for practice and they're always so patient with my Spanish and teach me a lot.
This email has kinds jumped around a lot but overall, this has been a great experience. My Spanish is growing, and the work is progressing. I know God will bless me with his help as I keep working, I just gotta keep it up.
I'll end with a spiritual thought really quick which I got just from thinking throughout the week. God wants to bless us that is a fact, but it's also true that God wants to help us grow. Sometimes that means not making things easy. If we got everything, we wanted in life just because we believed we wouldn't grow internally because God would be doing the work for us. But as we learn to handle our hardships by our trust in God that is when we start to progress and become more than who we were. That is how God chooses to bless our lives so look at your trials that way, an opportunity for you to grow and learn something new. We will never have something in our lives that we can't handle with God by our side.
Love,
Elder Nelson
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