Monday, January 20,
2014
I will start with your
questions.
· Yes, I bought some clippers today. Before my
other companion had them. I made a mistake though. I forgot to put the
protector back on after I cleaned some hair off today and I shaved a little
extra of my hair off... :) but its not bad.
· Yes we get all of our emails from the mission [home] on Mondays.
· Yes I am still taking photos. I will try
sending them again sometime when I have a little bit more time. Its hard to
find a little extra time.
· For
responsibilities, we help Pres. [Branch President] with whatever he needs: Give
classes, and talks if we need to. We do tithing. Its not a whole lot.
I wish that we had a little cooler weather. The only cool weather that we get is when there is a storm. If it lasts for at least a day. If not it usually is super humid.
I will start with my
week now.
This week we had Zone
Meeting in Santiago. Afterwards we left at 4.30 [pm] and arrived back in our area at
about 7 [pm]. It was a bus ride that was hot and long. This time I went back to our
area with another missionary for exchanges. His name is Elder Casanova, from
the same state at my companion in Mexico. He has one month in the mission. Has
a lot to learn about mission work ;) haha.
Wednesday night Elder
Ramirez and Elder Santa Maria traveled to Frias to end the exchange. They
stayed in the apartment for the night and then left early in the morning. That
night we all ate facturas, which are like, I dont know how to explain it. Look
it up :) They are super good.
This week the Z Family left out of town for a family trip for 10 days :´( They told us that
they are going to continue reading and studying the church Sunday school
pamphlet. I cannot wait until they get back! I love and miss that family. We
are also teaching another family that is pretty big. Like 9 or so. But we are
only talking to about 6 of them. Including a boyfriend of one of the girls.
They are a cool family and like us. I made eggnog this week :D Oh man it was so dang good! I made it two times!!! haha I have missed eggnog so much. I dont remember
if I told you but I also made deviled eggs a while back. They were alright. Not
like the ones at home.
This week a house in
our area was set on fire. I guess it was a guy that got mad at his wife and set
his house of fire with him, his wife, and his baby all inside. The baby is
still alive, last we heard; but the couple have died. We actually happened to
walk by when it was burning. There was a lot of people but nobody knew that
people were inside.
At the church we had
eight investigators come. It was a good meeting. And definitely good for the
people that came so that they can prepare even more to be baptized. Saturday we
had the baptism of Pablo. He is the son of Claudia which is one of my
converts. Its a good family. Claudia, Eliana and Pablo are now members. We
confirmed him in Sacrament Meeting.
There is my week. I
have to go. Out of time. I hope you all have a great week. I love you all!!!!
Elder Alec Dawson
