Halfway through this transfer

Tuesday: Multi Zones

We had a big mission meeting called a Multizone conference. Unlike in the past where we had to bus in to Tegus the night before, we just took a taxi in the morning.

The meeting was great and everything. I'm not going to mention specifics because it was all over the place topic wise. The missionaries who were going to leave at the end of the transfer gave their testimonies. 3 of the 4 APs, and one of the mission nurses gave their testimonies. A lot of mission leadership is leaving soon.

Wednesday: Horse!!!!

We went to someone we are teaching's house to help them out with a small field they have. When we got there, we found out a horse had eaten through the grass we were supposed to cut. A horse beat us to it, a HORSE!

Apparently, a friend loaned them their horse to help them out. Hungry horse + grass = no more grass.

Thursday: English Connect

So the church created a program to help people learn English. We decided it would be best to teach from their instead of random topics we thought of.

But the thing is, the other group of elders we teach with couldn't come. I had to teach the English Alphabet by myself. It was really fun and some drunk people in the class that had ok English helped me out.

Friday: 6 Niños

We were bored, so we went street contacting. We found a group of kids playing soccer. We chatted with them a bit and found out that they would love to be taught from us. After that, not much for the rest of the day.

Saturday: Next Week

Turns out the kid, Paolo, that we were helping get ready for baptized got sick and so did most of his family. We postponed it to the next week and hopefully we can do it then.

I also learned how to solve a Rubix cube too. Not much to talk about that, but it was something that happened.

Sunday: Priesthood Ordination

A cool thing happened after church. Someone who got baptized the month received the Aaronic Priesthood and got ordained to a priest. He is in his 40s I think but having another priest is great. The ward could use some help with the sacrament. (The Elders Quorum President and the bishopric helping shows the amount of help they need).

Also after church, I sat around and talked with a sister and her daughter who could speak a little English. We spoke for a very long time in simple English but it was very fun.

That's it for this week. You get double the stuff to read because I didn't finish last weeks. Have a great week everybody.

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Pictures with Details

Still no letter from Chaz this week, but we talked with him after he sent a bunch of pictures. Here are some of the photos with explanations: Elder Bahr and Elder Jarman at a river near their house. Cooling off in the water. No swimming! Elder Jarman teaching members how to make French Toast Teeter break during the day. There was a whole rabbit cooking thing, not sure if this is rabbit or not. Making corn - said it tastes like popcorn. Skinning and eating rabbit. Chaz says it tasted amazing.

Teaching, Music, Lessons and a Baptism

Monday Spent the morning at the mission office. Bussed back and did my email and phone call. Played some basketball at the church. I'm not great at making 3pt shots but up close I'm decent. Tuesday - Got another baptism date We had district council and lunch with the district. There was a small restaurant? bar? behind a sweet shop. We had pollo chuco again. (Chicken covered with sauces) We taught this investigator, Esperanza who couldn't read but has been taught the lessons and wants to know if the church is true. She's currently having issues because her family and her family's pastor have been pressuring her not to go to church. After the lesson we did her dishes using one of the outdoor "sinks". It was a large basin filled with water and had a ledge where you could wash your dishes. You get clean water from the basin, wash the dish, and you deposit the dirty water on the ledge because it had a drain. Later that day we visited an inactive family wh...

Last Week (this is late, from the last week of October)

---Baptism--- We had the baptism of Nayeli on Sunday. She had been an investigator for a very long time (since last December) and many missionaries had given up on her. The entire ward attended which was great. We ran out of cake and there wasn't enough seating for everyone. It was great to see her take that step ---Another Baptism--- We attended the baptism of the bishop's daughter on Monday as well. The baptism doesn't count for us, but it's still great to see another baptism for the ward. We were able to help with the prep for it which was fun. We had to tape a mop to a broom to get the door open (hard to fill the font without the keys to it but we managed) ---Spiritual Thought-- But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:6 I really like this scripture because of how well it describes the Holy Ghost. He helps us ...

Elder Chaz Jarman

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