Hey family!
So this week was way awesome. We had some great progress in
the work, as well as an opportunity to really get to know and enjoy the culture
of chile.
So this week was the indepence day of chile the fiestas
patrias. We had 3 days off, we did so much, we ate pork barbecue by the stick,
and much much more. The first day of the holidays we visited a family that
invited us to have that bbq, soooooo much meat! before the meat we ate some
empanadas and mote con huesillo (that picture with the dried peaches with wheat
in a cup of liquid stuff) sooo good (ill cook that at home forsure). Also we
played a lot of chilean folklore games. One of which is something called a
trompo, its like a top or spinner but better. It is kinda hard to make it spin
but im getting better ha i bought one for $2 and im addicted so every pday im
going to practice. But yeah SOOO MUCH FOOD!!! we had dessert it was a cake and
alfajores which are cookies with manjar (dulce de leche) super good, I was
worried we werent going to have an oppurtunity to share a scripture (as
missionaries we had to really take advantage of this time to share even if it
was small) I had a chance when I left I shared a small scripture in 3 nefi 14
and thanked them for the family standards they have and how they showed us that
we as disciples of christ can have fun on a day where... well where the rest
are not going to remember what happened the next day.
We also went to another house of members for another asado
that night,,,, haha we were soooooo full that night, the next day it was the
huge activity at the ward. Sooo much carne again, we got to play a chilean game
called tejo which is kinda like bachi ball in a sense where they have a box
filled with dirt on the ground and a string tied going a across and you try to
throw metal cylinders closest to the string, the had a competition and me and
my partner in the game (a priest of the church named esteban) won!!! ha i had
some nice bragging rights the rest of the day. Also watched tons of people
perform, dance the cueca and do other cultures, it was super cool, I had heard
a ton of the culture songs before and it was super cool because I knew the
words and really enjoyed the show, ha the culture is rubbing onto me. but yep
and the next day we still couldnt leave to knock our proselite but we had
another awesome meal. Ha soooo much food though it was forsure an awesome
experience.
In other news we found an awesome family this week and are
excited to see their progress. Also other cool story, (still not used to wards
they are so huge) but luckily I always salute everyone I see and turns out I
talked to one of the hermanos for awhile at the activity and 3 days later we passed
by an hermanas house trying to see if we could teach her family knowing the
fmailys dad isnt a member, he showed up and looked realyl familiar, turns out
it was the hermano I talked to at the acitivity and i had no idea, it was a
great way to gain his confidence and we were able to bring the spirit when we
taught.
Also going to get my tooth fixed, ha sadly still havent done
that because of all the cambios i couldnt do it then so i have an appointment
tomorrow.
But yep ended up being a great week, only thing after 3 days
of no work is you really really are stoked to get back to work after. And the
day after we had that great chance to get back to work and we had a great fin
de semana de trabajo. ive really been noticing all the small miracles god gives
us every day and am so greatful, Its amazing how much we can learn on the
mission. Im really really enjoying the book of mormon like never before and its
amazing how the spirit constantly testifies to us as we read.
But yeah basically eso por la semana. if I could think of
anything I need is a flea collar for my birthday but im going to try to find
that here so you dont need to spend money sending a package
Thanks for all your letters here are a ton of pictures of
the week,
Elder Carter
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