10/17/2011

Well mom I am hre! sorry for the many typos but the keys at the place are kinda rough. They could use some new teclados. Thanks for writing me.... at ridicuous hours of the day, but you knqw you really should be sleeping! haha Thanks for the good morning hug and I will definitely be feeling it every morning. You know what, I dont even have to wake up until 7 am everyday! haha Once I am adjusted I think I might start getting up earlier, ubt they have a little bit of time difference! haha
Good old cooper, if anything he wont let you gys forget about me! haha hahaha How long is the video if he is watching it for so lng! haha Good little boy, how are things with just the coopster?
Alright, here is basically the last week, and I am sure I will forget something, so I am sorry! I landed! Woohooo! Then we met up with the president and his wife, super sweet! Then we loaded into these fairly crammed buses ( kinda like the saunders van) and drive all the way to Vina Del Mar! And the drive was like oh there isnt too many people here but when you come up over the hill over Vina/ Valpraiso, it is SO AWESOME!!!!! Seriously one of the coolest cites in the worlds! Like you can see the pacific with all the huge ships come in, and then imagine just a semi hilly area just LOADED with houses and buildings! It might not sound super coool but SO AWESOME! haha We then went down to the flower clock and just took some pictures and then president Gillespie was like here is your group, here is the address for the mission home, good luck! And we had to go and find it! haha It was kinda crazy but fun! Then we had some interviews after finding the place, it probably took 30 minutes ish!) and I told president how I dont have pockets and so we will see if I get some sweet magnetic plaques! Then we had some "chilean fast food"and went over finncial and health and everything we need to know! Then all the trainers walked in and we had to find our trainer, so we just talked with a bunch of people and I actually found my trainer n my 2nd try! His name is ELder Yost! He is from Burley, Idaho, and lives on a Dairy there. He has 11 siblings, and he is shorter than me, but a little built kinda like me! haha So we then got all my stuff and headed off to our pension (housing place) on the way, we got stopped by this random lady who just spilled out her soul to us, so the other duo set up a meeting with her it was kinda cool! haha Then wqe got on the metro and road for like an hour out to Peña Blanca, We are in the Villa Alemana stake and we got there and a member drove us to the pension cause it was a little bit away. Then we brought all my junk in, and went to planning. and after a little, we left cause we had dinner with a family )which is odd, they dont really eat dinner) and I could catch bits and pieces but I was mosty lost! haha IT was awesome! aha They hd good food though! haha and they are very very very friendly! Then my first few days consisted of shopping, visitng inactive members,and visiting investigators! Oh, by the way, we hve lunch everyday with members! Its pretty nice, we make breakfast, and thats it! Oh, and we have a mamita, or a lady who washes our clothes if we need it! haha We tried tacando las puertas, but really you walk up to a gate and say Halo. And most the time peopl say they are catholic and dont need our church.

My first few days I tried to take everything in, and understnd as much as I could! haha Well I will always be trying to understand. The funny thing is, they brag abuot how their spanish is much faster than everyone elses! and it was true! It sounds like a big long mummbled word sometmes, but sometimes they speak clearly, still fast, but clearly, and then I can understand the jist of it! I have actually been complimented for my ability to talk. They said I speak better than some people after 6 months! haha I just try to stay calm and cut the words. My only worry is, if heavenly father is helping me learn it this fast, what is he going to have me do next? haha They also have lots of Chilean words, and those are difficult! haha

Oh, one last thing, saturday we got to go to the 50 years of missionary work in Chile Celebration! SO SO SO O SOSOSOSOSOSO cool! They had a spiritual beginning, and then they did a bunch of latin dancing with the lots of faboric dresses and it was SO AWESOME! It was in santiago, but we had permision. Seriously so cool though, I know you wont be able to understand it but if you can look it up! It was awesome! I am starting to gain that chilean pride! haha

Well if yu have an questions ask away, I cant think of anything else! Its awesome, and I am spoiled with a companion who misses his cows too! haha Love ya!