November 14th,2011

*Its time for another*
CHAT FROM CHILE
*Audience Cheers*

well did I have QUITE the week. Quite being the word of the week as well, because when my companion was asked how to say thisweçord he was SURE it said quiet, until I explainedto him, it was hilarious!" haha

I would also like to start by saying how everyone should be proud of me, I ate my first "just a banana" since I was 4 this week. It was delicious! haha Oh the things you will eat when you are hungry, but the tomatoe still doesnt work with me! haha

Also learned another fun fact, the bishop in the ward here proposed over the pohone (just likeyou dad!) because he was here in chile and his wife was living in las vegas! Small world we live in! haha I just thought it was funny cause not many people do that, and those that do dont normally get a yes! haha I love my family! haha

So we had our first english contact this week and BOY was that an experience. While looking for any antiguo, we came to a green house at the top of the hill. We gave our "Alo"and stand there for a minute, then a lady walks out and we say how we are missionaries and she looks at us and says "sorry, no entender" and my companion looks confused and asks "do youspeak english" and she says a little. So in DIRECT translations he asks "we are missionaries. we are looking for a person who is called (no recuerdo). does she live here in this house." and she said no she moved. then my companion ask "what do you call yourself?" and she was confused. so I ask whats your name? haha It was like that the whole time! Wow! He can not speak english! hahaalthough, I was in the same boat, I couldnt think either! haha It was just hilarious, on the plus side, we scheduled a cita so that should be fun, teaching in english! haha goodtimes!

The only hard thing that happened this week was we got a flat on the bike tire and really learned how long it takes to walk from one side of our sector all the way to the other side. Allthough, heavenly father always has a plan! We actually got contacted when we were walking past a house by a guy who was very nice and he said he knew god justloved hium so we shared a book of mormon with him and he said he didnt have money and we said we didnt want money and he wasjust so happy! We will definetely pass by again later!

Then I had changes with elder Dipaz (from peru)this week andI was incharge. When I am in charge, we walk a lot! I mean we cover ground andwe do work! haha we had a cita with Felipe (the miracle man) and it wasjust awesome! He said how he had some missionaries from chile come in to get examiniations before their missions and he said how he didnt have much time to go to church and to read, but he wanted to feel god more. So I shared a scripture on blessings through obedience and said if he would give god 3-5 minutes to read everyday heavenly father would give him more time with his family! cause he is very busyt but he loves time with his family and his wife is prego with like 12 weeks to go. then elder Dipaz was like " you know you can get the scriptures onyour phone?" and we downloaded the app right there and then! and the mormon channel app! haha It was awesome! He was excited and he said how he would be able to read when we was traveling to work! YES!"!! Then best yet, we went to leave and he asks us "what time does church start in the morning?" so we told him and he said he would tryto come and bring his 11 year old son! YES! and he did come to church! I was very excited! He didnty stay after sacrament meeting, but that was the first time in 5 years that he came to church! I was very happy!

It was a very harsh week for numbers, but we worked hard, i will tell you what!

Alright, challenge time. They have a thing down here called "la lista" its for families to write names of people and to pray for them and invite them and do litle easy things. Missionaries can giveyou cards and pamphlets if you need them to but the idea is to get everyone praying for the people in the area. And its for the families not for the missionaries! So, make a list! Get to work! share the love and pray for those in need!

Thats all Igot time for this week! I love you all!

Elder Marvin =D