Always Interesting in Punta Arenas

1/8/2007
So another week down in Punta Arenas. We had some of the most terribleeeeeeeeeeeeee wind, they said it was like 120 km per hour, I don’t know what it is in mph, but I think it is like 87 but I am not sure you have to send me the conversions because I don’t know, I just know the wind carried me aways, but I think it was only like 40 or 50 mph. you will have to let me know.

So I didn’t tell you last week that I had to lead the music in church, mind you we don´t have music because we don’t have a piano. So yes the director has to give the tone and sing the first line by themselves and then lead the music, needless to say it was a very interesting experience for me because I am not a singer and can’t sing very well. That was fun and very embarrassing but that is life.

Erica thanks for your letter last week and if you want to send me the talk go for it.

Thanks nelson and di and granny for the money, I bought some boots, a sweater, and a button up shirt with half of the money and I don’t know what I will do with the rest, we will see.

So I had the most interesting experience with the cambios this week. It was really interesting. So as you all know I really wanted to leave. I didn’t want to stay because I honestly didn’t want to stay with my companion, I am tired and I started wearing thin. So, there was a family that we found with hna agurto when I first got here and they were the family that was getting married in the catholic church and baptizing their baby there too. Well we returned to teaching them a few weeks ago and I asked them to get baptized and last week I told them that I might be leaving. They made me a sheet with all their pictures and tried to write in English. They said they would start praying so that I would leave. They were lazy before and didn’t want to read or pray, always said they didn’t have time. Well because they thought I was leaving they started reading and praying as a family and they have totallyyyyyyyyyyyy changed. So when I got to their house and they were telling me all of this I realized that my mission really isn’t for me, it doesn’t matter what I want but this family obviously needs me for some reason, I don’t know why but it is the way it is. If nothing else, I have stayed here for them to help them. They came to church for the first time this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A miracleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. They have changed so muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, alejandra was so negative before and now she is soooooooooo happy, the kids are happy, s he has all the time in the world to get her stuff done even though she is reading for a half hour a day with her kids. She is having a problem changing religions because her family has always been catholic but come to find out her mom wants to be evangelica. So this week they are going to tell us if they are going to get baptized, I am pretty sure they were. It was a slap in the face for me because had been thinking about myself and how I wanted to leave and get our of here and me me me, and for whatever reason, them knowing that I might leave lit something for them. It was awesome.

We had a drunk at church yesterday, our friend. He shouted during the entire sacrament meeting and finally left because he got bored, he is our friend. He pulled his chair right up next to me in the meeting and talked so loudlyyyyyyyyyyy to me. Quite the experience.

Mom, you have to post the experience of the guy who thought we were from the cia. We had another interesting experience. Let’s just say that I talked to a guy and I have never been so insulted in my lifeeeeeeeeeeee. At first he would not say a word to me, would not respond to any of my questions. Then when he started talking………… he told us that we are prostitutes, we are lying to the people, deceiving everyone, we are like lepers, when he sees us he avoids us as if we had leprosy, nobody here cares for us and we need to just leave because we just bug everyone. This guy went on and on and no. my comp almost started fighting with him and so I talked over her because I can keep my cool. I told him that we are reps of Jesus Christ our salvaldor and that we are teaching about Christ’s church and that I know that god loves him and wants the best for him and hopes that he has a good day. He went on and on and on and on. It was like wowwwwwwwwwwww. I couldn’t believe it. It makes me sad for him because he is never going to accept the gospel, in the next life either. He has no idea whatsoever and his judgment day, wow, i don’t want to be there when he has to account for the things he said and does. I prayed for him afterwards, poor guy. His life has got to be miserable.

so now we have been liars, from the cia, prostitutes, with leprosy, on and on of polygamy, I’m not sure what else we can hear.

Well, that is me for this week, nothing too exciting I guess, just plugging along, i hope everyone is great back home and all is going well, I will talk to you all next Monday