Okay. Thoughts about R** [his new nephew]. First off I
like the name. It's not boring or overused (or used at all). It's original
and R** just sounds cool. I approve of the name. As for who he looks
like more - I have no idea. Every picture is different so at this time I
cannot make an accurate, informed decision - in other words, more
picture are required for analysis ;) He is really cute though. I'm excited
to "meet" him in May. Assuming Skype decides to work of course.
As
for answers to questions - No I did not get transfered and neither did
my comp so everything is still in the normal swing of things. Yes, I did
get the package. THANK YOU! OH, my comp says thank you, too. He was
really happy when he found out that half of the stuff was for him.
So
I'm actually surprised that Mom didn't ask me about all of the things
that happened / are going to happen in Chile. To sum up the current
events of the past week.....Don't read this, Mom, unless you want to go
into an anxious, worried frenzy. You've been warned.
The
northern part of Chile is the most arid desert in the world (yes, more
arid than the Sahara). All of Chile has been in a drought for YEARS.
Well, this week we got rain. A lot of rain for a desert in a drought.
Long story short - we aren't supposed to drink water from the tap for a
while because the river now has a ton of harmful minerals and chemicals
in it and the filtration plant isn't working now. Apparently God´s
protection is real because everyone who drinks the tap water (before
boiling it and adding 10 drops of bleach (yes, 10) ) gets sick
immediately - except the missionaries! We haven't done anything to our
water because we don't have the time and none of us have gotten sick.
Farther up north in Copiapó they received the amount of rain of 1 year
in one day. In that area there are no trees so with all that rain and
dirt there is a ton of mud. So much mud that there are 2-story houses
that are completely covered. Miracle - the chapel is the only place that
doesn't have a speck of mud but is completely surrounded by it. Also the
members´ houses only got a little mud inside but none of them lost
their houses. Oh, and now scientists from the US are saying that northern
Chile is going to have a 9.5 earthquake soon. To confirm that, one of
the missionaries has been dreaming of that earthquake for a few nights
now. He only dreams when something is going to happen, and it ALWAYS
happens. We´re just waiting to see what the prophet says this weekend.
YAY!!!
So now for a spiritual story. Yesterday night all of
our appointments had fallen through and we were headed to our last one.
They weren't there. Right as we started walking, a neighbor (member)
stepped out of her house and started telling us of another neighbor
whose son had died 3ish weeks ago. Apparently this neighbor se acercó
(cant remember the translation of that) [drew closer] to the member about 2ish weeks
ago and told her everything. The member gave her a BOM and a Liahona.
After she told us all of this we asked if she had time and if she could
introduce us right then. She went with us to the house and the lady came
out and told us that she was reading the Liahona right then and really
liked what she was reading. We shared with her a part of the Plan of
Salvation and Temples. Basically she told us that she was willing to
join the church if God answered her pray about the BOM - that was a
mini-miracle because apparently many churches have already visited her.
God 1 and Satan none!
So ya. This week was great fun. Every
missionary and member is excited for General Conference (the members
mainly because they are waiting to hear what advice the prophet has for
them in this time of disasters).
Love ya all!
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