So after calling the mission nurse because my cough was a persistent little bugger, she told me to go buy some Amoxicillin. Yep, that's right. Here in Chile you can just go to the pharmacy and buy a drug like that. Well, after a few days on that there was no difference so when she called again to check up on how I was doing she decided to send me to a doctor. On Thursday we had a 2 hour bus ride to Quillota and it turns out that I have obstructive bronchitis!!! YAY!!! He told me that after 5 days on the meds I should be good but if I contract a fever it means that I had pneumonia. ¡Que Bueno! I'm on day 3 of the meds and still no fever so all is looking well......
Right now I'm actually in
Viña. Elder P** had to go pick up his ID card so we woke up at 5 to
take the 3 hour bus ride at 6. Yep, definitely slept the whole ride.
It's actually a good thing that we are here because I haven't been able to
find a Portuguese book anywhere. Oh, Pres Díaz told us that if our Spanish was good enough that we should start studying another language.
Well, he told me that my Spanish was good so now I'm going to start
learning Portuguese. I'm really behind because that was almost 2 months
ago and his wife told us that in 3 months every person learning a
language would have to bear their testimony in that language. In other
words I have one month to learn enough Portuguese to bear my testimony in
that language. ¡Tengo que ponerme las pilas! [I have to get my act together!]
As
for the branch problems we decided to put the Testimony of the Brownies
to the test. Here in Chile everyone LOVES brownies so what a lot a
missionaries have done is give brownies to people during the week or
during church in order for the people to go to church. Well, we decided
to try it. The family brownie recipe has entered Chile now and people
love it. Hopefully this will help people get into the habit of going to
church and then staying for all 3 hours....
Basically
that's it for the week. One of our investigators is soo excited for his
baptism on the 6th. It's funny because our District Leader was in this
sector at the beginning of his mission and he told us that when he was
there the investigator (husband of a less active) barely paid any
attention to them at all. Well, turns out that he is now prepared and
willing to follow the Savior. We are really excited for him.
Love
you all. Please take time to rest your fingers when Facebooking or web
surfing. Finger Cramps are never pleasant experiences.
Elder Groneman
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