Coquimbo Letter #4

Date: December 06, 2010
Area: Coquimbo, Chile
Companion: Elder Haney
 

Caleb’s Coquimbo #4
Dec 6, 2010

Hola Todos!

This week has been a difficult one. None of our investigators attended church yesterday, and we didn’t find as many news as we have been. I hurt my knee for a good 3 days, but it healed itself. I slipped on a pile of rocks and my leg slipped out from under me and into the pile of rocks. Its better now! But, some of the people that we did find have expressed a true desire to hear the Gospel. I always say to myself, "You won’t receive a witness until after the trial of your faith". That scripture has kept me going this week. Tomorrow is always a new day!

A couple days ago I did interchanges, and stayed in my area. It was quite the experience not following Elder Hanye around because he knows exactly where we´re going and speaks a lot of Spanish. Elder Buffum, who is only one change older than me, joined me in La Cantera. I pushed my Spanish, as well as him, all day because we did not know very much Spanish. But I improved a lot from that experience! Elder Buffum is hilarious, he always jokes with everyone, but they’re like kinda serious jokes, but leave us laughing.

Because of Fast Sunday, we did the fast from lunch to lunch (because lunches are the big meals of the day). We started it with another awesome meal. A BBQ with delicious steak, and corn and potatoes. I ate so much! But, we forgot to drink a lot of water before, so the whole rest of the day we were dying of thirst. Then yesterday, we ended the fast with another huge a delicious meal, meat, fried rice, french fries, and ice cream to finish it off. We had the last one with Hno. Mosso and his family. He his an awesome counselor, who is so animated about the work and when we teach with him, the lesson always goes super well because of his strong testimony that supports it.

Also this week, we found a couple from the U.S. The husband is a retired marine and his wife is Chilean, so they decided to move back here to retire. We taught a lesson in Spanglish because he didn´t know Spanish, but she knew English pretty well. I couldn´t say the first vision in English! It was a nice break to the day however because that day was a rough one.

Another thing that I have noticed about Chile is that everyone uses gas, so gas trucks drive through the streets ringing a bell and people come out and exchange the gas. It pretty different! As is seeing the coast everyday!

I keep all of you in my prayers, as I miss all of you a lot! But this work is the work of God, and I know that it is what I should be doing. I hope all is well in every aspect of life! Thanks for your advice. Mom, I´m pretty sure I use all of all of your guys´ prayers. I hope that you´re able to use mine, because I pray a lot for the family!!!


Con Mucho Amor,
Elder Whittle