It seems like everyweek in the mission gets a little bit
crazier so allow me to tell you the adventures of this week.
First off last pday the secretary told us that
we had to go to Viña so that my companion could do his visa. So we went
and when we arrived it turns out that he called the wrong Elder Morales..
But while we were in Viña we found una tienda gringa with a bunch off food from
the united states. I bought some Cadbury eggs and chocolate truffles and
we also bought warheads to give to the Chileans cause they aren't used to really
sour food and its funny to watch them eat it.
Tuesday and Wednesday were normal days ut then
Thursday was when the adventure began. Several weeks ago the members of
Chile fasted for rain cause they've had a drought for about 10 years. And
Wednesday night, Thursday morning a huge storm, which they claim was a stage 1
hurricane, hit Valparaiso. It rained and rained and rained. and the rains
came tumbling down in the city that i love. There was also a lot of wind.
The power went out and also the water stopped working. We went 3 days
without water or light and we studied in the morning using candles. We recently
got water and electricity last night. I wasn't able to shave for 3 days
and i pretty much had a beard. My beard growing ability has increase
seven fold in the mission and i am proud of that newly discovered ability that
i have. During these days we still had to work but it was really hard to
find people cause everyone was running around trying to fix their windows and
roofs which were breaking. We pretty much walked in the rain for 3 days
straight.
We were able to help one of our investigators
Gabriel fix his house. A year and a half ago there was a huge fire and
his house burned down so now hes living in a small little house on top of a big
hill. WE went to go see him and he and his family and cousins we one the
roof trying to fix the roof. We helped him for a little bit. The only bad
thing was that hardly anyone came to church Sunday. 44 people came and the crazy
thing was that the entire family which numbered 14, of a member who died a year
ago came. So that was really cool.
Other than that its pretty normal here
Only the two blocks closest to the shore were badly damaged and only
about 5 people died. It wasn't that bad of a storm really. The
monsoons are a lot worse in Arizona, But it was a fun week none the
less. I got a little sick from being in the rain all day but its all good
in the hood. I like Valparaiso there are a lot of good members in this
ward. And it was cool to see how the Lord answered the fast. There hasn't
been rain like this in about 10 years. Im fine and our apartment
lived.
I love you guys and i hope you guys have a good week and remember
to OLA (orar, leer y asistir) or pray read and go to church. Be safe be
smart Jacob 6 12.
Elder Gardner
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