Well, I totally made snickerdoodles! una hermana in my ward totally
hooked me up with an American cookbook! But they came out all Chilean
like, (I don't have measuring utensils) haha
HAPPY FATHERS DAY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASON! and congrats on becoming a PRESBITERO!
So
this week this guy pulls us out of church early to go to the hospital
to give a blessing to this kid from a different city. This experience
was sacred and very scary! First, we walk in and there is just huge
statues of the virgin Mary. Crosses and all sorts of apostasy things,
too. So I didn't feel good. Little do I know, all of a sudden we go to
the fourth floor and it's the intensive care unit. Now imagine being in
a ghetto intensive care unit and it was so intense that they could only
let 2 people in at a time. So we walk in, my companion and I, and we
just look around. I'm pretty sure everyone there that day was just
about to die. We walk into this big open area to this kids bed. He was
strapped to so many machines and all this noise from all the other
people and their stuff. I can't even begin to tell ya what was wrong
with the kid but he couldn't talk or even open his eyes. So we awkwardly
just reach over all this equipment and we put our hands on his head and
give him a blessing. Now, I can't even explain what I felt, but I was
so overwhelmed that I just started crying! It was crazy! But this kid
had been in the hospital since birth and he was 19 years old! We felt
the Spirit so strong-this kid had the Spirit- he hadn't ever been
exposed to bad things before. His mom was telling us all these spiritual
experiences she's had with him. It totally marked my mission.
So the news! Change time! I'm totally staying.... with my comp!
He's got 4 changes here. It's pretty crazy.
So we said 'bye to the mission
president and his wife. That was really hard. They were like my parents
here in Chile. The new president is coming on the 30th. I'm pretty
stoked tho!
So it rained all week. I have a huge coat now and a nice
umbrella-so I'm good, but dang... our ward is a big one and normally we
have 150 people come. Last week we had 45 people come. No
investigators, it was lame. So the kid we were goin' to baptize got extended to the 30th, so
we'll see. We just had a Family Night last night-we invited a bunch of
people over to our converts house and we all just sat on the floor
because she just has like 3 chairs no más.
Alright, I need your help. I need to know if this is a false Chilean idea...
"your kids will get sick if you have wet clothes drying in the house?" haha
So
yeah, thanks for the prayers and the packages! They were
sweeeeeet!!!!!!! I have so much candy now! I didn't know they pre-made
muddy buddys??
--
Elder Goodell
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