Thanks for your letters this
week! It’s been super hot here and only getting hotter, but I´ve always loved
the heat better than the cold, so I´m ok with it!
Dad, you´ll be proud of me, I
figured out a way to exercise really well in the morning. Outside our pension
is a staircase of 17 stairs. I run up and down, do an exercise, run up and
down, do an exercise for 10 minutes. Honestly I´ve gotten a little chubby
during this time so I hope this helps, but I think it will, plus I´ll be able
to run outside!
As far as the Christmas
Devotional goes, it is being shown here next Sunday. I guess they have to
translate it into Spanish. But we´re taking investigators so we get to enjoy it
too!
So funny story: Right after we emailed last week, we
finished up with a little grocery shopping. When we started it was a beautiful
sunny day, when we finished, seriously, it was as dark as night. Giant Dark
clouds filled the sky. We quickly walked to the bus stop and while we were
waiting the storm came. There was a ferocious wind, and giant drops of water.
The cover over the bus stop didn´t do any good because the rain was coming at
us sideways anyway. Finally a bus came and we enjoyed the refuge from the
storm. The storm only lasted about 15 minutes, but it did a ton of damage.
There were trees blocking major roads, and telephone and electric lines lay in
the streets. Nearly our entire zone lost electricity and water for about 3 days.
Our pension was one of the lucky few who didn´t lose anything.
The next couple of days were
really frustrating, because when the power goes out, the people go on strike
and cut the roads. They literally take tires and barricade the road by lining
them up and lighting them on fire. So the buses can´t travel anywhere. They
even cut off the major freeway that connects Banfield to the capital.
Luckily after about 4 days, the
majority of people received electricity and stopped blocking the streets, so
things are back to normal.
Elder Suarez and I had an
amazing week filled with miracles, but the coolest one is that we found a
family! We were just walking down the street from one place to another when a
woman and her daughter called us over. They literally started by saying ´When
can you come and teach us a lesson´ We didn´t know what to say to that, but we
were able to make a time for a return appointment. On our first visit we walked
in and they already had a picture of the Salt Lake Temple
Our other investigators are
doing very well also! As of right now, we have 9 people with a date for
baptism, and we keep on finding others to teach! The lord is really blessing us
with this opportunity to help many people.
Cool Thing, The Bishop here
actually speaks English very well, and he is really dedicated to the
missionaries. He offered to help me study Spanish the same way he learned
English, and so I´m really blessed to have him.
Also, while all of you are
freezing your tails off, just don´t think about the fact that I´m quite
comfortable here in the warm sun chowing down on Watermelon! It is a little
weird eating watermelon in December, but I can get used to it!
It’s been a great week, and I
can´t wait to tell what happens this week!
I love you all! hope you´re all
doing great!
Love
Elder Chipman
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