Well, just a few small notices that are super crazy to start off with.
My release date has been changed, instead of leaving October 22 I will be leaving October 18 and arriving on the 19th. Presidente has some sort of meeting the 22nd and so they had to change our release date. Crazy, I feel as though I am being jipped 5 days of the best experience of my life, but I do as I´m told.
Second super crazy change, my first trainee, Hermana Wilcock is going home this week. She has been having serious problems with her back and has been going to therapy 3 times a week, but I guess President decided that it would be better for her to go home. It is really sad because she is an awesome missionary--much better than I am sometimes, but I guess it just goes to show that sometimes God has a different plan for us than what we have for ourselves. We´re going to get together and have lunch today before she leaves, it will be good to see her and just know that she is okay.
So I have got a funny story for you guys. So as you all know I have really sensitive skin, and so somehow I developed an infection in my armpit--it is super gross and it hurts too. So anyways it developed over a month ago, but the medicine that the chilean doctor gave me didn´t work, so this last week the mission sent me to the gringo doctor for the mission and guess what...He took a picture of my armpit and said that he was going to send it to the general offices of the church! So dad if you see a picture of a really gross armpit in your email its probably mine.
So more on the spiritual side of things. This week we have been working a lot with Guillermo, he has been progressing really fast and we are really excited for him, he should be ready to be baptized this Sunday, but there may be a little hang up with the Law of Chastity. Guillermo is married and has three kids but his family fell apart a few years ago, so now he lives alone, but has a girlfriend who visits on the weekends.
So, the other day we were teaching the 10 commandments to Guillermo and we made it to the Sabbath Day. So we were talking about things that we should and shouldn´t do on the sabbath day. When we told him that it is against the commandments to go shopping on Sunday he pretty much died because right after church last week he went to buy everything for the week and he felt pretty bad about it. Then he asked a pretty funny question, but he was actually serious when he said it, dijó: (he said) "Also on the sabbath day the chastity is also important, right? You can´t sleep with a woman on Sunday, right?" It was probably the funniest interpretation of the 10 commandments that I have heard. When we explained what the Law of Chastity really meant he was a little troubled and told us, "Chiquillas (little girls), I am adultery-ing". We commited him to live the law of chastity, he told us that it was super difficult, but if it is a commandment from God that´s how it would be. It is also really funny because he now asks every male member that we have brought with us to the lessons since then "Do you live this Chastity thing? How do you do it?" It is really funny, but really cool because he is really humble and willing to repent. If he commits solidly to live the law of chastity this week he will be baptized September 2nd.
Well, I am out of time. Love you all!
Hermana Evans
Su fecha de salir original es el 22 de Octubre, 2012. Parece que esta fecha cambiará porque hay un reunión de presidentes de misión que Presidente Essig tiene que asistir aquí en Santiago. Por eso, su fecha nueva de salir será el 18 de Octubre. Favor de avisar sus padres para que puedan planificar bien. Me avisa con cualquier pregunta. Gracias!
Your original release date is October 22, 2012. It seems like this date is going to change because of a mission president’s seminar that President Essig has to attend here in Santiago. This will pull back your release date to October 18. Please let your parents know so that you can all plan accordingly. With any questions let me know. Thanks!
Elder Beeson
Secretario Ejecutivo
Misión Chile Santiago Norte
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