Walker's Week #65

So as you can see today is Wednesday which means my p-day got changed again because we went to the Temple, woot take that Courtney!!! Yep so that was awesome. Monday we had interviews and my President pretty much told me that I didn´t know how to plan. So that was pretty intense. Actually that's a pretty good story I´ll tell you it. So pretty much I hate planning. So we have planners that we use as missionaries and mine is pretty much empty. So during these interviews President asked me if he could see my planner. So I gave it to him and he looked at every single one of the pages. Then afterward she asked me what I wanted to do after the mission. So I told him I wanted to study Mechanical Engineering. Then he asked me where I wanted to work so I told him I had no idea. He asked me if I wanted to have a lot of money, I told him it wouldn´t be bad. Then he said, "Elder Evans professionals make money because professionals know how to plan and you do not know how to plan." Then he asked me, "Elder Evans will you start actually planning." So I thought about it for a minute and finally said I guess I could. Then he told me, "are you sure because I don't believe you." So I told him yes again. So pretty much I have to start actually planning at least until we change Mission Presidents, so for about a month. It really sucks.

But I have a family that might get baptized this week, they are not sure still.... but we are trying. They are so ready they just don't have the motivation. So yeah hopefully that will happen if not this week then the next. But I have to go, so yep, bye

Courtney's Week #58

 

¡HOLA!

 

Well, it was fantastic to be able to talk to you guys yesterday, although it was so frustrating that I can´t even talk English anymore. So it made me so happy that as soon as I signed on to the computer you guys were there and ready everybody all gathered together and everything, it just about broke my heart to tell you guys that we had to wait for my companion to go first. You guys are so awesome, I´m going to print off the picture I took of you guys and put it in my scriptures so that I can have an updated one of you guys.

 

So this week was my first week in San Francisco, when we got to the apartment it was absolutely covered in dust because no one had been living there for 5 months. But guess what, I finally figured out why in the pictures of the olden times and everything why they put sheets over all the furniture and stuff when they leave to go to a different house--everything totally gets stained by the dust. Our whole apartment is literally stained from all the dust that built up on it. During the time that no one lived there they had the windows open, and they are doing construction just in front of the house and so there was a lot of dirt and stuff that got let in.

 

It has been really nice to be in a ward that functions a little bit better. Our new ward has an average church attendance of about 120, which a whole lot bigger than the 50 that we had in Primer Crucero. Then again I guess it also helps that there are 7 missionaries in the ward, that will pop the church attendance up by seven, thats like the whole Evans Family!

 

So funny story, there is a new rule about how the Elders and the Hermanas can´t eat lunch together anymore because of some problems that came up recently in the mission. And so usually for lunch the 5 elders eat at the same house and then we will eat in a different house. But it is really funny because yesterday we were at the bishops house to call you guys and they were trying to figure out what they could have for dinner, the elders were there for lunch and ate pretty much everything in the house and so they didn´t have anything left for dinner. I think it is probably a lot easier to feed 2 sister missionaries than 5 Elders, hopefully we can use that to our advantage and get some super tasty meals.

 

So we have an investigator who we are teaching called Gustavo. He is a little boy of 10 years. His mom is an inactive member, but has got it stuck in her head that if her son doesn´t get baptized he is going to go to hell, which I guess is true more or less, but she gets really panicky about it and she has got her poor Gustavo scared into getting baptized. The worst part of the whole situation is that they are so focused on that part that is really hard to teach anything hopeful. We really want to make sure that he gets baptized to stay in the church not just to save his soul type thing, but it is really hard to keep his mom peaceful. But I will let you guys know how that goes.

 

Well, I love you all!

Hermana Evans

Walker's Week #64

Hey whats up, 

So it was pretty nice to talk to you guys. I really don´t have that much to say because really I talked to you guys yesterday but just so you all know I would like a recent picture of the family as in not when I was home.

 

So yeah hers a picture of me in front of the national stadion

Courtney's Week #57

So, today is cambios and well, I left Los Andes. My trainee and I left together and we are now in the outskirts of Santiago really close to where I was the last time I was in Santiago. In our sector in Los
Andes there are now Elderes instead of Hermanas. So just a little bit about our new sector, it is brand spanking new, before there were two sets of missionaries in this ward, but now there are 3 and we are the
third. The house that we are in has been empty for about 5 months so it is a little bit dirty to say the least. But we found out that the Bishop lives in the apartment building right next door, so hopefully we can figure out what is going on. Right now I am not even sure if we can find our way back to the apartment. We found some Elderes here in the internet ciber and they told us they we are super far away from our sector, but oh well, its and an adventure.

Oh, also, we totally had a baptism Saturday! Sergio Covarrubias, he is actually the 1 counselors son, but the family have had several things that have happened this last year and they kind went a little bit inactive, so we tracked them down, found out that Sergio is now 9 years old and not baptized, so we taught him all the lessons, re-activated the family and baptized little Sergito. It was so awesome. Sergio is a lot like Sawyer. The whole time we were teaching him I thought a lot about sawyer. He is really smart and I love the way he came up with really random questions that were really deep concerns that he had about gospel. It was super cool.

So we also had an excellent ward activity last night. It was all planned by us and it went really well. There weren´t very many members that came, but it was still super awesome. It was so hard to say goodbye to the members there.

Well, I think I am going to try to send some pictures, but I love you all!
Hermana Evans

Just in case you can´t tell, we are spelling "Los Andes"

Picture of when we climbed the Cerro de la Virgen a few weeks ago. Los Andes is so Awesome!

 

Walker's Week #63

Hello everybody, whats up. So last Monday was the Leaders Meeting so I got changed I am now in a place called Santa Ana. Its right next door to Escasu or where all the Gringos are. It is the most like the states that it gets here. So us being buy there means that every thing is really really expensive. But the areas in my district are very very spread out. They are Ciudad Colon and Puriscal. So if you want to google. I´m not really sure if my ward is really awesome or just so much better than my other wards. So because my area is super rich almost half the people in my ward have cars which is awesome because its very spread out.

So the other day it rained hard, like really hard so our house leaks so we had to pick every thing up that can´t get wet and put it on something because our house was pretty much a lake, but also it rained so hard yesterday that it took out the bridge by our house so we coudn´t leave and then took out the water too so we haven´t had water since yesterday about noon day, yep I didn´t shower today.

But right now I´m someones second companion again. So either we weren´t left with anyone or my companion can´t remember who they are. So I´m pretty much starting over again. But next Sunday on Mother's Day I get to talk to you, but the thing is is I don´t have money. So you guys have to call so pretty much the same as the last time. So if you could call at like 5 on Sunday that would be awesome and if not 5 at like10.30 at night but the better is at 5 after church. So that's about it so goodbye.

Courtney's Week #56

Hey, I really loved the talks that you sent me. You guys are so awesome.

So this week was pretty awesome. We had a lot of lessons with members present and it was really cool to see the change in the atmosphere of our lessons. We are going to have an activity this sunday for the ward
about Missionary Work, we are planning and doing the whole thing! We also have a baptism this Saturday, which is going to be a little bit difficult because usually baptisms here in Chile are on Sunday right after church so that all of the people are obligated to stay. But this baptism is Saturday. Tell you what, after this I will totally be ready for a calling on the activity commitee, these things are hard work!

So a few super funny things that happened this week. Yesterday we had almuerzo with one of the older ladies in the ward, I think she is losing it a little, but she totally gave me a hamburger without any meat. But I didn´t realize it until halfway through the sandwich. Then she forgot to put the topping on our dessert. It was just kind of funny.

Other funny thing, so over a month ago we got a box of Libros de Mormón from the office and we have been using them to give to investigators and stuff since we got them. Well the other day a member asked if we had a book of mormon that she could give to one of her friends and I immediately gave her the one in my hands. She asked what chapters would be good for her to give him to read so we started looking through the book. Guess what! 15 chapters of Alma were where 3 Nefi and 4 Nefi should have been! We went home and looked and our stash of Books of Mormon and the whole box that we recieved was like that. They were all out of order and missing parts too. But we´ve been giving them away for about a month! Well, I guess maybe one of our investigators needed to read those chapters of Alma twice.

So I totally lost my voice a few days ago, its been a little rough because my companion still has trouble understanding the people. But my companion has been pretty awesome about it, and she has been really
stepping up and filling in the gaps.

We had a really awesome week, even though there was a ton of rain. We found some super awesome investigators that we are definitely going to see some progress with.

Well, love you all! Talk to you later!
Hermana Evans

Walker's Week # 62

Hello, so guess what I finally found a family, they are so awesome. It is the first time I actually thought that some one would get baptized in like 6 months. And want to know the best part, I have changes, I´m going to go to my new area today I still don´t know where it is but President told me to email anyway. So thats about how my mission goes, I get sent to the areas that have nothing, and then as soon as I get them going again I get changed. You´d think that at least once in a while they´d let me baptize at least one family. But thats how it is. So yep, so question, was that you that got arrested or is it just a story. Couse I mean that would make your talk so much cooler if it was you. And really I could see you doing that. So I have no idea what to say, I´m not to happy I have changes. I mean I finally had families, I liked my companion, I mean what could be better. But oh well at least I get to see a little bit more of Costa Rica.

So mom I really liked your talk. Guess what, I had to give a talk in church like 2 weeks ago and I am pretty sure yours was better. Heck i´m pretty sure that Bridger and Sawyers are better. I got to go.