Time flies by!

Well it's already another Monday! Time flies by pretty fast. So this week went pretty well. So Tuesday was a pretty good day. So we did another minicambio with the Elders from Quillón, and I stayed in the sector. I was with Elder Allred for the day (hes from Alaska so that's pretty cool). We were doing contacts and a lady let us in, and told us shes been sharing with the missionaries for over 30ish years! So we were pretty awestruck and had no idea what to teach her, haha, she knows it all. But then again she obviously doesn't understand something, more often than not if someone isnt progressing it's because they don't truly understand something. So the lesson went alright, but she wasn't there for the return appointment. Also that day we had a family home evening with Eliana, Roberto and Eduardo with their member neighbors. That also went really well, they really enjoyed it. I'm sure that they're gonna progress. And Eduardo is even going to seminary every day! And he's not even a member! So things are going pertty good for them.

  Wednesday didn't go so well. Every appointment we had fell, but one good thing that happened was that we got into an old investigators house and taught a pretty good lesson. Thursday was your average missionary day.
  So Friday was funny. Every once in a while the members just give us money and we make our own lunch. So on Friday the guy who gave us lunch has always given us money so we just assumed it would be that way, so we went ahead and bought stuff to make hamburgers. They turned out pretty good. But then right after we finished eating he called us and asked us when we were gonna come over! So we told him in like an hour (to give us some time to make room in our stomachs) then we had to go and eat a 2nd lunch. Boy was I full.
  A little sidenote about Chile. So when it gets cold (its getting colder at nights, we've gotta go out in jackets sweaters scarfs and all) they don't have like central heating in the houses. They just have big stoves they light and it lets out a lot of smoke. So the nights here are usually pretty smoky. So there you go, a little Chilean tidbit.
  Sunday was a pretty interesting day. I had to give a talk, which went pretty good I think. Also on Sunday we had a missionary work activity planned. SO the ward was gonna join up after the meetings and everyone was gonna go out and talk to their friends, do contacts, hand out pamphlets and such. But no one came! Not one member! That got me a bit frustrated. Really the mission work depends on the ward. And if the ward doesn't care, the mission work isn't gonna have much success. And on top of that our good investigators didn't go to church. Oh well the work continues.
  Well that's about all I got for you this week! Hope you all have a fantastic week. The church is true, this is His work. And I'm so happy to be here serving. Love you and talk to you next week!

Elder Ryan Mayberry