3/13/2017

¡Hola mi familia amorosa!  ¿Como están?  Everything here is going well here. My new companion is a stud!   We get along great and we work hard to help bring others to the gospel. On March 10th My Companion had a BIRTHDAY!!! TA TA.  We had a little fiesta with cake and stuff, and it was pretty cool.  He is 21 now (really old huh) haha jk I only wrote that because he is looking.  Anyways he said he really liked his birthday and he got a cool shirt with some ties from Gillermo (the ward mission leader) and I.  

Chile just started school up again, so lots of people have returned from vacations which is different.  Also there are lots of little kids around in uniforms all the time now.  

We found a really cool investigator his name is Jorge and I will tell you guys more about him later.  He has a really unique story, but I have to go soon so will share it later!  

We hiked up the biggest mountain we could find today and it was cool.  I felt bad because I was ahead of my comp for a bit, and when I found him he fell and hurt his hand.  But other than that it was really cool!! (We were supposed to wear strange clothes so that is why we are wearing different clothes in the pictures).

Anyways I love you all and thanks for everything!!  TAKE CARE!

Love,

       Elder Hirschi

P.S.  I got the birthday package, but I didn´t know if you wanted me to wait so I haven´t opened it yet.  

Answers: 

 Have you used your family tree with pictures that we sent with you yet?  Do they talk about family history much in your ward?

1. No I have not, but we do have a family history pamphlet that we teach people with (although I haven´t used it yet.)  The ward doesn´t talk about family history that much, but they go to the temple a lot and they bring names sometimes to do baptisms.  

Have you been homesick much at all?

2. Yeah when I hear songs from the United States or things will remind me of home.  I´m used to it now though, so not as much.  

Does your new companion like to cook?  Does he play the piano?  Does he like sports?  What is his first name?

3. RICE!!! He cooks lots of rice!  He also plays guitar and piano, and he has a very good scholarship for volleyball.  His name is Cid!  

 Have you or your companion talked in church lately?

4.  Elder Carter had to give a talk before he left, and Elder Retuta did a little testimony welcome to the ward talk

 Where do you get your hair cut?

5. Elder Saarelainen cut my hair the first time and the second time was from a lady.  They have lots of places that cut hair here.  

What is a normal day like for you there?

6. HOT it´s really hot here!  We usually are walking the whole day teaching the people.  Then we eat and study and then repeat.  

Do the people there like to go camping?  What do they do during summer break?

7. I don´t know, if they like to camp, but my friend Steven says they do it a lot.  And he says hi to you guys.  They like to go to the beach here a lot in the summer, and I heard that the beaches here are some of the best in the world.  I haven´t been yet though!