7/10/2017

Yep my new companion and I are working well together.  Don´t get me wrong I really miss Elder Castañeda, but Elder Burnthorn is also a cool companion.  He gets along really well with everyone and is very polite.  Also the people say that he speaks Spanish very very well, so that helps a lot.  He has been about 20 months on the mission, and we are still working hard here in Mejillones.  

I got bit by a dog this week...  it was a Yorky haha.  This really small dog just ran out of the house that we were knocking and immediately bit my leg.  Luckily it was really small and didn´t really do much, but it still kind of hurt.  I was actually pretty scared, because even though I was almost 100% sure it was a clean dog, Elder Burnthorn said that most the missionaries that get bit have to go to the hospital and get shots!  So I finally called the Hermana Ferriera (President´s wife), and she told me everything was going to be ok and that I just had to wash it off with water and alcohol.  It actually already healed in like 3 days and I have been completely normal, but hey I can tell everyone I got bit by a dog on my mission haha.  

We found a really cool kid this week. His name is Matius.  He is a really awesome kid and his mom is actually an inactive member.  He accepted baptism and actually asked us when is the quickest time that he can get baptized.  We told him he has to do some things first, but then he can get baptized very quickly.  

Answers: 

1. How have you been feeling lately?

 I feel a lot better. I just still have a cough and my nose is runny a little.  

2. How is you new companion? What does he like to do? What is his first name?

 Elder Burnthorn is very cool. He is from Texas and loves to draw (he is actually teaching me how to draw as well).  His first name is Jacob haha just like Elder Castañeda.  

3. Do the missionaries ever do silly pranks on each other?  

 Haha we did a lot more Pranks last transfer than we do now.  For example, we would throw cold water at people after they finished showering.  Lots of others but I probably shouldn´t say.

4. Do they have any unusual games they like to play that we don’t have here?  Do they have any kendamas there?

They don´t really have any that we don´t have, but there are lots and lots of spinners.  Also I haven´t seen anyone with a kendama, but hey I have one haha!  Elder Carter (my trainer), gave me one. He also finished his mission last Monday .  That´s ok though, maybe you´ll see him in Utah.

5. Do the members there help you with referrals sometimes?

 Yeah actually Shessy, the one we baptized, has helped us out a lot with that.  The others too sometimes.

6. Are there any older couple missionaries there?

There might be, but I don´t know who they are.

7. Do you guys ever clean out the apartment there?  

A: Pretty much every Monday we have to clean the apartment haha, because it gets dirty really fast.  

Picture:

This is me with Elder Burnthorn