10/30/2017

Hello Family

This week was really good! We`ve been working hard, and even though our baptism fell through this Saturday, I still could feel the many blessings of the Lord this week.  It`s been really different, but also really cool to be in a Trio.  Transfers are next Monday so it looks like we probably won`t be a Trio much longer though :( o well it was cool while it lasted!)

There was a family of converts of Elder Taylor, and they all lived in a great and spacious building haha no, but a big apartment building.  The owner of the apartment building was renting it out to them, but recently got back to Chile and told all of the people in the apartment that they had to leave by the 30th!  So we have been working hard moving investigators and recent converts to new houses.  It is nice to do some service. I haven`t done any in awhile.  

We have been working really hard lately and I realized that I am actually getting super tired again.  I remember at the first of my mission every night I got home I just wanted to sleep, but after awhile I just got used to it.  Recently however, I have been super tired like I was in Copiapo.  So I decided to go to bed early and drink more water while I am working.  

It`s starting to get hot again. The sun has been stronger than ever.  I remember when I first got here in Summer I had a sun burn like everyday.  It`s not quite that bad, but slowly and surely I will be as red as Rudolf`s nose.  Luckily I still have some sun screen that I never got to use last summer so I will start putting that on everyday.  Anyways I assume that on the other end it feels really cold in the United States, so I hope you all can stay warm this winter.

We hiked up Cerro Dragon today.  It is the biggest natural sand dune in the world!!  It was super cool! The sand was realllllly cold because we got up at 7:00 to make it there before it got really hot.  I will have to send some of the cool pictures that we took. I tired to jump and take a picture but it didn`t really turn out haha.  Anyways that was really fun!  I love you all and I hope you are doing well take care!

Love,

Elder Hirschi

Scripture: Alma 29:15 (Behold, they have labored exceedingly, and have brought forth much fruit; and how great shall be their reward)

Answers:

1. Did you get to see Elder Butcher yet?

 Elder Butcher is doing really well. It is super cool to see him again.  His Spanish is amazing compared to what I heard when I last saw him.  He says mine is as well haha.  Anyways he is actually sitting behind me right now as I am writing this.

2. How is your ward there? Are there lots of kids in your ward?

 It`s ok, we do have lots of cool members, but the bishop is a little bit hard.  Don`t get me wrong he is a great guy and really wants to help the ward, but it`s just because he doesn`t like us baptizing people unless it`s done a certain way.  Still a great guy though!  Also Sister Yanet is really cool and helps us with the work a lot.

3. Do kids go trick or treating there for Halloween?

 Well I know they celebrate Halloween, and I assume they have candy, but last year I was in the CCM and this year I haven`t seen it yet so I`m  not sure.

4. What do a lot of the people do for work there in Iquique?

 Lots of them Drive Taxis and others are mechanics, but other than that just the basic jobs.

5. Have you met with your mission President lately?   

 Yeah we had interviews pretty recently and he says he is proud of my hard work!

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