I was the leader of my sector this week because we had to do intercambios (exchanges) and I stayed in my sector Copyapu while Elder Carter went to Chañarsilla with Elder Dionicio. So Elder Reedy and I were in our sector and I had to take the lead. I was a little nervous at first, but after a little while I realized it wasn´t too hard. Also it was a really successful day, because we had Steven (the 13 year old member), and his friend Ranae. Also they had a friend that was our investigator that we invited to come with us and he said he would. His name is Diego and he is a super cool kid that came with us. So we had a lot of lessons with him, and we also had a lesson with a new family so that was cool. So the day wasn´t too bad, and I had to do it again yesterday, because Elder Carter had to do an intrevista (interview) with an investigator. It was alright too, so I got some good experience leading the sector.
We have a new investigator named Juan Carlos, and he is extremely chill. My favorite things about him, is that he is trying to learn English, is really receptive, and he has like 5 different types of rubix cubes!!!! It´s so cool, I learned how to solve a 2x2 and he lent me a 4x4 so I started learning how to solve it without help, but it´s really hard I can only do about half of it. I might have to ask for help haha. Anyways he accepted a baptismal date, and he went to church with us last Sunday. He also has a son that was almost baptized from other missionaries and he accepted a date to be baptized too. I think they are just really awesome dudes.
We got ROBBED this morning!! It was super crazy, I just woke up and everyone was like saying stuff, but I didn´t really understand. Then jefe (our land lord dude) knocked at our door and told us that all of our stuff was just found. So I woke up super confused just like what is happening right now, then I went outside and my scriptures and my bag and my stuff had all been dumped out on the ground. The person took our stuff and started searching through everything!! We went back inside to see what else was stolen, because they guy just left that stuff on the ground. We looked in our apartment and luckily it seems like the guy got scared of something last night or he felt guilty with all the pictures of Jesus on the walls, but he didn´t take very much stuff. He stole Elder Court´s wallet, but left all the important cards like his mission card and other stuff, and his camera! He also took Elder Carters camera, but he didn´t take anything from Elder Saarelainin or me (except my cup I don´t know why though). It was super crazy. I felt really bad for Elder Court and pretty bad for Elder Carter, because they lost all their photos that they hadn´t saved or sent. Also Elder Court lost all his money. Anyways luckily he didn´t take anything else though! We are going to lock our back door from now on, and hopefully it won´t happen again. We didn´t lock it before because it was on a balcony and you would have to have a ladder or be reallllly good at climbing to get into it. I am still not sure how the robber got in, but we are going to be more careful from now on.
Anyways everything here is going good, my Spanish is improving and I´m learning a lot about the gospel. I hope everyone is doing well, and I love you all so much!
Love,
Elder Hirschi
Answers:
Do any of the missionaries in your apartment like to cook? Is your apartment warm enough at nights? Do you have plenty of everything you need?
1. Elder Saarelainin can cook and he likes to do it, but we don´t have lots of time so we usually don´t cook stuff. It´s warm at night in fact it´s kind of hot, it´s just the mornings that can get super cold for some reason. Yeah I have all I need for now I was just wondering about my debit card.
Did you get your packages okay? Have you seen your debit card yet? They said it arrived at the mission home on Jan 5th but I am not sure if you just missed it if they got the stuff from the mission home before that day or not. Let me know when you get it.
2. I did get my packages, the chocolate melted for the truffles and the reeses, but I still ate them because they were super good. So thanks for all the stuff (Elder Saarelainin and I really liked the Takis)! I have not got my debit card, but by this question it sounds like you sent it already. Oh it sounds like I just missed it then.
Have you been sightseeing lately on any of your P-days?
3. We mostly do sports all of P-day, but we haven´t really gone sight seeing. Elder Carter suggested going to a free petting zoo today, but we haven´t gone yet so I don´t know what is going to happen.
Did you set some new goals and how are you doing with them if you did?
4. I did put the goal to write in my journal every night, but with all the cambios (exhanges) we had I sorta messed that up, but I´m going to try to start again now that the cambios have stopped.
Do you ever get the chance to play the piano there?
5. I have had the chance to play piano and guitar. A lot less of guitar which sucks because I feel like I am becoming worse and worse. Although I did get to play piano at the Church, and I even learned how to play a different part of Clocks from Elder Saarelainin. So that was pretty cool.
What are the sisters like in your area? Are there many of them?
6. There are 2 sisters in our district and they are pretty cool, but I don´t see them very much.
Do you know when transfers will be? Do you think the missionaries will stay the same in your apartment?
7. This Friday they send us the list of transfers, but I don´t really know what is going to
happen. I think I will at least stay with Elder Carter for 12 weeks, because he is training me, but I don´t really know what the process is, also I think the other guys will stay too.
P.S.
I LOVE YOU GUYS TOO! Sorry! no pictures forgot the cord again!
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