Sounds like Sean is very busy, and didn't have the time to write much this week, he only answer a few of the many questions sent by family members. We will be sending him the equipment this week he needs to start sharing pictures. He seems to be adjusting well, and is have many interesting experiences.
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Hey everyone,
It sounds like everyone is having a good time and the
pictures are awesome to get. Sundance looks like a lot of fun and I’m hoping dad’s
birthday was fun. I’m glad that Mom, Jessica and Brooke were able to go to the
Relief Society General Meeting and I hope the talks were really good.
This last week has been really hard and really fun so it’s
mixed emotions at times. The Spanish is coming but slowly, but I’m able to
understand more than I can talk right now. Soon we will be moving into a
different house, and it’s much nicer than the one we are in right now so that’s
a plus. I haven’t pulled out the sleeping bad yet but I will for sure use that
in the winter, because right now it is summer.
The dogs here seem to get really scared when I go to grab a
rock, so that was a nice tip from you guys. The new area is really hard but a
lot of people here are really nice and are very inviting when it’s cold
outside. Right now we have two investigators, Sara Flores and Maria Elena that
are doing really well, and they came to church with us on Sunday. Contacting hasn't
been going well, and that is hard.
The communication with my companion is going okay, but very
hard at times because we can’t understand each other. My zone it awesome! Today,
on our p-day, we played some soccer and I scored two goals but they are amazing
down here in Chile at soccer. I have gone shopping for food, but that’s for in
the morning and around 11 at night. Here in Chile we wake up at 7:30 and lights
out at 11:30. That’s the times here because the people of Chile don’t get up
early. It seems like it’s hard for them to get up for 9:00 church (haha). The
people here clean their cars all the time, and never clean their houses, so the
houses are gross looking and the cars are clean but not nice cars. The one nice
car I have seen here was a Porsche, which was like seeing a space ship in America
on the street (haha). We found the house with the Porsche, and we are going to
contact it this week (hahaha).
Flying kites here is awesome; they get them out about two
miles away and do some pretty cool tricks. I tried to record it, but you can’t
really see the kites. Me and my companion went up to some kids and told them we
were police and they were playing on private property and told them they had to
leave. They started saying they were sorry, don’t take our kites away, we won’t
play here again (haha). Their faces were
priceless, but then we told them that we were missionaries, they let us fly
their kites. The kites are so cool here; I’m going to have to buy one at some
time.
My companion and i love to beatbox, so we do that all the
time while we walk down the street and that’s pretty fun. I have been marking
my scriptures like crazy and the marking pencils have been very handy so thank
you for those. I would love to send you pictures so, a USB cable or the SD receiver
would work just fine.
Oh I almost forgot, so apparently I look like some big actor
down here and everyone tells me that. We have been having problems with teenage
girls here because I look like the actor (haha). At times I’m still told the
person doesn't like me because I’m American and they think I’m super rich with
helicopters, planes and multiple houses with pools. I have to tell them every
time I’m just a normal person in America. Me and my companion use “Ether 12:4”
a lot, and I love it because I can talk about it the easiest. When I teach
people are always like can you do that in English now, and I’m like sure I
guess so (haha). People that don’t hate Americans always use the English words
they do know and tell me them. So I get told “what’s up man” a lot here and it’s
so funny to hear. Our name is supper hard to say down here, and no one can say
it right.
I’m running super low on time today so I will tell you more
next week, but I love Chile so far and the people and food are great. So thanks
for your guys love and support.
I love you guys, you’re a great family!!!
Love,
Elder McAlister
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One of the thoughts shared with Sean this week came from President Ezra Taft Benson:
“I have often said that one of the greatest secrets of missionary work is work! If a missionary works, he will get the Spirit; if he gets the Spirit, he will teach by the Spirit; and if he teaches by the Spirit, he will touch the hearts of the people and he will be happy. Work, work, work—there is no satisfactory substitute, especially in missionary work.”
I think this message applies to many parts of our lives...we need to work hard to accomplish our goals. Until next week.
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