Exciting to hear about all the things that are happening at home. Im happy sam is enjoying college life and everything. I wish I could have been there for Jacobs talk. It sounds like it was really good. Is he leaving this week? wow, time really moves fast. Does he report on wednesday? Is he flying there? Be careful with the apples in he MTC, make sure theyre clean, did I tell you about the hole in the apple we found? and dont drink the orange juice. Youll understand... The chicken cordon bleu is really good. Eat one for me. Somewhere in the MTC is hidden an air freshener with Elder Miklich and the names of about four or five other Elders written on it. I will send you ten dollars (in chillean pesos...) if you find it. Hint: its in a Narnia hole, youll understand... More important than anything is just enjoy the time there, it moves fast, you wont get everything down before you leave, I was there for nine weeks, and I didnt ni cerca so dont stress out. Its really great because you can go to the temple once a week and you can hear from general authorities on sundays and tuesdays. I wish I had appreciated it more.
I recieved the packege with the birthday greeting and the gift from Grammie. That was really great. Thank you so much. I was really excited to see that.
Im excited to be in my new sector. Quilicura reminds me a lot of Oakland, mainly because it looks similar. Its mas o menos ghetto but it reminds me of the bay area so its a good thing. I hear there are some parts that are dangerous but we are a trio now so Im not too worried. Its also really diverse. There are a lot of peruvians and a lot of columbians here. Theyre usually nicer to us than the chilleans. Im still kind of getting to know the people here, I got here and we were already teaching a really large pool of people. Were looking forward to the thirtieth, quite a few people should be getting baptized on that day.
My companions are really awesome. So far in the mission they are my favorites. Im in a trio with Elder Glazner and Elder Lizama. Elder Glazner is from middle of nowhere, Wyoming. I asked what he did for fun and then I realized he was from Wyoming so I dropped the subject. Hes been in the mission for a little over a year. Hes really a great missionary. Elder Lizama is from Mexico. He reminds me a lot of a mix between Alex and Julio. He speaks some english but not enough to communicate openly. Hes been in the mission for the five months, the same as me. Were going to complete six months together. I enjoy just hanging out with both of them, we became friends really quick. They both work really hard too. I was surprised when I got here. They have pretty strong relationships with all of the investigators and they are always talking with people to find new people to teach. The week before I got here they taught almost double the number of lessons that were supposed to teach each week. Elder Lizama really knows the scriptures, hes always sharing three or four scriptures in every lesson. Elder Glazner seems to understand the needs that people have and how to teach to them. It doesnt always necessarily feel that we are teaching lessons but having a conversation with the investigators about life and the principles of the lessons just flow in the conversation. I feel like Im learning a lot from them even though Im not in training anymore necessarily.
My spanish is coming along. I feel like I progressed a lot during my last change because I made a commitment to read write talk and pray all in spanish. I didnt stay perfect 100 percent of the time but I tried so I made a lot of progess. Im thinking I should keep going with that commitment because It helped a lot.
I keep everyone in my prayers. I hope all the best for everyone. I hope everyone has a great week. I love you very much.
Jeremy
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