Alright I'm just gonna start this email off with how I'm feeling. I'M FETCHING FEELING GREAT!!! hahah this has been one of the most fun weeks I have had in a long time! I don't know what it is but I'm constantly in a good mood! I walk down the street singing songs and have a little hop in my step. Ive learned it does no good complaining about my problems and difficulties.. let alone think about the hard stuff. So I just take it as it is.. the hard stuff isn't hard when your happy. I honestly don't know why.. but this week I've had a permanent smile on my face. (thanks for all the prayers)!
So this week I hit my 1 month mark in Chile and wow how quick it went. This next week is transfer week and I'm hoping and praying none of us get transferred!
So I was talking with an Elder this last week that has been hospitalized for migraines among other stuff.. but as we were talking I asked him how he is feeling about his Spanish (he has been here for 4 months) and he said terrible. It scared me. We kept on talking about the language in our native language and came to the conclusion together that most missionaries have the misconception that once you put the 6 months or what ever the "predicted" amount of time to learn the language is.. That you fall asleep the 5 month 30 day not speaking Spanish and wake up the next day (6 months) and are completely fluent in the language. But that's not the case.. its a battle everyday to get a little bit better. Kinda like everything else in life, it takes effort and time.. (except prison, time is the only factor there).
Well Wednesday night at 4 A.M. someone was tried to break into our apartment. He was trying to pick the lock, one of our neighbors was leaving for work and caught him. they yelled and the man booked it.. we live on the 3 floor of these apartments and no joke the guy jumped off the bridge all the way to the ground. 30 feet and got away. So a little bit more time passed by and apparently he walked to the other side where the balconies are. and he was trying to climb up the windows to get to our apartment. CRAZY LOCO! this man is determined! The thing is, I have nothing of worth to a Chilean thief.. unless he wants to steal 100 phamplets about the Restoration and a few copies of the book of Mormon. In that case be my guest strange determined man.
right now for service we are building a house of a less active member. its actually pretty fun! its deff one of the most sketch buildings but its a blast. Oh and I don't think its really smart having missionaries building this house.( I should have taken that home building class with Elder Matt Driggs) We have no clue what we are doing!
Well the Last 2 meals combined I have eaten..... 40 Inches of completo! It is incredibly unhealthily but oh so heavenly! I will upload a picture of one of them... but I ate 3 others. One of the other elders did the same, pulsipher, and his body crashed! he had to stay home and rest because his stomach was going through inferno!
OH way cool thing! there was a new paper writer that came to church with us last Sunday and actually is a member of the church.. he took pictures of us and everything so us 4 elders in the branch were all in the news paper. pretty cool stuff if you ask me. Oh they had a little mess up.. the name of the church is "La Iglesia de Jesucristo De Los Santos De Los Ultimos Dias" but in the paper they put " La Iglesia MORMONICA de los...." We all laughed so hard! haha no where does it say that. sad thing is he is a member haha.
So I read this really cool story. Its about a mom who had a wonderful family. She had a loving husband and a young daughter. one day she found out that her husband had been sneaking behind her back for the past few years. she was heartbroken! she didn't know what to do! she was lost.. she carried guilt, anger, sadness and all types of emotion. after a while it was really getting to her. she needed a release. but one day with her daughter, after just finishing up shopping at the grocery store they were bringing the things from the car to the house. the daughter was carrying some bread and was doing just fine. Then the daughter decided to grab the gallon of Milk. she lifted it.. then quickly fell. She tried again and again.. but the little girl just didn't have the strength to lift the heavy milk. so the mother offered to help, and the daughter snapped! stubbornly she said she could do it on her own! the girls started to cry. She felt like a failure. all she wanted to do was help her mom carry a carton of milk. as the mom was watching the girl struggle, she started to cry too. She looked at her hopeless daughter as herself. overcome with difficulties, challenges, wanting to be able to do conquer them on her own.. but the mom knew that she herself couldn't overcome the problems she had alone.She knew she needed help. only help from the lord would suffice with the problems that she had. Then it become even more profound and meaningful when the daughter asked "mom will you carry me while I carry the milk". This is how the Lord helps us with our problems. Sometimes (most of the time) he doesn't take away our problems.. but if we are humble enough, trust in the Lord.. and SINCERELY ASK him. He will pick US up, he will pick OUR problems up and he will carry us through the hard time! I have a testimony of this. God loves his children.. he wants us to be happy. he will bless our lives and does oh so much more than we truly realize! I'm grateful to be able to bring this message to the people of Chile.
I love you all.. Elder Buck William Howard
ps. my full address is
Elder Buck Howard
Sucre 220 Oficina 504 Casilla de correo 70
Antofagasta, 2 Region
Chile
124000
my Email is
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