Should have taken the Metro!

                                                        

This week passed by really fast!! We had a bunch of meetings and we got lost...

So we have only been to our sector twice this week but were going back today.

First a good story: we had to leave the mission on Monday to go pick up a credit card for my companion. So went to take the metro (Subway). It is a little bit more than a dollar to go. But if we take the metro then you can take two buses for free. But you can’t take the metro again free. so...I being the son of my Father decided it would be way better to take a bus.

So we are up there in Pedro de Valdivia a few blocks from the Temple and we were asking for a bus that dropped us off in the Victoria. Everyone said ooo be carful it is really dangerous over there, but nothing happens so no worries. Anyway we found a bus and got on. After passing in traffic for a long time my comp asked the bus driver how far away we were from the Victoria. He said, “oh I usually go over there but today, no, sorry” and he left us in Vespucio Norte, the most north you can go in Santiago. It was definitely out of the mission. After that I just gave up and said yes lets take the metro. We got off in the South mission because it would be faster to get to our sector we just needed to take a bus. So we got off and asked the bus driver if we drove past the Victoria, He said yes so we hopped on. After a while we asked if we were close to the neighborhood, he said “oh,I thought you meant the Street Victoria which is in the center of Santiago. We ended up about 8 blocks from our apartment, which is about 20 minutes in bus away from our sector. And that is how we got lost, and went through the 4 missions of Santiago in one day.

Then we taught the new missionaries on Thursday. It was tough because none of them spoke very much Spanish so there was not a ton of interaction, then the relatively new on Friday (those who have months or less). That went better-- we did a class on how not to plan well. It was funny.

                                       

We taught a sweet lesson this week too. We have a part family that we are teaching and the mom and kids are not members. So we were talking to the mom and she said that she was reading the Book of Mormon and felt a weird sensation of happiness and peace. We testified right away that it was the spirit and we invited her to be baptized and she said...no. hahaha. We explained what the truthfulness of the BOM means and I shared Mark 5 36 with her “Don’t Fear only believe”. Sometimes we are scared for changes, we are scared to do Gods will but he always shows the way. She still didn’t accept. But she still doesn’t understand the Gospel, it takes a really smart guy to teach the Gospel so simple that a  child understands.  I’m still working on that. 

But I am sure she will get baptized soon. I’m glad Eliza is home safe, Enjoy the Homecoming

PS I thought Nathanael being a dad was a joke, guess not! Congrats!

Love you Mom and dad

Elder Christensen