So this week was pretty good. I am in a new sector. I have a new companion and a new district.
My area is good. It's really big. It takes into it the center of Copiapo, which is like a huge mall. So we don't work in half of our sector because it is just stores and people that don't live in our area. The sector here is different than in Paipote, and I am excited to learn how I can find, teach, and baptize people!
My companion is cool. His name is Elder Colson and he's from Grantsville. He is really tall and likes to play basketball. And, he loves the Utah Jazz and Donovan Mitchell. He tells me that Mitchell was super good last year. Elder Colson has two months in the mission so he is still learning how to communicate with the people and how to teach in the lessons. I have been really cool to be able to help him with those things. He is growing a lot. And I am also learning a lot as his trainer.
I like training. One thing that it does is it kinda forces me to be proactive. Sometimes I like to wait for someone to tell me to do something first. But in this week, with my new companion, I have to do more. Training a non-native it is helping me grow. My last companion was really awesome and I learned a lot from him. But, because he was a native, I really didn't have to be so proactive about the language, about talking to people. But now with Elder Colson I feel the challenge to do better and be proactive.
And my district is really good, too. I am the district leader of the sisters again. They are way awesome and work really hard. Our goal for baptisms this month is 10! Vamos!!
This coming week we are planning on baptizing Carlos. So please pray that everything works out for him to get baptized. He wants to make the commitment, its more of family issues that would stop him.
And Spanish is funny right now. Because now that I have a new companion that cannot speak the language, I have to do almost all the talking--So many people tell me that my Spanish is perfect and then, so many people tell me or laugh at me because they can't understand me that well at all. It's kinda funny! haha
This past week, I was able to go back to my old area in Paipote to perform a baptism. It was really awesome. It was awesome to see how the people we taught had changed. In the beginning, the mom didn't want anything with us. But now that her children are baptized, she is going to church and it is slowly softening her heart. Its awesome to see how God works and how He changes the people that we teach. He really does prepare.
I just want you all to know that everything is good here in Chile. It is really hot. We are entering the summer season here, and its super hot during the day. My skin is darker so everyone thinks that I am a Latino. Seriously, so many people think that I am from Argentina, it's kinda funny. And all the Chileanos are preparing for the 18 of September. Its their Independence Day and people say that it's HUGE. So people are already really excited for it.
This week we are going to focus a lot in finding people. We are going to do our best to find chosen people. So please pray that we can find the people that God is preparing now and pray that they can recognize us as representatives of Jesus Christ.
Les amo! Elder Jones
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