Well still turned around in the sector- my compass inside of
me tells me that this way is north and then I think about it in relation with
the sun and it doesn´t make sense. Without the ocean near by it throws me more
off. It´s a big sector last transfer it had 4 missionaries and now we are down
to Elder Gonzalez and I so we´ve been trying to get in contact with all of the
investigators and less actives that the other missionaries worked with as well
as continue working with ours.
This last week our ward sent a missionary off to Buenos
Aries Argentina, making our ward Oasis having 5 missionaries in the field right
now, and with one more going to Peru in October. I enjoy watching new
missionaries come in/leave and think about how much greater of a work they have
infront of them, and what they shall accomplish.
Independence day in Chile consisted of a lot of meat, one of
the few days here in Chile I couldn´t eat more. People just kept giving and
giving, it was quite a challenge. The streets were filled with grills, smoke,
and flags. (What I didn´t know until the night before is if you don´t have a
flag out you can be ticketed, so luckly we found a flag)
Another tradition that appeared during the season, has been
a toy top, however you use a string to wrap it up and then throw it and it
spins like a top, and then people pick it up while it spins. Some people are
really impressive and I´ll send a video in the future when I have a computer
here with a card reader.
So as people ask me what are differences between the states
and Chile I really don´t know what to say because the food isn´t the
different...they speak a different language that´s different, but that doesn´t
seem to satisfy the persons want to know what is different- so as I´ve been
thinking one thing that is different, (haven´t seen in Calama but in Arica)
people drive around, like an icecream truck, and sell eggs, and others sell
fruit, and some people just walk the streets shouting that they will buy your
bad car batteries. Kind of different. But I haven´t seen an icecream
truck.
Well a member from Diego Portales just sent me some of their
photos from my birthday so I´ll throw them up as well.
Have a Wonderful day- because you can choose to
Elder James O. Gillespie
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