Serving in the Chile Concepción South Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Monday, November 8, 2010

November 8, 2010

everything is going good, i got a new companion for my first cambio. he is from the united states utah, but he has been out for  a year so he can understand everything and is really helpful. its been good because he corrects me when i say a word wrong and stuff which i actually like, because i can already see a difference in my spanish. my other companion would never say anything, even when i asked him to so ya its been really good. his name is elder elder which is crazy. i am already tired of him having to explain why his name is elder elder and weve only been together for like 2 days, i wonder how he feels. but he is a really cool guy and i think were going to have a lot of success together. so the first day he came we went to visit this guy who we had a lesson with like a week earlier. so we started talking and this guy was crazy, we could not get him on track. we would ask him a question and he would just start talking about something completly oppostite. it was so crazy. then he just started off on this crazy story, that i had no idea what he was saying. in the middle of the story my companion stood up and was like ok were going to leave what you said was really offensive. then the guy started yelling at him, and was pointing to me saying that i didnt mind his story and that i was his friend, i just stood there with a dumb look on my face because i still had no idea what was going on. so anyway my companion walked out the door, and i followed but the guy tried to shut the door in front of me to keep me in, but i grabbed the door and pulled it open. so anyway when we got out of the house i asked him what the heck just happened, and he told me i guess the guy was using like every swear word there was. it was such a crazy experience. so ya that was funny. church here is funny, there is time, mormon time, chilean time, and then there is mormon chilean time. people are always late here its crazy. my first sunday i was freaking out because no one was here, and then after sacrament everyone comes in, in  a huge wave. this week was good, my companion is really good and i am happy to have him. lebu is great. the food is really good but i not sure if it is or i am just really hungry. so ya everything is great, i love it here in chile. my spanish is getting a lot better which has been really good. so ya love you thanks for the letters and all.

with love
Elder Brimhall