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W85: The Return to Entre Lagos

We had transfers last week. Our zone got changed a little bit so we spent most of Tuesday just in the bus terminal waiting for missionaries to arrive and to leave. I am staying another transfer in Osorno with E. Cresap, which we both expected. The other elders in our ward got changed so now we share our ward with Sister missionaries. One is from Ecuador and the other is from Las Vegas. I got to do an exchange last week and I went back to my old sector of Entre Lagos which is a little town outside of Osorno. We saw a ton of miracles. I had worked there for 3 months last year. As we were finishing up the day we went to a inactive member family. Their life had gone way down hill and they where having lots of issues. They remembered me and told me about what was happening. I told them to go back to church and God will start helping them feel more peace and life will just be better. They ended up going to church so that was pretty great. Also went to the house of another lady who I found ...
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W83: Persevere

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Well this last week was one to remember. On Tuesday we had interviews with President Mackay. We had to stay in the church all day because we were the ones who had the keys to the chapel which is a bummer because we didn't really get that much missionary work done. But then on Wednesday we had everything fall through so we pretty much just walked around trying to talk with as many people as possible. We ended up finding these 17 year olds from Haiti. They didnt speak any spanish so we actually talked to them a lot in English and tried to talk to them in French. They are actually super awesome and 2 of them came to church with us on Sunday. One of them even wore his white shirt. We met with them on Thursday and called Elder Cresaps older brother who helped us out with the lesson. He served his mission in France so he taught them in French and they actually learned a ton. We are going to try and help them learn more but there is a pretty big language barrier. We participated in th...
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W82: New Apartment

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Hello everybody. My bad for missing a week. I've been doing a lot of the same stuff every single day so not much to write about! But hey here we are, another week in the gran mision Chile Pto. Montt. Kinda crazy I hit 19 months on the mission. Time keeps getting faster. We had to move houses last week so that was pretty stressful. The home was pretty bare so we had to make all the IKEA furniture and stuff. While moving homes, a lot of the people we were teaching just decided they didn't want to be taught anymore but things that happen so we are starting over.  When I went on intercambios in Puerto Montt we stopped a guy who didn't really want to talk to us but I made him talk to us because there really is nothing more important than hearing about the gospel, right?!? Well, turns out he is going to get baptized soon. So that's pretty cool. People think I am slightly nuts that I talk to everyone, but everyone needs to hear about God.   We're going into spring right ...
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W80: President Nelson

Another week. We've lowkey just been working out here in the south of Chile. Nothing much has changed. We're going into summer so the weather is getting pretty nice. Like parkas are not always nesessary. Nothing really too crazy happened last week. We did have a homeless dude pull up to the church and ask us for food. We had to explain to him that sadly we cant really give him food which is sad. We also had a cat funeral for a family from our ward. We went to visit them sunday night and their cat had just died. Me and Elder Cresap are just living life. Also I'm hyped to get my guitar tomorrow. An Update on the post cards is that I might not be able to send them to the states because someone told me that Trump has blocked mail but I am not sure if that is true. Things sometimes get lost in translation down here. So thats that. But I'm going to try sending them and we'll see what happens. Our prophet died this week. He'll be missed and was an awesome man....
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W79: Retuning to My Running Roots

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Last week we had chilean independence day which is always a little interesting as far as missionary work is concerned. It would be the same as trying to talk to people on the 4th of July. It just doesn't work super well. But we just went to a members house and they made us a huge bbq so it turned out great. The same member also gave me a turbocharger. Its like half the size of the one I have on my car but its still cool to just store on my desk. I do need to buy some de-greaser so I can clean it up a little bit. I went on an intercambio with the class of 2025s top cross country recruit out of highschool. Apparently he runs a 4:01 mile. So the guy is no joke. Someone sent me an article that he was coming to the mission but I hoped I could have been with him in like 6 months when I'm finishing vs right now. That would have given him 6 months to like not be in top shape and maybe run a 4:20 or something. But we ended up going on a run and man it was the hardest I have worked-ou...
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W78: Osorno

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I got sent back to Osorno but its a little bit different now because when I was in Osorno a year ago I was in a little town an hour outside the city with nobody around and now I'm in the city city. We work in the most humble part though and we are just seeing a ton of miracles. We love going to a part called the "Toma". Pretty much its a place where you can just go and build your house for free. So theres a lot of really humble people who want to talk about God. The apartment we have is super nice. Its a little cramped right now becasue it is meant for 2 elders but they are looking for another house in Osorno for the other elders that are squatting with us. We're hoping its just temporary but compared to how a lot of people live we have nothing to complain about. The best part about the apartment is that it has a gym so it might be time to start that comeback grind. It doesn't have a ton of weights but its better than nothing. The first day we almost lost t...
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W77: Chao Chao

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Soooooo yeah im gone no more coyhaique After 6 months in the best sector in the mission its finally time for me to leave. We had the cambio call and im going to Osorno to be comps with my first companion E. Cresap!! Its crazy because we were comps in the online ccm for like a day. But then I got put into another district. Its going to be hype. The only bummer is I don't have any lunch in my new sector so if somebody wants to buy me lunch I will love you forever. I'll write a longer email next week. - Elder McMillan
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