Elder Scott McMillan

We had the cambio call this morning and my prayers were answered....I'm staying in Coyhaique with Elder Parronchi for another cambio. Nobody stays 3 transfers in Coyhaique but God it good. The members are great, miracles are happening and we get fed well so life can't get much better. I'm killing Elder Parronchi which means that hes going home at the end of this next cambio. So we're going to work harder than we've ever worked as his farewell gift.....President Bensen said "One of the greatest secrets of missionary work is work!" Let's Go! We had a crazy week with the whole end of the cambio thing. We also had to make sure that we got one of our friends to church because she didn't go to church last week and she needed to get confirmed because the family got sick. So we were lowkey stressed about that but it all worked out. We met someone who believed in something called "Krishna" who is apparently like another God thing that played ...

We went to Pto. Montt AGAIN this week. It's just like a normal thing at this point. Kinda sucked because they didn't feel like upgrading us to first class even though I'm a regular. Hit 15 months on the mission and I've had 18 flights. When we got to Pto. Montt I got to see the legend Elder Cresap. We arrived in the mission together and he was my comp for a grand total of 1 day in the online MTC. But we have hope that we're going to be comps. He asked the mission secretary when we're going to finish our missions and he said February 25, so Mark the calenders I guess. Zone conference was a little sad because it was presidents last zone conference. He stayed around and we all took some pictures. I ended up taking some nice ones with my camera. Because it was his last zone conference the mission was putting together a memory box for him. We were all going to put in a note or something, and it was going to be a surprise. Well me and Elder Parronchi wanted to prin...

We lost a couple of days in the sector last week because we had to go to Pto. Montt for leadership conference. But it was all good. Saw some of the old mission dawgs. We got to do weekly planning in the office with a huge whiteboard and it was awesome. We also had some good lessons with all our people we have on date. We ended up getting back on saturday at like 6:30, had some monster, threw on the work boots and sprinted out the door because we had to go try and get some people to church. The Next day on Sunday we actually got a text from the mom of the girl who was going to get baptized next week saying that her dad didnt give her permission to be baptized. We were like this dad doesn't even live in Chile. So we went over to go talk to her about the situation and the mom explained the dad has no rights because he wouldn't come sign the papers and gives zero support to the kids so pretty much is out of the picture. In the end he's letting them get baptized so that...

Yooo https://photos.app.goo.gl/MeSu7s9Vg6jNCaap9 Join up and I'll actually try to publish fotos here and there Ok so to explain the title me and E. Parronchi are lowkey going crazy in Coyhaique. Our sector is huge and pretty much built into a mountain so in order to make it to our lessons on time we have to run. Like we literally run through the streets at night so we can get to where we need to go. We ain't got time to be walking. Another benefit of running is that it keeps us warm. Its like our own natural heater. Look at me adapting. Way better than walking in the cold. Speaking of cold...it is cold. Fun fact about Southern Chile is there is very little to no insulation in homes so I am grateful for my sleeping bag and our space heater. Apparently Coyaique has the worst air quality in all the America's so I hope I'm not sucking in too many toxins during our runs. Heating your uninsualted home with wood fires, the huge mountains and cold air results in deadly ...

Monday, May 19, 2025 Yeah, sorry for the delayed response. But last week my moms summary was actually pretty accurate. We had a cambio call last Monday and it turns out that probably one of my best friends in the mission was going to come and be my comp. So now me and Elder Parronchi are just going crazy in Coyhaique. Elder Parronchi was leaving the office so he didnt come on the normal cambio day. So I hung out in a trio with Elder Castro and Elder Rubow. It was the first time I really had to spend any time in a trio in the mission. We had a pretty good time. We went to visit a member and they had the biggest rabbit I had ever seen. I mean this thing was like 30lbs. The thing was just super fat and it was still growing. We finished our power trio by putting 2 fechas with the nephews of our recent convert so that was pretty lit. Then on Friday Elder Parronchi finally arrived. Then we lowkey just went grind mode. We ended up putting 2 more fechas in the 2 full days we had to work. It...

The first week Scott failed to write an email but let me tell you that it would include something like this.... YES!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!! MILAGROS ARE REAL!!!!!!!! You see Scott really wanted to be companions with his favorite Brazilian; his first DL or ZL in Chiloe (I don't know which). He realized it was a fleating dream since he has been in the office for the last 6 months and the liklihood of them being comps was slim to none for various reasons but milagros happen and he is coming to Coyhaique. Elder McMillan thinks they are going to teach the entire town. He cleaned his entire home today, scrubbed the bathtub and made lentils so they could go to work. He is teaching two great families and they are seeing miracles but for today the greatest miracle is that God is gifting Scott with a companion he can't wait to work with and learn from. I am sure he would sign off with Have a good week. Love, Heidi (on behalf of Elder McMillan) ...