Hey all! This week has been pretty dang nuts but great! We've been pretty constantly busy which I've actually enjoyed a lot despite the fact that I don't really have time to think. I don't think it'll be like this constantly but this has been the first week of the change so there are naturally a lot of things to do.
So Tuesday I had to say goodbye to Pichidegua and Elder Kammerman which was actually pretty hard. I still feel a little like I've left a big part of me in Pichidegua and that the golden age of my mission is over, despite me trying to shake it off. Leaving a sector has never quite left me feeling like this, but I'm sure that in a few weeks it'll all feel normal again. Anywho, Tuesday I got to Talca which I was actually pretty excited about because I love Talca and it's been a year since I've seen it. Being in the center of the city brings back a ton of memories of the start of my mission. The people here are a lot more like the kind of people I started teaching, it's surprising how different the culture can be just 3 hours away. Being in Talca is spectacular, in my last 3 sectors I've gotten really accustomed to things being more complicated so it's been a huge relief working a bit in here. In one hour of contacting here we can find at least 2 extremely solid potential investigators, whereas in Pichidegua we found about one of those a week. We've kept true to the mission goal of giving out 2 books of Mormon a day with an appointment to return, which has been awesome. So, so far I'm enjoying Talca!
There were a lot of things that happened this week that I'll have to go more detail into next week, but on Wednesday we had to Rancagua for a special zone leader meeting that President called for. It's about 3 hours to Rancagua from here so we read a lot of scriptures on the way and back, then in the meeting they talked about the new Christmas Initiative ''Ilumine el Mundo'' (not sure what it is in English, light the world?) so that's exciting. I thought the idea of having goals for 30 days leading up to Christmas was an awesome idea. I challenge you all to follow them! It'll make Christmas that much more special.
The rest of the week until today was getting to know the sector and the ward. It's a pretty great place! We have some awesome investigators that I still don't remember the names of so I'll have to get back to you on them. The only thing that really stood out this week was when we went to one of our recent converts. Elder Mendez explained to me beforehand that we have a deaf convert, and that all the missionaries that have been here since they started teaching her have learned chilean sign language. I explained that I took a year of american sign language, but I soon discovered in our first lesson with her that it is not at all the same. Elder Mendez doesn't know much either because he's only been here 6 weeks and he relied mostly on his comp, but we've learned a ton in the short encounters we've had with her and her hearing daughter. They actually teach a class for the whole ward every week that we go to to learn. The greatest thing though is that she is the probably the kindest and happiest woman you'll ever meet in your life. She's always smiling and is so happy about life. I felt the charity very strongly when I first met her, and I'm already getting decent at communicating in sign language so I hope that I'll be able to learn well enough while I'm here to talk well with her!
The only other thing from this week is that we planned an activity for today (here the zone leaders always have an activity for the zone) that turned out awesome. We played soccer and ate completos. Pretty normal, but we had a great time and I got to meet the zone. They're awesome missionaries and I'm super excited!
I love you all! I hope you have a great week!
Elder Fox
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