January 28, 2012
Well it was another great week here in Chile, and it was
not quite as hot this week, so that made it nice!! Me and my comp have been together for a month
now and that month went by so fast!! It
was crazy!! The weeks are starting to
really fly by now, it is crazy, it is Monday and then all of a sudden it is Sunday
night and I feel like one day has gone by! My language has improved quite a bit this last
month and I can understand pretty much everything now so that makes the work a
lot easier! I still need lots of
practice talking, but at least I can understand!! This week was great, we set a baptismal date
with a wife of one of the recently reactivated guys here, she knows this is the
true church and needs to get baptized, just has a couple fears, but we are
trying to work everything out with her so it should be pretty good! It was awesome to watch her learn about the
gospel, and the blessings it has brought to their family since they started
coming to church. And she always makes
us awesome Mexican food so that is a plus!! This week I had some really good experiences
with food and some really really bad...... I tried my first humita, which is
like a Mexican tamale, but is not spicy, and they are super good, we have been
eating a lot of corn products the last couple weeks! It is a good thing I like it!! And I also had some awesome empanadas this
week, those are super good too. The bad food experience: Yesterday someone made
this seafood plate for us, well, I did not think it would be too bad, and then I
took a bite without smelling it and as soon as I tasted and smelled it my mind
went straight back to my college anatomy class, the day we worked with
cadavers. I swear the guy used the exact
same stuff for a sauce on the seafood as they do to keep human bodies good in
the cadaver lab. It smelt the exactly
the same and tasted just how it smelt, well, I chewed and swallowed as fast as I
could and then tried to eat another bite so I did not make the guy feel bad,
the second bite I could not handle it, and I started gagging and ran to the
bathroom and threw up. It was honestly
the nastiest thing I have ever eaten in my life!! Luckily after I came back from the bathroom
the guy left the room and my companion took it all from me and ate it. I was sick all night long, and I sure hope
that is not a traditional Chilean recipe, cause I do not think I could handle
it again!! Now I definitely will not be
complaining when someone gives me a plate of rice for lunch! at least it does not taste like formaldehyde!!
Other than that it was a great week!! and I am excited for all of the weeks I have
left!! I hope grandpa starts doing
better!! doesn't sound too fun right now!! I have not received the package yet dad, maybe
tomorrow. I hope everyone is doing
great!! One of my new favorite chapters
in the book of Mormon is 3 Nephi 27, it is a good one!! If you are ever bored read it!! Have a great week! Oh and the pictures, one is of me and Francisco,
he is leaving tomorrow for his mission, we will miss him!! he has been a big
help with the work here is this ward!! And
the other is cheese from the south of Chile someone gave us, that was also a
bad food experience, not as bad as the seafood, but still, never buy cheese from
the south of Chile!!!
Elder Moser.
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