Wish i had
more time but this is going to be awfully quick! This week has been insane and
i just think its almost funny how crazy my life is now. But this week just so
you see how strange my life has become, I'm going to go backwards in the week.
This weekend,
we found not one but TWO awesome families. Young, professional dads that work
in great jobs, so family oriented, young kids, so friendly, open to religion.
One is Bernardo and Lourda, and their kids Josefina (11) Emilia (8) and Reinata
(2). The lesson was AMAZING and seriously made me so happy to see this amazing
family need the gospel so much. They talked all about how they love god and
love religion and want to have more love in their home, but don't feel
comfortable where they go right now and need something more. Well hey there
Sherlock ill help! Seriously it was the most precious lesson ever because all
they did was teach themselves about how their family could be eternal and how
god has such a special place for their family in his heart. Very rare to see
dads here truly be family oriented...to see them love and play with their
daughters, everything. When we got in the house, the little girl reinata didn't
like us too much, and the mom was like she wont warm up to strangers ever,
don't worry its not just you two. But by the end, as Miyasaki (we were on intercambio
that day) kept playing with her while i talked and vice versa, by the end she
was asleep on my shoulder as i taught the last part of the lesson, and then she
wouldn't let us leave the house. the mom said "You two must be something
special because she doesn't do that with anyone" it just was so touching
to see how she warmed up to us and how the family did too. Like it was one of
the best lessons, if not the best, of my entire mission. Crazy how much i love
some of these families here in chile. Anyway, Bernardo is a stud. The other
family is Billy Topp, but we call him Billy the Kid. Haha to his face we call
him that, its so funny. Isn't that the most white name ever? Billy Topp.
Like...what?? his grandparents are german (we´re distant cousins I'm convinced)
and moved here and got married with a little mapuchita so he looks chilean but
has straight gringo name. Anyway, he is married to Pilar and they have
kids Benjamin (7) Laura (5) and Willy (2). Like...just seriously? GET THIS. he
even turns his phone off when he gets home because he doesn't want people to
interrupt his time with his kids. If that just isn't the perfect thing ever i
don't know what is. He is pretty involucrado in an evangelical church but
doesn't go anymore because of work, but they feel like they need something for
their kids to grow in. Well, HELLO there welcome to the Victoria Primary.
Which, by the way, i taught again this week. Im pro now. This weeks lessons?
Jumping off the stage and piggy backs with the elders. THere were 16 kids and
four elders...haha the biggest disaster ever. ANYWAY, thats golden families
Bernardo and billy.
Which brings
us to the newspaper and the TV on the weekend. yeah that newspaper clipping is
from the Victoria Diario. The daily victorian newspaper. We were in it, i
scored 4 points, miyasaki 34 and girsberger 16 (big secret,i suck at
basketball). Haha so many members of the ward saw us on TV and saw us in the
newspaper. So.......
So that takes
us back to wednesday, when we played with "Los Seniors", a 45 and
older basketball team. Yeah, we played with Bernardo, Billy, and 4 other men on
this team against this other team here in victoria and we beat them 90-75.
Hahaha we played basketball!!! It was so crazy. We got invited tuesday night by
Bernardo after i contacted him, and then this big spiral of success came from
us playing this game of basketball. We had NO idea it was going to be so
serious. We thought it was like a friendly game between friends but nope,
nothing of the sorts. This was way serious. Like scary serious. There were
referees and scoreboards and uniforms and cameras. So yeah, I'm famous. I kept
the newspaper clipping and everything, so funny. I wish i had photos of us
playing but that day i didn't have my camera. So funny. But HEY we got those
awesome families and they are progressing so i think the lord just works a
little crazier than i thought sometimes.
I wish i could
explain more stuff from the week but I'm so out of time. This morning we also
did an activity with the zone, did Yoga everyone together directed by P90X and
then had a pancake breakfast, personal study, and then watched a disney movie!
I love our mission so much. if its cartoons or animated we are allowed to watch
it...so we love it. ANyway, it was a great pday and then today we also got to
visit an investigator in the hermanas sector who owns a panaderia and he taught
us how to make rally good chilean bread. So its just been a fantastic week.
Anyway, love
you all! Great year mark, great year of y life. I bought pizza for my year, and
thats about it. Cant believe its gone by so fast. Probably just want pizza next
year mark too...mom keep that in mind okay? LOVE YOU ALL!
Elder Tengberg
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