Hey everyone, this was a really cool week, we had some great
lessons and contacts, and we had stake conference this weekend to wrap
everything up. And of course as usual, life keeps getting stranger and stranger
in the ghetto of Santiago. Who would have ever thought that the ghetto of
Santiago could ever be the most exciting and interesting place on earth?
This past week was good for Elder Gates and I. We were able
to talk and meet with a bunch of our Haitian investigators on a regualar basis
last week and we fixed two baptismal dates with the ones that are fluent in
English! They are called Sammy and Mathieu, they are great guys with great
desires to serve and follow God and it has been awesome getting to meet and
know them. They have come to church and are both reading the Book of Mormon, so
we are getting excited for their baptismal dates and we are praying that they
continue with their desires to learn. We have a couple other investigators that
are progressing, but most of the people when we go to their house say that they
are too cold to come talk to us and that they want to stay in their house, but
it is what it is. We have an investigator whose name is Connie who is pretty
cool. We found her going through a list of old investigators and she wants us
to come by and start teaching again. She is taking cooking classes in her
highschool, so she gives us cake and other stuff a lot when we pass by,
delicious.
This weeks funny story of the week was a little embarrasing.
So we had to go into Santiago downtown on Friday to do some VISA stuff for my
companion and we had to pay with a little card to get on the bus. I used my
last charge when I got on, so I knew I had to recharge before I got on to ride
again, so I felt fine. All of the sudden the bus gets stopped by the police and
they scan everyones card to see if they had money on it or not, so that they
could ride the bus. Well, they scanned my card and saw it had nothing, so we
had to get off the bus and I had to present all of my papers and in the end,
the policeman waved us on with a pat on the back. But the whole bus saw the
little gringo get pulled off the bus by the police so that was fun. And on the
way back we took the subway to get to a different part we had to go to and two
guys got on with like the panflute that Peter Pan uses in the movie. They
started rocking out playing soul songs, so that was pretty cool, they played
really good.
Overall of course I am loving the mission, and loving the
things that we are doing. I hope that you are all well and that you have a safe
week!
Love,
Elder Tilghman
Marcos 5:41
My main man Elder Maiaitusi is leaving in two weeks!
Elder Allred is leaving as well
And Elder Smith!
Topalda is not leaving, I just saw him today
I love these guys
Top view of a Chilean street fair
Cloudy, rainy day in Santiago
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