Elder Blotter's latest pictures; the horse that almost kicked him, enjoying the Chilean version of KFC and his companion on a street in Valdiva while tracting.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Latest Photos from Elder Blotter
Elder Blotter's latest pictures; the horse that almost kicked him, enjoying the Chilean version of KFC and his companion on a street in Valdiva while tracting.
Elder Blotter - May 17th
Not much news from Elder Blotter this week. Just working at being a missionary.
HOLA FAMILIA!!!
I was glad to hear everyone is doing well. My week has been really good. We´ve done a lot of work together me and my companion. Finding a lot of new people to teach. My foot from stepping on a nail is doing a whole lot better but I almost got kicked by a horse one night which was scary, but its all good. For p day we went bowling again and I had KFC for lunch!! It was way way cool cause it was a little different food. We had intercambios with the zone leaders and that was way fun with Elder Campozano. We´ve just been really busy this week and I don't really have anything new here in Chile. I LOVE YOU ALL MISS YOU ALL VERY MUCH!!!
Love, Elder Blotter
HOLA FAMILIA!!!
I was glad to hear everyone is doing well. My week has been really good. We´ve done a lot of work together me and my companion. Finding a lot of new people to teach. My foot from stepping on a nail is doing a whole lot better but I almost got kicked by a horse one night which was scary, but its all good. For p day we went bowling again and I had KFC for lunch!! It was way way cool cause it was a little different food. We had intercambios with the zone leaders and that was way fun with Elder Campozano. We´ve just been really busy this week and I don't really have anything new here in Chile. I LOVE YOU ALL MISS YOU ALL VERY MUCH!!!
Love, Elder Blotter
Monday, May 10, 2010
Elder Blotter Photo - May 10
Elder Blotter Status Update - May 10, 2010scompanion
We got to talk with Elder Blotter on Saturday for his allotted Mother's Day call. He is doing great except for an accidental encounter with a nail in his foot earlier in the day. Luckily he had his tetanus shots before he left. We were able to ask him all sorts of question about his mission experiences and the area where he is serving. Unfortunately the hour passed way too quickly. He said the Chilean people are very friendly and outgoing and treat the Elders very well. He also has a new companion after transfers this week. His companion is one of triplets who are all serving in different Chilean missions. They were written up in a recent article in a Church News article.
Here's a link to the article. His companion is the one in the middle of the picture with the article
http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/57626/Oregon-triplets-receive-mission-calls-to-Chile-on-same-day.html
Hola Familia!!
I hope everyone is doing well this week!!! I was so happy to hear all of your guys’ voices!! It was way weird to hear them all again but still way way awesome! I’m sure it was a great mothers day gift for mom and I was glad I was able to give that to her. My week has been really crazy lately! Tuesday I found out I get a new companion and that Elder Simons was leaving for another sector called San Jose and its only about 30 minutes from Valdivia so he didn’t get put that far away so all see him at Zone Conference in about a week from tomorrow. I have a new companion his name is Elder Welling he is from Oregon and he’s been out for about a little over 9 months so he’s got Spanish down pretty well and understands real good too. He is part of a set of triplets here in Chile! His two other brothers are serving in Santiago East and the other Rancaqua! That is way cool to hear that I’m working with an Elder like him. He really has a strong testimony and is a very hard worker when it comes to contacting people he is way better than me but then again he’s been here way longer than me so will see when I get there in about 4 more cambios I think ha-ha!! I’ve had to lead the sector the whole week and for another week I lead to make sure he knows the area very well. He’s already getting to know the sector very well and we’ve done A TON of WALKING EVERYWHERE!!! Our sector is one of the largest in the Zone so it’s pretty crazy! Some of the crazy experiences I’ve had this week is I saw some horses just chilling, walking down the street together! I don’t think anybody owned them cause nobody was coming after them it was really weird and way funny!! ha-ha!! This past Saturday while I was cutting wood I accidentally stepped back and a nail went through my shoe and into my foot and it hurt pretty bad! I was attached to a little piece of wood and I grabbed it and pulled it out of my foot! Thankfully I had a shot for this kind of stuff before I left for the mission so I’m pretty protected. I just got to keep it medicated and I couldn’t really walk on it for the past 3 days so its really hurt but today it’s doing a whole lot better. I need to do laundry soon because I haven’t in a while so yeah I’ll get on that ha-ha! The water lately in our shower hasn’t been very warm which stinks so I kind of don’t want to take showers sometimes but I know I should so I do it anyways ha-ha! I have interviews with President this Wednesday to see how I’m doing with everything and how everything is going so that’ll be good to talk to him since I only talk to him every transfer which is a month and a half long so yeah that’ll be nice. The rest of this week has been great and I’ve met all of the new missionaries in our Zone they seem like all good hard workers and I’m sure I’ll learn a lot from them. I love you all and miss you allot!! I hope everyone is well and mom has a fun Mothers day trip to Utah/Idaho to visit Amy and Sayward and Brittany and the boys!!! I pray for you all and for your safety!!
Love, Elder Blotter
Here's a link to the article. His companion is the one in the middle of the picture with the article
http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/57626/Oregon-triplets-receive-mission-calls-to-Chile-on-same-day.html
Hola Familia!!
I hope everyone is doing well this week!!! I was so happy to hear all of your guys’ voices!! It was way weird to hear them all again but still way way awesome! I’m sure it was a great mothers day gift for mom and I was glad I was able to give that to her. My week has been really crazy lately! Tuesday I found out I get a new companion and that Elder Simons was leaving for another sector called San Jose and its only about 30 minutes from Valdivia so he didn’t get put that far away so all see him at Zone Conference in about a week from tomorrow. I have a new companion his name is Elder Welling he is from Oregon and he’s been out for about a little over 9 months so he’s got Spanish down pretty well and understands real good too. He is part of a set of triplets here in Chile! His two other brothers are serving in Santiago East and the other Rancaqua! That is way cool to hear that I’m working with an Elder like him. He really has a strong testimony and is a very hard worker when it comes to contacting people he is way better than me but then again he’s been here way longer than me so will see when I get there in about 4 more cambios I think ha-ha!! I’ve had to lead the sector the whole week and for another week I lead to make sure he knows the area very well. He’s already getting to know the sector very well and we’ve done A TON of WALKING EVERYWHERE!!! Our sector is one of the largest in the Zone so it’s pretty crazy! Some of the crazy experiences I’ve had this week is I saw some horses just chilling, walking down the street together! I don’t think anybody owned them cause nobody was coming after them it was really weird and way funny!! ha-ha!! This past Saturday while I was cutting wood I accidentally stepped back and a nail went through my shoe and into my foot and it hurt pretty bad! I was attached to a little piece of wood and I grabbed it and pulled it out of my foot! Thankfully I had a shot for this kind of stuff before I left for the mission so I’m pretty protected. I just got to keep it medicated and I couldn’t really walk on it for the past 3 days so its really hurt but today it’s doing a whole lot better. I need to do laundry soon because I haven’t in a while so yeah I’ll get on that ha-ha! The water lately in our shower hasn’t been very warm which stinks so I kind of don’t want to take showers sometimes but I know I should so I do it anyways ha-ha! I have interviews with President this Wednesday to see how I’m doing with everything and how everything is going so that’ll be good to talk to him since I only talk to him every transfer which is a month and a half long so yeah that’ll be nice. The rest of this week has been great and I’ve met all of the new missionaries in our Zone they seem like all good hard workers and I’m sure I’ll learn a lot from them. I love you all and miss you allot!! I hope everyone is well and mom has a fun Mothers day trip to Utah/Idaho to visit Amy and Sayward and Brittany and the boys!!! I pray for you all and for your safety!!
Love, Elder Blotter
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
More Lake Pictures from Elder Blotter
The Elders certainly enjoy showing the Chilean flag, they are obviously proud of their newly adopted country.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Latest Photos from Elder Blotter
Elder Blotter send these photos for the week of May 3rd. His Zone went on a P-day outing to their Branch President's home near a beautiful lake. He also sent some group shots of his missionary zone. We have published some of them here. As always, he is smiling, which is a good sign that he doing well.
Elder Blotter's News From Chile - Week of May 3rd
¡Hola familia! ¿Cómo están todos? Espero que todos estén bien y estaba muy feliz de tener todos los correos electrónicos que he recibido esta semana.
This week has been a long a tough and stressful but exciting week!! In the beginning of the week we have had 2 more people decide that they want to be baptized holy cow!! I am way excited for them and me and Elder Simons are just preparing them to feel more prepared to be baptized! We have also had a lot of rain this week but also a little bit of warm weather with sun which was nice but that was only one day the rest of the week has just been flat out rain!!! haha At the end of the week we had an intercambio with the zone leaders one last time for the end of the transfer which is this wednesday and I am very sad for it cause my companion gave his testimony in Sacrament on Sunday and basically gave his farewell speech and he told me he´s more likely getting moved out of the sector cause he´s been here for 3 transfers so if he goes it´s going to be really sad cause I love Elder Simons very much he´s such a great Missionary and a great companion to me. I look up to him with his great spanish speaking and such strong testimony and knowledge of the gospel. I hope I can become just as great as him!! We find out tomorrow in Zone meeting tomorrow who stays and who goes from our Zone so it will be a very sad day tomorrow to see who stays and who goes so lots of pictures will happen tomorrow thats for sure! Today for our last p-day of the transfer to Futrono which is that sector that me and my companion visited earlier this transfer. We went there with the Valdivia Zone which was awesome cause we had two zones up there ours which is Calle Calle and the Valdivia Zone so it was way fun cause we went to the missonaries branch presidents home which was way way nice it was right next to a massive lake thats up there and there were massive homes all around it!! Its a really rich area one of the missionaries told me and from all the nice boats and massive houses with nice cars I´d say thats a YES haha!! but it was way fun we played soccer and took pictures down by the lake but we didn´t go in the water cause were not suppose to but I´d love to come back to that sector after my mission and go boating in there or Kayaking in that lake cause it has islands in it and it way reminded me of the boundry waters trip I took with dad when I was 12 up in Wisconsion!! Otherwise its just been a normal week just serving the lord with all obedience to him and to my mission president. I am so happy and grateful for the opportunity to serve a mission for the Lord and so happy I did. I know I am being blessed for my service and that the lord has a great work for me here in Chile.
Sé que esta iglesia es verdadera. Sé que soy un hijo de Dios y que ama a todos sus hijos. Yo sé que José Smith es un profeta de Dios y que lo hizo restaurar la plenitud del Evangelio de Jesucristo y su iglesia trajo de vuelta a la tierra una vez más. Sé que el Libro de Mormón es verdadero y que lo que realmente es otro testamento de Jesucristo. Sé que el Presidente Thomas S. Monson es un verdadero profeta de Dios ya través de él que guía y dirige la iglesia de Cristo a través de la revelación. Sé que he nacido de buenos padres que son obedientes a las enseñanzas del Señor. Estoy tan agradecida de tener el evangelio en mi vida y estoy feliz que he hecho las elecciones correctas en mi vida para que yo pudiera servir en una misión para él. Digo estas cosas en el nombre de Jesucristo, Amén.
This week has been a long a tough and stressful but exciting week!! In the beginning of the week we have had 2 more people decide that they want to be baptized holy cow!! I am way excited for them and me and Elder Simons are just preparing them to feel more prepared to be baptized! We have also had a lot of rain this week but also a little bit of warm weather with sun which was nice but that was only one day the rest of the week has just been flat out rain!!! haha At the end of the week we had an intercambio with the zone leaders one last time for the end of the transfer which is this wednesday and I am very sad for it cause my companion gave his testimony in Sacrament on Sunday and basically gave his farewell speech and he told me he´s more likely getting moved out of the sector cause he´s been here for 3 transfers so if he goes it´s going to be really sad cause I love Elder Simons very much he´s such a great Missionary and a great companion to me. I look up to him with his great spanish speaking and such strong testimony and knowledge of the gospel. I hope I can become just as great as him!! We find out tomorrow in Zone meeting tomorrow who stays and who goes from our Zone so it will be a very sad day tomorrow to see who stays and who goes so lots of pictures will happen tomorrow thats for sure! Today for our last p-day of the transfer to Futrono which is that sector that me and my companion visited earlier this transfer. We went there with the Valdivia Zone which was awesome cause we had two zones up there ours which is Calle Calle and the Valdivia Zone so it was way fun cause we went to the missonaries branch presidents home which was way way nice it was right next to a massive lake thats up there and there were massive homes all around it!! Its a really rich area one of the missionaries told me and from all the nice boats and massive houses with nice cars I´d say thats a YES haha!! but it was way fun we played soccer and took pictures down by the lake but we didn´t go in the water cause were not suppose to but I´d love to come back to that sector after my mission and go boating in there or Kayaking in that lake cause it has islands in it and it way reminded me of the boundry waters trip I took with dad when I was 12 up in Wisconsion!! Otherwise its just been a normal week just serving the lord with all obedience to him and to my mission president. I am so happy and grateful for the opportunity to serve a mission for the Lord and so happy I did. I know I am being blessed for my service and that the lord has a great work for me here in Chile.
Sé que esta iglesia es verdadera. Sé que soy un hijo de Dios y que ama a todos sus hijos. Yo sé que José Smith es un profeta de Dios y que lo hizo restaurar la plenitud del Evangelio de Jesucristo y su iglesia trajo de vuelta a la tierra una vez más. Sé que el Libro de Mormón es verdadero y que lo que realmente es otro testamento de Jesucristo. Sé que el Presidente Thomas S. Monson es un verdadero profeta de Dios ya través de él que guía y dirige la iglesia de Cristo a través de la revelación. Sé que he nacido de buenos padres que son obedientes a las enseñanzas del Señor. Estoy tan agradecida de tener el evangelio en mi vida y estoy feliz que he hecho las elecciones correctas en mi vida para que yo pudiera servir en una misión para él. Digo estas cosas en el nombre de Jesucristo, Amén.
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