I didn't get sacrament this week because....

This Saturday we had Elder Anderson come to the mission, along with José Teixeira, from the presidency of the 70. They both talked to us on the Saturday in a special mission conference. During Anderson's talk, he got on to the topic of who wrote where in the Book of Mormon. Like how it's Lehi in 2 Nefi 2, or How it's Jacob in 2 Nefi 9. He asked who wrote Ether 12 and I got to impress him by being the one to say Moroni. So, I have that off the bucket list. Impress an Apostle of the Lord. On sunday my stake (Conchalí) had conference with just Teixeira, and that was amazing too. We got a photo with him, and just the 10 missionaries in our stake. I got to shake hands with multiple of the higher-serving servants of the Lord. I'm so happy!

Other than that, I got the highest number of news in the mission this week with 17, so they put my face in the weekly email they send out. I'm sure it's usually higher in Perú, but it's pretty good here considering.

That's all, Love you! XOXOXXOX

I'll send the photo of Teixeira in a bit. The mission took photos of Anderson, I'll see if I can forward that too.

For Easter, I had chicken and rice, which is the 2nd most common meal here after rice and beans. Did dad tell you that? Or did I mention it at some point?

Sounds your easter was great. 

The new YM YW program may at the very least, the program may work better here in Chile. Everyone works so much it's hard to have weekly mutual. 

Are sometimes things a little difficult? Sure. But focusing on them isn't going to change anything. Keep working and everything will work out. And, if I remember correctly, Pres. Fotheringham mentioned that I should focus on positive things as opposed to negative things. so, I'm just following counsel from my old stake president.

Also I met with a lady who served in the Chile Santiago North Mission in 1984-1985. She mentioned a president Glaiser. Was that dad's mission president?

Love you, XOXOXXOOXXO 

When it comes to easter I prefer to think of the 2nd cleansing of the temple (I didn't even know there was a second until I read Jesus the Christ) and then on the important stuff the day after. 

I don't think that kids can really understand things like the transfiguration at that age. but, we have to try, right?

My comp got sick this last week with a nasty latin american virus, so I reorganized our papers and read and studied. We have an area filled to the brim with haitians and they're always receptive so we don't have to do a lot of contacting. 

Elder MacGregor

THEY RELEASED MY BOY TAD!

Tad R Callister is my favorite, and they released him and had him speak afterword. They didn't even put "former sunday school president," they didn't put anything.

That's great that Ian was able to go live. I hear that when the speakers end talking all you can hear is coughing and whatnot. I'll have to see if that's right.

I liked priesthood session too. My comp, not so much. He likes the stick-beating, make-you-feel-bad-so-you-change kind of priesthood session and has been complaining about the throwaway line that a speaker said, who mentioned how women and 11 year olds are watching. He's says that it's no longer the same. All I say is that if the Lord wanted to make us feel bad, he would have done it. It's not like the speakers just choose a topic and what to say at random.

Favorite moment is when Nelson told everyone to shut up while they announced the new temples, and one with be in Antofagasta! The fact that rumors were abounding was funny. I think people kind of just expected a big change since Nelson did ministering for his first and 2 hours the 2nd, this being his 3rd and 1st without a big change.

Little did they know releasing Tad is the biggest change they've done yet.

That would be fun!  I do really want to go to the rededications of the the old temples when they're renovated.

Elder MacGregor

I don't take too many photos, mainly because I'm working, and that in a sector a little poorer now. I will have to send a photo of all the haitians I teach. Mainly because they are all in this one apartment complex, so you go in and it literally feels more like haiti than chile, I bet. everyone speaks Creole there and only some english. So, I get my creole practice with them every so often.

This star wars ship was actually from my old sector, where a recent convert showed us his 1 year work. It's crazy big and crazy detailed. 

   

My new comp is great, and he definitely shows me how much of a democrat I really am. We sometimes talk about politics (or he lectures me and if I have a difference of opinion and explain why he says 'whoa don't get uspet') but we try to keep that on the downlow. He worked since 14, lived on his own, read the Quran and also went to every church in the area before settling on the church of Christ, 

I'll just have to follow the sustained prophets we get to hear at General Conference.

Love, Elder MacGregor