State shoot.

Ok so maybe that doesn’t actually exist down here but sounds legit. 

So this week was pretty good we just kinda went to town working getting stuff done. Found a new investigator this week but she couldn’t come to church this week. But hopefully next week. 

So this week we also offered service like 4 times. We painted a house, chopped wood, helped put drywall up in a guys house and completely took the outside of a house out. It was a pretty exciting. Chopping wood was...interesting. So this guy we found has a ton of wood outside of his house and asked us for help. So 4 missionaries show up at his house with 2 axes expecting to help chop a ton of wood. We showed up at 9, i didn’t do many exercises that morning so i could just go to town chopping that wood. Then we show up and they guy was still freaking sleeping we had to leave to go do other stuff. So we ended up only working for him for like half an hour. Then we went to our counselor in our stake presidency and helped him with his wood as well. So that was frustrating but we did work so that was fun.

Also new this week i gave a talk in church. First time i gave a talk in the ward i am in now. Every other ward you present yourself and stuff but here they don’t have us do that i don’t know why. But so no one in Chile can pronounce my name so its always fun listening to them announce my name. The final speaker will be elder...always a pause and then the attempt. So my joke is usually telling them how and a joke about being gringo. It works. Then i spoke about the importance of being examples as members to the world and always sharing the gospel and when it is necessary to use words. I love that quote from General Conference. And how being an example is great but we also have to share with our words and try and use the missionaries. Their are some really cool quotes from Miracle of Forgiveness i used and it was really cool. But the guy in front of me spoke forever so to not make sacrament go forever i only spoke for like 5 minutes. But good brief summaries of everything. But i learned a lot so that’s what’s important. 

Hey i love you guys have a great week!

Elder Galbreath

Baby it's cold outside

So whatever you got to do, write it in your planner and go walk around for 8 hours!

The cold front has officially hit and with it random spouts of hard rain mixed with days of lots of rain. Im cold a lot. But now I have a testimony of scarves. I love mine it is warm and I wear it a lot not gunna lie. They are dope. Also umbrellas, rain jackets, rain pants, over boots and gloves. Yay winter!

So just so yall know this week and the next couple weeks is the american cup. Like the world cup but basically for latin america. Super big deal down here. Never heard of it before hand but hey now its all about the copa americana. but it makes it super hard to work during the games. Like when Chile is playing we are told not to be in the street. 1st its dangerous if chile looses and no one will let us in. Its basically a bigger deal than christmas down here. Super big deal. So we get to watch the chile games though. Last time we went to a recent convert named J. He is super cool. also he is studying to be a vet! So he and I talk about that and he is a really nice guy to. So thats super fun. I’m glad for all the years i spent reffing soccer or else i would be completely lost watching this thing. But luckily i understand everything so its kind of fun. Not as good as the super bowl but I’ll take it! Haha

So something cool/interesting about my comp is he is super good at chess. He told me he participated in like competitions and did pretty good. He is ranked nationally or something like that. So he is really good and like math stuff which also means he can do rubiks cubes. He has one and taught me basically how. So after several hours last pday and much thought I CAN DO IT! Thats right I Elder Big and Fluffy Galbreath solved a rubiks cube and can do it constantly. Boom, drop the mike. Just something random and cool that I learned on the mission. 

So other funny story we were talking to this guy named R and he was trying to tell us about this restaurant place that spins. Like you go up in this elevator and you sit and you spin. But he didn’t know where it was he thought maybe Argentina. I started thinking and was like wait a minute. Thats my state. He spent like 15 minutes describing the Space  Needle without me realizing it. So fun story our state is awesome and famous. Even if it is for the west side. 

So last little story for the week, this sunday we were looking at our goals and realized we are lacking a lot of stuff to be able to complete them. Also I have told you guys that this sector is a little hard to enter into houses and teach. But sunday we knocked three doors and the third house let us in. We talked to her and her son who is 9 for a couple minutes when her phone rang. So she left for a minute when all of a sudden her daughter came down and sat on the couch. So we thought sweet 3 new investigators. Then came another kid. And another. Then she came back. We ended up teaching 5 people all of them are above the age of 8, all of them are interested in our message and they all promised to read the pamphlets and pray to look for an answer to see if they should be baptized. Miracles, they exist. 

That is pretty much my week. 

Answers

1: I have lost about 50 pounds at this point. I am looking for someone who can shrink my pants at the moment. 

2: My comp and I are working well together now found the balance and my spanish is getting alot better. I talk english almost never at this point. 

3: Am I staying dry? Most of the time kind of. 

Scripture or church article. Well I am reading general conference and everytime i love the talk about hearing the music not just dancing. Also don’t know if i told you their is an activity in PMG we are doing as a mission. Read the BoM marking every reference to Jesus (name, title, etc), every doctrine and principle, attributes of Christ, and everything that is a direct quote from Jesus (and jesus said, the lord said to me, etc) It is super cool to see how much of all of that there is. It is hard at times to discern what is doctrine at times so you really have to think about it. Super cool. There is a lot. 

Love yall be strong the Lord is on your side

Elder Galbreath

Transfers! (Cambios)

Cambios. So Elder Ehlen is officially out of here. He is in the office and will be chilling with his family wednesday. It was pretty weird seeing him pack and everything. I was able to do it without getting to trunky but still a little bit of me I think went home in his suitcase. But I’m doing good. This cambio a lot of really good missionaries like my "uncle" Elder Midgley is going too. Oh lots of cool dudes. But I am getting my first latin comp. He is from Argentina. I can’t spell his name sorry only heard it once and its different so. That’ll be interesting. So hopefully my spanish will shoot up. That’ll be dope. 

But this week was just kind of going and saying goodbye to people for elder Ehlen. 

But first TUESDAY. It was great we made the cake before district meeting it was super great. We made the analogy to the fruit of the tree of life which is the atonement. How after eating a little bit I wanted to share it like Lehi did so I cut it all up and gave it to my district and most of the zone. It was a super good lesson actually worked super well. Cause then we all just enjoyed the cake for like 5 minutes then compared how everyone is enjoying the cake because it truly was delicious. So worked great!

Thank ya’ll for the presents, the cookies are more than greatly appreciated I am super proud of myself they are not all gone yet! The tie is also super legit I love it. Not everyone appreciated it but I plan on wearing it with pride, often. But yeah. Also Garrett wins with the lightsabers. Hardcore. Best comp inventory ever. My comp broke the lightbulb not me. Just saying. NOT my fault. But thanks for the videos and everything those were super great. Garrett. Your weird. That is all. Love ya bro. 

Then that night we had a home evening with a family we are trying to activate and they made this huge pizza for us. Like literally bigger than my arms in a circle. Huge. And a cake and they sang and put my face in the cake. So they have a tradition here in Chile than you make your wishes, blow out the candles, and then take a bite of the cake. But then as the person takes a bite you shove their face in the cake, gets all over the face and stuff. Super funny actually I will be bringing that tradition back home. But I was dirty afterwards let that suffice. 

Wow graduation is coming up. Thats crazy. 

Also J did come to church it was awesome! Super excited about that. 

Yes I am keeping a journal. Not everyday but whenever there is something I want to remember or if I go more than a couple days. 

Love yall, pray for me

Elder Galbreath