So that was definitely a week. Sorry i am running out of ways to start these letters. So sorry about this slightly awkward prelude that i kind of always start with. Anywho.....
So this week was kind of normal until thursday. Normal in the sense that we worked our butts off like always and basically walked all day. But thursday we woke up and my comp and i had service to cut some ladies wood. But my comp was sick. Not horrible but still sick. I was to but i wasnt going to admit it so we went to the ladies house and i cut like 4 meters of wood in the morning. So that was cool. Actually felt dope. Also realized that while i can walk for 8 hours straight and be fine, my work stamina has gone down. I can still cut wood for 2 and a half hours without a break but it did get me tired. So thats some news. But the sister in our ward was super greatful that we could help her out. She lives with her son who is like 9 so she needs help doing some stuff like that. So good times.
Friday and Saturday were incredibly unproductive as far as knocking doors goes because of the Expo. The expo is a HUGE event here in Loncoche where artists from all over Chile come to sell stuff and everybody comes to eat and do rides. Basically it was a county fair. Like seriously felt just like it. So my comp and i went and we contacted more than 70 people in one day. I gave out 2 books of mormon and a ton of pass along cards. Met some cool people. Funny story so we are leaving when we see this guy that made me stop. Its a big guy with a pearl snap western shirt tucked in to his jeans with a camo hat on. And he is a big guy, walking with a kid that is dressed the same and is getting distracted by a laser pointerlight. I literally stopped my comp and said oh my goodness that is a redneck. So i went to contact him and found out....he is from missouri. He doesnt speak great spanish so it kind of gave it away when i asked where are you from and he responded Loncoche and pointed a lot at the ground. So i repeated the question in english and he was just like oh im from Missouri. Super funny. He is a baptist preacher here to grow his churches in this part. But its funny here in chile when i see a catholic priest or an evangelical pastor i can talk to them and we get a long really well because we do have a similiar purpose. But i get the feeling more and more that you cant do that in the states. Just something cool about Chile.
But i saw a ton of cool stuff at the expo including.....a rodeo!!!!! Finally saw a chilean rodeo it was cool. I walked in and watched a lot bit and kind of got hooked so i got in it but in Chile you dont yell or act excited at rodeos. I found that out after yelling. The entire stadium turned at looked at me. (Mom i feel like i should blame you. Just something i feel like i inherited from you.) But it was still cool. I just held up a little photo of jesus and everyone went back to avoiding eye contact with me. At times i love being a missionary haha.
So friday Elder Parkin came to do a baptismal interview for the other elders so we had a bon fire out back. Dug a hole and had hot dogs and marshmallows. Pretty ghetto but it was fun. We used wire hangers for skewers. Fun stuff.
So the other fun news this week is that we are getting kicked out of our house. Apparently you cant rent the house we are living in. We did not know that until the government came snooping by we found out. So we have like 23 days to find a new house. In a town where noone rents houses. So prayers would be appreciated in that part. So we are looking. Hard.
The expo was awesome and i am basically done tourist shopping. Got something for almost everyone.
I love yall a ton.
Elder Galbreath
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