September 21, 2009

Chile Santiage West is a walking mission, so Jeff & his companion walk everywhere, except occassionally they take a bus. They went by bus to Santiago this particular day:

"As I said to dad I´m writing from Santiago today (the computers are so much nicer) because E´Mckay needed to see the mission doctor. I like the city, it´s so much cleaner than where I live, isn´t that funny? And very modern, I´m pretty sure I saw an Aston Martin today, Greg will know what that is. (James Bond car).

Thats great that you are visiting the recent convert. Member support is so important to keeping people active because the missionaries can´t visit them forever. They need friends in the church, so keep up the good work ;) You are exactly right mom, that is the best part of this work is seeing the change in peoples lives. There is only one way in this life, and that way is through our Savior. I agree, our family is very fortunate to have had the gospel for this long, so thank you mom and dad(and grandpa and grandma of course) for joining the church! Live with out the gospel would be scary, terrible. What hope would we have in our lives? How would we make it through lifes trials? It´d be a lot harder, thats for sure. The gospel is a wonderful thing. So I encourage you to share it with all you can :)

I had asked Jeff if he had been able to tell how the country was doing financially, with all the food they export, as in the fruit & vegetables we see in the stores:

"Did you like the barbeque pics? Mmm it sure was good! We might have another one today, idk. Chile is owned by a few very very wealthy people. But, for South America it is definitley the most well off, especially in the city. It´s like Minneapolis here. CHile fruit is amaizng, and they export all the best (kinda crappy for the locals) but good for you ha."

Well I love you and am praying for all of you! Talk to you next week!
Love,Elder DeLong