Well, being the only zone leader has been going pretty good so far. My new companion is Elder Clark, he is from Morgan Utah. He is a really cool guy, he makes me feel old because he graduated in 2010..haha. But he has 4 months here in Chile. So I'm excited for this new change with him. But he'll help me out a lot with ideas and stuff so it won't be so bad. As he tells me he is the co-zone leader haha.
The baptisms are still happening, this next Sunday we will have another. Dylan, who is the younger brother of Grecia and Dante. Then we had a lady come to church yesterday named Magdelena. And she really liked it, so I feel that she will be not too far behind Dylan. Yes, Yessenia and Nayaret both got baptized 2 Fridays ago. It was a very special baptism, I felt the spirit there more strongly than in any other baptism I've assisted. It was great, and they will both be very faithful members. They're awesome. All of our converts here are doing well.
Yea, the majority of the missionaries here are from UT too, there are so many. Thats good though. We just found this young matrimony who were a reference from the office. The lady Tamara is an inactive member and her husband Cristofer is not a member. But they are very interested in the gospel, especially about being ablle to be together as a family for ever, so we are excited to keep teaching them.
And we also found a girl who is from Haiti, she has like 10 months in Chile and speaks great! I thought she had years here. She speaks 4 languages, but she is really interested in the gospel too. So we have quite a few people we are teaching that I think will progress well.
Today we played soccer with another zone. I got to see an old friend from the coast, Elder Fuhriman. He is great. I'm sad that a lot of my friends here went home in this last group..but I still have some really close friends here so thats good.
Every companionship in the zone except one had changes. And I lost my District leaders and recevied two new distirct leaders that I have to train in and teach them all of their responsibilities and stuff. But they are really good and learn quick.
Its funny because Elder Clark is taller than me, 6'5. So we are two tall white guys roaming the streets of Ochagavia.
Obama is here for a few days. There are some protesters and stuff, kinda funny. I dont think these trips are the best use of our money..but the people elected him so..
I am very grateful that I obtained my Eagle scout, I just wished I remembered the stuff that I learned ha. I'll have to re pass everything some day.
Wow, Japan got hit a lot worse than here in Chile. I hope they can recover from it and that nothing bad will continue to happen to them. I know the church wil be sending lots of aid there.
The day of registering is drawing cose, hopefuly all goes well for Maire. OK, well hope that you all have a great week! Love you and am always praying for you.
Elder DeLong
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