June 4th, 2018 Letter #30

Today for P-day we went to a trampoline park. I'd answer the first two questions you asked, but I won't know the answer until changes happen next week so... hasta la próxima. I have no idea if the Cofre is within boundaries, but we asked permission so I'm sure we're fine. President´s son is 26 and fluent in both English and Spanish, but he just returned back to San Diego this week as he was just here for a visit. No other children are with them.

I haven't had much time to run to the store in awhile so I'm mostly just eating what I'm given again. I don't know what is considered "exotic" but something you don't find in the states is the litchi. It's kinda like a grape, but you have to peel it. 

My favorite part of the week was the fact that we've been busy enough to not hardly ever question "What now?" The hardest part was finding out about the problem that the family of 4 has (I'll explain in a second). The funniest was watching Elder Shoemaker walk around town (he's a clumsy fellow and trips a lot, but we love him anyway). There's not really a "primary employment" once you make it to the city, but there's always a lot of taxis. My suitcase is in Natura because it's technically my area, but I'm in Los Lagos because the assistants have needed someone to cover their area while they've been gone. I do have hot water now. The two apartments that I'm between are the most expensive in the mission so they're pretty nice and they actually have furniture so that's fun. I've been to the lakes, but I'm also not a tourist most of the time so it's just as a passerby. I don't teach anyone that goes to the university right now. 

A tender mercy that I saw was that in the family of three they have all been pretty back and forth on baptism, but lately they've been more and more sure. One thing I like about the office is that I get to know a lot more about the mission and how it works. One thing I don't like is that we have less time to work in the field. Ok so the family of four is in debt. A lot of debt. So they hesitate to take breaks from work on Sunday to go to church. They also have issues between mom and dad so I don't know if we'll be able to get them to get married. That's something that prayers could help us out with.

Here's a couple pictures from the trampoline park