So, attached (below) is a picture of the rat we killed :) Hno. C and E´ L (my comp) were the ones to kill it and I threw the blanket over it so it couldn´t keep running around while they hit it with brooms. But there´s no blood, so technically we didn´t "shed innocent blood" and break the commandment hahahaha
In regards to your summer plans, I would suggest that everyone find at least one new friend. I´ve learned recently that my lack of a social life is a huge disability here in the mission. We got a third comp on Friday, so we´re running in a trio for at least the rest of this change, and so far E´ L and E´ G (that´s the new one) are hitting off like best friends because they can talk about the same movies and share similar experiences. I don´t regret anything I´ve done in my life, but if I could change one thing, it would be to be more socially outgoing, like Trevin. And so, my challenge for everyone reading this email, from Alyza to Gigi, and everyone in between, is to find a new friend this summer. ¿Lo harán? ("Will you do it?")
On that same subject (I´ll finish responding to mom´s email at the end this time), I´ve realized this past week that I need to change the kind of missionary I am. Or rather, I need to BECOME a missionary, not just be ON a mission. I read a talk that my new comp brought with him entitled "The 4th Missionary". It explains how there are four types of missionaries and I hope I can do the talk justice with this brief description:
The first missionary either chooses to return early or gets sent home. This makes up about 5% of the missionaries worldwide.
The second missionary finishes his mission, but he should have been sent home. He was just a good liar. This makes up about 20% of missionaries.
The third missionary finishes his mission honorably. He was obedient and changed the lives of many people. However, his mission did not change HIS life. This makes up about 70% of missionaries.
The fourth missionary forgets himself and goes to work. He sacrifices the worldly pleasures of home just like the rest, but he also sacrifices himself. The one thing God cannot take from us is our agency, but the fourth missionaries allows himself to bend to the will of God. This makes up about 5% of missionaries.
I realized this week that I´m at the lower end of the third missionary. My mind and my actions may be here, focused on the people in Chile, but my heart and my thoughts are not. Also, our Zone has taken the initiative to be known as the most obedient Zone in our Mission. As a result of the change that needs to take place within myself, as much as I REALLY don´t want to do this, I must request that our email conversations stop. I´ve spent 5 minutes writing that last line...today will be the last day of email conversations. (per a later email, the conversations themselves are not against the rules, but he has a one hour time limit per week for emailing, and he has been exceeding that time. His regular emails will still come as usual.)
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Please give everyone in the ward my love! I know that the Lord may shortly need Sis S back in Heaven to further the missionary work in the Spirit World. She is a faithful woman who is overflowing with the Spirit and as such has been well prepared to bring the Gospel joy that she has experienced to those who have passed on.
I don´t have much else to write this week, but I got to experience my first earthquake on Tuesday! It only lasted like 2 seconds and no damage was done, but the stupid thing did manage to wake us up 30 minutes before our alarm :( But at least we were up on time hahaha!
Oh! I do have something else! I learned the other day that the Area President has been pushing really hard to stop having families pick up their missionaries at the end. He says either don´t do it, or wait at least 6 months. So I have a proposal. How about you meet me in Georgia on a Wednesday afternoon and we can drive up to Heinz Field to watch the Steelers play TNF. Would that work? :D
Mom - I´m definitely missing summer planning, but mostly because I miss the warmth! The sun sets around 6:30 and we put on a long-sleeve shirt, sweater, AND suit coat! ¡Hace frío!
Entonces, la obra acá está progresando muy rápido. ¡Tenemos cualquier bautismos! Nosotros vamos a tener un nuevo bautismo 12 de Mayo, la próxima Sabado. Estoy tratando mushísimo a cambiar el lugar de mi corazón y tengo much ayuda del Señor. Ahora, con ocho semanas en Chile, puedo entender más personas y también pudo hablar con más traquilidad. Más frasas completes en contra de algúnas palabras, tiempo para pensar, algúnas palabras...como así. Doy gracias cada noche y manaña por el don de lenguas y el Espíritu Santo, quien me da mucha ayuda y apoyo. Google Translate: Then, the work here is progressing very fast.We all baptisms! We will have a new baptism May 12, next Saturday. Mushísimo'm trying to change the place of my heart and I have much help from the Lord. Now, with eight weeks in Chile, I can understand more people and also able to talk with more quietness. More complete FraSas against some words, time to think, a few words ... as well. I give thanks every night and moring for the gift of tongues and the Holy Spirit, who gives me a lot of help and support. (from mom: Obviously, Google does not have the gift of tongues!)
Les quiero,
- Elder Daylon Crider
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