A Visit to the Santiago Temple

Here in Chile there are 3 ways to describe a missionary: quadrado (super strict with the rules to the point of being mean about it), normal, and chueco (doesn´t follow ANY rules). Right now, I´m in the country side (super beautiful and you can actually see the stars!) with the most chueco comp that most others say there is. I´m not going to spend this email complaining about him beacuse that isn´t Christ-like, so that´s all I´m going to say.

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The Temple in Santiago is amazing! It´s super tiny and was hard to do in Spanish, but I loved it! I received some intense revelation that I don´t feel I should talk about just yet to those whom are not involved. The Celestial Room window was at the perfect angle for the sun to shine perfectly through when we were there around noon. It was so beautiful!!!! Mom, what do you want me to do with the blue card?

Here in the campo, we should have bikes, but our sector (ward) is divided in two and the sister have the bikes because they have the bigger sector. So for now, I´m still walking everywhere :P

Yes I have enough warm clothes, although I think I´m going to buy some sweatpants to sleep in so I can finally wash the ones I´ve been using since I got here hahahahahaha

So, I really miss American chocolate. The chocolate here just has a different taste and so I´m not very fond of it. The hot chocolate is super fome (a.k.a. super lame) because of that :(

Also, if you´re expecting me to receive a letter or package this week it won´t happen. The office Elders are too busy getting ready for the new missionaries to sort mail. DOn´t flip out, it happens every 6 weeks. I´ll get everything next Tuesday though :)

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So, my lesson for this week comes from 1 Nephi 19:23. From this scripture I learned that while it is good to say you´ve read the scriptures all the way through, what´s even better is to explain how the lessons you learned from them have improved your life. So the challenge this week is to find a good chapter (I suggest 2 Nephi 32, 2 Nephi 34, Alma 42, Heleman 5, or Moroni 7) and, after a prayer to ask for understanding and help from the Spirit, read through it once. Then read it again, but this time with a notebook and pen ready to use. After that, write a "Plan of Action" about how you can apply what you learned this next week to improve yourself and those around you. For example, if I had read Alma 32 and noted verse 21, for the next 2-3 mornings I would study the difference between Faith and Hope and how I can improve each. Then I would record how I actually accomplished my Plan and what I learned from my studies and what I learned from applying my studies. Let me know how it goes!

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- Elder Daylon Crider