Thursday, August 22, 2013

Lots of teaching going on!

I believe this is Hector with Elder Bush and Elder Hjelm.  Doesn't he look handsome in his suit?!

Elder Bush, Berta and Elder Hjelm.  Doesn't he look handsome in his whites?!

I am not sure of the names for this couple.  I just love the fact that my son looks happy!

The Package Arrived!

Mom,
    The days are getting hotter but the nights are still cold. Luckily, I have this new eddie bauer jacket to help me out. That`s right - my package got here before the postal strike!!! I`ve already eaten all of my slim jims, and my companion is claiming that he gets 50% of my package - I`ll share a bit with him, don`t worry. 
     I have no idea where Isaac gets these ideas about knot tying and such. Anyway, I started in the fourth grade, not the sixth. And I`m not even there to influence his knot tying. 
     Sounds like you are doing well. The baptisms all happened, and they are all happy. I bought a soccer jersey today - it was on sale, and I was going to buy one anyway, so I guess that I`m kind of like you. You did teach me to buy on sale. Love ya mom. Thanks for everything. Less than eight months left (not that I`m counting or anything...)

Love,
Elder Hjelm

Elder Tweety Bird :)

Mom,
     This week felt longer, but the time is flying! I don`t have much time left. We are teaching a lot of people - so many that we don`t have time to teach all of them, and somebody gets left out of the fun. But we did have a baptism yesterday, and I will try and send pics next week. His name is Hector, and he finally got baptized after breaking off his relationship with his long time girlfriend. It`s actually quite a remarkable story. We have three more baptisms planned for this week, so that should be fun. My bike is annoying, because the rim on my back wheel isn`t straight and it rubs against my brakes, making it hard to ride, and it sounds like tweety bird. The neighbors only have to listen for the sound of my bike to know when we`ve arrived at the house. I need to get that fixed. And I don`t know when I will get my package, because Correos Chile, the chilean postal service, is on strike or something like that.
     What does PBIS stand for? You didn`t tell me. The time really is flying by! I only have five more changes after this. It sounds like you have improved. Sometimes I get to thinking about home and everything that I could be doing and that I will be doing, and then I have to snap myself out of it and get to work. I already have somethings planned for when I get back, but I try not to focus on it. I have to start my application to BYU again here soon. I have to focus on the mission, but plan for life after the mission. And I still have no idea what I`m going to study or anything. Any ideas? 
    Love you mom. Thanks for everything.

Elder Hjelm

Yea! More pictures!

Bad luck on a bike!

It took 16 months, but he finally found his favorite ice cream!

Elder Bush from Alabama is ready for the rain.

Chilean sunset

Elder Chung and Elder Hjelm


Chilean Mountains

Even after 16 months

Hey Mom,
   I just finished sending you some photos. Seriously, you`re not cooking for girls camp? Great, now you can start preparing to make barbecue pulled pork sandwiches when I get back - I have a hankering for pulled pork, but they don`t have that here. Darn. Anyway, I`ve decided that I want an IPhone when I get back. And yes, I have a microwave. Isaac is acting like me? Seriously? Great Minds think alike you know... Thanks for everything Mom. I hope you know that I love you, and miss you, even after 16 months.

Love,
Elder Hjelm