Baptism by fire

Birthday shout out to my bro Harold as well as my nephew Gabe who is turning 10 on wednesday and got baptized!!! So proud of you Gabers :D

This week there was yet again another feriado (holiday) in Chile which means more failed appointments than the norm, cause let`s face it- appointments fall through everyday on the mission! This week was Halloween which is slowly entering Chile, some people are SUPER against it and hate it cause it`s an "American" tradition and not Chilean, others embrace is and think it`s super fun for the kids. But it was cute to see all the kids dressed up and collecting candy, some people (those in nicer neighborhoods) even decorated their houses, so that made me feel not too far from home. 

I guess the highlight of this week really was Jose Miguel`s confirmation yesterday! Not only that, but he also received the priesthood, knocking out 2 birds with one stone! It was a great day for him and he couldn`t be happier! Henrique and Victoria, my adoptive grandma and grandpa on the mission are also progressing towards their baptism for the end of this month and love learning about the gospel. They are just so humble and ready and accept everything we teach them because they know it comes from God. It`s incredible how receptive some people can be and how easily they have accepted the gospel, it`s just their time.

I had an exchange with Hna.Macetas in San Fransisco while our companoins went to a training for greenies and ran into some crazy old lady who went inactive because no one visited her in the hospital when she was sick. She tried to give us back a manual from the Relief Society class which we refused to take and she got super upset and was like "well I`m just gonna throw it in the trash or you can take it back to the R.S. President!" we told her to gift it to someone or to give it to her family members who are members and she got really mad and was like "I don`t understand you people!" and stormed into her house, hahaha! It was pretty funny and also sad, people here go inactive for the dumbest reasons, cause someone from church didn`t say hi to them or because a member made a comment they found offensive. It just shows they never really had a testimony of the gospel and were there for the social aspect and not to follow the Savior. 

Besides that it was a slow week so I really don`t have a cool story to tell, sorry folks, but something will come up between now and next monday!

xoxo,

Hna.Ibarra