Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Oso y Earthquakes

Here is a letter from Elder Dan.



Well this week has been good. kind of. we got oso all week. oso means bear, but it´s like getting ditched basically. yeah. this week was not too good. we had to run dario´s fecha, so this change will be sin bautismo, which is fine, but this sector has been baptismless for 4 changes or something wild. so we´re trying. dario is still good though, progressing, so we´ll have a baptism after changes. iris too, but she´s been out of town for a while. so bummer. i bought some classical music last pday, so that is amazing. juan perez, the legit old cop, gave us some ties. he´s a man and a half, and his stories are nuts. but he´s still con viviendo.... so bummmmer for him... it sucks ´cause he wants to be baptized so bad, but in his situation he can´t. his señora receives a pension from her old husband, and she uses it to support her kids, and doesn´t want to marry juan ´cause she´ll lose it. struggles man. i got my carnet, or chilean ID, today. so basically i´m chilean, which is thrilling. umm pig fever? swine flu? what´s that all about. people are quite bothered down here. i hear mexico took a huge hit. in other natural disaster news; there was a minor eathquake. exciting, i know. we´re all anxiously anticipating "the big one". every 5-7 years chile has an eathquake. it´s been 8, and according to the cycle of things, this is supposed to be a giant one. i´m hyped. in other news: i´m 168 lbs. WHAT THE HECK.

love you guys.

dad, temple work is radical.
allison, way to go with maria and school, you rock.
mom, "do you realize that you are a champion in my eyes" - kanye west.
rae, you didn´t write me. but thats ok. keep it legit.
david, david david david david. write me fool. you´re my only brother. i´ve got 2 sisters and 2 parents, but only 1 brother. so write me!

2 comments:

  1. I don't understand, is he speaking spanish or slang or some strange mixture of both

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  2. Whatever language Dan is using, it's not Chilean. It's not even the same slang we used when I was a missionary 16 years ago. For example, I've never heard of oso. Appointments where the people weren't home were "cuellos."

    By the way is 168 lbs. a lot for Dan? I'm assuming it is, but it's possible he is just extremely dense. Everyone gains weight in La Serena.

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