Week #34, March 29, 2017
Hi mom. Don`t worry I didn`t forget madi
my mexican sister and tell brookie I remember her birthday and I am going
to find a present for her. About those other letters(he told us he sent some letters in the mail over a month ago)... I was planning
on writing them and then it never happened and then I forgot but I will
try really hard to send something home soon. But don`t worry those
letters didn`t get lost.
This
past week Elder Gehring got transferred and right now I am in a trio
with Elder Medina from Peru and Elder Conceicao from Brazil who are the
other missionaries we live with and are in our ward. Now the three of
us just have both sides of the ward and I will probably be in the trio
for two weeks until the normal changes day. Its cool being in a trio
because now I get to be able to get to know the people from the other
half of the ward. It is also a lot harder because we are just one
companionship working in the two sectors and doing things in 3s is just
harder too. But it is cool and since I have been living with them I already
know them and am friends with them.
Today is
the a day called el dia del joven combatiente which is a day where all
the delinquents protest and do stuff so we had to enter the house
earlier last night and today we can only leave the house to go email.
This day just happen to fall on the pday and it just happen to be the
pday when we are suppose to clean so today we just have to stay in the
house and clean for this pday. But we have done some fun stuff.
Missionaries from another ward live on the same street as us and last
night when we went in early they came over. and one of them is mexican
and he made tacos and we ate tacos and later today they are going to come
over again.
Tell brookie that I miss her and love her too. And I`m glad I'm still her favorite and I wont forget her.
Enjoy spring break too but just don`t do anything fun. You guys can just sit in the house since I`m not there :)
I Love you mom and have a great week
Love Elder Austin
I found this on Wikipedia that describes what Día del joven combatiente is.
The commemoration has evolved from a human rights initiative and inquiry into several cases of extra judicial killings during the regime, into an open call for violence directed against whatever government happens to be in power. Violence often involves throwing rocks against buildings, vehicles, and police, as well as fire-bombing with Molotov cocktails. Given the general unrest-prone day, violence is directed not only against public and government buildings, but also against private property and commercial enterprises such as electrical wiring and power stations. These actions also serve as a cover-up for lootings and other deliberate criminal actions done by organized groups. Most of the violent protests are in the Villa Francia neighborhood, in Estación Central Commune of western Santiago, the place where the Vergara Toledo family resides. Whereas some commemorations in Chile involve peaceful marches, the Día del Joven Combatiente is well known to warrant violent action from hooded insurgents, this has caused local media to refer to the event as the Día del Joven Delincuente (Day of the Young Delinquent).[1][2][3].
Generally, local media and government agencies have disseminated warnings to the public to stay indoors, expect power outages (particularly near the mentioned neighborhood "Villa Francia") and several institutions such as Universities end classes early for students to return home before nightfall, which is mostly when the violent attacks happen. It is also common to expect public transportation to be sparse due to frequent attacks on public buses.
A similarly violent-prone and disruptive day is September 11, the day of the 1973 coup d'état.
I found this on Wikipedia that describes what Día del joven combatiente is.
Day of the Young Combatant
Day of the Young Combatant (Spanish: Día del joven combatiente) is a non-official commemoration day, celebrated each March 29 in Chile. Its main purpose is remembering the deaths of brothers Rafael and Eduardo Vergara Toledo, which occurred on March 29, 1985 during the military regime in Chile. The brothers were reportedly members of a pro-Marxist, anti-government insurgent group called MIR.The commemoration has evolved from a human rights initiative and inquiry into several cases of extra judicial killings during the regime, into an open call for violence directed against whatever government happens to be in power. Violence often involves throwing rocks against buildings, vehicles, and police, as well as fire-bombing with Molotov cocktails. Given the general unrest-prone day, violence is directed not only against public and government buildings, but also against private property and commercial enterprises such as electrical wiring and power stations. These actions also serve as a cover-up for lootings and other deliberate criminal actions done by organized groups. Most of the violent protests are in the Villa Francia neighborhood, in Estación Central Commune of western Santiago, the place where the Vergara Toledo family resides. Whereas some commemorations in Chile involve peaceful marches, the Día del Joven Combatiente is well known to warrant violent action from hooded insurgents, this has caused local media to refer to the event as the Día del Joven Delincuente (Day of the Young Delinquent).[1][2][3].
Generally, local media and government agencies have disseminated warnings to the public to stay indoors, expect power outages (particularly near the mentioned neighborhood "Villa Francia") and several institutions such as Universities end classes early for students to return home before nightfall, which is mostly when the violent attacks happen. It is also common to expect public transportation to be sparse due to frequent attacks on public buses.
A similarly violent-prone and disruptive day is September 11, the day of the 1973 coup d'état.
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