Elder Nate Austin

Hey mom thank you for the package I got it this past week and it was perfect especially the creole book because I had just been talking with my comp about learning some creole and now we have something to help us out.   There are several reasons that I have why the Haitians are so receptive. One is that they are a very religious people and have left their country and their churches with that and now when they arrive here they need a new church to go to. another reason is that they don´t speak spanish fluently so they are a little less confident and don´t reject us right away like that the Chileans that speak spanish. When ever you say hi to a Haitian you can tell that they pause for a second like they aren´t sure if you are going to talk to them. There is a very large number of Haitians here and for most of them the mormon church is something new compared to the Chileans who pretty much every person here has talked to the missionaries at least several times in their lives.  I don´t t

hey mom this past week on the 18th was the chilean independence day, so that pretty much means we have just been teaching Haitians this past week because the Chileans have been occupied drinking.  On Sunday  junior and Emmanuel both attended church and while we were in church a Haitian couple randomly showed up to church and we had no idea who they were. But the had just seen the church and decided to go, we had our first lesson with them and they don´t speak spanish very well so we will have to work out a way to teach them.  This past week we also found another Haitian investigator named Frantz. It was just like 9:30  at night and we saw a little game of soccer between some Haitians and some Chileans and we had to see that so we sad down over there by another Haitian friend that was watching and starting talking to him. And a little while later the Haitians that were playing got distracted and came over to talk to us. turns out that one of them spoke pretty good english and we talke

Hey mom whats up. I am starting to feel older too. Especially because a huge new group of missionaries just got to the mission which was pretty much my group last year.  The only difference is is that I am a year older that these youngins.  That conference sounds pretty cool. One of the chapters in preach my gospel is all about the attributes of christ.  This past week we had a really good noche de hogar with Rodolfo with a family in the ward. And this past Saturday the ward had its party for the chilean independence day even though it doesn't´t actually happen until the 18th. Rodolfo even started helping some of the young adults in the ward prepare for the activity but en the end he wasn't able to go for some family problems. The ward activity lasted all day Saturday but we only stopped by to eat lunch there.  This Monday was 11th day September another day when we can´t leave the house.  Sunday  before it got dark we had to enter to the house. And then M onday  morn

hey mom happy birthday to the greatest mom in the world. I already sent that one letter but I will try to start working on another package/letter to send you and also to write something to megan so she won`t be upset. And don`t worry I will write the next letter with my left hand as my to give you more prove.  Lately I have been practicing a little more with my right hand because that deteriorated a little because I was writing with my left for so long.  I think I am still slightly faster with my right hand but if I step it up and practice a little more I could get it even. Right now I eat 4-5 eggs in the morning for breakfast. You will also be proud to know that I started eat oatmeal lately.    Last Sunday we had stake conference and we got to go with Marcos (he has a car too so we lucked out) but the conference was very good. We have a another appointment with him tomorrow.    Tomorrow we also have a zone conference and elder bragg from the area presidency is co