Mostly for the reason that my companion is Elder White.
Anyway this week went by super fast. I can't believe how fast time fly's. Christmas was spectacular and everything that could be expected of a Christmas in Chile. We had a barbecue with the members of our extension of a ward on Tuesday. So basically we just gave juice (wasted time) the whole day. On Christmas Eve we ate dinner at a members house with their non Mormon family. It was a really great dinner. We even had American style salad because my comp had mix for salad dressing and made a salad. there was turkey, chicken, and smoked salmon and a small assortment of cheeses. Christmas morning we made pancakes with mix from the states and we also made bacon and eggs. Skype went well and we didn't have any technical difficulties. Especially amazing because I am in South America.
I am really excited for the new year and to be able to work even more as a missionary. In the spirit of this Christmas season I would like to bear witness that a savior has been born and He is Jesus.
This week has been really great. I said goodbye to elder Cox but I got to get to know Elder White. He is from the big city of Vernal Utah and has like nine siblings. He is a really hard worker and really focused. I am really excited to work with him.
The way the celebrate Christmas in Chile is yet to been seen completely but so far it is fairly similar. They all have Christmas trees in their houses and they decorate them the same. It is a lot warmer than any other Christmas I have yet experienced but I am doing fine. There is still snow on the top of the nearby volcano. I will not get to touch it but there is white in my Christmas. Even if it is fourty Kilometers away.
This week we visited all of our investigators and had really good lessons. They all committed to go to church and then didn´t. However recently our phone had a little bit of problems and some of the contacts were deleted. Not a big deal because we have everything written down. However I ended calling and inviting someone who we hadn't yet taught and invited them to church. They accepted the invitation and showed up. I hardly remembered the person because we had only contacted them once and I thought I was expecting a different person. It was a little bit of a fluke but I guess sometimes that is the way God works.
Anyway I hope that you all have a merry Christmas and that you can and are feeling the spirit of Christ in this Christmas. If not, ask yourself why and then change what you need to.
Merry Christmas from the other land down under. Elder Kelton Miller
This week was spectacular. We had a Christmas conference as a mission and I got to meet a lot of new people. The whole mission was there and It was great to see all the missionaries here. The president and his wife both gave talks and they were wonderful. I feel a lot more prepared for Christmas now. So my Zone had another activity and WE WENT BOWLING! again. I really thought I was better at bowling before my mission. I guess not. Something to work on after the mission I guess. Oh also this week I met this couple from England who are biking south America. they were really friendly but the weirdest this is that when we were saying goodbye they said, "Cheers." Thats all. So I am going to be staying in Vilcun for another two months but I am happy with that. I am however getting a new Companion. His name is Elder White but I have yet to meet him. I will send a picture of him next week. Elder Kelton Miller
This week went super fast. I went on another exchange this week with an elder from here in Chile. He is really cool and his name is elder Urbina. Another cool thing that has happened recently is the Christmas inicitive that the church is doing. There is a really cool video for Christmas, actually two. You should all check it out at:christmas.mormon.org It is super cool. We had an activity this week in which I made baked potatoes for everyone. They all hated the Greek yogurt. For those of you who don't know Greek yogurt is basically sour cream. I will send some pictures of that and also the gingerbread house we made last week.
So they called a new bishop here in the ward I am working in. It is super exciting because the old bishop was super busy with his calling in the stake and it was hard to get in contact with him. Also we found out that VILCUN IS GOING TO BE A BRANCH. The stake sent of the papers to salt lake so that Vilcun can become a branch. It will take some time in processing and I don't think that I will actually be here to see it all finalize but it is nice to know that all the work that we have put in is actually visible.
In other news. It is hot. Really hot. Also Chile doesn't have air conditioning. Sometimes if you are lucky you can get the wind to go through your house to cool things down.
Overall I am happy. I am really content to be here. I don't really feel that I have been away for that long. Next week I should be getting a new companion. It is weird.
