Week 33

We had a conference with the mission president this week so that was a highlight of the week! It was kind of long, 8:30 in the morning until 4:30 in the afternoon, but it was fun to catch up with other missionaries and see a bunch of my friends in the mission.

This week was full of service. One guy that my companion knew from another sector is moving here to Calbuco so we spent a lot of the day helping him move and settle into his house. He is super awesome and i`m really excited to have him in the branch because the branch needs more people.

A couple of members who are less actives were remodeling their house and asked us to help them, so we ended up helping them almost every day this week. It was awesome too because they came to church this sunday and although they haven`t been going to church for a long time, they want to come back and everytime we go over to help them, they never let us leave without leaving a spiritual thought! 

We also went to a really old lady`s house to cut a ton of firewood because everyone starts buying wood this time of year. It took like 3 hours but we finished all of it! I`m glad we did it though because i feel like she would have died of a heart attack doing it herself haha seriously though, she was old. 

Anyways, we did a ton of service this week and it was a really good week! I like teaching by example and by service because it shows the missionaries aren`t just here to talk about the gospel, but to live it by giving service and helping other people.

Side note:

We went to the Branch Presidents house today, and he was watching highlights from the SuperBowl!!!! It sucks i didn`t get to see the actual game, because it looked super good, but at least i saw the best parts of it! Haha also, i`m guessing Russell Wilson and Pete Carroll are going to get a lot of crap for that last play. That was superrr unlucky. 1 yard away from the touchdown and throw an interception...

Until Next Week!

Elder Pollock

This is a bigger city about 1 hour north of Calbuco named Puerto Montt. The city has a huge mall with Mcdonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut, and other american stores so it`s pretty cool. The mall is like 6 or 7 floors so it`s big.

 

I never saw Ninja Stars and brass knuckles at many stores in the states so i thought that was cool

We found all 7 Dragon Balls. No big deal.

My brother Justyn is obsessed with Chocapic in Ecuador and it`s also a really popular cereal here in Chile too!

A gigantic Hot dog. Enough said.