Garret's Mission Blog: September 9-September 18, 2025 Week 11 Centinela Branch, Talcahuano Chile

Hope yall are doing well this fine Thursday. This was another good week that was a blur. I'm writing today (Thursday) instead of Monday the normal pday, because today is pday because today is Chilean Independence day! The 18th of September. VIVA CHILE!

Transfers are next week, i'll probaby stay in Centinela with Elder Macais, but anything could happen.

Highlights/summary

-um, so september is a down month for missionary work- mission wide, because it's like a month of parties- so let's just say Elder Macais and I didn't have a whole lot of lessons or friends to teach.

-with this being said- LOTS of street contacting and my contacting skills in spanish are improving!

-2 exchanges with 2 different greenies!!

-Had our branch party for the 18th yesterday. it was lit. lots of good food (me encanta choripan) and some slightly strange but cool dancing

-blitz in cruz del sur (holy cow this area was extremely nice)

-consejo del districo

-it's getting warmer down here (that means it's getting colder up there rip you all)

-elder macais and I keeping the vibes high, and our effort and hard work up-despite our lack of "success"

Exchanges:

Tuesday the 9th had an exchange in San Vicente with another greenie, Elder Winter, who is another american with limited spanish like me. I learned a lot of from this like that I knew more spanish that I thought I did and I need to be more confident speaking.

We did very well. we put someone on bautismal date, and the next day was consejo de districto and everyone was very proud of the two new greenies

(elder macais wanted this exchange to be in our sector in centinela. he told this to the zone leader and the zone leader was like "no we are not putting two greenies who dont speak spanish in the most dangerous sector in the mission - so it was swithced to the sector of Elder Winter. (you see a few people with knifes and your sector is "dangerous")

Monday the 15th had an exchange in another district (same zone) (this is not normal it is because both of our companions are district leaders and wanted to learn from each other) in Salinas with Elder Requen (goatttttttttt). Elder Requen is from Argentina and he's a baller. I learned some crazy things from Elder Requen about events that happened in the US this past week. which was kinda weird being in spanish and from an argentinan.

What I've learned about going to a bunch of different sectors in my zone:

Chile is a very very nice country with very nice quality of living. My sector is by far the most ghetto in the zone, but also the most to see. My sector has very good scenery and it is very beatiful.

Spirtual thought:

I listened to President Russell M Nelson's talk think celetisal talk this week, I liked this part, "Here is the great news of God’s plan: the very things that will make your mortal life the best it can be are exactly the same things that will make your life throughout all eternity the best it can be!" I like this a lot because sometimes we think that keeping the commandments are only for us to have joy in the next life, but they are also for this time on earth to help us have the most joy and happiness possible.

He wanted a picture with me cuz I'm so tall