Reflections of a True Millennial

Hello world, Hope that everyone had a great Christmas! It was definitely weird to be away from home, but the members here provided us with lots of food and love. And of course the best part of Christmas was skyping with the family. I hope you can all keep the spirit of Christmas alive and continue thinking about our Savior. Also this Christmas was the hottest Christmas of my life, which is saying a lot since I am from Florida...  This Wednesday the missionaries from the nearby town of Lontue are moving into our house, so we will have six people living there. One Nicaraguan, one Mexican, one Chilean, one Brasilian, one Peruano, and only one gringo. Should be fun. I really don´t get many opportunities to speak English here, but I´m okay with that. Also this Friday I turn 6 months on the mission! Pretty crazy. But to mark the occasion I thought I could share a bit of my testimony here with you all. ---  The first 6 months of the mission have been great, but also really hard. It´s like my ...

Hello from Molina (Well I´m actually in Curicò currently). One week down in my new sector. I am here in Molina B with Elder Ramirez, from Nicaragua. He´s pretty cool and has been here now for three months. We don´t have a lot going on in the sector and had to do a lot of contacting this week, but unfortunately didn´t really find anyone. We have one really nice investigator named Mauricio who is very interested.  Molina is a pretty cool place. It is more urban than San Clemente and a bit larger. Walking down some streets it looks like we are in Utah and walking around the main plaza it looks like we are in Savannah, Georgia. Or at least my mind thinks so. Have a great Christmas this week! Remember the true meaning of the season is that Jesus Christ was born. If you took two minutes to read this, take two minutes more and watch a short video about Christmas here Have a great week! Elder Richards

Hey everyone, I dont have much time to write, but today was an awesome p-day! We went with Marcos to the Cordillera and the Lago Colbun and Laguna del Maule. It was incredible and I have lots of awesome pictures. Near the Laguna there was still lots of snow, so we did all sorts of antics there. My companion Elder Chaves was super excited to see snow for the first time. I dont have a lot of time now, but I will send lots of pictures next week! This week we also had a Christmas mission conference, which was fun. The big Church campaign for Christmas is #HaNacidoUnSalvador (or #ASaviorIsBorn) and we are sharing that with everyone. I invite you all to view the video at christmas.mormon.org Our numbers haven´t been that great recently, but we are trying to do better this week. It is the last week of the transfer, so next week I might be moving. This Sunday Anita is getting baptised and we are really excited for her. Have a great week! Elder Richards