written: 12/7/2021
Week 49
Lots of changes here in Chile! The biggest one... I'm no longer in Puerto Montt! I've been transferred to Coyhaique, which is part of Patagonia. I had to take a plane to transfer, funny thing I didn't think I'd be taking a plane until I'd be going home haha. The area is absolutely amazing and beautiful, I'm surrounded by mountains from every side and I'm excited to explore more. Our sector is the part outside of the Centro, rip, because I love being in the Centro, talking to tons of people at once, but for some reason I'm here in the more countryside. My companion is Elder Petty, and I couldn't be more excited to be with him. We have the same personality, he loves sports, we both have time in the mission, and we got to know each other in Chiloe when I began my mission so things are going to be awesome together.
This week we had the opportunity to hear a general authority seventy come and talk to us! It was a really eye opening experience and he shared a lot of tips and suggestions to go and find the people that are really interested in the gospel. He had high goals for us but the way he talked and the power and authority he has made it seem possible. It was a really great experience.
It was definitely hard to say goodbye a second time to many people I've grown super close with. The people there will always have a place in my heart. One person in particular that really started to make a difference was Cristina. She was a friend in teaching of the other elders in the sector and she decided to be baptized. Her testimony is something you'd think you'd be hearing from someone 30 years in the church. The last 2 or 3 weeks she was always wanting to share her testimony with us, invite us to her house, and she could never remember my name so she always called me Hermano Texas.
I learned a lot of my time in Puerto Montt, it was an awesome 5 months. The biggest thing was just getting out of my shell. Thanks to my great companion Elder Vilcherres, he helped me really embrace a new me and helped me break out of my shell. Now I feel like I have a new energy and I'm just a crazy guy (in a good way, I promise!) Too bad y'all can't see me in the streets here in Chile, I'm a crazy guy talking to everyone, waving at every car, and dancing to music that people have blasting from their car! I'll never forget what I learned and my number one goal during the mission is improve daily!
Love, Elder Collin Steele
pictures include: The view from my new home; Really going to miss my Mammita and her family; Mega sized cereal boxes for the win!; This is how we DEW things!
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