7.11.11

Tings are still good in Chile. things are looking up in Teno. we have like 15 people witha baptismal date. and we had 2 investigators in church yesterday, but we were expecting 6 :P haha so we´ll have to work on that this week. BTW if you start getting a lot of baptism pix of a bunch of 19 yr old chileans dont get any ideas haha but seriously like 3/4 of our investigators right now are 18_20 yr old girls haha DONT ASK ME lol oh and good news, i found out the story behind girls passing the sacrament here, turns out it didnt really happen, it was just cuz back in the old days they met in a house here, and the guy that ws blessing the sacrament didnt know how to read, so a sister in the ward would read it, and he would copy. so thats where that rumor came from, but we did have some pretty apostate leaders :p haha but the work goes on anyways haha we were doing contacts the other day, and sometimes dogs like to follow us around everywhere, so what we like to do is open up the fence in front of peoples houses, and then walk in, Knock the door, and then if no one comes out, we go out before the dog can, and lock him inside their fance lol its pretty funny. OH and then this one night, we were talking with a recent convert, and she started going off on some tangent about her family, and was telling us where they lived, and it was in a place called Maipu, which is pronounced (My Pooh) so i was just dying trying not to laugh when she was saying stuff like "yeah they all live in Maipu, but they moved away for awhile but then came back and lived in maipu for a little longer" lol it was torture. and then this week we had to do a hack job on the electricity in the house cuz our stupid heating thing melted again, but we bought a new one. but this opne doesnt work as great :P haha but thats ok cuz we only have like a month of real winter left. so yeah life is good still. dont worry about me :) so yeah i hope you all have a good week, i miss and love you all.

Love Elder Philpott

7.4.11

Hello Everyone,
Its freezing here. my fingers are numb just typing this, but life is still good. i got my new comp, his names Edler Lundell, he´s from the factory in utah. but he´s pretty cool. and we get along good. Ha especially after dinner on saturday, we went to this one house that always gives us tons of food, and its usually pretty good, but that day we had the worst luck,  so we go back in this room to eat, and she comes out with a nice bowl of CHICKEN FEET soup. haha we just looked at it at first, then poked it, and just looked at eachother and were like oh boy... so we just ate around then at first, and then we started trying to use our fork, but that didnt work, then the lady came in and we were like "ummm... how do you eat this??" then she said you have to use your hands, so she left and we tried eating it with our hands,but still couldnt get any meat of it, so we just gave up. then, thinking that the worst was behind us, she comes out again with a nice steamy plate of rice and chicken liver :P :P lolby now we´re just ready to go, so we shoveled down what we could, and then used bread and pop and whatever other tricks we could think of to get it down.  and in the end, i ended up putting some ofthem in napkins and throwing em away lol after we left the house we just walked home and brushed our teeth haha  so yeah that was interesting.. lol and then sunday was good. we had 3 investigators come to church and then had 3 baptisms after church :) and i did my first baptism. it was awesome :) one was a 15 year old kid named  williams, it went good. then the other was a cute 10 year old girl thats pretty little for her age. we reactivated their parents, and now they wanted us to baptise their kids, so i baptised cecilia (10) and Elder Lundell baptised Sebastian (8) it was great, but after getting out of the water, it was SOOOO cold. but being cold and wet never felt so good..

So yeah the people are all pretty drunk right now watching the american soccer cup, and the other night we were doing contacts in the street and this super drunk fat chick, comes up and is like "hey hwere are you from??" 

"the USA"

"OH. well i better go then, cuz im a chilean girl, and i dont want you guys tryin anything funny with me!"

 and then she started walking away and was like "i mean you gotta admit, us chilean girls got it goin on, i mean check me out" and then my comp just turned aroun and i gave her a thumbs up lol  so she started laughing and then stumbled away lol it was pretty hilarious.

I love and miss you all!

Elder Philpott

Pictures from Chile

These are pictures from Elder Philpott's 1st Baptism.  The wife is already a member and the husband has been investigating the church for some time now.  Jared was so excited that they will now have the chance to be an eternal family someday.

Elder Q is on his way home now.  But beforehand, he had to pick up a "few" gifts for his family members.  They wanted everything and anything that had the word, "Chile" on it.  I also found it funny that he's taking home the Disney World bag that Aryan sent a few things to Jared in.



What a great picture!!

6.27.11

Things are good in chile. super cold, but good.  elder quiñones is now on his way home to argentina, and my new comp comes tomorrow. i dont remember what his name is, but he´s gringo!!! :) haha for now, im with Elder Luna thats from santiago chile, and has a thick chilean accent thats hard to understand sometimes haha he got here only last cambio haha. but this week waas good. we just went to like every member in the branch´s house so elder Quiñones could say bye. and so they could write in his little book of "recuerdos" like seriously everyone wrote something, including one of our contacts hahah we knocked this door, and then someone opened it, but no one was there, so we looked in and saw someone walking back in the house and we were like "uhh hello?"  and she turned around and jumped and was like "ohhh i thought you were my son!" lol and then she saw me and was like "come on in! Are you from the united states!!??" 
"yeah" i said.
"AHHH!!! i need your autograph!!" lol and then she ran around the corner and grabbed a note boook and was told me to write her something and sign it hahaha leter we learned that its always been her dream to go to the U.S. haha and then she started talkin to elder Q and she ended up writing in his book of recuerdos also haha it was interesting. My comp was going crazy with recuerdos haha his family sent him 79 mil pesos ( about 160 bucks) and in one day... no like 3 hours he managed to spend it all on gifts for his family and anything that said "Chile" on it haha we seriously went to like every single store and asked do you have anything that says Chile on it?? most of the people just looked at us funny and were like "uhhh no. try going to stores near the bus station" haha so we went to like 20 stores, and he spent a ton of money in each store, and then on the way back, he looked in his wallet to see how much he had left, and was like "woah! whered all my money go!!??"
"you spent it all"
"Really??"
"it didnt feel like i spent anything!" he said lugging aroung his new giant bag that was chile colors that was full of everything under the sun that says "chile" on it haha
other than that, not much has happened. the works going on.

I miss you guys tons and cant wait to see you all again :)

but until then Love Elder Philpott :)

6.20.11

lifes good for me still :) the baptism went well. it was a cool thing to watch. other than that not much new here. a TON of rain. but no thunder or lightning :( i miss that about home. So ive been sick like this whole week with a stupid cold. it sucks. and its really funny to be sicl in chile, cuz everytime someone finds out your sick, the question that always immediatly follows is "so what are you drinking for it??" haha they think that herbal tea can fix anything lol so i just tell em that im drinking a tapsin haha and that usually shuts em up lol so yeah i found out that in the back yard of the house of this one sister in the ward that feeds us on sundays, theres marijuana plants lol they belong to the neighbor, but she doesnt say anything to anyone cuz she doesnt want to start any trouble lol so that was pretty funny conversation. haha but other than that, its just cold here now, and we´ve officially started winter :P but the sleeping bag works great haha My comps finger is fine haha. no stitches.

I miss and love you all 

Love Elder Philpott

6.13.11

Sorry this one is soo short. i dont have much time today :p maybe itll be better when i get a gringo comp that actually wants to email too :p haha

But life is goin good for me. We have a baptism scheduled for this week!!! :) Its the husband of a recent convert. He was what we call "an eternal investigator" cuz he´s been thru tons of sets of missionaries and investigated the church for forever, but i guess we finally got to him and now he´s gonna join his wife and be baptised :) and then probly soon going to the temple with her to be sealed for time and all eternity :)  itss so cool. haha

other than that not much has ahppened. OH haha except for my comp almost cutting off the end of his finger lol so my shoes were getting really worn down and had holes in the bottom, and so to fix it, i found a band from an engine and cut it up and super glued it to the bottom of my shoes haha it works pretty darn ghood haha. and so my comp decided to copy me, but tried to take the soul of an old shoe he had. and he was using a pocket kinfe that didnt have a lock to keep it open, and so when he started to push it closed on the tip of his finger, the blade went right through his nail, but didnt get to the bone. he saw it and just was like "wow" hahaha and so then i told him to go clean it off in the bathroom (he bled all over the place lol) and then i wrapped it up eagle-scout style hahah and then we went to the hospital and got it fixed up haha so yeah that was fun

haha but other than that, things are just same old same old.

But thanks for the email:) cant wait to hear from you next week :) I love and miss you all

Love 

Elder Jared Philpott

More Pictures from Chile

Got Mail?  YEP!!



It's getting cold in Chile



Yum???

Jared's companion DOES NOT like to be cold!!

Having a little bit of fun with the bubbles Aryan sent them

Ahh, your guess is as good as mine

Teaching the gospel is awesome!!

Look what I found Dad!!  A pup to replace "Scout."