EMAIL ADRESS/ MISSION ADRESS

MISSION
CHILE, CONCEPCION:

FIRST SECTOR: QUILLON/CHILLAN

SECOND SECTOR: ANTARTICA CHILENA/ÑUBLE

THIRD SECTOR: ANDALIEN/ANDALIEN

CURRENTLY: CENTRO ¨A¨/CONCEPCION

salomon.jaar.bueso@myldsmail.net

Elder Salomon Jaar
Mision Chile Concepcion
O´Higgins 940, Oficina 502
Chile Concepcion
CHILE

Monday, May 25, 2009

SIX IN WHITE!!!!
















YESTERDAY, CHRISTIAN, AND CRISTOBAL, AND OUR BISHOPS DAUGHTER GOT BAPTIZED, WE HAD SIX PEOPLE DRESSED IN WHITE!!!! IT WAS AWESOME. IAM HAPPY CHRISTIAN AND CRISTOBAL GOT BAPTIZED, IAM 100 PERCENT SURE CECILIA IS SMILING DOWN ON THEM. MIRACLES DO HAPPEN. THEY ARE REAL.

BARBEQUE IN THE RAIN!!!!!!




WE CELEBRATED CHRISTIANS AND CRISTOBALS BAPTISM WITH A BARBEQUE BUT SINCE IT WAS RANIN I HAD TO GRILL IN THE SHED HAHAHA, GOOD THING I DIDNT BURN IT DOWN!!! THE FOOD ACTUALLY TURNED OUT REAL GOOD, PLUS IAM A GOOD COOK, MOM KNOWS HOW MUCH I LIKE ASADOS, OR (PARRILLADAS) UN EXPERTO VA CACONA?

WHERE ARE THE CHURCH TRASH BAGS!!!!!




THE CHURCH TRASH BAGS ARE BEING WORN BY ME AND MY COMPANION HAHAHA, YESTERDAY AFTER THE BAPTISM IT RAINED FROM 12 TILL 4 AM, IT DIDNT STOP AT ALL, AND WE DIDNT BRING ANYTHING CAUSE WE WOKE UP AND IT WAS A NICE DAY. SO WE WHERE WONDERING WHAT TO WEAR TO COVER OURSELVES SO I REMEMBERED THE CHURCH HUGE TRASH BAGS SO WE PUT THOSE ON, THEY WHERE VERY VERY EFFECTIVE, PEOPLE ALREADY MAKE FUN OF US FOR BEING MISSIONARIES BUT YESTERDAY WAS A SPECIAL DAY HAHAHA, WE GOT MOCKED AND JUST LAUGHED AT, IT WAS FUNNY CAUSE ME AND MY COMP JUST FELT SO COOL, WE HAD ALL THE ATTENTION OF THE TOWN HAHAHAHA. ENJOY!!!!!!!!!

LUCK OF THE POT!!!!











WE HAD AN ACTIVITY THIS THURSDAY, WHERE WE ALL MADE A DISH THAT WE LIKED AND WE HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE CHURCH AND SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE ELSE, BUT BEFORE YOU HAD TO EXPLAIN HOW YOU MADE IT, IT WAS AWESOME, ME AND MY COMP PLAYED DARE WITH THE MEMBERS, MADE THEM SING, AND ACT, AND OTHER STUFF...... I MADE REFRIED BEANS, THEN WHAT HAPPENED........................EVERYONE WANTED TO KNWO MY RECEPIE HAHAHA, BUT TO BAD CAUSE YOU CANT GET THIS BEANS IN CHILE!!!! IT WAS A FUN ACTIVITY.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

NEVADA OF CHILLAN, TERMAS!!!!
























































ZONE ACTIVITY WE WENT TO THE CHILLAN TERMAS, THE MOUTAIN THAT DEVIDES CHILE WITH ARGENTINA, THE ZONE HIKED HALF WAY UP, BUT ME AND MY COMP DIDNT HAVE THE FEELING OF ACCOMPLISHMENT SO WE ASKED PERMISSION TO HIKE IT ALL THE WAY UP. SO WE GOT IT AND WE GOT TO THE HIGHEST PEAK IN CHILE, IT TOOK US 5 HOURS, PURE SNOW, IT WAS SO AWESOME GOOD THING I HAVE A COMP THATS IN SHAPE, WE HAD ALOT OF FUN. HERE ARE A BUNCH OF PICS OF US.

CRISTIAN Y CRISTOBAL!!! MOVIE NIGHT!!!











WE HAD MOVIE NIGHT WITH TWO OF OUR INVESTIGATORS (CECILIAS HUSBAND AND SON) THEY HAVE PROGRESSED ALOT AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE A HUGE MIRACLE WITH THEM, WHICH IS THAT CRISTIAN LISTENS TO US NOW AND DOSENT HAVE THE URGE TO KICK US OUT HAHA, BEFORE WHEN CECILIA WAS ALIVE HE WOULDNT EVEN LOOK AT US AND NOW THE GOSPEL HAS COME INSIDE OF HIS SOUL AND HE WANTS TO LIVE IT, HE GETS BAPTIZED THIS SUNDAY, I ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS. BUT HERE ARE SOME PICS OF THE MOVIE NIGHT, IT WAS SO MUCH FUN, IT WAS WAY AWESOME.

PONCHOS!!!!







ELDER HAFEN AND I DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT SINCE WINTER IS HERE ALREADY AND ITS JUST WAY TO COLD AT NIGHT AND DURING OUR MORNING STUDY, WE WHERE RIDIN OUR BIKES THRU THE TOWN AND A LADY WITH A LIL STORE ON THE PLAZA WAVED AT US HI!!! SO WE STOPPED AND HE FOUND OUT SHE WAS A MEMBER SELLING WOOL PONCHOS, SO WE DECIDED IT WAS ALL MEANT TO BE, 1. MEMBER, 2. IT WAS COLD, 3. THEY ARE AWESOME, SO WE BAUGHT THEM HERE ARE SOME PICS. MINE IS THE GRAY ONE.

Monday, May 11, 2009

BAPTISM!!!!







WE HAD A BAPTISM THIS WEEK, OF FABIOLA, SHE IS AWESOME WE FOUND HER THREE WEEKS AGO, SHE ALWAYS DID HER HOMEWORK AND SHE WORKED HARD TO UNDERSTAND, SHE IS SUPER HAPPY AND SO ARE WE, MY COMP BAPTIZED HER. SHE IS JUST SO AWESOME, EVERYTIME WE WALK BY HER CLASSES WE SEE HER AND SHE SEES US AND JUST GIVES US A HUGE SMILE, AND A BIG THUMBS UP!!!! WE ARE PROUD OF HER.

R.I.P CECILIA VALENZUELA







A CONVERT, CECILIA VALENZUELA DIED ON WEDNESDAY, SHE WAS FIGHTING CANCER AND GOD DECIDED THAT SHE HAD SUFFERED ENOUGH. NOW SHE IN A BETTER PLACE, I GOT TO SAY GOODBYE TO HER AND TO TELL HER HOW MUCH I LOVED HER AND LEARNED FROM TEACHING HER. I READ ALMA 40 TO HER AND THEN I HELD HER HAND UNTILL SHE GAVE HER LAST BREATHE, I WILL MISS HER ALOT, I GOT TO GIVE A TALK IN HER FUNERAL AND I TALKED ABOUT THE HAPPINESS OF THE PLAN OF SALVATION, IAM A BIT SAD BUT GODS JOY TAKES OVER ME KNOWING THAT I WILL SEE HER AGAIN. HER FAITH, HER HUMILITY, HER HUMBLENESS, HER WILLINGNESS WAS A HUGE EXAMPLE FOR ME, I WILL FOREVER REMEMBER AND LOVE YOU CECILIA. (HER HUSBAND DIDNT WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MISSIONARIES AND AFTER HER DEATH HE CAME TO US AND ASKED US TO TEACH HIM AND HIS SON, HE IS SOON TO BE BAPTIZED, I GUESS SOMETIMES WE DONT CHERISH WHAT WE HAVE UNTILL ITS GONE, ALWAYS EXPRESS YOUR LOVE AND APPRETIATION FOR EVERYONE YOU LOVE, DONT LET EVEN ONE MINUTE GO BY WITHOUT SAYING WHAT YOU REALLY MEAN IN YOUR HEART.)

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!







I GOT TO TALK TO MY MOM YESTERDAY, IT WAS AWESOME, BUT ME AND MY COMP ALSO MADE SOME TREATS FOR THE MOMS IN OUR BRANCH, AND MADE SOME CARDS FOR MOTHERS DAY!!!! WE GAVE THIS TO THEM ON SUNDAY AND AFTER WE WALKED TO EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM, AND BY THE END OF THE DAY WE HAD 30 PLUS REFERENCES. ALL FROM MOMS HAHAHA, THEY LOVE US!!! HERE ARE SOME PICS OF THE STUFF WE DID!!! (MOOSE BALLS)

HELP THEM BE STRONG!!!! AT ALL TIMES!!!







FABIOLA WAS HAVING SOME CHALLENGES FROM FAMILY MEMBERS BECAUSE OF HER BAPTISM, SO I TOOK SOME TIME TO WRITE DOWN SOME SCRIPTURES AND PUT THEM UP ON HER BEDROOM WALL, AND I TOLD HER TO READ THEM EVERTIME SHE FELT DOUBTFUL OR SCARED, AND SHE DID THIS WORKS SO WELL. HERE ARE SOME PICS,

Monday, May 4, 2009

DEAR ELDER HAFEN!!!!







HAHAHA I GOT BORED DURING THE WEEKEND A BIT, SO I THOUGHT ID GIVE ELDER HAFEN A GIFT, HAHAHA I TOOK SOME PICS. HE LOVED IT HAHAHA WE LAUGHED IT UP ALL DAY YESTERDAY. WE PLAYED SOME UNO AND NOW HE OWES ME SOME LUNCH HAHAHAHA,

PANCHITA!!!!!




YESTERDAY WE WENT AND GAVE THE SACRAMENTS TO PANCHITA, WITH CHRISTIAN HIS GIRLFRIEND VIVIANA, WE LAUGHED IT UP AND SHARED A COUPLE OF MINUTES WITH HER, THEN SHE OPENED A BAG AND SAID SHE WAS DONE WITH MY GIFT HAHAHA, SHE FINISHED THE SWEATER, SHE ASKED ME TO TAKE PICS WITH HER SO I DID, THE SWEATER DOSENT FIT BUT ITS FREAKING NICE, SO ENJOY SARAHI, ITS GONNA BE YOURS!!!!!! PANCHITA IS AWESOME I LOVE HER!!!!

OLIVE SEASON!!!!







ITS OLIVE, KIWI, AVOCADO SEASON HERE IN QUILLON NOW, SO EVERYWHERE WE GO NOW PEOPLE GIVE US OLIVES, SO I TOOK SOME PICS OF SOME OLIVE TREES, TODAY MORNING, ALSO I TOOK A PICTURE OF A FAMILY I LOVE ALOT HERE IN QUILLON THEY ARE SO NICE TO US, I LOVE THEM.