Like I say almost every single week, everything is great here and last week went pretty well.
We are seeing a lot more success and progress here from when I first arrived. When I arrived in my sector there was literally nobody progressing and the missionaries before had many problems in the work. But now the sector is a lot better and we are working really hard. God has blessed us a lot.
The only bad thing is that here, in South America, there is a soccer cup going on. And Chile is playing really well. And whenever they play nobody wants to listen to us. Nobody is in the street because everyone is in the house watching the game...yay!!
And on Friday we travel to Iquique to meet our new Mission President, Presidente Larsen!
This past week we had six people come to church with us. A family from Venzuela came with us. They are super awesome. The only problem is that they live together, but they arent married. And literally we can't do anything about it. Because even if they wanted to get married, it would be super hard and the process is super long and difficult because they aren't from Chile. But they are still really cool and we are going to keep inviting them to church and everything. And the members got super excited when they saw new faces in the church, so that was good.
And a 26 year old named Aldo came with us, too. He is really cool. He loves the world. But he knows that the church is good for him. So this week we are going to work with him so that he can keep progressing.
We are also still working with Ivan and Sebastian. We just need some miracles with them. Sebastian is having some problems, but hopefully we can find him this week and teach him a little. And Ivan is pretty much a member of the church. He has read the whole Book of Mormon and is now reading the Doctrine and Covenants! He is way awesome. We are just waiting for his friend to get here from Santiago.
And this past week, we had an awesome spiritual experience! I was on intercambios with an elder in my district and we were teaching a guy named Braulio. And we were with a convert that got baptized last Sunday. He is waiting to get confirmed. I did his baptismal interview so I already knew him. But we were in the lesson talking about the blessings that come through living the gospel. And this convert (who had just been baptized 3 days before) shared an awesome experience.
He is from Venezuela and its has been hard for him to find work. But he found work laying tile and on Saturday (the day before his baptism) he had a really bad day. It was his first day on the job and he only was able to lay tile on the floor of half of a bathroom. He said that he was struggling and was worried about the job. The next day he went to church and got baptized. And said that it was such a spiritual experience, something that he will never forget. And the next day (Monday) he worked hard and laid tile in 2 bathrooms and a room. And on Tuesday, he finished 2 conference rooms (which he said were bigger then the chapel). And that Tuesday night, everything clicked. He bore testimony to us and to Brualio that because he got baptized and followed the example of Jesus Christ, he received power and help from God. He said, "Dios me hizo un maestro." (God made me an expert). And he just kept telling is that he still couldn't believe it. And he also said, "no se que va a pasar después mi confirmación!"
It was such a cool experience to here. And I know that its true. God gives us power. He makes us experts in what we do!
Love you guys! Muchas gracias por todo.
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