hola familia y amigos,
sorry about sending my email a day later. our zone had interviews with the
president yesterday and our pday was changed to today.
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| Melanie isn't the only one with penguins in her mission! |
this week was a lot of fun. we had an awesome new years eve. we had
permission to hang out with the members and investigators from 6 oclock until 11
oclock. it was a ton of fun. we spent most of the night with the Mendoza family.
Cecilia and Juan are recent converts, and we hung out with them for a little bit
and then we ate a ton of meat. i got a little sick because I ate so much meat.
there is a big hill next to Quilicura where they launch fireworks, so we got to
watch a cool firework show from the window in our house.
this week Juan got confirmed which is awesome. he is fulfilling his goal of
reading 1 chapter a day in the book of mormon and it is going really well for
him. he is such a humble guy, and he always has a smile because he is really
thankful for the gospel. on Sunday he completed one month without smoking, so he
was pretty happy about that.
on Friday, we met with the haitians that we are teaching and we taught some
of them english. usually we rely on a member from the ward to translate for us,
but we want to start helping them learn spanish so they can communicate with the
people here in Chile.
on Friday, we also met with Oscar and Anais. Oscar is a less active member
who came to church last week. My companion and I noticed that he was sitting
alone so we talked with him. he said that he hadnt gone to church in a very long
time, but that he wanted to come back. we set up an appointment with him and we
visited with him and his girlfriend Anais. they are both very nice. they have a
son named Augistin who is 3 and they have a new baby girl named josefina who is
5 months old. Oscar and his son came to church this week, and we introduced him
to another member, hno pino. hermano pino invited Oscar and his family to a
family home evening with them, and last night Oscar, his family, the pino family
and us went had a family home evening. we shared a message about the happiness
that the gospel brings to families, and Anais really liked what she heard, and
she shared that she had been worried about all of the bad things in the world
and how they could affect her family. the Pino family was awesome. they all
testified of the blessings of the gospel and they were very nice and loving to
Oscar and his family. it was the best!!!!
this week we have also done a ton of service. there was a family in the
sector of the other elders that were moving, so we helped them move everything
that was in their 3 story house. it was a lot of work. we had to move book cases
and a couple of couches from the roof because they didnt fit the stair
case.
we also did lots of little service project stuff. one of our investigators
is pregnant and we stopped by and helped her clean her house. we also had to
clean the church building. it was about 5 hours of washing windows for my
compnion and me.
This week was a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed it. Im glad to see how the
gospel blesses the lives of the people here. I often wonder what other people
think of the missionaries when they see us. sometimes they look at us wierd when
we eat, or when we are playing sports on Pday. we are people too. a lot of
people think that we are only here to talk about Jesus Christ. we know that if
you want a message about Jesus Christ you can go on the internet, or ask anyone.
what we share with the people is not only another message about Jesus Christ. We
share His gospel. we share the only way to receive eternal life and peace in
this life. it takes more than listening to receive blessings from God. we share
with people what they can do to receive all of the blessings of God. it is such
a blessing in my life to share that with others!
Love,
Elder Williams
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