Iorana korua,
Wow, this week was absolutely crazy. there were a million things that
happened, and most of them happened this weekend
On Thursday, we got to teach LP. He is one of Elder Boelter´s
converts, and he is a recovering alcoholic. He isn't able to go to church often
because of health problems, but he always reads his scriptures and prays. This
Sunday he was able to come to church!
That night we visited M. We came ready to teach follow the Prophet,
and when we arrived we saw that L, her ex boyfriend was there with her, and
she was with a lady named C. C is a less active member that has caused
some problems with the church. We arrived and we were kind of thinking "what is
going on here"? Everything ended well, and we taught M, and she
committed to following the Prophet
We also taught J that night. He is a little like St. Thomas. See to
believe. He is making good progress though because he reads and he receives us. We are working with him so the Spirit can answer his prayers. It´s a battle, but
it means everything in missionary work.
On Friday, R and his family arrived from Santiago! Yay! Our only Rapanui family returned to church! They were able to visit the temple while they
were there to do a tour, and they met up with Elder Swan and Elder
Espinoza.
Bad news, our Relief Society President left the same day for Chile to visit
her daughter for a month. She will be greatly missed, and she took us out for
sushi before she left. Yum!
We visited L that same day. She is R's wife. R is our
first counselor. Recently, R and L separated, so we stopped by to
see how she was doing. Not too good, but not too bad either. We are not sure
what is going to happen with them.
we visited M that same day.She is doing really well, and she is getting
close to committing to get baptized. She´s starting to ask about dates, so we
hope she takes the plunge. As we shared the experiences that M, J,
and R had been through she started to piece together that she has no
reason to wait.
We had M's baptismal interview that night as well. :)
On Saturday, M got baptized!!!!!! There were a ton of members and
investigators that came to support her. I got to baptize her in the ocean, so
that was cool. Afterwords, we had a ward dinner at M´s house who lives right
next to the Moai in Tehai. It was an awesome day!
That same morning two construction guys arrived from Santiago to repair
some things in the church. They are contracted by the church, so they are both
members. It was fun to say "welcome to the Island, we have a baptism in 2
hours". They will be living and working in the church.
On Sunday, I got a phone call from Luis Droguett!!!! He and Carolina were
my first converts. They called to tell me that they were sealed, and they called
to see how I was doing. They told me that Elder Muñoz is getting married really
soon!!!! They are both doing really well, and it was great to hear their voices
again.
We visited M and when we arrived we saw L drunk. He was really
drunk and M was giving him juice and water so the alcohol would just
leave. I don't know what we are going to do to help him. Things are really bad
with him and his current girlfriend, and now he is bothering M by
getting drunk and visiting her.
We had a nice lesson with J last night as well. We watched the Restoration with him and his wife . We have been trying to teach
her for a while now, and we finally did it. She had some awesome
questions and they both committed to reading the Book of Mormon.
Okay, here comes the best story of my mission....
Sunday morning we got a call from L. She called to tell us that she was
going to go to church, but only for Sacrament meeting. This was a surprise
because she hasn't gone to church for the past 2 months. She also is getting
separated from her husband who is the 1st councilor in the Branch, who was going to be in the
meeting. She wanted to go because she is a friend of M and wanted to see
her get confirmed.
Okay, L came to church, but there´s more. Elder A, that same morning
got the impression that he had to ask R to share his testimony about
visiting the temple in Chile. Right before Sacrament meeting we asked R to
do it and he said okay. In R´s testimony he mentioned how originally he and
his family weren't going to have time to visit the temple until he got a call
from LAN Chile that told him that his flight was changed from Thursday to Friday. With that he was able to go on a tour of the temple. He did the tour of
the temple and entered until he got to the desk. He didn't have a recommend so he
couldn't go further into the temple, but he said that the Spirit was
awesome.
Sunday night, we visited L and she told us that the experience that
R shared changed her life. L is a recent convert, and for the past
couple of years she had always had questions about the temple. She didn't know
that one could still enter the doors even if they don't have a recommend. She had
wrestled with that doubt for along time. She said that as she heard that, she
felt something come over her. She felt the need to follow Christ, and she
explained to us that "for the first time in my life, I feel like I want to
follow Christ". She said that as she sat there looking at her husband on the
stand she realized that the arguments they had had were because of her not
understanding the gospel, and she realized that her husband was not fighting
with her, but he was teaching her. She said that because of what happened in Sacrament Meeting she "wanted to stand up and run to her husband and apologize and
hug him".
It's crazy how the Lord worked through so many people so L could have
such a spiritual awakening. the Church is true!
Love,
Elder Williams
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