Iorana korua,
Well this week was a ton of work, but the work was different. It was more
physical than spiritual beause it was the last week for the construction workers
that are here to fix the church and they needed our help. Don't worry though, we
still helped some souls as well.
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| Another beautiful sunset on Easter Island |
On Monday night we had a family home evening with R, L M and P. P is one of the construction guys that is working here. He lived in Paraguay for 35 years, so he taught us how to speak a little Guadní. Manga ru!
On Tuesday we had a nice lesson with C. He is a less active man
we found. His wife is really Catholic but she lets us teach her. We taught them
about Jesus Christ. They have a lot of experience with the missionaries, so we
were looking for a different way to get into their hearts. We shared a video
about Jesus Christ and talked about how they have the responsibility to teach
the gospel to their son. We asked them if they prayed as a family or if they
were reading the scriptures. They realized they weren't. They said they would,
and like that they can start to feel the Spirit entering their home! Yes!
We taught the law of chastity to T this week. He is a different T
(not Jake´s brother) and he is living with his girlfriend. He was really
receptive and he said he was going to talk about marriage with her. T was
awesome!! He told us "yeah! I could get married after my baptism!" We had to
explain to him that it doesn't work like that, but we were pleased with his
enthusiasm.
We also found out that Ivan (Jake´s dad) has a cancerous brain tumor, and
it looks really bad. Please pray for him.
That same night we had an awesome lesson with M. She was there, her
two non- member friends were there, and also R and L were there. Mega lesson
about baptism, and now C., M's friend is thinking about getting
baptized! We´ll see what happens.
On Thursday, the construction workers rented a car and they invited us to
visit the Island with them. We went with them and changed our P-day to that day. Today we will be working all of the afternoon. There are some awesome photos
from that trip.
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| Elder Adams and Elder Williams on their P-day |
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| One of the photos from the car trip around the Island |
Saturday morning, we did a ton of yard work at church. The church looks so
good right now. The construction workers repainted and we mowed the lawn and
everything. It looks great!!!! We had a great lesson with J that night. He
told us that he loves receiving us, but he can´t go to church anymore because
his sister, a recent convert, has been fighting with him a lot. He told us he
wants to get baptized, but not while his sister is fighting with him, so we need
to help them resolve the problem! Whoa! We aren't too sure how we are going to do
it, but the Lord and the Spirit will be involved heavily.
On Sunday, we had a nice lesson with the P family. They are a less
active family that haven't come to church in a while. They are going to come to
the family home evening tonight and they said they´d come to church next
Sunday.
This week, I've really seen the importance about a testimony of Jesus
Christ. It is a lot easier to teach people the gospel when they already have a
desire to follow Christ. I think in the lives of my investigators and in my own
life I haven't always been able to tell the difference of knowing about Christ
from being converted to Christ. They are two completely different things, and I
invite you to think about what could be that difference.
Love,
Elder Williams
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