Hola familia y amigos,
This week was a ton of fun, and a lot of things happened!
On Tuesday we got to do a service project for the Church here. There was a
ton of garbage in front of the church´s gate, so we cleaned it all up. It was
really hot and there was a ton of dust, but it was a good time.
The next day, we had interviews with President. Mine went really well. President talked to me about Easter Island a lot, and thanked me for my service
there. He asked me if I had gotten used to Santiago, and I said right away
"yes", I was trained here in Santiago. It took me forever to get used to the Island, so returning to Santiago was like riding a bike.
We taught Pilar on Wednesday as well. She is doing awesome. She has come to
church 3 times, and she is in Alma in the Book of Mormon. This week the goal is
to put her with a baptismal date, so we´ll see how it goes.
On Thursday we were walking a lot and teaching new people. We have found a
lot of new people, but they arent really accepting the message. It is difficult
to set the tone in the lessons. There are a lot of very evangelical people in Santiago that love to talk about Jesus. When we begin to say our message they
love to share their feelings about the Savior, but they dont really want to
learn too much more about Him, or how to get closer to Him.
On Friday we got to teach Julio. He is the father of a young man named Juan Carlos that we taught last week. He and his family are Peruvian. They are all
really receptive. they invited us to try Peruvian tamales. They were so tasty!T hey also convinced me to try rocoto, a Peruvian chile, and when I tried it I
almost vomited because it was so hot!!!
On Saturday, we had our ward family home evening. It was put on by the
missionary work organization. We did a skit about the Book of Mormon. We told
the members to invite their friends to the activity. One family brought an
investigator....that was a little lame. But on the bright side, Pilar came and
she got along really well with everyone and she really enjoyed it.
On Sunday Julio and Pilar came to church. Robinson didn't make it though (I
dont know what happened). All of the meetings were awesome and the members were
really friendly with them. They all introduced themselves and sat next to them. A brother in the ward gave an awesome talk about the Atonement that the
investigators understood because it was so good. Julio and Pilar stayed for all
3 hours!!! It was awesome.
Sunday afternoon, we went and taught robinson. he graduated from chilean
high school on friday so we gifted him a neck tie. he was super happy. we taught
him the word of wisdom. hes going to have to stop drinking coffee which will be
a bit difficult, but he can do it. he is reading the book of mormon, and it
looks like he´ll be getting baptized in a couple of weeks. its been hard to
teach him, so we sat him down and told him that we want to pass by and visit him
more but with shorter visits and he said he was ok with it.
after Robinson, we got to find a Peruvian family that we had taught about 3
weeks ago. We found them again and we had an awesome lesson!!! The father of the
family gave a kneeling prayer at the end it was so good! We explained the Restoration and they understood. we were so pumped!! The Spirit was strong and
they committed to reading!! Yes! I love the gospel!
It was a nice way to end the week with a lesson like that and it made me
think about the importance of praying in your heart. I prayed earnestly in my
heat that the Spirit would carry the words of my companion to the hearts of that
family and the Lord heard my cry. The Lord always hears our cries, and it is our
responsibility to recognize His answers. He loves us, and He wants to help
us.
love,
Elder Williams
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