this week was an awesome one. I have learned a ton this week, and I also
had a lot of fun!
first I want to start off with talking about some of the people we found
this week. the first person that I want to mention is Mario. Mario was a person
that we found in the ferria about two weeks ago. he said that we could pass by
his house anytime, but during that two weeks, we were spending a lot of time in
the southern part of our sector, so we weren't able to pass by. anywho, on
tuesday we were in the neighborhood, and we decided to stop by. he let us in and
we talked. he told us that about 6 years ago he had a terrible accident and it
was very difficult for him to remember things, but he did remember us. we were
really short on time when we stopped by so we shared a little bit of our message
and how it is centered on Jesus Christ. Mario told us after "when can you guys
come and teach my family this message" needless to say we set up an appointment
with him to teach his family.
another person that we found this week was a woman who watering her plants
in the street. I stopped by to complement her on her garden and she told me "its
good to see missionaries again. I haven't seen you guys in a while". it turns
out that missionaries had taught her and her son in the past, and had stopped
coming because they both left at the same time. her name is Yolanda and she has
a lot of love for her children.
this week was a ton of fun because we worked hard this week. we knocked a
lot of doors, had a lot of lessons, and talked with a lot of people. the more I
think about my efforts as a missionary I think about where my talents and
ability to work come from. they come from God. they were taught to me by
parents, teachers, coaches, challenges, books, music, and much more. i have
learned in the mission that my success has nothing to do with me. it all comes
from God. without Christ i know that I am nothing.
now I want to talk a little bit about Lucas. I have talked about Luis y
Carolina before but it turns out that Carolina has brother named Lucas. Lucas is
awesome and we stopped by to teach him and his mother who is a member of the
church but hasn't gone in a while. we taught about baptism and the spirit was so
strong. Lucas now wants to be baptized so that his family can be eternal and
that he can be closer with God. it was awesome to talk with his mother Yvonne
because she never expected that she would see her family in the church, but now
that her daughter was baptized and that Lucas has the desire to do so she is
really excited to have an eternal family and start going back to church.
on Saturday we had our 18 de septiembre activity. it was seriously so much
fun. we were there the whole day. we played soccer and talked with the members.
we had to wait a while to eat the chicken that they were barbequing but it was
so good, and definitely worth it. it was a really big turn out, and we almost
ran out of chicken, but we finished the activity with one pollo left. after we
ate there were a ton of dances that members of the ward prepared. one of the
investigators that we have, Lorena, brought her group of folk singers and she
sang with them for the activity. it was so cool because a lot of people were
wearing authentic clothing and dancing. it was great.
on Sunday Elder Mu;oz played the violin for all of the hymns in church. it
was really cool, and the ward loved it. most of them haven't heard a violin in
church before so they thought it was really cool. I got to lead the music, so
that was a lot of fun.
I should also talk about the other missionaries who arrived. Elder Lefalle
is from Misiones Argentina and has about 20 months in the mission. he is super
funny and really nice. he has never done anything or said anything that would
make someone angry. the other elder is elder Birch. he is from Syracuse Utah. he
has about 1 year in the mission. recently he was in the hospital because he had
a really bad bike crash but now he is ok. he is really funny, and he loves
Chilean culture and the people, so naturally, the people love him back.
I am so glad to be serving here in Chile. I learn a ton of things everyday.
I am learning how to become more like Christ. I am also learning to have fun in
the mission. the message that the missionaries share is a message of happiness.
I would like to bare my testimony that I know that christ sufferred for us so we
don't have to. we can find true happiness in this life through the gospel of
Jesus Christ.
Love,
Elder Williams
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