Hola familia y amigos,
I have to start off with some bad news. starting in August the internet
time for the missionaries in Chile Santiago Norte will be cut to one hour. So be
patient with my abilities to write you all and also the slow internet we have
here in the island.
This week we gave the church a good deep cleaning. A mission representative
is scheduled to come in a couple more months, and some of the rooms in the
church were disorganized, so we dedicated two mornings to cleaning it up. It was
kind of fun to see what was hidden away. We found a newspaper clipping from the
church newspaper of when Elder Holland visited the island, and we saw a couple
familiar faces in the foto.
We were working a lot this week with the activity we have coming up in two
weeks. It is an activity about family history so we are trying to get the
members to invite their friends.
Also, Elder S got a call on Thursday from one of the counselors of the
mission president calling him as the branch president here on the island. We
have a leader now!!!!
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| Left to right: Elder A, Elder E and Elder S in Orongo |
We also spent Friday morning trying to fix our shower. the water doesn't
stop coming out so we ended up buying faucets that didn't fit. It still doesn't
work right, but we are working on it.
We stopped by to visit T on Friday. He is a recent convert. We sat down
with him to set a couple of goals with him. He isn't doing to well in school, so
we are helping him understand what his priorities are, so his mom will keep letting
him go to church.
We also taught english to M and L. L is one of our investigators,
and we had been looking for a way to teach his girlfriend as well. She asked if
we could teach her English, so we did, and we taught the gospel afterwords. It's a good way to meet people here. We teach a lot of English in order to teach the
gospel.
Saturday morning we were knocking doors, and I asked elder E where
we should go. Elder E is a very good missionary, but sometimes he
struggles to know what to do. I asked for his guidance, and he suggested that we
knock a certain street, so we went there, and the first door we knocked had a
guy that came out and let us in right away. Apparently he had been baptized
about 20 years ago, and just had a baby girl. We were able to teach him, and
pass the reference to the other missionaries because we found M while he was
visiting his mom. well done elder E!
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| Elder Williams and Elder E on their trip to Orongo |
On Sunday we had Elder S sustained as branch president with hno T as
first counselor and elder A as second counselor. Elder E was called
to be secretary, and I am the pianist now! I have a week to learn the piano.
Pray for me!
The island is the most beautiful place in the world, and the best part
about being here is that I can enjoy the beauty while I teach the gospel. We get
rejected, and then we see a moai or an awesome sunset. It is like God is saying
"well that didn't go too well, but remember that there are more important things
that I have in store for you" I know that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the
world. I have dedicated my life to Him. I love Him. I am not perfect, but I am
trying to get better everyday because that is what He expects of me.
Love,
Elder Williams
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