Hola familia y amigos,
This week was a lot of fun and a lot of work, so we are happy to be resting
today on P-day.
On Monday night
we had a nice family home evening with K and N. We
invited Hermano Francisco and his wife Paolo to come with us. K still
hasn't
committed to getting baptized because she is facing a little oppression
from her
mother who is Catholic. Paola shared her conversion story which involves
her
father who was Catholic and wasn't too big on having her get baptized.
Paola
shared that as her father went to the chapel for the first time to see a
sacrament meeting he started to cry. Paola´s dad was really impressed
with the Spirit he felt there and ended up really supporting her
decision. It looks like
the story helped K.
Tuesday we taught J. She is a young woman who is 17. We asked her how
her reading went and she had read up to 4th Nefi in 3 days! She told us that she
thinks the Book of Mormon is true because it was answering her questions about
how she should treat her family as she read it. She is willing to get baptized,
but didn't come to church this Sunday because she was visiting Temuco. We are
hoping that her parents also give their consent so she can get baptized
We had to enter the house early that night because there was a soccer game,
so Elder Fasshauer and I made arroz con leche.
Wednesday
we had an awesome lesson with P. Hermano Luis came with
us. He is a member of the stake High Council, and he bore his testimony
like a
champ. P committed to going to church but he didn't show up on Sunday.
We´re not sure what happened. We called and he said he couldn't make it,
so we´ll
see what happens this week when we verify with him.
On Thursday, we taught a family we taught last week. We stopped by in the
morning and taught the daughter of the family and the grandmother. The daughter
is named Andrea and she´s about 27. The grandmother was super Baptist. The
grandmother didn't let us get a word in and she kept interrupting us. Andrea,
realizing that we had been trying to say something raised her voice and said
"Grandma, youve got to let them speak and show some respect to them, their
Jehovah's Witnesses!" Elder Fasshauer and I ended up laughing pretty hard from
that.
We found a family of
Haitians on Thursday as well. We taught them the Restoration and one of
them accpeted a baptismal date for December 13th. We ran
into her on the street the next day, and she said she had read the Book
of Mormon and felt it was true. We stopped by her house on Sunday and
her family
told us that she had moved to another part of Renca that is outside of
our
sector....that´s how it goes sometimes, but we still need to find her
address to
pass the reference.
On Friday we
were walking and knocking all day...and it was really hot, but
we helped a young less active man from our ward recognize that he
needed to
repent, and we set up an interview with him and the Bishop. according to
the Bishop it went really well with him, and it might be just what he
needs to get
going on the mission.
on Saturday we had a ton of appointments. Almost all of them fell through
and we were walking
On Sunday, I gave a talk in Sacrament meeting about missionary work. We had
a lot of appointments on Sunday as well and a lot of them fell through. We were
tired and hot and a little short on ideas, but we kept going and we found a new
family to teach! They were a Peruvian family and they were really interested in
the Book of Mormon. We´ll see how it goes with them.
I just want to finish with what I shared in my talk this Sunday. I want you
all to think about the first Sacrament Meeting that was held in this
dispensation. How did the people arrive? Were there full time missionaries that
invited them to come? No, there weren´t. It was the Smith family and their
family and friends and neighbors that they had invited. How did they come to
church. They listened to friends and family that invited them to "come and
listen to a prophet´s voice". The church was built upon member missionary work,
and we need to remember that. We need to invite our friends and families to come
and listen to a prophet´s voice, and to remember the Lord Jesus Christ as we
take the sacrament.
Love,
Elder Williams
p.s. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!
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