Hola familia y amigos,
This week was so crazy!!! Seriously tons of things have happened.
On Wednesday we were in a zone conference all day with the President. We
talked about area`s plan to increase Sabbath Day worship, temple attendance, and
self sufficiency. A the end of zone conferences they always let the
missionaries that go home give their testimonies. After seeing two years worth
of zone conferences it was finally my turn to do it and say goodbye to the
mission. Don't worry, I said goodbye but I keep working like I arrived in Chile
yesterday.
On Thursday we spent a good chunk of the day doing all of my visa paperwork
and procedures. That meant waiting in a lot of lines and talking with people
from different parts of the world. We always run into other missionaries and
other gringos there and its fun to talk with them.
That night we got to teach angel and Claudia and Jeremias. They are a
family. Claudia is a member of the Church but her two children, Angela and Jeremias aren't members. Claudia has cancer so usually they have to take care of
her and they aren't able to go to church but we are working to see if they can
switch off who goes which Sunday so they can attend church and get
baptized.
On Friday I went on an intercambio with Elder Arce. He`s the same Elder Arce that was in the same ward as me in Quilicura. Iit was awesome to be with him
again. He was working really hard and we were able to receive a lot of references
from the members.
On Saturday we worked a ton. We taught Jimmy, Adler, and David. they are
all Haitians. They all live in different houses and we teach them in Spanglish.T hey have a lot of faith and want to go to church.
We also received a lot of references from the members. The members are
really stepping it up here in San Pablo. They are really helping with the
work.
On Sunday we had Jimmy, Jimmy`s cousin, and David at church. One member
invited a friend named Jaime to church and the non member husband of a member
came. We had 5 at church. It was interesting to go to the ward because neither
my companion nor I knew anyone!
After church we taught Antonio. He is an investigator from Peru. He
believes that the church is true and is open to baptism so we are going to help
him go to church next week.
Yesterday we got to do a fun service project to help some old
investigators. We destroyed a floor. We took out a wooden floor with crow bars
and hammers and saws. It was a mejor stress reliever. After that we taught Pablo
and Aurora. They told us that they had thought about joining the church but then
ran into a lot of things on the internet, so now they aren't too sure. It's going
to be a big struggle with them, but I know they will find the truth.
This morning we played soccer with the zone. Americans against Latins. They
creamed us....but we did get a couple of goals on them.
When I said goodbye to the mission of Wednesday I really realized how much
I have come to know the Savior during my mission. I gained a testimony of the
divinity of the Restoration of the Church and the Gospel of Jesus Christ before
the mission, but it is here that I have really learned that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of the living God. I feel so honored to represent Him and a little
confused that He would extend that calling to me. I am excited to work very hard
until the last day of my mission because that is what Christ did.
love,
Elder Williams
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