Week 73

well guys i am now with the farmers! and i litterally live on a farm! i wake up every morning to the roosters at 5:30.... but it really is a cool sector. but the zone sure does need some work lol. we found out that some missionaries stayed out late at a members house dancing -_______- but we're working with them!

so yea this sector is HUGE! and our bike are still broken so we have to walk a lot. and this sector needs a lot of help, there are like 2 people in the focus group, AKA gunna be touching a lot of doors thhis week!

so this week we had a sick council of leaders where we whent to the conce temple and president catala re dedicated the mission! WOW that was a super spiritual day! and after he re dedicated it he got a call from elder packer saying that he wants to visit the mission!!

But yea not much to tell here because we dont really have many people to teach yet and this zone sure needs some help, so please pray for us out here!!

ps we had a BBQ with the elders today!

love you all!

peep elder barson my new comp!

Week 72

so yea cambios came................ im moving AGAIN! im pretty bummed out about this cambio because seriously when i got here there was nothing...... and now its such a good sector!!! and also the zone is now on fire!!! but well.... gotta go where the lord wants me! and he wants me in Parral! o sea a super rural part of the mish!!! and im going to be comps with elder barson! but yea im going to be teaching start up farmers!

but yea we had stake conference this week and it was in another chapel, but as God provides a way we still got a good number of peeps in church!

so that girl that we found,victoria, came again and we still ahve only had 1 i repeat 1 lesson with her....... shes just super busy during the week but really likes the church!! so she'll probably get baptized this month....

we also got a cool `partial family there! its kinda weird cause the mom speaks perfect english.....

but yeatoday i have to go say goodbye to paola and guillermo......... but im like 99% sure that i'll come back to visit them! tey keep telling us how they have two extra rooms and to come whenever!!

but yea not much more to say with cambios! all i know is that ive got my work cut out over there in parral! love you all so much!

Week 71

so yea sorry i forgot to send a group email last week!! i was writing a members house then they made pizza..... so yea i kinda forgot lol. 

but yes all is well down here! but man it is stinkin hot! im seriously pondering the idea of working in a fedora.... hay vemos. but things are going really really well in the sector!!

so paola ALMOST went to the temple to do baptisms!!! BUT they were a little tight on money and she couldnt go in the end... but they do have plans to go during december!!! so not too worried about them! and they are so cute they keep saying that we can come back and visit whenever! and paola keeps calling us her prodigal sons..... dont know if she understands that story lol.

butr yea so we found a sweet dude the other week! his name is jorge! and he has been feeling like he is falting something in his life! and then we showed up!!! and he came to church last week but not this week (the member forgot to look for him......) but he has fecha for the 25th!! and he enjoys reading the BoM! so hopefully all works out with him!

we also found a girl touching doors and we had like a 10 minute lesson with her and she came to church!!!!!!! it was sick! we called sunday morning and she was like yea im reading are you guys waiting? and her name is vitoria she has 27 years. but we'll see how it goes with her! seriosuly weve onloy had one cita with her!

also we have been working with some antiguos and they are super receptive and some even stared coming back to church! one we think might be able to get baptized after she finishes her thesis. o sea like in december, plus she makes really good cakes!! and then another one was an old lady that legit hobbles and she walked all the way to church alone!!!!!

and then we are still working a lot with maria! she is really colse to taking a decision on moving! and she is so ready to be dunked! we just read the BoM with her now!

but yea this is the last week of the cambio! and im like 99% sure that one of us is going... kinda hope its not me because i want to pass christmas here! but whatever we'll see!

love you all so much!! and hope that you all are reading the BoM! have a great week!

Week 70

so yea it was a pretty sweet week here! first of all paola gopta baptized!!! and i am so sorry but my card reader broke and this computer is acting up..... so pics will have to come next week....

but the baptism was sososos sweet like almost the whole ward came! so it was a great experience for her! and she is so ready to share the gospel with her fam! she already has some plans on how to share with her sister! and now we are wokring on getting guillermo the priesthood! and also we are like now paolas 'sons' lol she brought us chocolate milk at church and made us fried fish last night!

well other than that we are still looking for people to progress...... but i do have the hope that we will have someone ready for a november baptism this week!

other than that we have been just trying to keep the zone animated! one elder is like almost dying with asthma attacks..... so we'll see what happens there...

but yea all is well! i am just super tired, we seriosuly walk so much.... might try to find someone to give me a foot massage! but i love this work so much! it was really nice being able to baptize someone myself for once! love you all!!!

Week 69

another pretty good week down here in hualpen! but man it was really stormy and rainy..... so it made it a little harder to get people to church...... but other than that it was a good week!

so yea we are wokring a lot still with paola and now she is all ready! and man she really has opened my eyes to see how the gospel blesses families... because before they knew the gospel they were not happy people. and they did not have a happy marriage... but now they are so giddy and happy and you can really see the changes. and yea her bautismo is this friday and she asked me to do it! so por fin time to see if the white pants still fit me! but it should be a sweet service!

other than that uhhhh..... we are just trying to find some good partial families! but that means working with some LAs and oh man i am pretty tired of LAs. but we did find a couple of famillies that have some decent potnecial! 

so we found out this week that pres catala is like in love with our ward mission lider because of how well he works with the organization (wich like never happens in chile...). pres is thinking about like filming how he does stuff LOL. or like filming a pep talk! ps my ward mish lider is the little guy in the temple pic! 

But yea not too much new stuff here! just wokring hard out here! but we are seeing a lot of good progress with our zone! we got the averagelessons with members to 17! so we were pretty pumped about that! but i love you all so much!

ps read the good word!

Week 68

so we had a pretty full week here! we had an awesome consejo with president! and there were some big changes in the mission!!!so before we had to do 20 contacts in the street as a companionship everyday..... and por fin pres catala changed the rule!! oh man that was nice to hear!! because chileans do not like being stopped in the street to hear about how much Christ loves them. so that was an answer to prayers (JK). but it will be a big change!

so this week we were really wokring with paola on getting her ready for her baptism and we had a great time helping her search for her answer! towards the end of the week she kept saying how she felt like J smith! and to top it off we went to the temple grounds with like 2 other families and them! and oh man she litterally rean to the fence and like closed her eyes and envisioned herself there............. uh yea it was sweet! and now her biggest worry is 1. getting a frame for a picture of christ she has and 2. sharing the gospel with her now grown up children! yea God has been prepping this family for a long time!!!

then we are still working with maria, but amn she'll probably get baptized in november IF she does, because there are a lot of problems with her fiance and she cant just move. but we'll see what happens...

but yea other than that we are just searching for more families.... please pray for us that we can be guided to another prepped fam!! other than that we are just out here wokring as much as we can! love you all so much!!

Week 67

so cambios came again........... i finally get to stay!! and im staying with elder hayne for another cambio aka 4 1/2 months together.... prettylong time together lol

but yea so we had an interesting mini cambio this week where we brought a more 'troubled' missionary to our sector and i worked with him for the day. man that was interesting lol. the poor kid didnt get up till 8.... but atleast we were able to have a sweet spiritual experience with the wife of guillermo during the mini cambio and put her with fecha for the 22 of october!!!! and after putting her with that fecha the other day i went back with hayne and she was so pumped because thats a birthday weekend!!! and her kids will be home that weekend and she is snow pumped for he baptism!!! seriously paola did like a 180 with guillermo`s baptism!!! and we are going to the temple grounds with them next sunday! because they are really interested in doing work for the dead!!!

and maria is doing well too. she wont get dunked this week because her fiance had another realapse!! so they are waiting for some tests to see if he has to go to the crazy house.... so we'll see if we can get her to move out, because that wont really fix the sitaution, since he would just come home after a while and they would be sinning.... but she still has a lot of hope!

other than that not much happened this week.... i had to stay in one day because i got seriously the worst headache (probs from dehydration...) and i slept for like 12 hours, oh amn it was sososososo nice. but all is well now. we just have a huuuge sector and we walk a LOT.

But i lvoe you all and hope you all enjoyed conference!! besitos!!!!!!