First off my bad for not writing for a while. But i hope all is still good. Im not close to the volcano so you dont need to worry about that. But how is everybody? Congratulations Kayla for getting your letter in choir thats pretty cool! Speaking of choir all the missionaries in our zone we had to sing for stake conference here. We sang Come Come ye Saints with parts it was really cool. THat was yesterday. And the power did on the street the church is on so they plugged a generator in and it took a while to get things working so there was no lights or the microphone didnt work either. But it was good. But by the time Elder Ferreira of the 70 got up to speak it had been working. He just got called to the 70 this past general Confernce. HE is really good. The people in Chile have a hard time going to church because it is cold and sometimes raining. And during stake confernece the heater didnt work but when he got up to speak, he said "I know its cold right now, but thanks for coming, and he went on to talk about the pioneers and how they walked in the snow and it was 20 degrees below zero." I got to ride in the same car as him! Elder Gil and I were walking to an appointment after our english class we teach, and he saw their car, and he asked if he could give us a ride because it was raining and it was kind of far. It was cool, his wife is real nice to.
And on Sunday we baptized Eduardo. We are really blessed because weve had two baptisms that pretty much walked into our hands. And Eduardo was one of them. His brother is a member and his mom is trying to return to church. They are a real nice family. Yesterday we had a family night with them and i ate 5 completos.. They are those hotdogs but they have tomatoes and avocado on them haha. They are good. But his baptism was nice, and at the family night his mom said the closing prayer, and she said to bless Eduardo to be a good example, and their dad was there and he is less active, and they are divorced, but she said to bless him that he can find the faith to return to church. It was a real special experience. They are a good family they only have room to grow in the church im excited for them.
Then on saturday Elder Pulver and I went on a mini change and we went to go teach Fernando the guy that speaks english. But he wasnt there and his dad was in their negocio there little store and he was drinking with his friend, and his friend was way drunk and we were talking to them and the drunk guy was grabbing Elder Pulvers arm and moving him around like a puppet it was funny. And i asked the guy if he liked Curico Unido the towns soccer team, and he un zipped his sweater and he was wearing a Curico Unido jersey and he started pounding his chest it was funny, we couldnt understand what he was saying. But enough about our drunk guy experiences.
This week was good. WE set two baptismal dates with these two kids that come to our english class they are real cool. They are cousins and they are both about 15. And we taught some other good lessons to. We found this less active family. We actually met their son knocking on doors one day and he said they were less active. So we went back on time and only the mom was home and we taught her. And this time when we went back the dad was home with the mom.We found out that the dad had been a branch President and a Bishop and had a bunch of other callings. And their two boys who are like 24 and 27 both served missions. ONe in Pocatello Idaho, and the other in Argentina. But one lives in Vina del MAr and the other in Spain right now. And they said they were sealed in the temple together. It was real sad to see that they lost faith over a couple of preoblems. But we sharëd a lesson with them, and the mom started to cry when she told us about how they all had been to the temple together and now they are less active. They are a real nice family and we are gonna continue sharing with them and trying to reactivate them.
And then yesterday we went and got our clothes that were washed from the families that wash them. And the family that washes mine wasnt at stake confernece so we asked why they didnt go. And they said when they went to the temple they said that some people were irreverent and stuff but their experience inside was good. But the said they didnt go to church because of that. But its sad to see people like that that loose faith over little things or pride. The reason that we go to church is to remember the sacrifice that Our Savior Jesus Christ made for us and to be spiritually uplifted. We go for that reason and not for other people. So it just makes me sad to see this happen so much.
We have had two little earth quakes while ive been here. When one happened it was while Elder Gil and I were talking to this lady at her door, it was real cool. it shook for like 10 seconds. Then one happend last week in the morning at like 630. It was cool. They were cool though. But theres nothing to worry about though they are little ones.
But those were the biggest things that have happened lately. We also have been teaching this one Lady for a while. her two younger sisters have been baptized. when we taught her last week, she said she was having trouble making some decisions and she was having a difficult time. But we shared a scripture and asked her how she could get help and feel better. ANd she said by reading going to church and being baptized! So that was good. So pray for her that she will continue to grow. She has a daughter that is 9 and she is 29, but her daughter wants to be baptized, but her dad said she cant. And he lives in another city they are divorced so hopefully one day we can run into him and talk to him. BEcause he doesnt even know whats going on or live with them. But keep praying for us! thanks for all your prayers and love it really make s a differnece in Curico Chile!
Keep praying, reading, pondering, and going to church it is a marvellous blessing!
love,
Elder Johnson
