Epic week none the less! Started out with a
sweet District Class. The Zone Leaders had their Zone Leader Conference last
weekend so they gave the class. They talked about diligence in finding people
so that we could be able to baptize more people. It was way cool! We read a
talk about Mediocrity also. It talks about how you gotta give it your all so at
the end of the mission when you get off the plane there should be an ambulance
waiting for you! It’s just like a sprinter in a swim race. If you get out of
the pool and you aint breathing hard and you can’t walk, you didn’t give it
your all in that race. So it was a way cool class. We had some good practices
and left feeling great. We went home and ate lunch with a member, and then went
out to work.
Wednesday we had a
great day. It was sunny this whole week. And being sunny didn’t mean that it
was hot. In the mornings it was freezing cold. (Good thing we bought electric
blankets.) But our house has an electric shower, and it has made me a more
humble person. The way it works is you gotta turn the water on, and if there is
a lot of water it’ll be colder and if there is less water it’ll be warmer, so
if you put less water it’s just trickling practically. So now I’m a world
record shower taker. You just gotta get in and out. It’s so freezing! But I’m
becoming more of a fan of the cold because of it so it’s good. We taught Sara
Jennifer and Franchesca they are the family we have been teaching. So it is
sweet. We had a great lesson about the restoration. One of the daughters
thought she was gonna be baptized on Sunday! But we explained how you gotta go
to church first 3 times. Then after we went to the Ecuadorians house and we
taught them about being a light to the world by being good examples. It was
great, and they gave us rice with scrambled eggs! It was great!
Then Thursday we had
weekly planning early. So we did that and we went to lunch but it didn’t fall
through because it was gonna be at 3 and that is late for us. So we went to
Doggys. It’s the Chilean McDonalds. They sell completos French fries and ice
cream. So it was good. The rest of the day was spent doing contacts, and we
taught the less active family non-member family we teach. It was cool. We
watched the story of John Rowe Moyle. The handcart pioneer that got his leg cut
off but continued walking the 40 miles to the temple to finish the granite
work. It’s one of my favorite stories!
Then Friday we had a
mini conference in our chapel. President Humphrey talked about this new program
they have made to keep the new converts active in the church. It is sweet.
Because here in Chile lots of people get baptized but very few stay active for
that long. So this program is going to be great. Then we watched a talk that
Elder Holland gave in the MTC where he talked about how we need to make the
mission a platform for our lives, and how we need to become more dedicated to
studying preach My Gospel and stuff like that. It’s super inspiring! Then the assistants
talked about how we need to always find people to teach, and why it’s important
to find, and we did some practices about teaching a quick 5 minute lesson. Then
later at night we taught Sara Jennifer and Franchesca again. We taught them
with a new convert Ximena. It was great we talked about the Book of Mormon and
the importance of reading it. So it was great and Ximena shared a great
testimony. Then we walked to English Class. Franchesca and Ximena came. And I
taught some English, and then we had to walk Franchesca back home so we ended
getting home a little late but it was a great day.
Then Saturday came!
We left in the morning and started contacting. We went to contact this reference,
and this guy opened the door and said no, and slammed it right away so that was
lame. But I guess that guy doesn’t live there he is like the neighbor or
something. Then we did some more contacts, and we found Geraldo! He is an older
guy who is retired and has a lot of faith in Jesus Christ. He has a basic
concept of the gospel, and the desire to share. So that was cool. Then we went
to lunch and after lunch we went right to work. We went to stop by a less
actives house, but she wasn’t home so then we went and started doing contacts. And
we taught a college student named Oscar. He was cool. He had some great
questions to ask us. He studies karate also he told us and there he learns a
little bit about some Japanese religion.
Then we found Mauricio
a couple of houses down. He was a little busy so we couldn’t share that much. But
he’s a dad with 2 little kids and his wife. So we shared for a minute and gave him
pamphlet and left. Then we went and found a less active that we had previously
contacted during the week. His name is Manuel. He lived in Germany for 30
years. He is way cool. He had a cool story. Of what he did when he was younger and
how he got to know the church and some cool members he met in Germany. So we
talked to him for like 30 minutes on his door step. So we are gonna try getting
him to church more often. So we are excited. And then we taught another less
active couple who is going through some hard times. They are like 21 years old
and have twins that are 1 and a half years old. The wife goes to school, and
the dad works. So we shared with them, to get that fire burning inside of them
again. They are real great and have a lot of potential in church. But they didn’t
end up coming. But we are just getting started with them so it’s way cool!
Then we went later
to Sara and Jennifer and read some scriptures with them about baptism, so that
was cool. Then we went home for the night.
Then came Sunday
morning! We woke up early showered and made the long walk to Las Aguitas to
have breakfast with Sara, Jennifer and Franchesca. We brought bread and cheese
and cookies to share for breakfast, but they woke up earlier and made
sopaipillas! They were so good! They were warm, and I put some dulce de
membrillo on them. Dulce de membrillo is like a jelly that comes from a fruit
that is super sour, but they just add sugar and it tastes delicious! And I also
put some cheese on a couple of them so it was good! And we talked a little bit
about church and they were way excited! Then we walked down the hill together
and took a colectivo to church. Our collectivo got there before them, but we didn’t
know that so we went running up the hill to find them but they weren’t in the
church so we went running back down the hill and there they were walking up. I
felt bad because Sara broke her ankle a couple of months ago so she walks with
a crutch, and they had to walk pretty far. But hey they’ll get more blessings
for that!
So church was great,
Sacrament meeting was cool. One talk was about the importance of mothers and
daughters! Which was perfect for Sara, Jennifer and Franchesca. Then the 2
daughters went to young womens and loved it! And Sara loved Gospel principles
class, and Relief Society. After we walked down the hill with them so it was
way cool. And the less active family with non-member kids came and her mother
in law! So it was way cool! And another less active lady we have been teaching!
So we were way stoked, we were way blessed Sunday with all of those people in
church!
And then we went to
lunch after, then had to walk home, and we walked back to where we ate lunch,
and we did some contacts, and found a family. But we weren’t able to teach very
good, so we left them with a pamphlet. But we'll go back again and see how they
are doing. And we did some contacts, and we taught Alvano. We hadn’t seen him
nor his wife for like a week. but he is doing good we talked about the Book of
Mormon and what it can help him achieve and become, and also how it can bless
his family! So we are just waiting for them to get married!
Then we did some more
contacts and contacted a reference.
So all in all it
was an epic week! We just gotta keep the animo flowing and the diligence up and
well see some miracles! I’m loving it here!
I hope you all
have a great week! Thanks for everything!
les quiero,
Elder
Johnson
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