Oh Yes! How goes it my fellow followers! Here we are again.
Well what can I say San Carlos is the place to be during this time of the year.
The Lords work is
moving along quite well. ElderTturner and Elder Cruz had a baptism. They are
the other Elders in the sector. I baptized her. Her name is Bernarda. After I
did her interview for baptism I asked her who she wants to baptize her and she
said ...¨it just came to me!... you! So that was cool.
But it was a great
week. We found a lot of people through less active people so that’s nice. That
means that they already have support system so we are stoked about that. We
found a little girl named Talia. Her mom is less active and she was way stoked
to hear that her daughter could get baptized. She is a little timid but we just
gotta get her animated and to know some members.
O on Tuesday great
news! We went to the Registro Civil with Marcela and Sebastian! They put in
their hour for marriage! So they have planned to get married the 23rd of
October and Baptized the 27th of October! So pray for them that they can do it!
But it was a crazy story. Elder Benitez and I arrived there at 815 and we were
waiting and Sebastian pulls up on his bike with that look on his face so I was
like awww dang it! He told us Marcela’s mom lost her I.D. (she was going to be
a witness for the wedding) so they looked for it all night but couldn’t find
it. And so Marcela was in the house crying. So we just said pedal as fast as
you can to your house and get Marcela and bring her and we will find witness´.
So we were like aw dang who are we gonna get. We thought about just asking
random people on the street! haha no. So I whipped out the good ol cellphone
and started making some calls. And with a little blessing from the Lord we were
able to get the Ward Mission Leader to come over in 15 minutes and another
member who is sweet, all last minute so I felt so bad doing that to them because
they all have work and other stuff and we usually bug them last minute to help
out with lessons or stuff like that. But these members are GENUINE here in San
Carlos they really pulled through. So after a little wait they went in and
listened to the Marriage Class, and they left with huge smiles on their faces!
So we were way stoked for them! Then we went to the corner bakery and I bought
some treats to celebrate! Then after that we caught the bus to District class
and we made it in time to do some practices and take pictures with the whole
Zone. Because it was the last one of the combio. So that was cool. And then we
went home and started a fast so that the possibilities for baptism could get
baptized that weekend.
On Friday I did a mini exchange with Elder Siebach and we
had a sweet day. We worked in our sector and we found some good people, and we
put some baptismal dates so that was cool. And at the end of the night we went
to see Sebastian and Marcela and they were a little mad at each other. So I was
like oh no this aint happening you guys are getting married and getting
prepared to enter into the Celestial Kingdom! So we just pulled everything we
had out to help them fix their problems and just testified to them of the
blessings they can receive to live and put into practice the Restored Gospel.
And when we left they were smiling, the Lords spirit was with us on that one
for sure. I know I didn’t do much there. So that was good.
Then Saturday we had
sport day and we played some sports and then we went to lunch. And after we
showered and we set out to invite all of our investigators to church and to the
baptism. We took a taxi to the baptism because we were a little late, and I put
my white CINTAS pants on (Dad haha!) And
we did the service and Bernarda got baptized. She is a sweet convert, her life
has changed completely she is so stoked to be a member of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints! Then after we went to a little shop and ate some
completos to celebrate! Then we went home and went to bed.
Sunday was good we
went out to pick up investigators and no one was home or couldn’t come so that
was a bummer. I went with Elder Turner and we stopped by one of his
investigators and she was in bed she didn’t want to go and we talked to her and
Elder Turner just blasted her with the Spirit and the Gospel and she came! So
that was cool. We missed Bernardas confirmation though but that’s all right.
After we had lunch
with the Bishop in his house with his family out in the farm fields so that was
cool, then we came back and we got out early of the car and we stopped by some
investigators and we stopped by a new convert and her friend was there and we
taught her and she accepted a baptismal date! So that was way cool!
Then today we went to
Yungay.. pronounced... John-guy... so don’t get any ideas haha. And we say a
guy kill a pig and skin it and we cooked it up and ate it! It was gnarly! We
also played some soccer while we waited for it to cook so that was cool. There were
about 26 of us. And it’s about an hour and a half on the bus so we traveled a
lot today because from San Carlos to Chillan its 40 minutes then another 1:30
to Yungay! But it was way cool I took some pictures.
But hey I’m loving
it here. I now have just 3 exchanges so that’s lame but that means there’s
still plenty of time to do the Lords work here in Chile!!!!
I love you guys a ton
have a stellar week!
les quiero,
Elder Johnson
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