Dear family and friends,
This week we had interviews with the president! He drove out
all the way to Yungay to see how we are doing and to give us cookies. He’s
great I love that man.
We had plans this week to have a picnic, soccer game and
fireside at this park by the river, but it rained. A lot.
… So there’s always next week!
But to save the
activity from being utterly destroyed we decided to have the activity in the
church and have a movie and game night. It turned out pretty well and a lot of
our less active members that came and had a blast.
We still wanted s’mores however, so we fired up the grill
outside of the church on the back patio and taught these Chileans some
delicious American treats. SUCESS.
This week we taught a guy named Oscar, He is an actor on a
comedy show called morandé con compañia and he is so hilarious and progressing
so well in the gospel.
This week he shared his testimony with us about the power of
prayer. That in these short 2 weeks of knowing him he has grown in his
relationship with God to a more personal and sacred level...
We were walking in the street one day and bumped into him
and he told us in a shocked voice... “Guys, I read what you told me to read and
I did what you told me to do, and you know what? Prayer works!” Yeah it does
Oscar! You rock
It’s so great to see a change in people. You can see a
change of heart in their eyes, practically their whole countenance changes.
That’s the light of Christ. And it’s bright. And awesome.
It is the same change that King Benjamin saw in the eyes of
his people after he gave his great speech in Mosiah chapter 4.
1 And now, it came to pass that when king
Benjamin had made an end of speaking the words which had been delivered unto
him by the angel of the Lord, that he cast his eyes round about on the
multitude, and behold they had fallen to the earth, for the fear of the Lord
had come upon them.
2 And they had viewed themselves in their own
carnal state, even less than the dust of the earth. And they all cried aloud
with one voice, saying: O have mercy, and apply the atoning blood of Christ
that we may receive forgiveness of our sins, and our hearts may be purified;
for we believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who created heaven and earth,
and all things; who shall come down among the children of men.
3 And it came to pass that after they had
spoken these words the Spirit of the Lord came upon them, and they were filled
with joy, having received a remission of their sins, and having peace of
conscience, because of the exceeding faith which they had in Jesus Christ who
should come, according to the words which king Benjamin had spoken unto them.
It’s even the same light that king Lamoni felt when he heard
the words of Ammon in Alma chapter 19...
6 Now, this was what
Ammon desired, for he knew that king Lamoni was under the power of God; he knew
that the dark veil of unbelief was being cast away from his mind, and the light
which did light up his mind, which was the light of the glory of God, which was
a marvelous light of his goodness—yea, this light had infused such joy into his
soul, the cloud of darkness having been dispelled, and that the light of
everlasting life was lit up in his soul, yea, he knew that this had overcome
his natural frame, and he was carried away in God—
I want to be carried away in God that would be so cool.
But I know that within all of us is this light and we have
the privilege to help others develop it and feel of it.
Matt 5: 14 ye are the
light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it
under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in
the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Love you all
Here are some pictures! We went to a neighboring city and
visited a lake! It was cool!
I drew that picture to help people understand the book of
Mormon!
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