December 15, 2014

This week was so awesome.

We have been using this video ¨Él es la Dádiva¨ (He is the Gift) almost every day.

 We share it with members with investigators and with random people on the street, and we have found a lot of new people because of it.

One day we were walking through a park and my companion and I for some reason automatically changed directions at the same time towards a guy sitting down in the grass. His name was Bridoir. It turns out that he is not a member but his wife is a less active from about 20 years ago and they have been looking for a way to get closer to God. We had a lesson later on that week to watch the video ¨He is the Gift¨ and they ended up in tears because they felt that this is what they were looking for.

ALSO this Friday we were with our mission leader and one of our appointments fell so we went to a nearby future to see if she had some time to talk. She ended but being an old family friend with the family of our mission leader, and lost track of each other for years. We were able to reunite them and share of Christ.

ALSO the shirt of my companion ripped so we went to a small store to fix it and we ended up sharing this video with the owners and now they are excited to go to church and understand more about the restoration of this gospel.

 We have a new Investigator named Francisco! Who is planning on getting baptized the Saturday after Christmas!

His girlfriend is a member in another town and has been assisting church over there until he found out that there one right close to his house. He came with us this Sunday and love the ward.

And Valentina (the daughter of my investigators that live in Yungay) came to church with 2 of her friends this Sunday in collao.. And her family went in Yungay. They were so nervous at first and didn’t want to go in but, toward the end of our gospel principles class they didn’t want to leave.

And I have a lot of other stories similar.

I love that I have the chance to help people feel the light of Christ and his love for us this Christmas season.

This week we had open house so that everyone could get to know what we do in the church buildings. Every church organization was in charge of explaining their function and role in separate rooms so that as we walked through the halls people could go into whatever room they want to learn about what we do. We had a lot of participation from the ward and everyone had their part to play. We were in charge of contacting and herding people from out of the street, into the church. The activity ended up being a success! We had about 10 or 11 tours... and of course at the end... we showed He is the Gift to them all...

I have probably seen that little 3 minute video more than 100 times

But if you haven’t seen it yet go to

http://www.mormon.org/christmas

Wednesday I had a mini cambio with an elder in my district named Elder Bennit.

He is in one of the biggest wards on the whole mission with about 220 members.
OH yeah... And my companion is sick... he has problems with his head and jaw... I think that he somehow pinched a nerve in his jaw... He is on hard medication and is loopy all the time... it’s hilarious...

One of the members that we worked with that day gave us 8 kilos of cherries.

I love the cherries here.

I love YOU! Have a good week

Have a good Christmas.