This week has been pretty great! We had a goal to have at
least one lesson a day with a member present and we ALMOST achieved it,...
faltamos (we missed) one day... BUT an awesome experience with that.....
Saturday: we weren’t
sure who we could ask in the rama (branch) that wasn’t working that could come
out with us to a lesson. As we were praying, we asked the Lord to help us and
just as we said those words, our phone rang. We ended the prayer and called
back. It was Hermana Laura, a 76-year-old convert. She said that she hasn’t
been feeling super spiritually enlightened this week and wanted to go out with
us! Talk about a milagro (miracle)!
We went to the lesson we had with a young mother named
Paulina. Paulina doesn’t believe in God, but in December when Hermana Braithwaite
and her other comp found her, she was depressed and without hope and willing to
listen. Paulina then had to leave for work in the city for three months (very
normal here since there isn’t a lot of work in the small town of Futrono).
Paulina just got back and so we decided to reteach the
first lesson, about the restoration of the gospel. After talking with her a
little and catching up, it was evident that Hermana Laura was here for a
reason! Everything that Paulina was struggling with, was the exact same thing
that Hermana Laura had struggled with before she got baptized. Paulina’s life
was Hermana Laura’s life, and Hermana Laura was able to bear a powerful
testimony of the power of the Book of Mormon in changing bad habits and
addictions.
Then, yesterday, at 4 am,
I got my very own WELCOME TO CHILE fiesta, “Montezuma’s revenge” themed. Ya...
our bathroom got destroyed. My poor companion... I am feeling a lot better
today. My body still aches and I feel a little dizzy, but I can walk and I can
work :)
Tomorrow we have cambios (transfers—every six weeks or
so, some missionaries are transferred to a new area and a new companion)!! Crazy
that my first transfer is going to happen. Although I know I’m staying here and
we are 96% sure Hermana Braithwaite will stay too.
Have a great week, and you should study Ether 12 if you
have time. it is powerful!
Kyle, Jake Joey, y’all need to write to me!
Love you!
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| We baptize in this lake, but in a different spot |
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