well, another week is already come and gone! haha. It's so crazy how fast time goes here! I still feel like I'm just a greenie of like four days because I have so much more to learn to be a better missionary, but I actually really do know a lot. :) And sometimes I need to admit that to myself. haha.
one of the sisters in my apartment is going home next monday... she's from st. george, so I told her that she needs to add me on facebook and put all of her pictures up. They you'll be able to see how things look a little here. haha. It really is a ton like the states, and I don't feel out of place at all. Minus that everyone speaks spanish, and no one else has blonde hair, i really feel like i could be in another state. :) It's fun. i love chile.
I decided that i want to buy all of the clothes that the people have here.haha. they're so dang cute! everyone wears scarves and leather jackets, and ponchos made of wool and fleece. I love it. I'm going to have to buy some stuff before i come home so that you guys can know what I was seeing while I was here. haha.
Well, this week was interesting. We had a really awesome zone meeting on wednesday where they taught us the new initiative as a mission. An initiative is like a goal for how to be missionaries for the whole mission, and this month, it's to be better contactors. I didn't really realize how much i dreaded talking to people outside when we left the apartment until they talked to us about it. So this week, I tried really hard to show my love for the gospel in my face as we have been outside. and to talk to every single person that walks by us in the street. and honestly, I feel like I am in a completely new mission. It's just so awesome to hear people say that we have an energy that they've never seen before. haha.
but all of our investigators with baptismal dates didn't come to church. :( So all but one fell through. way lame. It's so hard for me to watch them struggle without the gospel. I've never lived without the gift of the holy ghost, but it just seems as if life is so much heavier. I want them all so badly to have this gift and this family, but i can't do anything other than bear my testimony and pray for them. A family that we've been working with for about 5 months I guess told us last night that it's too hard, and they're not going to be baptized for a while. Viviana, the mom, isn't ready to keep the sabbath day holy, and it just broke my heart to hear those words come out of her mouth. :( I am praying so hard that she will realize that being baptized is so much more important than any of the things she has going on sundays, but only god knows when things will change for her. :(
Liliana and Andres finally found out that she is divorced!! She can get married, and they can be baptized!! haha. We're not sure how it all is going to work out, but I am so excited for them. I hope that it doesn't take forever so that I can be here for their wedding and baptism. I would absolutely love that. haha.
We also had a family home evening with a less active member named yasna this week and watched one of the mormon messages. i want you guys to watch it. it's called my new life about a woman named stephanie. You can find it on mormon.org. It's incredible. I was just thinking about how much this gospel really does bless our lives, and our families. Really, we wouldn't be anywhere without it. And I am so grateful that I know that. I have been thinking a lot lately about how my life was before my mission, and although I knew that this gospel was true, I didn't realize the importance of it. I am coming to that realization now, and i am so grateful that my mission is doing that for me. I love that I have this chance to teach these people what means so much to me. :) it's the best feeling in the world to know that I really am doing something that can change the world. one person at a time. haha.
well, family. I love you so much!! Have a fantastic week, and enjoy fathers day! hopefully you'll eat some delicious steaks or something. haha.
make sure you're reading your scriptures every day and praying morning and night! every day is better when you start it with God, and then get a boost from his words. :)
muah!
dev.
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