Well this week flew by. I guess the newness of everything is waring off a little bit so my brain isn't flying at 100 mph anymore! We played some soccer this morning with some Elders from another zone and 4 Elders from my zone. It was on a smaller indoor court and it was pretty fun. After that we went to the mission office, grabbed an American-like burger, took a shower, and now Im here. So, once I finish emails it will be pretty much time to head back to work!
Yesterday at church our ward mission leader, Miguel, came and found us in class to tell us that our President and his wife were there in our building! We went and talked with them for a little bit and introduced some recent converts and an investigator, Micheal, to them. It was an awesome surprise. Presidnt Humphrey is so involved in wanting to meet investigators and members. He wants to come out with us next week to visit one of our investigators who is trying to stop smoking so he can get baptized. He had some great advise for Micheal, who we have been trying everything with to have him recieve an answer to his prayer to be baptized. He said to tell Micheal to pick a date that he feels comfortable to be baptized and to think of some things that he can do and have us do to have him prepared for that day. We did that and tomorrow we´ll find out the date he´s picked and what we can do for him. Its an amazing idea because our baptismal dates have kept dropping with him and we dont want to drop him because we really love him and know he is close to recieving that answer.
I went on a split last week and I´m going on another one tomorrow. Im sure I've said this but I love doing splits because I like seeing different teaching techniques. Everybody has their own way that works for them and I'm still trying to find out what mine is so this is a great opportunity to see what I like about how other missionaries teach.
The Spanish is getting a little better. Or as I say to everyone who asks, "Estoy aprendiendo poco y poco cada dia!" Elder Davis and I are talking in the streets in Spanish a lot more and it really helps.
We had a service project last Saturday and I´ll add a few pictures if it works of it. Also I took a few pictures of my sector, just so yáll can sort of get a feel for Chile!
All right, its almost time to head back to work and Ive got a couple more things to do before 6!
Love,
Elder Gregory
Yesterday at church our ward mission leader, Miguel, came and found us in class to tell us that our President and his wife were there in our building! We went and talked with them for a little bit and introduced some recent converts and an investigator, Micheal, to them. It was an awesome surprise. Presidnt Humphrey is so involved in wanting to meet investigators and members. He wants to come out with us next week to visit one of our investigators who is trying to stop smoking so he can get baptized. He had some great advise for Micheal, who we have been trying everything with to have him recieve an answer to his prayer to be baptized. He said to tell Micheal to pick a date that he feels comfortable to be baptized and to think of some things that he can do and have us do to have him prepared for that day. We did that and tomorrow we´ll find out the date he´s picked and what we can do for him. Its an amazing idea because our baptismal dates have kept dropping with him and we dont want to drop him because we really love him and know he is close to recieving that answer.
I went on a split last week and I´m going on another one tomorrow. Im sure I've said this but I love doing splits because I like seeing different teaching techniques. Everybody has their own way that works for them and I'm still trying to find out what mine is so this is a great opportunity to see what I like about how other missionaries teach.
The Spanish is getting a little better. Or as I say to everyone who asks, "Estoy aprendiendo poco y poco cada dia!" Elder Davis and I are talking in the streets in Spanish a lot more and it really helps.
We had a service project last Saturday and I´ll add a few pictures if it works of it. Also I took a few pictures of my sector, just so yáll can sort of get a feel for Chile!
All right, its almost time to head back to work and Ive got a couple more things to do before 6!
Love,
Elder Gregory
