It's the end of my first cambio!

So Im not technically in training anymore! Yes!!! Im ready to do some major growing. My new companion is coming tomorrow and I dont know too much about him. Hes a gringo and his name is Elder Stole. He was trained by one of the assistants who is an ace missionary. So, Im excited to meet him! Elder Davis is headed to a zone on the otherside of Concepcion to be a zone leader. Hes got a whole lot of responsibility coming for him. Every companionship in my zone has a new person as of tomorrow. So, lots of changes but Im so excited.

I would love to tell an experience that I had this past week during a lesson with an investigator but I would feel bad typing it because it wouldnt nearly give the feeling that it deserves. Its just one of those stories that Ill have to save for when I get home! But, Ill just say that out of my close to 3 months here in Chile and my 2 months in the MTC, it was the most Spiritual moment of my mission and possibly my life. So right now, I am doing everything in my power to be worthy of the Spirit of God and teach with it during the lessons. But the end result of the experience is that we have an investigator who is dead set on getting baptized this month. He is really in his conversion process and the Spirit testified to him of the truth of our message.

This experience actually happend when I was in a mini cambio with someone else who only has a month and a half more than me. I have been doing a lot of mini cambios with people in the zone this past week. I stay in our sector and others come. It sort of served a double purpose. First, Elder Davis was a district leader so he wanted to meet the other investigators of different sectors in the district. The second reason is that he wanted me to get a feel for leading the planning and what we do that day because Ill have a new companion who wont know anything or anybody of the sector when he gets here. So, I feel pretty prepared and am grateful for the mini cambios that I have had these past two weeks and what Ive learned.

Now, a quick spiritual thought. In Alma 5 in the Book of Mormon there are a lot of verses that made me think a little bit. One says how the Lord says that his arms are spread open to us as in welcoming us. He asks us to come to him and repent. This doesnt come across so much as a chastisement to me but an invitation. He pleads with us to accept his sacrifice and repent of our sins. We all could use a little reminder that we mess up in this life but there one person in whom we can be perfected. This person is our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Sorry, I dont have the verse numbers but Ill do better next time! Chao y Cuidense mucho!

Elder Gregory