Things are amazing here in Chiguayante, Chile! A lot of good things happend this past week and we really have been blessed.
We had a mission conference a few weeks ago and President Humphrey and his wife, Sister Humphrey, challenged us to do something that I really am enjoying. They told us to read the Book of Mormon again in two months. We have a book mark that tells us what chapters to read each day so that we can all do it together as a mission. They gave us a unmakred Book of Mormon in our native language so its really edifying to read it with ¨new eyes.¨ We just finished first Nephi and I really am enjoying it and trying to read it as an investigator would.
Some quick news that isnt so happy is that my companion from the MTC went home this past week. He broke a bone in his foot and has to go back to the states to have surgery. Elder Martell is a good person and I think he was really getting to the point where he enjoyed the mission a whole lot. Its sad to see missionaries go home but especially a bummer when they have to go home early. Oh well, its all the plan of our Heavenly Father and he is in control!
Elder Stull and I were able to be apart of a few baptisms! Ill start with a story of how we found a few of them, and then talk about the baptism.
A few weeks ago we got out of a lesson early and had fifteen minutes to go before lunch. We were thinking of going to lunch early since we were already so close to the house but we decided to do some street contacts. I contacted one and the man didnt want anything to do with us. Then, we contacted a mother and teenage boy walking along the street. Elder Stull talked with the mom and I talked with the son. We found out the mom was a less active and the son wasnt a member. She wanted to go back to church but needed an extra boost. They lived in the next sector over so the missionaries there baptized the son and the father but she gave us a reference of her niece who wasnt a member. Her niece had been going to church and was nine years old but wasnt baptized! She lived in our sector so we were blessed by the Lord with that baptism.
So, there were three baptisms yesterday- Marisol, the niece of nine years, the husband of the less active who we contacted whos name is Marcos (he is from the ward next to us but was baptized in our building), and Jorge! I had the priveledge to baptize Jorge, my companion baptized Marcos, and Marisol´s father baptized her!
I could type on and on about the investigators because I really do love them but just to summarize, Jorge is a teenager who is ninteen years old and became interested in the church through his girlfriend. Jorge is a really good person and I feel really blessed to have been able to baptize him. After the baptism, something really special happend. Jorge told me with a crack in his voice.. ¨Im clean!¨ It was an amazing feeling and I testify that the joy that comes through the Gospel is much more than any other happiness that someone can feel.
Thats about all I have time for! Like I said, I could go on and on about the investigators and experiences with them but Ill save that for when I get home! Love yall!
Elder Gregory
We had a mission conference a few weeks ago and President Humphrey and his wife, Sister Humphrey, challenged us to do something that I really am enjoying. They told us to read the Book of Mormon again in two months. We have a book mark that tells us what chapters to read each day so that we can all do it together as a mission. They gave us a unmakred Book of Mormon in our native language so its really edifying to read it with ¨new eyes.¨ We just finished first Nephi and I really am enjoying it and trying to read it as an investigator would.
Some quick news that isnt so happy is that my companion from the MTC went home this past week. He broke a bone in his foot and has to go back to the states to have surgery. Elder Martell is a good person and I think he was really getting to the point where he enjoyed the mission a whole lot. Its sad to see missionaries go home but especially a bummer when they have to go home early. Oh well, its all the plan of our Heavenly Father and he is in control!
Elder Stull and I were able to be apart of a few baptisms! Ill start with a story of how we found a few of them, and then talk about the baptism.
A few weeks ago we got out of a lesson early and had fifteen minutes to go before lunch. We were thinking of going to lunch early since we were already so close to the house but we decided to do some street contacts. I contacted one and the man didnt want anything to do with us. Then, we contacted a mother and teenage boy walking along the street. Elder Stull talked with the mom and I talked with the son. We found out the mom was a less active and the son wasnt a member. She wanted to go back to church but needed an extra boost. They lived in the next sector over so the missionaries there baptized the son and the father but she gave us a reference of her niece who wasnt a member. Her niece had been going to church and was nine years old but wasnt baptized! She lived in our sector so we were blessed by the Lord with that baptism.
So, there were three baptisms yesterday- Marisol, the niece of nine years, the husband of the less active who we contacted whos name is Marcos (he is from the ward next to us but was baptized in our building), and Jorge! I had the priveledge to baptize Jorge, my companion baptized Marcos, and Marisol´s father baptized her!
I could type on and on about the investigators because I really do love them but just to summarize, Jorge is a teenager who is ninteen years old and became interested in the church through his girlfriend. Jorge is a really good person and I feel really blessed to have been able to baptize him. After the baptism, something really special happend. Jorge told me with a crack in his voice.. ¨Im clean!¨ It was an amazing feeling and I testify that the joy that comes through the Gospel is much more than any other happiness that someone can feel.
Thats about all I have time for! Like I said, I could go on and on about the investigators and experiences with them but Ill save that for when I get home! Love yall!
Elder Gregory
