November 1, 2010

Hey everyone! Its heating up here.. but I love it! Reminds me of back home!

This past week went well. We found one family by doing contacts that is amazing! They are inteligent and ask really good questions. They are really looking for the truth. But, the Dad didnt seem too interested. We found out a few days later that he doesnt want us coming by. The son and mother didnt want us to talk to him but we finally got through to them the importance of us needing to talk to him one last time. We said it didnt matter if he told us to leave, yelling at us! We just want that last oppurtunity. So, this week we are heading over there to talk to him. We will see how it goes but I definentely know that God is a God of miracles and anything is possible with his power and his Spirit!

We had Stake Conference in Chiguayante yesterday. President Humphrey spoke and his wife gave her testimony. At the beginning, we were stressing out a little bit because none of our investigators had arrived. We were sitting there and we decided to go to a few of their houses to bring them to church. Within a minute after us walking out the church, we met three of them in the street! One of them told us that he wouldnt even be able to because of work a few days before, but he came anyway! It really was a blessing and wonderful feeling to see them walk through the doors and feel the Spirit that was there at conference.

We had a conference with the missionaries in this part of the mission with Elder Zeballos. He is a seventy and second councelor of the area presidency here in Chile. I learned so much and he is an amazing teacher. He drew a lot of examples of things that we can relate to missionary work. He testified very strongly with the Spirit at the end and the Spirit felt like it was pressing against me. It was so strong. He was a missionary here in Concepcion when he served and was a mission President for the mission below my mission. So, he loves this part of Chile and we were really blessed to have him come by to talk to us and give us council.

It was a great week and im loving life down in Chile right now. Its a blessing to be able to serve these people everyday. Elder Zeballos testified of the significance of what we are doing right now. He said that no other person, except my companion and I, have the authority to teach, find, and bring to the waters of baptisms like we do, in the sector in where we work.

Time to go but I love yall! Take care!

Elder Gregory