How are yall doing? Im relieved this week is over. It was a rough one, but we had a baptism!
The weeks before this one we had been finding a lot of investigators using a list of less actives, because there are tons! But, this last week we lost almost all of our investigators! One mom filled an investigator´s head with lies and now he isnt interested. Another family that we found of five doesnt even want to talk to us and avoids us. Another family tried hiding when we yelled (we yell ¨aloo¨ and we dont knock because there are fences) and they yelled ¨nobody´s home!¨ So, its been kind of rough but, atleast we are doing our part! Honestly, there are some people that I have met here on the mission that the Savior himself wouldnt be able to teach. I told my companion that it would be awesome to see the final judgement of some of these people that yell at us and shut their mind off to what we are trying to share because of false traditions and following what their preachers at their churches tell them to do and say. He told me that would be nice, but that is bad to think that on our part. We should desire their salvation, not seeing them before the Lord feeling guilty for their sins. So, I appreciated that a lot. Oh well, our job is to preach the Gospel and whoever wants salvation will listen and act on it!
But like I said, we had a baptism! Elder Gil baptized Monica, an investigator who we had been waiting to baptize until she got married, and I baptized the 8 year old son. He was a baptism for the ward because his Dad is a member. Jose Luis, the boy, is pretty crazy and was scared a little bit before the baptism so I had to guide him into the font for the baptism. Monica had been a member of the ward pretty much, but just needed to get baptized!
So, with the stressful, hard, and tiring week, it atleast ended in a baptism on Sunday! Oh speaking of Sunday, Elder Gil gave a talk and dropped a lot of hammers on the members. (Hes really good about being brutely honest.) He spoke on a commandment that the ward needed to hear- the day of rest. Almost nobody keeps the sabbath day holy here. It was really surprising to me when I got to Chile that we dont only have to worry about finding people to teach, teaching them, and guiding them to baptism... but get the members in line too! The church is a lot newer here than the states so maybe thats a reason. Who knows!
Thats about it for the week. Im really excited to just talk to a bunch of people this next week and find new people to teach. It hurts dropping people and seeing them make the wrong decision but now I can feel a little bit of how Our Heavenly Father feels when his children sin. The mission has taught me so many things! Im so grateful to be here!
Love yall!
Elder Gregory
The weeks before this one we had been finding a lot of investigators using a list of less actives, because there are tons! But, this last week we lost almost all of our investigators! One mom filled an investigator´s head with lies and now he isnt interested. Another family that we found of five doesnt even want to talk to us and avoids us. Another family tried hiding when we yelled (we yell ¨aloo¨ and we dont knock because there are fences) and they yelled ¨nobody´s home!¨ So, its been kind of rough but, atleast we are doing our part! Honestly, there are some people that I have met here on the mission that the Savior himself wouldnt be able to teach. I told my companion that it would be awesome to see the final judgement of some of these people that yell at us and shut their mind off to what we are trying to share because of false traditions and following what their preachers at their churches tell them to do and say. He told me that would be nice, but that is bad to think that on our part. We should desire their salvation, not seeing them before the Lord feeling guilty for their sins. So, I appreciated that a lot. Oh well, our job is to preach the Gospel and whoever wants salvation will listen and act on it!
But like I said, we had a baptism! Elder Gil baptized Monica, an investigator who we had been waiting to baptize until she got married, and I baptized the 8 year old son. He was a baptism for the ward because his Dad is a member. Jose Luis, the boy, is pretty crazy and was scared a little bit before the baptism so I had to guide him into the font for the baptism. Monica had been a member of the ward pretty much, but just needed to get baptized!
So, with the stressful, hard, and tiring week, it atleast ended in a baptism on Sunday! Oh speaking of Sunday, Elder Gil gave a talk and dropped a lot of hammers on the members. (Hes really good about being brutely honest.) He spoke on a commandment that the ward needed to hear- the day of rest. Almost nobody keeps the sabbath day holy here. It was really surprising to me when I got to Chile that we dont only have to worry about finding people to teach, teaching them, and guiding them to baptism... but get the members in line too! The church is a lot newer here than the states so maybe thats a reason. Who knows!
Thats about it for the week. Im really excited to just talk to a bunch of people this next week and find new people to teach. It hurts dropping people and seeing them make the wrong decision but now I can feel a little bit of how Our Heavenly Father feels when his children sin. The mission has taught me so many things! Im so grateful to be here!
Love yall!
Elder Gregory
