Another awesome week (8.29.11)

Some really awesome miracles happend this past week. The first was that we had a baptism! It was really just a technical baptism because it was for a 9 year old kid that got baptized when he was 7 by accident. So, he got baptized on Saturday morning by my companion (his first time to baptize in the mission!) and he got confirmed yesterday, Sunday! He is a really good kid named Axel that has been at church almost every Sunday since I have been here in Coihueco. Him and his family were really happy.

The second miracle is that we had an investigator come to church, named Viviana, that lives 20 minutes away from the chapel by bus. We went to pick her up in the morning and she was all ready to go so we walked out to the highway to get a bus but there were no buses passing by! (The locomotion is bad Sunday mornings.) We waited for a few minutes and a white car flew by then slowed down and stopped in the middle of the road way in front of us. The car came back in reverse and a 25+/- woman rolled down the window and asked if we were going to the chapel in Coihueco. We said we were and she told us to get on in! We jumped in and as we drove I talked to her and she lives in Santiago but she comes to Chillan sometimes to visit family. She was invited by a friend to come to church here in Coihueco. She is a convert of a year and got baptized when her boyfriend, who was a member, died. So, during sacrament meeting, Viviana had a friend to sit by to answer her questions while Elder Haacke and I gave talks. It all worked out so well and Im sure if she hadn´t come, we would have gotten to church atleast 15 minutes late. Valentina, the lady that picked us up, told us that she felt something special when she was with Viviana and she told us to call her up for her to come down when Viviana gets baptized!

Another miracle is that we were walking yesterday and a couple called us over that were in the street. We went up to them and they told us that they wanted to hear a message from us and gave us a time and day to come over! That is the first time that has happend in my mission! So, we will see what happens tomorrow!

I was on a mini cambio the other day and I went back to that sector from where that drunk guy kicked me. Appearently I am famous around there because everyone heard about it and its a small town so news spreads quickly. The man went to the hospitol a few days ago for a heart problem and almost died! A lot of people in that small town said he got what he deserved! That was pretty shocking to me but I really do feel for the people that harm a servent of God.

It was an awesome week. Im loving the mission, my companion is awesome and learning quickly, and thanks to the Lord we are having some success!

Love yall
Elder Gregory