this past week... (9.5.11)

.. was awesome! As always! I am loving it here in Coihueco. We had stake conference yesterday and we didnt really push any investigators to go because they said they will go the next Sunday here in Coihueco. But, we looked back during the conference, and an investigator was back in the back with his girlfriend, who is a member in our branch! We were pretty happy about that. The conference was really good and President Humphrey and Sister Humphrey came and spoke and everyone loved their talks. President Humphrey shared a bunch of scriptures from Doctine and Covenants, as he always does, and it was really good. He is a master of Doctine and Covenants!

Viviana said that she loved church a week ago. She said that it is a lot different than what she expected because it was reverent and not like the Evangelical church next door where they yell songs all the time. We visited the person that called us over the other week. We shared with him twice last week and he seems like he is really interested. He owns a small restaurant and he wants to clean up his life but he has the temptation of people drinking and smoking there all the time.

Transfers are in two weeks, and thinking of the possibility of me leaving almost brings me to tears. It is the first time in my mission that I have those sort of feelings. I love these people here and I feel like they are my family. I really feel needed to bring energy to this branch and we are having success in reactivating people. The Branch President is thinking of putting one missionary as a councelor and the other to help in the young men´s because there are a lot of recent convert young men. If I do have the amazing opporunity to be put as a councelor, that would probably mean that I wouldnt be district leader anymore and maybe make it to where I would be here for awhile and never be a zone leader. But I would much rather be here in Coihueco to help the branch. So, I told that to President Humphrey in my email to him but in the end, I am just an instrument in the Lord´s hands so I will have to go wherever he needs me.

I love yall!
Elder Gregory