Area: Santiago, Chile
Companion: Elder Deming
This week was a
bit slow again, I`m not sure why but its been rather difficult recently to find
some good investigators that we can keep visiting and that are going to
progress. But we did have some good lessons. I know that this week is going to
be better than last.
We did a special fast
this week with Presidente Nuñez (he is the first councilor and ex stake
presidente) and with the other Elders in our ward. It went really well and I
know that the Lord is going to help us to find the people that he is
preparing.
One of the cool
things that happened this week is that, the other day Elder Deming and I bought
some bread and juice cause it was hot and we were tired and we took our 20
minute break in the afternoon that we have to eat. Well we found a curb and sat
down in the street to eat. A minute later a guy comes up to us and says ¨Hola
Elderes¨ And we knew altiro, right away, that he was either a menos activo or
somebody that had shared lots with the missionaries. I stood up and shook his
hand and he told us that his name was Juan Jose. He is a returned missionary. He
came back 3 years ago and is living here in Conchalí now. He lives with his
girlfriend and has two kids but he wants to come back to the church. He was a
really nice guy. When we met him he was headed off to work so we took his
address and he went off to work.
We passed by a couple
days later and met his ¨wife¨ Andrea. She is awesome and her first lesson she
accepted a baptismal date for the 3rd of March. She is great. We haven`t been
able to teach her again because her little baby got really sick and they had to
take her to the hospital but we were able to teach Juan Jo de nuevo and it went
really well. We had the lesson with the Family Nuñez (the strongest family here
in Chile=) and they really helped lots in the lesson. We committed Juan Jo to
talk to Andrea about marriage that night. He did and she said that she wants to
get married! So this Friday they are going to go the Registro Civil (its the
place you go to get a date for marriage) and they are going to get an hour and
get married. I really feel that Andrea is prepared and with the help of Juan Jo
and the Family Nuñez, she is going to progress really well. We are excited for
her. She is prepared.
This week should be
Maria`s baptism... we`ll see. I really am stumped at to what her hold up is. She
has a testimony of ALL that we have shared, she knows that Baptism is essencial
and that she needs to do it but she won`t take the step. She says that she has
to clear something up between her and the Lord first but she is keeping it very
close and won`t share with us what it is. She knows that one day she will be
baptized and she wants to do it but the when is the question. So if you could
all please keep her in her prayers this week and pray that whatever needs to
happen so that she feels comfortable happens, I would be deeply greatful!
Thanks!
But that was
basically my week. I hope you all have a great week! I`m so happy to hear about
all the blessings that you are all receiving.
Love,
Elder Holland
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