During Pday, we were buying our groceries, we started talking to the worker that weighed our fruits and vegetables and he wants us to teach him! And the girl that rang us up at Subway wants to learn more too! Then we walked by an old rest home so we decided to stop and ask if one day we can pass by and sing for the old folks and the CNA girl ended up being interested too! Wow today was full of potential.
A
few days ago an elementary school got ahold of our bishop and asked if 2 North
American missionaries could help judge an English competition. Bishop called
President Harris who gave the approval that me and my companion and Elder
Jorgensen and Elder Gonzalez could help out. So yesterday morning was the
contest! We showed up and they showed us our table and gave us the rubric. One
by one the students walked up to the front of the “auditorium” and presented
their speech on famous people from America. Elder Jorgensen and I evaluated
their grammar, pronunciation, structure of speech, confidence on stage, and
credibility in their sources. Then we picked 3 winners. It was so hard because
they all did so well and I didn’t want the people that didn’t win to hate the
church because we didn’t choose them. But they did all get participation medals
and they all wanted pictures with us in the end, so all is well.
We
had exchanges with the sisters in Baquedano. Hermana Little and I had a great
lesson with Maria Angelica about the Plan of Salvation and we explained Alma
34:14-17 with a drawing and it worked so well because it helped her understand
much better!
Also
we were able to go with the elders to one of their lessons with a new
investigator and she just nailed us every 5 seconds with deep doctrine
questions and it was uncomfortable because yes we technically have the answers
but it’s not super important so we had to keep coming back to topic and
explaining the whole line upon line and milk before meat thing, but she reads
the Book of Mormon frequently so she’s good to go. It’s amazing the
difference between investigators that truly read the Book of Mormon and those
who don’t. I truly understand the power that book has and why it is the
keystone to our religion.
We
had English class, so we planned to watch the Restoration movie in Spanish with
English subtitles, but the remote didn’t work so we ended up just watching in
pure English. But it was amazing because the Spirit was so strong even though
they couldn’t understand the words. The Spirit has a language of its own.
Today
we had a big service project with the Bishop and his wife. We helped them get a
ton of things ready in their house for a party. We helped a lot but the best
part was that our bond with them got a lot stronger and we have a much better
relationship with our Bishop and his family. Goal reached!
Then
we were walking to find some people we had contacted this week and passed by
Claudio’s (investigator) house and she was just getting home = perfect timing.
So we ran up to her and ended up being able to teach her. She has gone through
so much and that’s why it is so powerful being able to offer her healing
through the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Then
we passed by the house of this teenager we had contacted a few days ago. He
wasn’t home but his mom answered the door. We talked with her for a few minutes
and asked if we could share something with her. She hesitated and looked down
and inside the house almost like she was trying to decide to make an excuse or
not. The said, “Yeah, come in!” So we got to know her and were able to help her
understand how her worries for her son are so similar to the worries of her
Heavenly Father. She almost changed her appearance completely when she heard
it. She seemed happier. And then she invited us to come by again Tuesday.
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