Has this week been INSANE? Yes,
but so so so good! Tuesday we had a ward activity to celebrate “El Dian de Nino”
(kid’s day)! We had a ton of candies and games and music. There were so many
people that came! It was such a success and more people came to church on
Sunday because of it. Score!
Wednesday
we promised God that we would find a new investigator before lunch. We only had
30 minutes left so we stopped and said a prayer. For some reason, I felt like
the color blue had something to do with it, so we started walking and saw a
house with a giant blue striped tarp in front. So we decided to try there. A
lady came out and wasn’t thrilled to see us at first, but agreed to let us in
for no more than 5 minutes. We went in, said a prayer, and taught a quick 4
minute lesson about how the gospel blesses families and right when the spirit
was so strong we closed, said a prayer and headed out. As we left, she looked
at us and thanked us and asked us when we could come by again. Wow the Spirit
is so powerful and she felt it for sure.
Then
in the afternoon it happened again. But this time after the prayer, Hermana
Peters picked the house. She agreed to give us 5 minutes and then as we left
the spirit in her house, she wanted to feel that more so she agreed to receive
us again this week!
Thursday
we had lunch with the Vergara family and Hermano Vergara offered to drive us
home since they live 15 minutes away from Pichidegua. He turned out taking us
to this beautiful hidden bridge that he calls “the mini San Francisco” (Golden
Gate). It was so beautiful, and even though it was a swinging bridge and
semi-sketchy, it was definitely a great detour. Chile is so beautiful.
Friday
it was pouring rain and we went to Peumo. NO ONE let us in and so we got
soaking wet. Umbrellas only do so much when there’s a ton of wind. But Hermana
Peters was a good sport, and we got a few potential investigators out of it so
#worthit. But then we visited the Maulen family and Juani took our shoes off
and made us put our feet and wetness by the fire to dry. She takes such good
care of us.
Saturday,
the owner of our house, Nancy, came and fixed our water heater so HALLELUJAH! 3
months without a warm shower – I will NEVER take hot showers for granted… EVER.
It was probably my favorite miracle of the week. Top 10 in my favorite miracles
of the mission. J
We
also got the branch together and deep cleaned the church together! It was so
fun being all there working together!
Sunday,
an investigator told us that she doesn’t want us to keep visiting her which was
super sad. But we said a prayer and were guided to a nearby house. We started
talking to a man, Aurturo Flores and learned that he’s super famous here for
singing. So I kind of begged him to let us hear him sing. He let us in and sang
a song he wrote about his family. Then he let me play his guitar and we all
sang How Great Thou Art. They ended up telling us some struggles they are
having within their family with their son who has Parkinson’s. We were able to
share a quick message with them and they invited us over this upcoming week!
OH
YEAH, Valentin and Angelica came to church with their son Christofer!! They
haven’t come in so LONG. AND Hermano Rubio came too! And stayed for
Sunday school! Oh my so incredible. So many miracles!
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