so, i´m having camera issues and accidentally deleted some of the photos that i was going to send today....not too happy about that. for some reason my memory card is filling up with only like 6 pictures and a video on it and i don´t know how to fix it. any ideas?
anyway, hello familia and friends!
life is good! we are going to have a baptism this sunday! it´s seriously such a miracle. we found carlos (14) and john (10) through their grandparents who are less-active members that we visited regularly for about the first month that i was here in chile, but the grandparents weren´t progressing, so we had to stop visiting them as frequently. one of the times we were there though, we met their daughter maria (also a less-active member), and grandkids john and carlos (non-members), and we had a short lesson with them about the restoration and the book of mormon, and gave carlos a book of mormon to begin reading on his own. they were pretty receptive, but every time we went back to try and find them, they weren´t there! long story short, they showed up at church with their mom a couple weeks ago, and she wants to completely reactivate in the church and have her sons baptized! naturally, we were pretty excited to hear that! we´ve been teaching both of them pretty much every day since, and it´s so exciting to see not only carlos and john learn about the gospel, but also that their mom can have this opportunity to remember why she got baptized, and why it´s so important that she return to the church and be the faithful example that her family needs. this baptism is seriously SUCH a miracle, especially since it is the last chance hna miller and i will have to baptize together because cambios (changes - this word has become completely integrated into my vocab...it took me a second to realize that i should probably translate it just in case...haha) coming up on the 27th!! we´re not completely sure of what will happen with hna miller and i this cambio, but since i´ve finished my training it´s likely that i´ll stay here for at least another 6 weeks, and she´ll go to another sector. BUT, we never know. we get the call on saturday though so i´ll be able to write about it next week! it´s just so weird not to know where i´ll be living next week....that´s the mission for you!
i got to do an intercambio (divisions, splits? not really sure in english) this week with another hermana further south! it was a really great experience because i got to see how another hermana works and learn from her example. i also learned a valuable lesson while i was with her: BE BOLD! even though i was in an unfamiliar sector with a companion that i didn´t know all that well, i felt comfortable because i know that the message we´re sharing is true, and because i´ve learned a lot in the last 12 weeks about how to be an effective missionary, and i felt prepared to go out and teach and love and invite people to christ! overall i came away from the experience with a renewed motivation to make my presence known as a representative of christ and his church, because this is his time, i can´t waste it by being timid. as my training wraps up, i´ve had to take more of the initiative in pretty much all aspects of the companionship: in teaching, managing the phone, guiding us from appointment to appointment, making daily and weekly plans, and interacting with the members. so yeah, basically everything...haha. it was a little overwhelming to have to take a step up this week and take more of the initiative, but it really helped me rely on and my companion, but more importantly, on the lord as a support, and realize that i really can do anything with his help.i may be one small little sister missionary wandering the streets of a tiny town in chile, but i carry with me a message that has changed the world, and that is changing the people that interact with on a daily basis. these chileans are depending on me, whether they know it or not! so although at times i feel a little overwhelmed and inadequate, i know that the lord is qualifying me more and more every day as i make my best effort to be obedient, diligent, and faithful, trusting in him completely.
oh, funny story real quick: we were walking down a small street of houses the other day with a member who had accompanied us to a visit, when we walked past a group of younger boys (pre-teenish) outside their house. my companion was talking to the member so she didn´t really hear, but they started shouting to us after we walked by, "HELLO!...YES! RED!" clearly, the expanse of their english vocabulary is a little less than impressive, but it was still really entertaining.
finally, since i´m a missionary and can´t end without a scripture, i was really hit this week by d&c 101:16
"therefore, let your hearts be comforted concerning zion; for all flesh is in mine hands; be still and know that i am god"
when times are crazy, when you´re stressed out, when you think you can´t do it, be still. trust in god and his plan for you. you´re in you´re heavenly father´s hands.
love,
hermanita wright
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