tuesday we had a pretty good day. it started with a lesson with a new lady. her name is dafnie, not exactly the most common name in chile. but we started teaching her cuz we were walking in the street a couple weeks ago and this girl came up to us (obviously a member from how she greeted us) and told us that she lives in la reina (outside of the mission) but that she works in our sector in a sushi store and that she had given her boss a book of mormon just before that and her boss was interested in learning more. and so she wanted us to go by her work to meet them cuz her boss is almost always there. so we went by and the lady was pretty cool and seems alright. the only problems are that she doesnt have much time cuz she is pretty busy at work and the other is that she doesnt live in our sector. so we would have to teach her and then she would go to church in the other sector. the funny thing about that though is that elder vilar is in the sector right next to me and she belongs to that ward. so it would be easier to work with them than other missionaries. then after her we went to the new girl that we found a couple weeks ago, daniela. she is pretty good for only being 16 cuz she has read what we left both times now and is doing the things that we ask of her. that doesnt happen very often here.
wednesday i did divisions with departamental so i stayed in my sector with elder morgan. it was fun being with him and we did alright even though the only cita that i had planned all day failed on us. then at night in the pension we made this peanut butter bread thing that is really good and that was really all that happened that day. then thursday we had the zone conference. it was good. i think zone conferences are my favorite meetings cuz its usually more exciting than the others and we get lunch there which is almost always good. i had a really good time at lunch talking with elder vilar and elder fearnley, who was there with vilar before i got there so we talked about things from el monte and then lots of other stuff from the mission. cuz he is going home this change. then after lunch i had to give a small class with our zone leaders about the vision of the mission. i had to talk about our part of that vision which has to do with the kind of missionaries that we are and should become. it went better than i thought it would and several people came up to me after and complimented me on it. so that was good.
then thursday night the office called us and told us that we had to be in maipu at 730 the next morning to do the visa stuff for elder alcaraz. so that wasnt something i was looking forward to. we had to get up at 6 and leave at 630 and then spend half the day in lines waiting for everything. and i have to do mine again in a couple months so im not looking forward to that. but the cool thing was that while we were in the last building, there are people there from lots of different countries. and this lady came up to me and asked me in english where she needed to go exactly. so i told her and then started talking to her a little. i found out that she is from romania and is in chile for work. i tried to get her adress for the missionaries to go by too but it didnt work out very well seeing as how she doesnt believe in god and wasnt really interested. but it was still cool talking to her.
saturday we had the cosechon in las avenidas. we all met in front of their church and then split up with someone else and went out to look for some names from the list and also do some contacts to help the hermanas find some people to teach. so i went out with elder incze and it was fun being with him for an hour or so. then after that we went to teach daniela again and it went so well cuz we have lot of confidence with her already. and she seems to understand everything pretty well. so at the end we put a baptismal date with her for the 11 of august and i really think that she could get baptized that day. i really hope she does too.
sunday was another crazy day. we went in the morning to get daniela so that she got there on time and alright. so we ended up eating breakfast with her too before we left. then during sacrament meeting, we had to give a talk, both me and my comp. i talked about examples and how big a difference it makes in helping others want to learn more about the church. cuz when they see a good example, they see something different and want to know why. and elder alcaraz talked about missionary work. then after church, we went to see the baptism of the hermanas in the other district, hna equitè and hna herrera. we went to support them so that hopefully when we have a baptism, they will come too.
right now im doing alright although im not feeling really great. i think its cuz we got a flu shot at the zone conference so that is affecting me a little. but hopefully it will pass soon. i just need to get some rest. but i hope that all of you are doing well. have a good week
No comments:
Post a Comment