monday night we had a noche de hogar with daniela. we took her to our ward mission leaders house and had fun with him and his wife. it was funny though cuz about 10 min before getting there, he asked if i had prepared the message and i told him no cuz i thought that he would do it and he told me that i had to share. so i had to come up with something really quickly that would both be kinda interesting and that would help daniela progress a little. so i decided to talk about prophets cuz thats been her biggest challenge so far, accepting that we have a prophet. and then after i shared the message, paul (our ward mission leader) started talking to her about it more. and the little 15 min lesson that he gave her after i finished talking was amazing and even i felt more convinced about the need for a prophet in our time. it was great and i hope that she felt the same way.
tuesday was the change meeting in the morning (another one come and gone) and although we didnt go, its always interesting calling someone from the zone to hear where everyone went and who the new people are in the zone and the new zone leaders and all that stuff. then thursday in the district meeting is the first time that we got to know them. the new district leader with me is from my district in the mtc, elder clare. he replaced elder balcon. and then elder hallstrom, who was one of the district leaders in talagante, came for elder morgan. so it was kinda funny seeing that, how he was the district leader in talagante and now the roles are switched as im his district leader. and then the other thing about the zone is that elder tukuafu is training so its gonna be fun listening to a new gringo missionary trying to learn spanish. (he also was the reason elder alcaraz was teased during that meeting cuz he said that he doesnt understand elder alcaraz`s spanish and the other missionary from argentina said that he doesnt either so dont worry and we all laughed hard)
Saturday we had a lesson with a new guy, julio. they were a reference from the hermanas in san miguel. he went with his wife to the hermanas ward and they passed us the address. his wife is an inactive member and they are planning on getting married in about a month. so that will be good. he seems pretty humble and has a bit of a speech problem but also seems kinda smart so hopefully he can read well and understand what we teach. the only thing that i didnt like is that the wife told us at one point that she hasnt gone to church consistently for about 4 years but doesnt feel like she is doing anything wrong cuz she still does everything else. and i just wanted to tell her that she was flat out wrong and that she is doing a lot wrong by living with him before getting married and for not going to church, but i just let it go cuz that will be a topic for another day when i have more confidence with them.
sunday carlos got confirmed and so i was glad to finally be done with that and to be able to send the baptismal record in now and just be good. its been a long 6 weeks getting him to this point and all the struggles that have come up along the way. but one thing that made me happy is that he really appreciated the fact that i gave him my shirt after the baptism and he said that no one had ever done that before for him. so that made me feel better.
everything is going alright here and i hope that everything is well for everyone over there. take care and have a good week
Elder AJ Mlazgar
BE GOOD OR BE GOOD AT IT
Alma 32:21 2 Nephi 26:8
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