The UN and an Ice Cream Machine

Really great week that we had here in the Santiago South Mission!!! So, on Friday we had a conference with President Texiera and it was great! We spent a lot of time discussing the open chapels that we had in the prior year. The open chapels we do here in our mission are really cool. We have posters in the church as well as a tour of the chapel and the baptismal font. We had lots of success and we had a discussion with him about how we can have more success here in Santiago. He even shared his personal conversion story of the missionary that baptized him. He grew up in Portugal and when he came to know the church he got baptized. He shared his story about how the gospel blessed his life and how even though there hadn’t been a church and that where they held their meetings was a basement and that even with all of that, it didn’t impede his knowledge that this was the true church. Really cool conversion story.

On that same day, we had a miracle with a woman named Mari. We were going to a lesson that we had with an investigator by the name of Renee but he wasn’t there in his house. A lady by the name of Mari walked around the corner and saw us and proceeded to talk to us in English (perfect) She told us that she had worked as a translator for the United Nations and that she had just gotten to Chile! She is great! And then we had a great lesson that was really spiritual! We taught about how Christs church is restored in this day and she really understood and comprehended everything that we taught her. She put her faith to works as well and came to church on Sunday! Great miracle!

We had another spiritual lesson with a man named Alfonso; he has been coming to church for quite some time and we had a great lesson and talked about the nature of our Heavenly Father and tried to help him understand his purpose to us as His children. We set a baptismal date and are excited for him!

Today we played capture the flag and had an ice cream machine brought to the P-day activity.  I think it was a hit.  I have no idea how many ice cream cones I ate.

Another Week in La Cisterna and a $3 Golf Shirt

Well, this week's been good! I have really been enjoying my time here in La Cisterna and the great ward that I am in! We had a solid week and saw lots of miracles!

So, this past Thursday, We had a Family Home Evening with a family from our ward (Hernandez family) And we brought one of our progressing investigators named Jovens who is from Haiti!

We shared about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and had activities to accompany each principle that we taught.

On Friday, we had a fantastic day! I was leading the sector and on divisions with Elder Fernandes de Brasil!! We had a really good day and saw lots of success. We contacted a lady who is from Bolivia and was really nice to us! We set up a return date to go and visit her. We also had a really good lesson with the Moran Zerna family! We talked about what missionary’s purposes really are. It was interesting to see what they thought. Two of the girls in the family are members (they are 16 and 19) and they got baptized in Ecuador a few years back and stated that we were here to help their family get baptized! Really spiritual lesson that touched their hearts!

On Monday, we met a Columbian lady by the name of Juliana who was very kind to us. We were able to visit with her and even shared a short message and left her with a Book of Mormon to read. We came back for the follow up lesson and she had read the part we left for her in the book! Her boyfriend also read it! 

A few shots of Santiago. I also found a $40 golf shirt for $3!  Talk about a deal.  And I came across the largest watermelon....

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Pineapple Mate

Well, this week has been a good one! I have seen many miracles which is awesome! We have had some really great lessons with people and seeing amazing things happen! 

We had a fantastic day on Friday! I was leading my sector and we went on divisions with Elder Barfuss who is a stud of a missionary. We had a great day. We met a guy who is a drummer in a band called hamburger effect. He was a pretty cool dude and we shared the gospel with him. Afterwards, we had a follow up lesson with him and we were able to set a baptismal date with him. His desires seem very real! and the lesson was really spiritual. He comprehended everything and was very open to what we shared with him. We talked about faith, repentance, and baptism!! Later that night, we contacted a really nice Columbian lady in a park and really lifted her up and gave her an uplifting message. On Saturday, we had a great day as well. We had a lesson with Pierre and we watched the Joseph Smith Restoration video. As he watched it, he was touched by the spirit and we could tell that his testimony of the restoration has grown. Really cool lesson with him.

On Monday, we had division with the Assistants. I went with Elder Champutiz in his sector! We had a nice day and taught lots of lessons and had an awesome Family Home Evening with their progressing investigator that is getting ready for baptism! She really liked it!

Yesterday, I made a Pineapple Mate which was really good!! :)

And we met another really cool family of 4. (the Castillo Family) We had a dinner at their house and then we shared our message and set up another day to go by and teach them again! Lots of lessons, lots of memories…it was a really cool week!!