Hey friends and familyyyy!!!! I love you all. :)
Anyways.
This
has been a crazy week! We had exchanges and did this weird crazy sector
slam business. So I was away from my companion TWICE. We almost died.
But
yeah at the sector slam I got to go around with an Hermana from a
different sector and a member. We were trying to invite everyone in that
ward (less actives, members, investigators, randoms) to church that Sunday because it was ward conference. Ward conference in Chile is a
HUGE deal. They have activities everyday for seven days before the
conference and they try to get the entire ward and EVERYONE to come
haha. And I´m just over here like... yeah I barely notice in Utah when
we have ward conference. Oops. Lovin´ the contrast here in Chile.
So
yeah we were going around with a member, and then de repente (suddenly) she was
like, hey I wanna go invite my friend to the conference. A non member.
:D (that is a missionary´s dream to hear.) So we went to her house and
taught her a lesson. The spirit was strong. She had read some of the
Book of Mormon before. Then at the end I knew I needed to bare my
testimony about the Savior, the plan of salvation, and why I was serving
a mission.... so I did. It was one of those times where me and the
spirit were working together and I could tell she felt it too. I´m still
learning how to make that happen, and when it does, it makes everything
worth it. No matter how hard the mission can get, feeling the spirit
just fills me up. Like recharges me I think. It´s very cool. :) And then
me and my companion dance around the streets and people think we´re
crazy.
Anyways she texted her member friend
afterwards and said she really appreciated our visit and said it was
well needed. :) I hope she keeps progressing. She´s not in my sector
though so I don´t get to teach her. :(
Jorge´s
baptism date fell through. We were devastated. He said he had to work
again. I told him that I knew God would provide a way for him to be able
to go to church if he had enough faith to change something about his
work. Whether that was finding a new job, being more direct with his
boss when asking for time off, or something else. Because God is bound
when we do what He says. Like whooaaaa. God--the omni-everything--is
BOUND when we keep the commandments. He has to bless us. And He´s
blessed me immensly. So that´s what I told Jorge. I told him to believe
in miracles. To believe God´s promise. And then have the faith to make
the change. I told Him I used to pray for a miracle to happen in His
work, but now I´m gonna pray more for him to have the faith to do his
part in the miracle. To take his step in the dark and do something about
his work schedule. Because I know there will be a miracle if he does
that. God will do his part. He has to. It´s 100% guaranteed. So now
we´re just praying like crazy for that. He still wants to be baptized.
So we´re hoping for the first Sunday in November.
Missionary work is the best. :)
We
also got a new progressing investigator this week which is super
exciting! We started him off with the Plan of Salvation instead of the
Restoration because he had tons of questions about that. I asked Him if
he would pray at the end and He did! I love hearing investigators pray.
They are always so sincere. Great examples.
I
love you guys so so so much. I´ve been printing out the pictures you
send me and putting them up on my wall! They´re cute. :) Ya´ll´re cute.
:)
MUAH. loves. hugs. XOXO
Hna Cannon II
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