But yeah so
that was the craziest thing from this week haha. But don't worry I am
totally fine and even though I was scared out of my mind for a second
there I thought it was overall the awesomest experience ever haha. XD
An
another note, Hernan is doing awesome and is getting baptized this
Sunday! :) He is so awesome and is amazingly prepared. It's been a
really great experience teaching him and has been amazing how readily he
has accepted all the new commitments. We were a little worried about
tithing so we had our ward mission leader teach about that during gospel
principles. Another investigator, Ruben, was also there that day to
hear the lesson and last week, our ward mission leader said he saw him
filling out a tithing envelope.
The faith of
these people is so inspiring and strengthens me every day. We're also
teaching someone named Adrian who is just amazing. We asked him to share
his testimony with us and then found out that he had been receiving
little signs every few days that made him think about us, The Book of Mormon, and baptism, and let him know that this was the path for him. He
went away on vacation for the Idependance Day weekend (Sept. 18th in Chile) and when he got home he told us that he had brought with him 2
books-- his Book of Mormon and another novel he was reading but that he
couldn't read the novel because all he wanted to do was read the Book of
Mormon. We went through the chapters he read and he showed us the
connections he had made between the stories and his own life. I saw
something in him that I had seen before in myself and it brought tears
to my eyes. It's amazing to see someone discover their spirituality and
to feel a personal connection with God. I felt such a deep love for him
and knew in that moment that when I opened my call back in Provo in
April 2014, God wasn't just calling me to Santiago, Chile, he was
calling me to Adrian. It's something I haven't always felt out here but
something that I keep feeling more of as my conversion runs deeper and
deeper. There is something eternal about the relationships I'm
developing out here, and I can't deny the feeling that tells me we've
always been a family and that these people are truly my brothers and
sisters. It gives me an amazing sense of identity no matter where I am
or who I'm with. And it is amazing to testify of that to the friends we
are teaching, feel the spirit, sense in their eyes that they felt it
too, and flash back for an instant beyond the veil and feel the love
that has always been between us, regardless of age, gender, race, or
nationality. Its so incredibly beautiful.
I
love this gospel. I love this work. I love being a missionary. I love
being a disciple of Christ. I love all of you. I love Chile. I love
everything!!! Even earthquakes haha. :)
Sending allllllllll my love,
Hermana Cannon II
2. Unclogging the nasty drain that had never been unclogged since the beginning of time
4. Elevator because why not
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