just to start
out i want to wish my old man a happy fathers day even though hes
everything but old! lay off that coke and einsteins bagels and in no
time we´ll be playing for the championship in winbledom for doubles. no
but for realzy steve is a stallion. love you dad and i think about ya
every day here. i dont know where id be without your example and advice.
probably not in chile though. after spending a few months in broken
homes and seeing the affects of it, i realize a little more every day
jsut how lucky i am to have my dad be a worthy priesthood holder and
overall just a great guy. love ya homie g
despite
the fact that we did not get changed this week, we had one of the
toughest days of my mission, and probably my life last wednesday. the
whole day we didnt get into a single house, we walked a lot, it was hot
for 20 min, and then really cold right after, and overall it was just
really tough. we got kind of frustrated with one another even though WE
KNEW it was a trial god wanted us to pass through. but we got through it
and bounced back the next day. god has to send something like that
every once in a while so we dont catch ourselves sleeping and not
looking for things that we can improve.
this
week i started writing down a miracle that had happened every single
day. it was pretty cool because i could look back on every single day
and remember something cool that happened. one day we were looking
endlessly with our ward list that were cutting down and that we have
received a promise from president to baptize every month if we use, but
anyway we entered some apartments and had the worker look up this guy on
his computer and after about 5 min of looking he told us it didnt
exist.. so right as we turn away to leave this lady walks in and shes
like hey! im a member and i want to reactivate myself in the church!
also i have a daughter and i want you guys to teach her. haha so we went
ot her house the next day and taught them! the daughter is athiest but
she said shes going to read the part we assigned in the bookof mormon!
on tuesday
night we were in the church calling the zone and telling everybody who
was leaving to viña when this elder walks in the room and gives us a
hug. he was from a different ward but he had gotten homethat day from
ecuador and actually he knew josh sueldo too! but yeah so we talked for a
little bit and then he left and got released in his interview with the
stake president and came out without his plaque. it was supppeerrrr
weird to see. elder swindler and i just thought about it a lot that
night and how short the mission is. that this is the only time i n our
lives that we willl have the power and authority like we have now. that
why its so important to take advantage of every single moment to invite
others to dothings that will change their lives!
we
found tons of investigators this week to do just that! including a
family that we found last night! first we talked with this kid outside
his house about the states and english, then with his mom, and then the
dad arrived like 20 min later and was like what are these guys doing
outside come on in! haha little did we know he was going to barrage us
with questions for an hour and 15 min! it was crazy, yet ive never felt
the spirit guiding our words so much! it was like he was trying to get
us to cross ouselves somehow but at the end of everything were going
back tonight ot teach the family about hte restoration!! :)
that
was my week. and also a really cool blessing that i gave to an
investigator from peru that we have been teaching in the beach side
tenth floor apartment of a recent convert! at the beginnning of the
blessing i could just feel that they were my own words, the slowly i
just forgot about myown thoughts and i could feelthe spirit guiding me!
it was awesome to see the difference and thats how every priesthood
blessing needs to be!
in mormon 9:24
it says that in the name of christ we have the power to cast out
devils, speak with new tongues, drink and eat things and not be hurt or
get sick from them, and lay our hands on the sick to heal them. i can
honestly say that when i read this verse this morning the spirit hit me
on the head with a bag of bricks. i have seen every single one of these
blessing be fulfilled in nine months of the mission. the promises are
true, sometimes we just lack the faith. if you dont believe me ask my
brothers how long i spent in the bathroom on a daily basis before the
mission. and i dont expect it to be different after either. haha but
seriously i have not had almost any problems with my digestive system
here adn i know that that is a blessing from on high. they used to call
me allredy pooping again!
love you guys and
hope you have an awesome week becuase im going to have one too. <3
shout out to the cousins that are reunited love you guys thanks for
being such good examples see ya soon!
I KNEW THE BOYS WOULD PULL THROUGH! I LOVE STEPH
-elder allred - chilean street raptor
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