this
week was really good, but were just struggling to find that golden
investigator. all the people that we find that are really good almost
always live together. its seriously a major problem in chile. everybody
gets married, and then separated, but since the divorce laws are so
complicated here nobody gets married again. yes i know its not ideal to
have to get divorced and remarried but i swear its a very uncommon thing
to find someone that has been married to another person for more than
20 years here. but anyways were in the search for some solid new peeps
who are ready to accept the gospel, there really is nothing more
exciting than finding somebody that has real intent and is receptive to
the spirit!
were right there still with oscar,
the bishops dad, and the espejo family. this week monica, the mom, came
to church and loved it and then later in the afternoon came back with
martin her son to a baptism for another ward with us.. its so
frustrating. a different person from that family comes to church every
week and its not even for good reasons. they just get lazy and stay in
bed or watch tv all day and lose the motivation. sometimes it gets old
being the cheerleader but i love them and i really want them to progress
as a family! oscar is a little bit down becasue of the constant fight
he has with depression, but he is still showing signs of progress. he
gave up tea, coffee, and on friday
he committed to stop smoking! i want that old man to get baptized so
much. i know as soon as he does it he would receive a stronger answer
about the gospel than ever!
on friday this week
i did my first replica as a zone leader. a replica is just taking
everything that we learned in mission council in viña with president,
and holding a conference in our zone to teach them teh exact same thing.
but its laid back and a lot of fun and its cool to do something
different every now and then.
other than that
theres not much going on. i cant believe were already in week four of
this change... seems like elder brock just barely got here to coquimbo.
its crazy how time works in the mission... i seriously just cant even
comprehend it sometimes because its different than anything else ive
experienced!
but it was hilarious becaue this week we decided
to pass by fernanda, this one 16 year old atheist whose mom is a
member. and before with elder swindler we serisouly ALWAYS talked and
joked with her and tried to get her to open up and nothing worked. but
anyway we get there and she opens the door and instantly she was just
completely different! haha she told us to come in even though she knew
we couldnt without a member, and then she gave us her phone number and
todl us to come back the next day. haha it was ridiculous. my comp is
working miracles. must be the spirit.
so yeah
thats the week. but hey i love you guys and im thinking about ya every
day. check out this steam room pic i took with the shaquille oneal
jersey i bought in the flea market for like 2 and a half dollars.
yall have a great week now.
-elder allred - chilean street raptor
if you look really close you can see tony starks beachside house in teh backround
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