this week marked the last beginning of a change
that i will have as a missionary. its really weird to think about. the truth is
i dont really like thinking about it all that much. but i know that ive got six
weeks to continue refining myself and become that consecrated soldier that the
Lord would like me to be.
my last companion is named Elder Garcia. he´s
from northern Peru and ill be training him as a new ZL this change. hes a funny
guy. little bit different than me but he´s an incredible teacher and knows the
scriptures really well. hes a really good artist and is super out going haha
its pretty funny sometimes. but we´ve gotten along well our first week together
and im pumped to put in the work with him this change and take out the trash in
our sector. i just want to give it all before i end and honestly theres lots of
time to make some impacts in the zone and in our sector.
on wednesday we headed to changes on the bus.
it was a good bus ride with all the homies we had a good time even though it
was long! in fact since my comp is a new ZL and Elder Framptons new comp as
well we stayed in viña on thursday and went on divisions with Elder Gould going
around the zones in viña repairing houses and moving things around haha it was
pretty fun. at night we bought popeyes and had a party in my old office pension
with the boys.
friday we had mission council and reported our
numbers for the month of june. it was a super good conference. they gave all of
teh missionaries that were in their last council a chance to bear their
testimony. im not gonna lie i balled in front of about 35 missionaries. but im
grateful for all the opportunities ive had on teh mission to learn from others
and participate in conferences like this. i realized taht every assignment,
companion, and sector ive had were never rewards or gifts for baptizing or
doing something as a missionary, rather opportunities that the Lord gave to me
to learn from other people. the greatest being President Díaz.
President didnt want us traveling at night
cause we were exhausted so we convinced him to get a game of soccer in against
teh office on saturday morning before boarding teh bus to head back up to the
north. haha it was pretty sweet.
yesterday we had a problem with some sisters in
our zone. haha it was ridiculous. a new sister got here on wednesday and the
next day a door accidentally locked in their home with all of her suitcases and
clothes inside of it. she literally did not have otehr clothes to wear, so
yesterday we went over there with a bunch of keys we had in our house. probably
30. not one of them worked. so we called this brother from their ward and he
tried a bunch of different things to get it open, nothing. we were there 3
hours. 3 HOURS IN THE SISTERS HOME. and then my comp opens this closet and
while he´s looking at their books he goes and waht about these keys? the first
one we tried opened up the flipping closet. haha ridiculous.
Carlos our venezuelan investigator came to
church with us yesterday! even though when we got there he excused himself to
go smoke a few cigs, the importnat thing is that he came! haha baby steps. hes
a stud. tonight he wants to buy us pizza and then we´ll share the plan of
salvation. :)
love you guys hope you have a swell week. ill
be honest its weird having my friends get home, but when i get to work its like
i forget about it all. i know the Lord will give me the strength to be able to
focus and give all of my attention to His work. he never gives commandments
that cannot be fulfilled "for there is no respect of persons with
God." Romans 2:11
-Elder Allred - Chilean Street Raptor
photos: getting mexican food after changes
meeting with the Gould´s, and the bus ride from the north.
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