tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2842496503793937842024-03-19T23:15:05.238-07:00Elder Wyatt Allred- Viña del Mar, ChileUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-79507340818157831842016-08-16T08:59:00.000-07:002016-08-16T08:59:01.195-07:00It's Like a Mouthful of Joy
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different thoughts and feelings as my time has winded down. its pretty much
impossible and also completely illogical to try to explain what ive felt, seen,
experienced, and become in two years as a servant of the Lord so i wont attempt
it. but ill try to throw out as many thoughts as i can in these 15-20 min that
i have to write what will be my last letter to home as a missionary of the
Lord`s church...</span></div>
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meeting to bear my testimony for my last sunday in teh ward. a quote came to my
mind that i know came from the spirit. considering the fact that i read it on
the wall of my sixth grade classroom in Mr. Hodson`s class years ago, im almost
positive i couldnt have just randomly thought of it in that moment. "if
you want something that you`ve never had, you`ve got to do something that
you`ve never done." a basketball player cannot become his very best unless
he changes habitual training, an experienced chef will never learn new recipes
unless he tests them and tries himself, we cannot become heirs of our fathers`
kingdom without having passed throught the trial. these have been the two
hardest, most difficult years of my life... they`ve also been the most
rewarding, joy filled years ive ever had. and i no i never could have become
what i am today without these experiences that ive passed through.</span></div>
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put your hands on the plow and start moving forward you look back after a while
and realize how far youve come. if you check your progress every 30 seconds
you`ll probably get a little desperate and feel like the work just isnt coming
along how you hoped. for 24 months ive tried my very very hardest to keep
moving forward with the plow and NEVER look back. at certain moments ive been
blessed to realized how much progress ive made but i never wanted to stop and
admire anything until the work was finished. well the work is not finished but
my time here in Chile is and i couldnt be happier with how blessed ive been. i think
the big question every missionary has by the end of his time is - did i do
everything i could have? its a question ive been asking for a few days and the
Lord has blessed me with the assurance that he is pleased with me. theres no
greater feeling. the same words have been ringing in my head for the last few
days:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">His lord said unto him, Well done, good
and faithfulservant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will
make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.</span></div>
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my last days here in Serena. On friday elder frampton is taking a bus to come
here and we`ll be spending the day together in coquimbo visiting our homies. in
the morning we have breakfast with my old bishop, lunch is in a peruvian
restaurant of a member from e framptons old ward, and at night were having an
asado with my boy Alexis and then at midnight hes taking us to the bus station
to head to viña. i arrive saturday morning and at about 12 in the afternoon
will head to santiago to witness two sealings of waht has been the greatest
blessing of my mission. see a family convert themselves to the gospel and
change absolutely EVERYTHING they had ever known or had before. theres no words
to describe how i will feel to participate in those two sealings. i love them
so much. i love everyone here so much. this country is my second home and ill
miss it a whole lot.</span></div>
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President. Monday i head out to visit everyone in viña, quilpue, and valparaiso
with elder mcelhaney, and tuesday morning we head to the temple and then to the
airport in the afternoon.</span></div>
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seriously cant it doesnt really fit in my brain. the one thing i do know is
that i will cherish these last few days. all i want is to finish strong...!</span></div>
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ill never be the same. im still Wyatt. but i understand so much more now and
thats made all of the difference. i know where my life needs to go. all of the
other things are simply tangents on the way, but i know whats most important.</span></div>
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without a sliver of doubt in my mind that this church is true. it really is
something way more divine and beautiful than we realize. if we could comprehend
the magnitude of the decisions we make it wouldnt be so hard. but thats not the
point. im grateful the Lord lets us make mistakes and lets us see our own
weaknesses. his plan is perfect. get to know it better. try to understand why
he allows things to happen. ask him. i know he answers, i know he lives. his
Son died for us, and theres nothing more important in the world than this
knowledge! not even Pokemon Go.</span></div>
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ever happened to me. i love this work.</span></div>
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bring me panda express cause ya boi`s got some mad cravings.</span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-52617794399111470382016-08-11T19:51:00.001-07:002016-08-11T19:51:29.751-07:00The Hospital
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there are lots of things going on at once it sort of eliminates any
distractions that i could have from the work. so it wasnt horrible that this
week our house turned into a hospital.</span></div>
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at some point from food, flu, or some other problem. theres a sector in the
zone called Vicuña that about two hours away from Serena in the middle of
nowhere. well one of the missionaries who was training his comp called us on
monday and had been going through really bad back and rib pain for a few days.
he had already had to go back to his house one time to get knee surgery and so
on tuesday they came here, we took them to the hospital and then for 5 days
they stayed at our house so that he could rest and see if it went away. well it
didnt, but for 4 of the 5 days i went out and worked with his comp Elder Larson
and did his training for a little, while my comp stayed home with the other
elder since my comp has had some knee and foot pain. i was chill with it
because the last thing i wanted is to be locked in a house doing nothing for my
last days on teh mish.</span></div>
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larson, in fact we found a couple of really really good new investigators,
until we went to lunch one day and they served us seafood. ive honestly come to
like most types of seafood and i can eat anything they give me... but elder
larson wasnt so lucky. he stomached it all, but when we went to the house to
drop some stuff off he barfed clams, piuri, shellfish, and rice all over. its
chill we cleaned it up and everything and he felt better, alright lets go out
ot work. so we go out and 10 min later same thing. but in the street in
front of everyone.</span></div>
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with my comp who was coming back from vicuña because they had to go get some
stuff. e larson didnt make it. again in the street in front of everyone hahaha.
good times. but yeah i finally got with my comp and we went out to work. sadly
the other missionary got transfered to viña because he needs to go to a
physical therapist and there isnt one in vicuña. but we had a good week with
our pals in the house.</span></div>
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went to a store to buy a coke to take home before finishing the night and in
the store we realized that the owner was looking at the book of mormon we put
on the counter. so we started talking with him and turns out his son was a
missionary 20 years ago but was the only member in teh family, but that he had
a lot of doubts recently about the bible and religion. so we talked with him,
left him with the BOM and when we went back another day he had tons of
questions! too many. but they all were centered on the apostasy and so when we
talk about the restoration it started to make more and more sense to him it was
incredible. he smokes like a train but were gonna help the guy find the truth
and start making changes in his life! mario´s the name, baptisms´ his fate.</span></div>
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came to church and are investigating now! the big cafeteria that they´ve turned
into their ecuadorian hotel is a gold mine. there are lots of members, but tons
of people that have never heard of Christ in their life. its a little bit
harder to teach them, but there will be a lot of success. we had a FHE with
them last night and played some fun games, sang hymns, and very basic lesson on
prayer. </span></div>
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from Hong Kong is doing well. he has a lot of doubts though and feels like his
GF that introduced him to teh church, but now doesnt come is dodging him. we´ve
been trying to help the poor guy gain a testimony and understnad whats going on
here. he seriously speaks zero spanish and i can hardly understand his english.
but tonight a member invited us and him to eat canadian burgers that he makes
that are amazing and were gonna share the plan of salvation with cha cha. its
such a different experience teaching people without christian backrounds, but
its been really cool to learn more about other cultures.</span></div>
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overcome his faith. he wasnt baptized this week and now isnt sure if he wants
to keep investigating. he stopped reading the BOM and started to listen to
friends from other churches that think were a cult. im 100% positive he felt
the spirit when we read the experience of Joseph Smith this week in JSH, but
hes allowing other voices to convince him taht what hes felt and experienced
with us is all in his mind. the devil is pretty good and making people reject
light after having seen it plainly and clearly. were not giving up on him yet
but its gonna take a lot.</span></div>
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will write as a missionary. im not throwin in the towel quite yet, but i have
little time left to share this gospel with my brothers and sisters in Chile. i
love them, and ive felt overwhelming joy to see them advance in the plan of
happiness, but ive also felt unsupressable sadness when they reject what
they´ve received. the Lord knows the timing of everything so i shouldnt doubt
in him.</span></div>
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time for the last premier of the Chilean Street Raptor.</span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-16685935818893545172016-08-11T19:49:00.000-07:002016-08-11T19:49:19.424-07:00Jews and Gentiles Alike
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still feel the same. i cant believe im coming up on 2 years since i left on
what has been the greatest adventure of my life, and what will eternally be one
of the most impactful decisions ive ever made. i love being a missionary. i
love the Lord´s work. and i love watching lives change as they come unto
Christ, more than anyone else´s my own.</span></div>
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the Lord helped me a whole lot. P days are always hard. these last 3 mondays
have been difficult. but through powerful prayer and sincere desires to
continue to preach the gospel ive witnessed that ive been blessed with the
strength to work hard and to bear my testimony to everyone. </span></div>
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photos to see which photos i can print out and give to people. its crazy to
think how many people have changed my life and how many experiences ive had
with them. its almost unimaginable to think about the mercy that ive received
as a servant in the Lord´s church. sometimes when i get down and think that
things arent happening how they should, or maybe i didnt fulfill what i needed
to do, i remember that its not about me. it was never my mission. maybe God
allowed me to pass through these experiences but it was never about me. im
grateful because i know that everything taht has happened has gone just the way
it needed to and just how the Lord planned because ive been obedient.</span></div>
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will be on sunday the 21st, i have my ticket bought to head down to Santiago
and witness two sealings. Jacob and Romina, and Raul and Maria Elena from teh
Castillo family that was baptized a little over a year ago now have everything
ready to be sealed for time and all eternity. undoubtedly it will be the most
incredible way to cap off the best two years of my life. ive seen promises
fulfillled time and time again. its amazing how God prepares teh way for
everything.</span></div>
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church yesterday. its been a complete miracle to see his progress. the day
before teaching the law of chastity he broke up with his girlfriend (who is not
bad looking) and was much more prepared to understand the commandment and why
its important for his future. he feels more weight on his conscience now and
wants to be baptized this sunday. if he can give up cigarrettes before then
were on! hes a stud.</span></div>
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companionships sector to help them find more investigators we sat down in a
park with a 19 year old kid listening to Queen. after singing along to the last
parts of Bohemian Rhapsody we casually transitioned into a topic about the 12
tribes of Israel. haha it was so cool. hes of Jewish descent, and literally has
traced his line back to find out that he came from the levite tribe! it was
cool we started explaining the restoration and since he became a christian 3
years ago he was able to understand and feel the spirit really strongly and
accepted to be baptized! this week we´ll start teaching him.</span></div>
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teaching. if it werent for my family and friends that i love to death and who
are there waiting for me id spend the rest of my life here helping these
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prophesy somewhat more concerning the Jews and the Gentiles. For after the book
of which I have spoken shall come forth, and be written unto the Gentiles, and
sealed up again unto the Lord, there shall be many which shall believe the
words which are written; <b><i><u>and they shall carry them forth
unto the remnant of our seed.</u></i></b></span></div>
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Jesus Christ to those that are willing to accept the message in their
lives. </span></div>
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this is the truth.</span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-32750817740614112232016-08-11T19:47:00.000-07:002016-08-11T19:47:19.679-07:00The Week
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honest p days are becoming my least favorite days of the week because they´re
the hardest to focus. but its chill i aint worried. </span></div>
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hard and everything, but the days went by slower. now that the week is over it
feels like it flew by... idk its strange. maybe thats just how its gonna be. we
worked our butts off though so i dont have anything to worry about.</span></div>
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almost every single day. we worked hard with existing investigators and found
some new ones that are good. interestingly enough all of them or foreigners.
seriously almost everyone were teaching is from ecuador, colombia, or
venezuela. theyre all sick.</span></div>
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teaching the word of wisdom. pray for him. if he can get over this and the law
of chastity he´s golden for his baptism. sadly none of the other investigators
that we were teaching came to church this week after all of them had committed
saturday at night! its seriously tough to motivate people to go ot church. but
we saw lots of miracles this week so im not complaining at all. we found lots
of good people.</span></div>
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him and start laughing hes super funny. hes like a little kid. he loves like
little toys and playing with other kids, but when it comes to the gospel hes
the smartest comp ive had. im learning something new everyday from him
seriously. we get along really well even though hes a little immature and he
teaches like a boss.</span></div>
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everyone french toast in the morning and if we achieve our zone goal were gonna
call Pres to do a Serena VS Coquimbo soccer match. that´ll be sweet.</span></div>
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Kong that was baptized 3 months ago in China! haha he speaks zero spanish, and
it was pretty hard to understand his english. he was involved in a shipwreck
and the doctors said he´d never walk again, also he didnt understnad anything
they said to him so he got really angry. then one nurse started helping him a
lot and telling him in english about hope and faith in God. when a miracle
occurred and he regained strength to walk he became really good friends witht
the nurse who is a member, and when he went back to china started taking the
lessons and was baptized. well his family basically disowned him so he came
back here and is now dating the member here haha. he´s a boss. were gonna keep
helping him little by little because before his baptism he practically didnt
know who God was, and had never heard of Christ.</span></div>
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flour to make pancakes for breakfast and dinner every day this week. pray for
us.</span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-49768905676237041802016-08-11T19:45:00.000-07:002016-08-11T19:45:31.490-07:00The Last Melon
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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. </span></div>
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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.</span></div>
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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. </span></div>
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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. </span></div>
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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.</span></div>
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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.</span></div>
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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. :)</span></div>
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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</span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-36426529031844061762016-07-11T16:07:00.000-07:002016-07-11T16:07:08.883-07:00The Roller Coaster Effectwow. this was one of the craziest weeks of my entire mission. its also been a couple of extremely hard days...<br />
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let
me start off by saying that i 100% love the mission, i love the Lord,
and i know that everything good and bad that happens is part of his plan
and that if i continue to excersize faith everything will be for my own
good. with that being said trials are still challenging. if they werent
it would defeat the purpose of passing through hard times. they´re
supposed to be that way even if one achieves a knowledge of our Heavenly
Father´s plan. however it does help to put things in perspective and
know how to climb out.</div>
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this week we had a
miracle. last sunday an investigator named Susan showed up. her name is
not susan but were gonna leave it at that to keep it confidential. shes
really rich, lives on the beachside in an incredible department, and yet
received us with full intent to learn and progress in the gospel. she
came to church because of a very long story, basically becuase she met a
couple of ecuatorians in santiago, invited them to her house in La
Serena, and they because to preach the gospel to her during their 2 days
here. when we arrived her house last week she was really prepared. she
had already fasted and donated a fast offering, and quickly gained a
testimony of the book of mormon. we taught every day for about 2 hours
to finish all of the teaching this week because she wanted to be
baptized <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1992889628" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on sunday</span></span> and had all of teh church attendences.</div>
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we
seriously grew to love this lady a lot in such a short time. she was
chosen, and every lesson progressed so much. she read the whole book of 1
nephi in just a few days. committed her friends to go to church and her
baptism shortly after talking about missionary work, and was even
excited to get a calling in the church as soon as possible. she received
multiple answers that she was following what God wanted her to do. shes
60 and since she was 16 she had smoked, and five months ago at the age
of 60 randomly decided to quit. as soon as we taught the word of wisdom,
law of chastity, and tithing she fully accepted all of the
commandments. however <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1992889629" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">saturday</span></span>
in her baptismal interview, when she didnt pass becuase of something
that had happened over 40 years ago something went wrong. when we called
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morning to verify if she was coming to church she explained that she
had decided not ot move forward and that she took the intervi3ew as a
sign that its not for her.</div>
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for a long time even
after sacrament meeting had begun we stayed on teh phone with her and
just bore testimony. its easy to look back after the fact and see the
things that you could have done better.. and thats whats hard. i know
that it is her decision and she decided to not make the right choice and
have another interview with someone older to help her repent. but its
been hard to get it off my mind. its really really sad to see someone
progress, see the light, and then reject it. we wont give up on her, but
its gonna be hard from here on out.</div>
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we found a
few other good investigators this week even though we put a lot of time
into helping susan. one of them is a venezuelan that is a boss. he´ll
progress fast this week i think.</div>
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im happy. we
played beach soccer last monday and ate sandwiches on the coast. we
taught a lot. worked a lot, and im know im giving my 100%. sometimes i
wish things went differently but i dont doubt that the Lord knows best
and im doing what he wants me to be doing. i love this work.</div>
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1992889631" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on wednesday</span></span>
we have changes. i think elder giustozzi is gonna get moved. ill miss
him. hes been one of my best comps and we get along better than any
other ive had on my mish. we drink lots of mate, play lots of soccer,
and almost never walk in silence. hes a stud. we´ll see what happens <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1992889632" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on wednesday</span></span>. this week i find out who my last comp will be.</div>
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love
you guys and i know that this is the Lord´s church. im completely
dedicated to give it all this last change of the best two years of my
life.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-51122691803369639532016-07-05T09:14:00.001-07:002016-07-05T09:14:11.270-07:00God Bless America<br />I dont have much time to write today because we
talked with President he approved a 4th of july activity as a zone on
the beach baby!!! were gonna take a volleyball, soccerball, and some
sandwiches to spend a few hours playing. however my comp and i have also
planned a little presentation on how teh americas are a choice land,
and the impact that the independance, and constitution of the U.S. had
on the Restoration. its gonna be sweet.<br />
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this week was
chill. i went on exchanges with an uruguayan and a chilean and got a
lot of good work done. were working really hard to fix some things taht
are going on the zone and even though we had a lot of success in June
were off to a semi slow start in July. Its like a train that never stops
moving. you always have to be finding new people while working with the
ones taht are progressing the most.</div>
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Sadly we
are gonna drop our colombian friend Fabian. he started to progress, he
was reading, praying, and starting to gain momentum again. then last
week he slept in for church and yesterday when we went by he answered
the door drunk at 930 in the morning. were gonna give him a break for
awhile, but he simply hasnt showed the faith for us to keep passing by.
its not easy cause ive come to love guy so much.. we saw a lot of
potencial in him cause hes so nice and social with everyone, but he lets
his weaknesses get teh best of him. </div>
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felipe
and Alda are going to the Civil registry today to get their marriage
date! we fasted with them over the weekend taht they can get one for
this week so all we can do now is hope and pray that it happens. they´re
still convinced to do it even though they´re going to lose a lot of
money that they recieve from teh government for studies! if they get a
date this week their baptism will be <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_725323447" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on sunday</span></span>!!</div>
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shout
out to Al, happy birthday man. 25 years old. how weird to think that
time has flown by so fast. you´re like kind of an adult now and
everything right? nah man i love and hope you enjoyed the oreo ice cream
with graham cracker crust, a tradition that began with yours truly. its
chill though im willing to share. Happy birthday love you.</div>
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Remember the price of freedom my fellow American comrades. I love America.</div>
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love
you guys have a good week, sorry i still cant send pics. i have a lot
of good ones im waiting to send but flipping chilean internet cafes are
full of viruses.</div>
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-Elder Allred - Chilean Street Raptor</div>
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I fixed it guys.<div>
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1. oscar´s baptism (dont worry my face doesnt look like that anymore)</div>
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2. My colombian hair stylest. </div>
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3. what happens on exchanges with uruguayans.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-84934569685116238382016-06-20T11:50:00.001-07:002016-06-20T11:50:20.441-07:00The Comeback KidCaptains Log,<br />
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Star Date: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_595345863" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">20-June-2016</span></span></div>
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We´ve
begun to see mild signs of movement in the right eyebrow, lower lip,
and right nostril. All muscles and ligaments in the top lip towards the
right corner have recuperated. Smiles have been made, laughter has been
shared. We´ve stationed more troops on the bottom lip and hope to be
able to frown as well in the days to come. All forms of movement in the
face have improved.</div>
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No
but really im getting a lot better. im about two weeks ahead of where
they thought i would be. in fact i feel almost normal now. just minor
details that will go away im sure within this or the next week. The
mission presidents wife wont let me stop going to the physical
therapist... its kind of funny because teh first few sessions all they
do is tell you how well youre improving and encourage you, and then once
i didnt go for three days and came back all of the sudden they realize
im getting better really really fast and since we pay by session
suddenly they stop telling me how well im doing haha.</div>
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enough
with the face. seriously im fine. other than the physical therapy
miracle there were also a handful of missionary work miracles for us
this week! including a special trip that i got to make to coquimbo <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_595345864" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on saturday</span></span>
with permission from President Díaz to see the baptism of an old
investigator and friend of mine..... OSCAR GOT BAPTIZED! haha the old
man finally did it! a year ago when i was in coquimbo i had hope that he
would make it someday, but after i left i didnt think i would ever
witness it! however the elders in coquimbo called me during the week and
told me about it and i called President to ask him. i ended up giving a
talk in the service and i was flooded with emotions as i saw so many
people i love in coquimbo. Seriously love that place. the bishop was
pretty emotional as well. hes spent a good time trying to help his dad
take the step of faith. Congrats oscar.</div>
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we
found two new student investigators this week knocking doors. both
occasions was unplanned and very timely. its amazing to see how the Lord
puts us where we neeed to be exactly in the moment when someone else is
praying or needing a blessing in their lives. its not a coincidence.
thats what ive learned. everything happens for a reason.</div>
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felipe
and alda have their marriage date but are passing through some trials.
its gonna take a leap of faith for them to get married on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_595345865" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">july 1</span></span>
and baptized on the 3rd. apparently if felipe gets married right now he
will inherit his fathers debt... i dont know why buts thats how it
works.. we had a family home evening in the house of a member last
night, played uno with them, and shared about faith in preparation for
our lesson with them <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_595345866" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on wednesday</span></span>.
i know if they decide to keep the commandments it cant go wrong for
them even when it seems like it well. Satan is pretty cunning in his
ways of tempting people to make logical decisions instead of good
decisions.</div>
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were also working a lot with a
colombian investigator named fabian that is addicted to alcohol. such a
nice guy, its just hard for him to keep his committments. we´ll see if
he turns it around this week and if he doesnt theres not much more we
can do. theres so many foreigners in serena its kind of cool. we´re also
doing a family home evening with like 20 more or less active
ecuadorians every <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_595345867" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">sunday</span></span>
night. theyre natives from the jungle too so spanish isnt even their
first language! its pretty fun. they serve us good cinnamon tea and
empanadas so its chill.</div>
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well even though i
received an extremely tragic phone call last night with the news on the
nba championship from a couple missionary in Viña, im still pulling for
the states <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_595345868" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Tuesday</span></span>.
i need everyone to turn into soccer fans for a week and act like they
care cause i do! im with an argintinian companion who could not be more
confident that its not even gonna be close... but i know the boys will
surprise everyone with the W!</div>
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its been an
emotional week all in all. we´re working so hard we really are.. and the
zone is having a lot of success. i guess its just that going back to
coquimbo and everything made me start thinking about a lot of things.
its not going to be easy to leave everything behind after giving
everything to the work.</div>
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i love these people and i love the
gospel and i know theres nothing more important in the world. dont ever
give up on anyone. i went back and looked in my journal and remembered
all of the disappointment i felt when oscar decided last minute not to
get baptized. things happen, people change, and God can always mold his
children into different people if they allow him.</div>
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Love you guys have an awesome week.</div>
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-Elder Allred</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-90921364444470813632016-06-20T11:49:00.001-07:002016-06-20T11:49:51.624-07:00I Can't Move My FaceI´d say this was one of the more unexpected and interesting weeks that ive had on my mission so far...<br />
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let
me just start off by saying that its true, i cant move my face. well
just the right half of it. on wednesday my comp and i headed to lunch
and in the middle of lunch with this family we´re really tight with i
realized taht my comp, the family, and the two other missionaries in our
ward were all giving me weird looks when i laughed... and then i
started to realized that i couldnt blink my right eye, and that my mouth
only moved on the left side, so when i laughed my mouth was like on my
cheek.. (ill send a good photo). i guess when your face gets paralyzed
the first thing you do is laugh, and then you think holy crap am i
having a stroke or what?</div>
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well i waited until thursday morning
and it still hadnt gone away so i called Hna Díaz and she told me to go
to the hospital where a nice colombian nurse told me that i have Bells
Palsy, or as chileans often call it La Boca Chueca. i always made fun of
chileans because after drinking tea or something they would always
cover their mouth before going outside because they said theyd get the
boca chueca. i guess it was karma! no but in reality its a virus and
they dont know how it happens. but the good thing is that it goes away.</div>
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These
last few days i was supposed to be on complete rest to get rid of all
stress, but President gave us permission to go out for appointments. so
we just started calling a bunch of people to set appts. however i have
been to two physical therapy sessions to get my face massaged, (and one
time my back without my shirt on what?) and do some facial excercises.
yes my excersizes literally consist of me trying to smile, close my eye,
and breath through my right nostril. but im gonna tell Hna Díaz that
the phyical therapy really is not necesary. i can do all of the
excersizes on my own without somebody standing over my shoulder telling
me that the corner of my mouth moved a little bit more than the 200
other times i did it while looking in the mirror. if you wanna know what
it feels like to be a handicap in rehab, just get the bells palsy
virus.</div>
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<div>
its been good in some aspects. on friday
we found a super good family and gained a lot of confidence with them
because at teh beginning of the lesson my comp made a joke and i couldnt
stop laughing because everyone else was laughing at my face. its a good
fam.</div>
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really im fine. it goes away in 1-2
months they told me, and today marks the end of my mandatory rest issued
by Hna Diaz. so were gonna get back to normal work finally! it wasnt
easy being in the house during the day.. i seriosuly went crazy. it was
the first time in my whole mission that i wasnt able to go work because
of sickness or other issues... like paralysis.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div>
Felipe
and Alda are trying to get a marriage date and were thinking of going
out to this place in teh boondocks to marry them legally so that they
can get baptized. theyre awesome!</div>
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love you guys, dont worry about me too much. have awesome week!</div>
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flip i dont even know where to begin... why the flip do i even say flip? its so flippin stupid.<div>
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well
im back in the north baby!!! but this time on the other side of the bay
of my true love Coquimbo. im in La Serena as a ZL to finish my last two
changes with E. Giustozzi my studly argentinian comp! i really wanted
to train but basically President just told me there werent enough ZL to
replace those that left and he needed me to go back up to the North. its
chill im super happy to be up here and we have a sweet zone. its
beautiful here!</div>
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transfer week was crazy as usual and even crazier this time because we didnt sleep <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1005580105" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">sunday</span></span> through <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1005580106" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">wednesday</span></span>, had transfers <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1005580107" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">wednesday</span></span> night, got back to serena at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1005580108" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">3 AM</span></span>, gathered everything from the zone that needed to go to viña <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1005580109" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on thursday</span></span>, and then that same night at 12 left to viña for mission council. after a full day in viña with pouring rain <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1005580110" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on friday</span></span>
we got back on the bus at got home at like 2. Im exhausted. its been so
fun though. i love my comp hes super tight and hes gotta a little more
than a year so hes ready to work really hard!</div>
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<div>
weve
been taking the trash out these last 2 days. we did a million contacts,
found some really good future investigators, adn even though we havent
taught much and we dont have tons of investigators im having so much fun
just doing normal missionary work all day! seriosuly i missed it so
much. im grateful for the love i developed to just teach adn have
progressing investigators. our investigators felipe and alda came to
church for teh first time <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1005580111" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on sunday</span></span>
and even though their 3 year old was running all over place being a
clown, and tugging on the bishops pants, they had a good experience.
felipe said hes gonna start coming every week! they´re a young couple,
only 23 years old but theyre way cool. were working with them for a
marriage and baptism date soon!</div>
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<div>
before leaving
viña i got to see Jacob and Romina and talk with them outside teh office
for about an hour. their sealing date is teh <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1005580112" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">9th of July</span></span>,
and same with Maria Elena and Raul the parents of jacob!!! im so happy
for them its undescribable. theyre amazing and have such strong
testimonies its so cool! im just hoping taht i can still go to their
sealing.. President told me i could, but now that im so far north i
doubt ill be able to which is kind of a bummer.. but we´ll see.</div>
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Im
here, im healthy, and ready to just go all out in my last area. this
area is really cool. the members are awesome it kind of reminds of a
ward in the states cause its in the center of Serena. its really weird
going from a tiny branch to a big ward. but theyre kindof a sleeping
giant. everyone is really good but they sort of need to all go in the
right direction to start to see some baptisms here. its been awhile.</div>
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<div>
love you guys so much. keep me updated on Steph and the boys. Good stuff.</div>
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-Elder Allred - Chilean Street Raptor</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-27480267133605780452016-05-25T09:29:00.002-07:002016-05-25T09:29:22.810-07:00Un Salto en Forestal AltoWell im exhausted... and my body hurts... but im pushing to finish this
letter and get up to our sector to work. we had a super intense soccer
game this morning that included a few elbows and an occasional body
check. things get crazy sometimes when you put north american football
players on a small soccer court against fragile latinos.<br />
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<div>
im
doing good though. honestly its been a huge help and relief to be able
to play soccer every week. i feel like it takes out all of the
frustration, and disappointment and you just forget about it all for a
little while. its helped me to have more energy to keep going even work
hard even though we dont have as much time in our sector to work as i
would like. This week especially is going to be rough preparing for
changes. a million things to go buy and prepare for changes and mission
council, and a lot of presentations to make too. We`ll probably be late
in the office every night considering that it will be the first and only
time i help my comp do it all. its chill though, we have a good time.</div>
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<div>
if everythign goes well this week, were also going to have a baptism <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1208612973" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on saturday</span></span>!
Catalina wants to do it and we`ve been working really hard to help
her...the only thing that would hold her back is the support from her
family or if she decides to go to her soccer game <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1208612974" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on sunday</span></span>
instead of following through with it. Shes committed to do it though
and ive got the faith that we can help her understand better so that she
can make the decision with confidence!</div>
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<div>
other
than that we`ve been working with a sweet family (the Reppeto`s) we
found a week ago and theyre progressing really well. were gonna help
them with a service project his weekend and hopefully help them feel
comfortable to go to church as a family... the only reason they arent
getting ready for baptism is because theyve lived together 26 years...
and theyre still not married! common theme. But its been sweet because
the branch has come alive and we`re leaving with the members to do
visits every day! we had 3 less actives show up to church last week for
the first time in years which was awesome! its crazy how much of a
difference the gospel can make in somebodys life. it really shows in
their lifestyle and happiness.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div>
ive been
downloading talks from byu devotionals this week and heard a few awesome
ones. then yesterday it occurred to me to search for talks from Grandpa
Rex... so i did and i downloaded one from the archives named Lift up
Thine Eyes: Miracles Big and Small... its a talk that Rex did together
with Nana. I had never known that they did that. Way cool! first thing
that comes on is a story about alex asking if santa was real to Di haha!
super wierd... i wrote down a lot of the things that they said in the
talk and i loved it, but htere was something that really called my
attention.. a story from Rex on his mission.</div>
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<div>
He
told how his first change in the mission as he taught the restoration
he began to have doubts about if he actually knew, or if anyone actually
knew that it had happened... he began to worry about it which drove him
to study Moroni`s promise and actually put it to test again for himself
and eventually he felt in strongly in a lesson he was teaching that
yes, joseph smith had actually seen God and Christ, received the
priesthood, and restored the church of Christ..</div>
<div>
it was amazing
for me cause i felt such a profound identification with what had
happened with my Grandpa in his mission, to what had happened to me in
mine. the same way... i was struggling my first few months. i began
asking myself if what i was preaching actually had roots in me and if i
knew it was true. so i prayed hard, i wanted another confirmation. then i
remember very very clearly that one day we did a contact in the street
and i did something i had never done, i recited the first vision from
memory in the street. and it was then that i felt an impressively strong
and undoubtable feeling of the spirit take over my body and tell me
that i did indeed know that it happened! it was good to remember that
moment and appreciate the answers to prayers ive received countless
times.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div>
this is my last week in the office, and im pumped to continue the journey. ive got two changes starting <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1208612975" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">next wednesday</span></span>
to leave it all out on the field... literally the mission field. and im
110% committed to do it. ive got a busy last week int eh office which
will be good, i pray almost every minute of every day that i can finish
here with a baptism in the branch, and if its not the Lord`s will i know
it`ll be better anyway. </div>
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<div>
keep on keepin on
fellers. If its been awhile since youve received a spiritual renovation
the book of mormon is true, put it to test. and even if it hasnt, do it
again. our testimonies are the most important things we possess. </div>
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Love all of you knuckleheads.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div>
Somebody
please tell Hilary Clinton to stop sending me campaign ads to my
mission email and that ill get around to my donation when i get back.</div>
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-Elder Allred - Chilean Street Raptor</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-9281699295142845452016-05-11T06:16:00.001-07:002016-05-11T06:16:18.175-07:00Poofbueno amigos mios. It really sucked seeing you guys <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_401341337" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Sunday</span></span>....<br />
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hah..
haha.. sorry im just kidding. It was good. i was telling Di though that
it felt weirder than all of the other calls ive done up to this point. I
really enjoyed it though. you guys all look good. especially Col with
his luscious locks!</div>
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<div>
ill be straight up
honest... this change has been harder than the others.. its my last
change in the office and even though ive been living it up and we have
so much fun im just really really ready to have two changes outside
working full time in the normal field. it gives you a different type of
satisfaction working all day and just getting home after having given
testimony ALL DAY. obviously i know what i do is important and that we
help other missionaries be able to do what they do, but its gotten to
the point where i feel like i have too much time to think about things.
all i want to do is finish my mission as strong as i can and do exactly
what the Lord expects of me and nothing less! im still working hard but
sometimes i get off topic especially when the other two secretaries are
dying as well and wont ever leave the office. we really do have a good
time though i love elder staton and elder ammirati. Good guys.</div>
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President and the assistants went to interviews today and wont be back till <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_401341338" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">friday</span></span>
but yesterday they surprised me with a birthday party in the office
that included Dr Pepper, lunch, and a big huge Lucuma cake. if you dont
know what lucuma is you`re missing out. its this deluctable celestial
fruit that i will dearly miss. it was really good though. Hermana Dìaz
got me a big package filled with more dr pepper, root beer, chocolate,
and other candies. Theyre the best i love the office. Also this morning
Elder staton, Ammirati, and my comp elder rogerson told me we were
playing basketball at 630 at the church. which is normal, but what i
didnt expect is cinnamon french toast in the office for breakfast haha!
ive been treated well here. today these other two missionaries Elder
ROjo(its funny because im elder todorojo) and Santa Ana are in Viña and
theyre gonna take me out to lunch for mexican food, so the plans arent
looking bad! I cant believe im 20 man... what the heck.</div>
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<div>
news from our sector - Catalina came to the conference and is getting baptized <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_401341339" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">this saturday</span></span>!!!
were so pumped, it will be the first baptism in this sector since
August of last year. Her family is going to attend and all of her soccer
teammates as well. We also had a sweet lesson this week... we went with
a sister from our ward and taught about the ten commandment adn the
word of wisdom and while we were teaching Catalinaàs aunt and 8 year old
cousin were there. her little cousin is almost always there when we
teach, his name is augustin and hes our homie. what we didnt know is
that he has some issues. at the end of the lesson we sang a himn and
gave the closing prayer and before leaving asked if we could do anything
else for them... Catalina`s aunt looked at us with a tear in her eye
and told us that her son has problems with violence and always hurts
other people, but that lately hes been better about it and she thinks
its cause hes been hearing the lessons. she asked if we could start
teaching him as well and if she could take him to church on sundays! we
were like heck yeah you can take him to church. hes 8 years old right?
chiste chiste. it was cool though.</div>
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<div>
we also had
another investigator come to stake conference named Herminia. we have
been teaching her son and daughter in law but she committed to come and
came through and the other two didnt so that was a miracle! shes 86
years old and took the bus like 20 min to get to the stake center.
dedication lets go! she`ll have a baptismal date this week.</div>
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<div>
Well,
its been another awesome week. I love this work, i love the gospel, and
theres nothing more gratifying than living it every day and sharing
with everyone. </div>
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Love you fam.</div>
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-Elder Allred - Chilean Street Raptor</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-35835785049330932002016-05-04T10:48:00.000-07:002016-05-04T10:48:21.722-07:00The GoodsI pulled a hammy... im struggling here it really hurts. Just kidding i
dont think i pulled it, but it hurts really bad. we had an intense
soccer game this morning and we were gonna lose so president kicked it
up like 14 gears and we pulled off the victory. The guy is one of the
most competitive people ive ever met.. haha seriously he`ll do anything
to win. It says in the missionary manual that we shouldnt keep score but
he loves winning to much. its like an addiction... haha we play well
together though so its a good time.<br />
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<div>
other than soccer
and some good old office training we`ve had a decently smooth week.
Everything is coming along well, my comp learns really fast and is
better and most things than me. He has a lot more patience to be
methodical with his work thats for sure. Sometimes i just want things to
be right fast. its a weakness ive been able to see pretty clearly
lately...</div>
<div>
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<div>
its actually made me ponder about
something else a lot too. I feel like at the beginning of my mission i
had zero talent, couldnt speak, didnt know how to teach, no idea about
how the mission worked, and my testimony was below average. But if there
is one thing i was forced to do it was to trust in the Lord 100%..
because there was no other option and i completely depended on him...
Now id say i speak teh language pretty well, i feel the spirit when i
teach and testify, and a lot of confidence in almost everything i do.
which isnt bad at all.. but maybe its maybe me trust a little bit less
in God and a little bit more in my own abilities... ive been working on
it a lot, and studying it too. I think it happens to every missionary to
a certain extent, but i wanna do everyhting i can to turn it around!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
this
week we saw some miracles in our sector. were working hard everyday to
get out to our sector on time and its gonna well most days, but theres
still room to improve a lot. on monday we found Luisa again, the
investigator that had a dream about us helping her, and we taught about
the restoration with a member from our ward! it was super powerful and
we figured out that shes no longer living with Antonio her ex
boyfriend/melchezidic(i butchered that) priesthood holder! she accepted a
baptismal date and is ready to come to church tomorrow with us!!! lesss
goooo!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Also we had an incredible experience
last night with Catalina and the Calderon family. pretty much every time
ive taught those guys its been with a different person. Twice on
exchanges, once with elder ammirati and the elders quorum president, and
this time with Elder Rogerson and our ward mission leader. So what
happens is everytime Catalina`s dad feels the need to explain that he
has problems with smoking and that he doesnt want to be pressured to do
anything yet but that he wants his daughter to be baptized. but this
time after doing it, he confessed to us in the lesson that he feels the
same spirit in his home for the first time since teh elders came ten
years ago in concepcion and they were baptized! he says he feels like
the messages we share are directed towards him and not towards his
daughter, and after my companion testified that its not because we
planned it that way, rather that the spirit always helps us to feel what
we need to change, the spirit just filled room so strong you could
almost touch it! it was awesome, and even though he doesnt feel reaady
to go to church, hes recognizing the spirit again, as well as his wife.
Having your only son tell you hes gay when hes 14 is not easy. Nor is it
easy having marriage problems with an unstable job and still trying to
take care of your family. The gospel is the only thing that will save
the Calderon family. I love those guys i hope they can keep progressing
and the Catalina can lead teh way by being baptized.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">i read a scripture this week that i wanted to share from 3 nephi <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_22617936" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">6:15</span></span> -- <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="m_-531134806909899358_m_6947430473020245496_15" style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008) none repeat scroll 0px 0px; border: 0px none; color: #0091bc; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </a><span style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008) none repeat scroll 0px 0px; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">15 </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008); color: #333333; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.2px;">Now the cause of this iniquity of the people was this—</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008); color: #333333; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.2px;">Satan</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008); color: #333333; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.2px;"> had great </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008); color: #333333; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.2px;">power</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008); color: #333333; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.2px;">,
unto the stirring up of the people to do all manner of iniquity, and to
the puffing them up with pride, tempting them to seek for power, and
authority, and </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008); color: #333333; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.2px;">riches</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008); color: #333333; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.2px;">, and the vain things of the world.</span></span></div>
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satan
takes gifts and blessing from God, and offers us the cheap worldy form
of it. God gives us spiritual power, authority, and riches, and too
often theyre rejected for something far less valuable. the trick is
resisting the temptation to fall for the cheap substitute. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.00784314); color: #333333; font-family: Palatino,'Palatino Linotype',Pahoran,Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></div>
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I
love you guys and i have everyone in my prayers. thanks for the
support. The truth is i cant believe the clock is winding down. I still
feel like i should be a young new greenie missionary. But i know that
ill remember this time for the rest of my life and longer! Its setting
the stage for everything taht comes after. I love the Gospel, these
people, and my Savior. </div>
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Cuidaos.</div>
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-Elder Allred - Chilean Street Raptor</div>
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_22617937" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Midnight</span></span> selfie in the office with Elder Ammirati passed out. Late night view of our sector in the hills of Viña. </div>
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sorry
i still dont have a pic with my new comp. but we figured out his full
name at birth it was - Kostyantyn Oleksandrovych Dovzhenko.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-74939874732665803422016-04-23T11:46:00.001-07:002016-04-23T11:46:08.616-07:00Black Suits and Blue Tieswell after 7 days of no sleep and a long process of preparing everything
for transfers and mission council, im still alive! im so tired though
guys, so tired. last night i hit the pillow and it felt like i blinked
my eyes and i was up again without feeling any different. its been so
much fun though and it was an incredible week!<br />
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first
off my new comp among his many nicknames is known as "the most
interesting missionary in the world". We also call him Ryan Reynolds
sometimes, and the Ukranian Hammer. Hes a boss. His name is Elder
Rogerson, but his official name when he was born was Constantine
Alexandervich Dovjenko. Hahaha. Sick right? he was found in a Ukranian
manufacturing plant and adopted by his parents that he now has. He`s
live in over 20 countries and is the most diverse person ive ever met.
what a guy! just when i feel like im getting to know the guy, I DONT
KNOW ANYTHING. were gonna finish these six weeks and im gonna look back
and realized i know less about Elder Rogerson than i did at the
beginning when i met him. The MOST interesting. really though im happy
hes my comp and hes doing a really good job in the office. he learns
really fast and loves the Lord. </div>
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We havent even
gone up to our sector this week, ill stay one more change here in
forestal alto, but regardless, its been a fantastic time. we welcomed
the new couple missionaries, the Gould`s who are working with us in teh
office. theyre tight. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_120691064" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Monday</span></span>
we had teh last dinner for those going home which was amazing and i
said goodbye to a lot of good friends, and two of my best companions,
Elder Swindler from Coquimbo, and Elder Larsen from the office. Really
good group of missionaries. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_120691065" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">On Tuesday</span></span>
we got up at about 4 after having gone to bed at about 2, and headed to
santiago. We welcomed the new missionaries with a presentation we had
to come up with in about 15 min, but it turned out well, and then we had
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_120691066" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tuesday</span></span> and <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_120691067" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">wednesday</span></span> to be with them in the mission home and do a lot of stuff, all accompanied by amazing food by Hermana Dìaz. it was solid!</div>
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_120691068" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Thursday</span></span> was our only day to prepare everything in teh office and all of the stuff for mission council <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_120691069" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on friday</span></span>! we got it done pretty late again and <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_120691070" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">thursday</span></span>
night me and elder rogerson picked up elder frampton, and elder horton
from the bus terminal to stay with us for the night. it was a good time,
and of course we got our traditional màte in!</div>
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Were
starting to cool things down and this next week should be a normal
week. Catalina didnt come to church last week becasue it was raining, so
and the Relief society president just didnt pass by her house to get
her liek we had planned out. Frustrating stuff. Its all cool though.
This week shes coming and shes gonna keep progressing. We had an amazing
lesson with our Elders quorum president that went with us last week and
he got in and just starting talking about soccer and chilean stuff with
the dad, then he got the mom involved too and really helped us to open
the family up and share with us. theyre gonna progress i know it!!! </div>
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Jacob
from the Castillo family emailed me this week and told me that hes been
going through the temple classes with his wife he got married to about a
year ago... AND IN AUGUST THEY`RE GETTING SEALED!!!!! I LOVE THEM SO
MUCH! i was so pumped to hear about it, im gonna do everything i can to
talk President in to letting me go for it!!! theyve come so far, and im
so happy for them. the gospel is the key to happiness, never been more
sure of it in my life. spiritual barriers and limits can be broken when
we start trying to make good actions, become good habits. I know God and
Christ live. this is they`re church. i love the mission, ive never been
happier, nor felt the spirit so strong in my life as when i see
somebody in the process of conversion. <span style="background-color: #fefbbf; color: #333333; font-family: Palatino,'Palatino Linotype',Pahoran,Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.2px;">and
are led to believe the holy scriptures, yea, the prophecies of the holy
prophets, which are written, which leadeth them to faith on the Lord,
and unto repentance, which faith and repentance bringeth a </span><span style="background-color: #fefbbf; color: #333333; font-family: Palatino,'Palatino Linotype',Pahoran,Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.2px;">change</span><span style="background-color: #fefbbf; color: #333333; font-family: Palatino,'Palatino Linotype',Pahoran,Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.2px;"> of heart unto them—Helaman 15:7... </span></div>
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ive felt a change of heart in multiple ways and i dont ever want it to end. Have a great week yall, love you.</div>
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-Elder Allred - chilean street raptor</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-75836096575494066712016-04-13T09:07:00.000-07:002016-04-13T09:07:13.163-07:00The Hammer Wammerthis week was amazing guys. we had a miracle occur!!! a real christmas miracle.<br />
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i
didnt have any schizos yell at me during sacrament meeting... but we
did have an investigator come to church for all three hours AND stay for
the baptism of an 8 year old girl in the ward after!!! LESS GOOO. its
so hard to get people in our sector to go to church, and even though
joaquin came to general conference, it had been a long time since
somebody had gone to a sacrament meetting. like multiple months.</div>
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speaking
of joaquin... haha. so we went to our appt with president last
Tuesday.. and he ended up dropping him basically in the lesson! hey we
went down swinging. he was our last chance of baptizing this change adn
we wanted him to progress so bad. But president got in with us and after
teaching the plan of salvation he just wasnt opening his heart up to
the spirit. President pretty much told him look Elder Allred and Elder
Ammirati are going to pass by <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2051442209" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">in 2 days</span></span>
and you are going to decide if you want to find out if the church is
true of not. its not their decision its yours. so you can pray and find
out, or never know. but its your decision. the guy was super super
prideful. when we asked if he wanted to be with his wife again who died a
few months ago, he was pretty much indifferent about it. so we passed
by again adn he hadnt prayed and still didnt want to. it was an amazing
experience. At the beginning Pres. Dìaz basically just hammered him with
about 15 questions and pinned down exactly what it was we needed to
teach. hes a machine. i love him. the spirit was so strong, but like it
says in 1 Nephi 33:1 we can only invite the spirit into the room, we
cant force anyone to allow it into their hearts.</div>
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we
did however see the blessing of trusting in the Lord this week. we
dropped joaquin, we dropped Leo (same problem), and we dropped Jorge and
karen(they think theyre going to live in Miami but theres no way).
which left us with pretty much zero investigators. we almost didnt teach
this week, but we worked hard to find better investigators that God is
preparing for us. And thats when we found Catalina. </div>
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The
Calderon family was baptized in concepcion, active for about ten years,
endowed, sealed, and 3 of their 4 kids were baptized. then the two
oldest daughters went inactive, so the parents stopped going, their 16
year old son came out gay, and they went went completely inactive. but
when we passed by last week the dad let us in and in teh middle of the
lesson catalina, who is 10 years old, told her dad that she needed to be
baptized. he works in santiago 7 and 7, so he wasnt there, and the mom
still hasnt come around to sharing with us, so catalina came alone to
church!!! i immediately went back adn listened to Elder Nielsons talk in
conference about how children have the potencial to change others
hearts and the responsibility we have to give children a chance in teh
church. this little girl is awesome and super smart. shes gonna keep
progressinga and hopefully she brings her family with her!</div>
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well
guys. the church is true. there is zero doubt about that. if you dont
believe it, search for it. its when we have spaced ourselves from our
Heavenly Father that we dont comprehend why he allow certain things to
happen. but there is a lesson and blessings in everything he does for
us. I know it.</div>
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i begin to train the next referral secretary <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2051442210" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">next wednesday</span></span>. we go to santiago on tuesday so i dont think ill have p day until <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2051442211" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">next saturday</span></span>. Keep it trill folks. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-44704672047602833882016-04-05T12:44:00.001-07:002016-04-05T12:44:03.345-07:00Puro Powerbueno.<br />
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i gotta be honest with you guys.... it was a
stellar week! we worked our butts off in everything we did, found some
new investigatores, and one of them went to general conference!! it was
the first time that an investigator has attended church in a long time
in our sector. its been hard but we did it. now obviously our goal as
missionaries is not to have people go to church on sundays, its to
baptize, but hey we`re one step closer!</div>
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ill
talk more about our good friend that attended in a sec. but more than
anything it picked up our spirits a lot to have somebody there. this is
the toughest, most prideful sector ive had on my mission. of course i
understand that the Lord prepares people everywhere and that doesnt
exclude where im at, however the people in general where we work remind
me a lot of how Laman and Lemuel are described the book of mormon. #SUSN
... or for those of you that dont speak hashtag, straight up stiff
necked. there is a lot of pride, and its one of the hardest things to
help as a missionary cause its just like they put up a shield against
all of the blessings that God wants to give them in their lives. ive
never met so many people that need the gospel so much and have so many
reasons to accept it but wont open their hearts even just a little bit
to accept the fact that they cant do everything on their own. that in
reality they depend a lot more on God than they could ever imagine. all
of the good things they have are because of God`s mercy on them, and all
of the hard things they have in life are almost all biproducts of pride
and disobedience. but they believe its the other way around.</div>
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<div>
we`re
still working with Leo. he told us this week taht his plan to turn life
around is to sit and wait until God turns things around for him. He
didnt come to the conference.</div>
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We found about 3 or 4 other investigators that all have similar problems to Leo. Little money, no job, and addictions. </div>
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Joaquin
is 76 years old. his wife died of cancer last october and she had been a
faithful member for about 7 years before her death. Joaquin has talked
to missionaries but never had real desires to learn more about the
church. but we received a reference for him this past week and he
accepted us in. Hes also pretty stubborn, and tells us he never wants to
be baptized. but he came to general conference and liked it and
accepted another appt. for <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1104118124" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tonight</span></span>. So were not giving up on him yet. In fact we invited President Dìaz to come with us <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1104118125" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tonight</span></span>
for the lesson... its gonna be legit! its basically gonna be like us
carry a giant cannon with a ball into joaquins house and then if we can
get it in successfully all we need to do it light it off. Its impressive
how President can teach with the spirit so well. Were pumped for it.,</div>
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General
conference was amazing guys. I cant believe it was the last time ill
watch it in the mission! i dont want to go on too much about it, but i
think my favorite talks were Mervyn J. Arnold <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1104118126" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on saturday</span></span>
about going to the rescue, and Elder Nelson from priesthood about being
a man of God! "I fear that too many of us have the priesthood
authority, but do not have the priesthood power". it made me think a lot
about how badly i want to be able to bless others. not jsut as a
missionary but for the rest of my life. if i would be willing to
sacrifice worldly desires to help those i love. We are "bearers" of the
priesthood, which implies we support a responsibility that is God given.</div>
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we had a goodbye dinner for another missionary couple last night. im still stuffed. also santiago is taking our truck from us <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1104118127" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on thursday</span></span>... ;(</div>
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Life
is good. God is good. His love is uncomprehendable. I love the gospel,
and i know that its the only true path to be happy. Sometimes we get so
caught up in other things that like Elder Hallstrom said we first treat
things casually, then we ignore them, and then we forget them. Dont
forget spritiual experiences or impressions. Keep building your faith
every day.</div>
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-Elder Allred - Chilean street raptor</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-54641202427405206692016-04-05T12:43:00.001-07:002016-04-05T12:43:40.204-07:00Creatures and SchizosSo its only been 3 days since the last time i emailed. our whole
schedule is kind of unpredictable... if we have things on tuesday we do p
day on saturday... but general conference is on saturday this week so
we did it today. oh well.<br />
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anyway pretty much these
last few days i got yelled at in the middle of my talk by a
schizophrenic in front of the whole congregation, ran into a strange
unknown species in our sector (ill send pics), and found a sweet new
investigator by a miracle.</div>
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yeah there is this
guy, actually its fabians uncle, this kid were teaching, that has
threatened us a few times and always yells at us when he sees us. the
first time we met him he took us into his penthouse and we thought we
were gonna die, and then he just showed us pieces of his hair of "when
he was a nazi". but yeah he thinks were from the CIA and just here to
spy on people. so i getting into the most spiritual part of my talk on
Easter Sunday, just about to testify of the atonement when he storms in
and begins to yell a plethura of insults towards me such as; "youre a
racist" "leave my woman alone" "you deal with me, not my family, this is
not a game" and "im going to kill you" just to name a few. hahaha i had
no idea what to do. im sure i got super red. i just gave him a thumbs
up from the pulpit and said gracias hermano as a brother in our ward
took him out of the chapel. it was pretty funny. good times.</div>
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on
sunday night after weekly planning my comp and i decided to look for a
few former investigators from some old registers we had. while searching
this giant staircase for a son and mom we began to realize we had gone
down to far, but instead of turning around we just kept going down this
never ending hill. after knocking all of the doors we finally started
going back up, got lost, and then ran into a guy coming out of his
house... we decided to ask him if he knew where the house was and he
said oh thats my house. even though the people that had lived there had
moved he let us pass and just happened to be an endowed melquisidec
priesthood holder that had been inactive for years! his GF is not a
member and decided to join the lesson but was acting kind of weird even
though she accepted everything and participated. near the end of the
lesson she opened up a little and told us that the night before she had a
dream that two young men would help her get out of lots of problems in
her life and then told us she thought we were the people from her
dream!! amazing. it was a super spiritual lesson, and even though she
works almost all day she is trying to find time this week so that we can
pass by again!</div>
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also we went to the zoo in quilpue to day for P day so that was sick. I gave a monkey a cookie.<img alt="Inline image 1" class="CToWUd a6T" height="342" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=1a37c33624&view=fimg&th=153c46f03cc44ad3&attid=0.0.1&disp=emb&realattid=ii_153c4072d155b97c&attbid=ANGjdJ8nSS2RC8Qr-fwlY5bxiPjX1xaOMR8I3YsGxLAGQumQQLttHVMMGzpG13Gl4vhZlxK3blxt_KIobiMqdvgozStLuQ_eRda7a_ZxAndqzy4qGx1NPJFSk5T6aFg&sz=w912-h684&ats=1459880571636&rm=153c46f03cc44ad3&zw&atsh=1" tabindex="0" width="456" /></div>
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miracles
happen every day. because its not our work, nor our mission, rather
that everything that happens when we are being obedient and working hard
is becasue it is supposed to happen like that. i know the Lord directs
his work here on earth, ive never been so sure of it in my life. i cant
wait for general conference this weekend. what a blessing it is to have
men of God called to lead and guide us in a lost world. </div>
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Enjoy
every second of it all. God wants us to be happy. thats why he created
all of this. Love you guys talk to you next week maybe on tuesday maybe
on saturday who knows..</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-32811012956853291562016-03-27T12:34:00.001-07:002016-03-27T12:34:13.061-07:00Updateyeah so this week, well i guess its been like a week and a half, has
been awesome! we worked a lot in our sector and in a million other
things as well.<br />
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last week we fulfilled our dreams and
took our road trip to santiago to fix a computer and took advantage of
the time to do a session in teh temple and do some sealings too!! it was
amazing. afterwards the temple president, President Alder called us
into his office to talk with us and gave us some sweet photos of the
santiago temple! it was a special experience, and on top of it all we
stopped by Taco Bell while we were there and i ate a couple of beefy
five layer burritos. not gonna lie, it made me miss american fast food a
whole lot. good stuff.</div>
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weve found a couple
of really good investigators in our sector, the only thing is that our
church is situated on this huge hill and its been tough getting people
to go to church. but were working with a lot of good potencials and
people that have really passed through tough times in their lives. its a
whole new world in Forestal, we find the craziest people in teh
craziest situations, but its amazing to see the scripture in D&C
come true that says that he that receives light, receives more light.
however in Alma 32 it explains that passing through trials or not being
blessed temporaly does not automatically make somebody humble. its nto
the circumstances, rather the attitude that makes God able to build
someone up.</div>
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basically every day this week we
have been teaching our investigator Leo. hes 52, almost blind, lives
alone, doesnt have family, or a job, and practically lives in a dump. if
there was ever anyone that would have reason to be humbled by lifes
experiences, it would be Brother Leo. however the guy is one of the most
prideful and hard hearted people ive ever taught. most of the time he
tries to teach us things about life instead of listening to teh spirit,
but last night we think it got to him. we couldnt figure out why he was
so hard hearted until one planning we felt like it was because he
couldnt see well that caused him to have anger against God. so last
night just outside of his house, cause he iddnt want to let us in, we
taught him standing up in teh cold for about 45 min and for the first
time he felt the spirit. he didnt want us to realize, but we saw tears
in his eyes not because he felt bad for himself, but becasue the spirit
testified that he was a son of God and had more potencial than he could
imagine. hes committed to go to church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1286438888" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tomorrow</span></span>. LETS GO LEO!!</div>
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other
than that just lots of traveling, working and helping people move
houses or make new contracts. this week there will be a ton to do so its
gonna fly. ill be honest i dont know if ill write <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1286438889" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on tuesday</span></span> or saturday... <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1286438890" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tuesday</span></span> we have too much to do, and saturday is general conf, so idk... but i love you guys :) we`ll see.</div>
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suave la nave.</div>
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-Elder Allred - Chilean Street Raptor</div>
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i
dont have any photos, but i did figure out that Hermana Diaz has a cool
facebook page... i think its just called mision Chile viña del mar.
Check it out.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-7536551352753648312016-03-16T10:13:00.002-07:002016-03-16T10:13:59.403-07:00Road Tripsorry i have no time to write fam. we were just allowed a little bit
today and now i need to run up to my sector to have like an hour to work
in the night and go find somebody to baptize. turns out the weeks that
we think will be normal never end up being normal. ever since me and my
comp got the truck we´ve just had to do a million things and havent had
time to do anything. we´re really working hard to get up to our sector
but its been tough.<br />
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our investigators are progressing little by
little. We caught fabian smoking the other day in the park and he tried
to hide it from us. its been tough trying to get people to go to church
in our branch. its been several months since an investigator has gone to
church. </div>
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we´ve got a couple of prospects and
references that are going ot progress this week. for every second we´ve
been in our sector we´ve gone as hard as we can to contact everyone and
receive a million references. miracles are about ot happen we´ve just
gotta keep on keeping on!!</div>
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today we went to
Valparaiso with President and Hermana Diaz and practically spent the
whole day. we went to a marine museum which was awesome, and to the
cemetary where parley p pratt´s son was buried along with a lot of
historic figures. afterwards we got lunch and ice cream with them and
arrived back at the office. fun day. zero time to do p day stuff haha.
Love those guys so much.</div>
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_633018977" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tomorrow</span></span>
morning me and my comp elder ammirati are getting up early to take some
computer equipment to santiago to be repaired. i was kind of irritated
with all the problems we´ve been having with it and having to run
around, until i talked to President about it and talked about the
possibility of going through a temple session while were waiting for it
down there... WERE GOING TO THE TEMPLE <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_633018978" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">TOMORROW</span></span>!!!!
WOOOHOOOOO!!! haha im so pumped. first time in a year and a half. its
gonna be better than p day. and while were in santiago were gonna take a
swing by TACO BELL! im so excited i seriously cant hold it in. tender
mercies, thats all i have to say. #roadtrip</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-30767226741174652692016-03-09T09:46:00.001-08:002016-03-09T09:46:29.440-08:00Forestal Getting Groovyalright guys.... i got like no time cause we have had zero time to sleep
this week and we have to get home to take a little nap or something bad
is going to happen. ill try ot sum up these last ten days as well as i
can!<br />
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we have p day on tuesdays now becasue elder teixeira came and told us to change it from <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_357748070" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">saturday</span></span>.
i honestly think its gonna change back but we`ll see. we are so far
behind on everyhting in the office because now that the couple
missionaries left that were in charge of the homes of the mission me and
my comp have just been running around a bunch of zones trying to solve
all of the problems. the good news is that we have a sick 2010 ford
ranger so we`ve been living it up there :) just that we havent had the
time we hoped to have in our sector. the other secretaries and the
assistants have just been pounding us with other responsibilities to do
and its been tough to get everything done. but everything is good
because with faith anything can be done. and thats why were gonna
baptize a family in our sector.</div>
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i got to the
branch last week, my first branch of the mission, in forestal, which is
this huge hill in viña. its a homy little place to stay but its in the
middle of a super ghetto area. there is a lot of alcoholism and drugs.
its the complete polar opposite of being in downtown viña in teh stake.
haha but its honestly fun. its where the best experiences happen.</div>
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we
found a new investigator named fabian. hes 19 years old and his sister
gave us the reference when we contacted her one day in teh street. when
we taught him last week he was super pumped to talk about baptism and
really wants to make changes in his life. he grew up in a tough place
and doesnt have much support. when we offered him a book of mormon he
said dont leave that here or my dad and brothers will use to smoke. haha
he wasnt kidding. were gonna work with him and prepare him so that he
can find some good friends in teh branch.</div>
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there
arent a ton of active members, usually about 40 that attend
regularly... but my comp and i felt strongly that with little time in
our sector to work, the key is going to be getting references. in the
mission ive started counting how effective it is to work with references
and contacts and came to the conclusion taht over a two year span 1/22
new investigators that were found through contacts got baptized... and
about 1/13 references got baptized. its much more effective you just got
be willing to put in the work with the members. </div>
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we
started passing by a member every day and sharing something creative
and fun with them and at the end get them to set up a family home
evening with a friend or somebody or go with us to talk with their
neighbors and friends one day. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_357748071" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">in one week</span></span>
we got 18 references. which is more than any other week ive had on my
mission. granted we didnt end up teaching or finidng that many this
week, but the fruits are gonna show. </div>
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i know
the Lord is guiding us in every step. theres nothing that gives more
satisfaction than feeling you should do something, acting on it, and
then after realizing taht it was 100% a spiritual prompting that God
sent to you. I know that he is willing to do it with everyone in any
aspect of their life if we can humble ourselves enough to accept that
his way is better.</div>
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Love you guys and im praying for ya every day. Alma <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_357748072" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">22:15</span></span>
ask yourselves what you would be willing to do to get closer to God.
Dont be complacent with where you`re at. We should always be raising the
bar spiritually.</div>
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-Elder Allred - Chilean street raptor</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-26616105611798473002016-03-09T09:45:00.001-08:002016-03-09T09:45:55.592-08:00Out With the Old in With the NewSo usually when i get to this part i take out my agenda and look at what
has happened during the week or sometimes i even write notes down.. but
i just looked in my agenda and there wasnt anything! it was changes
week, and mission council week, so its just been crazy. i think ive
averaged about 4 1/2 hours of sleep this week. Im exhausted...<div>
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On
monday, we worked in the office and prepared everything for chagnes and
then had the most amazing night with the missionaries that were going
home. we went to dinner at presidents house and it was incredible.
Hermana Díaz seriously has a gift from God for cooking. its amazing. she
can cook for 20 or 30 people and make it so good every time. after the
dinner they all shared their testimonies and then some decided to stay
at our apartment for the night. well it just happened that two of my old
comps were going home, elder passey, and elder osuna, so we ended up
falling asleep at about <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_357748062" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">3:30</span></span> and waking up at 5 to shower and be at the church to leave at 6 to Santiago!</div>
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tuesday
we dropped off the olds, and picked up the news. theyre all studs.
seriously one of the most mature and prepared group of new missionaries
ive ever seen. its cool, its like they just keep coming more and more
prepared. all of the missionaries finishing went through the temple
(which is agonizing to see them go in and not be able to) while the
office trained all the new missionaries on everything. biggest surprise
was getting to the temple with all of the sister missionaries that i got
to the mission with and see all of teh sisters from my district in the
mtc in santiago getting ready to go home too!! haha so weird.</div>
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on
wednesday we had the changes meeting and it was really special. im with
elder ammirati now, the stallion, and even though im still living in
downtown viña (in the sickest apartment ever) our sector is up on this
super ghetto hill. its gonna be tight. today were gonna head up to our
sector for the first time this week and start baptizing some latino
thugs. #thuglife</div>
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thursday we were overloaded.
we were in the office working the ENTIRE DAY making up all of the work
taht we couldnt do during the week and preparing our presentations and
everything for mission council on friday. at like 11 we got back to our
house and elder Frampton and his comp came from their zone in the north
to spend the night with us. we got up early to get yoked and then headed
over to the mission council. #swollsquad</div>
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at
mission council i gave a ppt on how were doing as a mission in the
amount of references were getting and baptizing. one of these week ill
have the send the graph of the statistic were keeping its really cool.
but it was good and there are going to be a few changes made. there has
been a huge enfasis in focusing 100% on preach my gospel and following
the guidelines. logical. the thing is the map to baptizing.</div>
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its
just been a crazy week. it was so long. when you stop doing normal
missionary things like having studies every day, and having time to
proselyte every day you just feel different. the team we have in the
office is sweet right now. Elder staton, my good old friend came in with
us and will finish his mission in the office. Elder Roach and elder
frampton left but its chill were gonna rock the boat this change.</div>
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im
pumped to work. i love the mission. i love the Lord. everything i have
is because of him. my potencial depends completely on my willingness to
accept his will. heard a really cool quote this week that goes "the key
to staying firm is service. if you are not serving others pride find its
way in." the church is how it is for a reason. everyone has a calling,
everyone has been called to share the gospel, and everyone has been
commanded to keep the commandments. when we stop fulfilling in any of
those things, we stop our progression because were are not serving. its
the key to happiness. </div>
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just want to make up for
forgetting last week and tell Di that i love you so much and happy
birthday! 28 right?? 20 forever. You´re a gem mom and my whole life ive
always looked up to you so much for being so happy and never losing love
for anyone. you truly have the pure love of Christ and i hope to obtain
it one day. Happy birthday mother.</div>
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Col, its
the big 17 homie. live it up cause its the time of your life. hope you
spend it well and have a good time dawg. love you so much your my best
friend and i cant wait to celebrate your 18th together. skydiving.</div>
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Love you guys <3</div>
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-Elder Allred - Chilean street raptor</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-42269406568453977832016-02-22T08:25:00.000-08:002016-02-22T08:25:03.731-08:00Thanks to Elder AllredAllred Family,<br />
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I just wanted to take some time and
quickly present myself and write you an email. I`m Elder Larsen from
Highland, UT. Im currently Elder Allred`s companion and, well we are in
our last few days together. I just wanted to thank you for raising Elder
Allred in a great way. I consider Elder Allred a great friend and I
highly respect him. He is an incredible missionary. I have learned from
him how to be spontaneous and follow our thoughts/inspirations. In my
mission there have been a lot of times where I think of something that
would be cool to do or that might help out an investigator or less
active, but then I would wait for the best moment and sometimes forget
to do it. Elder Allred on the other hand is impulsive and if he thinks
of something he just does it. Due to this type of action we have seen a
lot of miracles and have been able to find some great people to teach. I
really appreciate your son and all he has taught me and for the
frienship he has shown me. I hope that we can meet up after the mission
and hang out sometime. Thank you again for your son and I hope that
everything in your family is going well and that you can all be happy
and smiling all the time. The church is true and it is the greatest
source of happiness that I have been able to find in my life. I love the
Lord, I know He died for us, and that He loves us and desires that ALL
of us can get back to Him someday. I know we can only achieve this if we
act, talking, feeling, and praying are not enough. May we all strive to
be at our Father`s side one day. I hope you have a great week!<br /><br />Elder Larsen</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-33774368870343423782016-02-20T13:05:00.000-08:002016-02-20T13:05:30.028-08:00Getting Swollthis week elder frampton and i decided to start getting yoked every day.
so we are eating 3 sandwiches, 2 tuna and mayonaise, and 1 pb and j
every day after lunch. its been a great experience so far. i can
literally feel myself getting huge every single day. just wait guys.<br />
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so
we just got back from sandboarding. yeah we literally went to some
sanddunes in a place in viña where you can rent sand boards and ride
down these huge hills! haha it was so tight. but im filthy. all i want
to do is shower and sleep. it was exhausting hiking up the hills after
going down. even worse than sledding i promise. but it was so fun.
except for when i dropped my camera in the sand and now it wont turn
on.... its chill though. we hit up some subway after and i drank soda
off tap for the first time in a year and 6 months. so that was cool.</div>
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im
entering the 4th quarter boys. time to strap up. ive got some goals and
im determined to achieve them. one of them is just to head into my next
sector just excited to work and turn the branch around. its a
struggling branch with very very few baptisms. but were gonna make it
work. just like my good friend marshall mathers once said "im not
afraid, im not afraid, to take a stand, to take a stand, everybody,
everybody, come take my hand, come take my hand, we`ll walk this world
together through the storm, wahtever weather, cold or warm, just lettin
you know that youre not alone, "holla" if you feel like youve been down
the same road."</div>
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javier istn going to get baptized <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1844647760" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tomorrow</span></span>.
as much as i begged for him to do it for my mom cause its her birthday
he just wouldnt commit. nah for real though he needs to understand the
law of chastity better and build a little more faith up. he`ll get
there, and he`ll be a leader in teh church someday, i just wont be there
for his baptism. ive gotten over things like that though. you plant
thousand of more seeds than the fruit that you harvest in the mission.
sometimes you just gotta know that the work that you put into the
mission sometimes wont be manifested for years. i may not even know
about it in this life. but every single time i open my mouth to testify i
know that it could make a difference somewhere down the road. and ill
know about it after this life.</div>
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1844647761" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on monday</span></span>
we had an amazing council with president as an office. we went over
everything that Elder Teixeira had said the last weekend and then
decided as a group what things we were gonna try out as a mission and
what htings not. president explained to us right there in the meeting
that we were not called to office to complete our office work, even
though it still is important, but rather to give input and be a team to
rely on for him. i really do feel the love and confidence that he has in
us. it was cool to see him put his foot down on a few things and show
taht he has the keys to run this mission. there will be some changes as a
mission and were hoping so see the results down the road. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1844647762" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on wednesday</span></span> we have changes, and <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1844647763" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on friday</span></span> mission council with the office and all the zone leaders. its gonna be an awesome week. </div>
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love all of you. choose the right. those who keep the commandment will be happy. its a pretty simple law and i know its true.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-45684886213004227762016-02-09T09:43:00.001-08:002016-02-09T09:43:00.543-08:00The Vineyard of the Seaswell guys i dont have much time again. ill be honest this time its
becasue i put off writing the group email until the end. i ddont know
why i just dont ever want to write this thing!!<br />
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the
biggest news is that Danilo got home from the south. over the last two
weeks we knew it would important to stay in contact with him. we called
him like every other day to see if he was reading the bom, talk about
his vacation, or tell a joke that we had come up with! but it worked out
great becasue he attended a little branch in the middle of nowhere near
temuco calle caracautin! haha there were like 7 people in the meeting
he said but he participated and everythign. Danilo was prepared long
before we ever met him. in England when he lived over there he almost
got baptized as well, and when he got back to chile and met his GF that
is a member it was pretty obvious what God wanted him to do with his
life! his baptism is tomorrow and he wants me to baptize him! please
pray for me. he weighs like 240.</div>
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javier also
got back from his camping vacation and has plans to attend church and
then stay after for the baptism. if he receives an answer, which he
well, he will be baptized on the 21 of febrero. the guy is a machine. he
explained the first book of nephi better than anyone ive ever heard. he
reads the book of mormon and understnads everything the first time. he
has a gift. hopefully he can receive an answer this weekend!</div>
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pablo
is also coming to the baptism. we have a family home evening with him
and a sweet family from teh ward tonight. its gonna be sweet.</div>
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i love this ward. its seriously the best ward in teh mission. im just sad that i have to leave <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_116362668" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">in two weeks</span></span>
to the other one. were determined to baptize these three future leaders
in the church. we seriously have the coolest investigators in teh world
right now. </div>
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we had a pretty cool experience <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_116362669" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on thursday this week</span></span>.
a few different times over the past couple months we have ran into this
chick from utah and her chilean husband that lived in utah for a while
and is less active. shes not a member. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_116362670" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on wednesday</span></span>
we ran into them again and shes a lot bigger than she was before.
because shes supposed to have her baby in like 2 weeks. when we talked
with them they were not doing to well. their 1 room house is falling
apart, he`s hardly receiving anything for his job, and they dont have
much food to feed themselves. we told them to come to the office the
next day because the bishops storehouse is next door. </div>
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in
reality we had no idea how the thing even worked but we got there and
the lady told us that she would need to go to church with her husband
and fill out a form with the bishop and then the <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_116362671" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">next thursday</span></span>
they could come back and see what happened. when we translated for her
you could see the pain in her eyes, and a nearby worker was watching us.
as we were leaving he handed me about 40 dollars in pesos and told me
to give it to her. when we got out and i gave it to her she asked who it
was from and after a little convincing accepted it from me. she told us
to please tell the man thank you and slowly fell down to support
herself against a post and jsut starting crying. i dont know how
desperate she was for it, nor what she was feeling, but its just
evidence that angels are always looking out for us. im sure tons of
people go in there every day needing help, and i dont know what the man
decided to give it to her, but it was a miracle.</div>
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i love the mission, the experiences, the people we meet, and seeing the Lord`s hand every single day out here. its amazing.</div>
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i know without a doubt that the church is true, and that God has a plan for each one of us. keep on keepin on. </div>
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-Elder Allred - Chilean street raptor</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284249650379393784.post-27357118264446972722016-01-31T11:52:00.003-08:002016-01-31T11:52:58.824-08:00La Oficina S1.E2 Especial de la Navidadhttps://www.dropbox.com/l/s/QAgHHB85l1XjmXad3Id6HuUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0