Star Date: 20-June-2016
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.
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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.
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 on saturday
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.
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.
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 july 1
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 on wednesday.
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.
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 sunday
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.
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 on Tuesday.
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!
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.
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.
Love you guys have an awesome week.
-Elder Allred
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