As expected, not much going on for
Thanksgiving in Chile, but it sounds like Elder Mills and Elder McAlister are
working hard in Concepcion and doing well as a companionship. The story of
people thinking they are part of the C.I.A. is pretty funny.
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Como están,
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I was not able to write you
guys on Thanksgiving so I wanted to wish you guys a happy Thanksgiving. I am
glad to hear that everyone is doing really good and I happy to hear from you
guys. I can’t believe that December is already here and it came up so fast! It
doesn't feel like Christmas is coming up at all. It’s been getting hotter
everyday but there is a lot of wind here so it’s not as bad as I thought it
would be. It’s awesome that everyone is doing good sounds like everyone had an
interesting Thanksgiving. I am happy to hear that Brooke and Todd have the
option to go to the Salt Lake airport. That is really awesome now I hope that
he can do well on all the test. Sound like mom and dad are changing up the
house a little bit and are you guys taking out all the carpet down stairs and
changing the whole bathroom? Jessica I wrote a funny story that happen this
week just for you. Sabrina is the biggest bum in the world and hope that you guys
have a good Christmas!
Well this last week was really good and we have been really
focused on finding and we are hoping that we can find a little bit more this
next week. We started find a lot of people this last week but it seemed like
everyone wanted to fight with us and it was kind of funny for us. We ended up
going into a house and this guy invited us in before we could say anything to
him. So we enter the house and he starts attacking us right of the bat. All the
things he used to attack us didn’t even make sense! I asked him who he thought
we were and he told us that we are part of the C.I.A. and we started to laugh.
After that we explained to him who we are and he still didn’t believe us and so
we just left and he says that he knows what we do for the USA (haha)! That was
something funny that happened this week! I have had people call us police and
the C.I.A. in the street, but not let us in the house and try calling us. We
did end up walking a lot and we had a lot of success with less active members
this week, and a lot of them came to church this last week. Still the sector is
very new to me and I am trying to memorize the sector. There are a ton of
people walking around and there are a lot of activities of the city. I am
really liking this sector and I really hope that I can help it grow. There are
a lot of less actives in our ward. So we hope to work with them a lot more with
time.
Right now we are really working with Thomas and his family
and they are doing really good. Thomas is reading the book of Mormon and
marking it and taking notes on it. The family is really good, but they’re are
very religious and they’re assisting the Catholic Church all the time. Other
than that we are really looking for other people right now. We have other investigators,
but they are not progressing that well. We are still teaching them, but
they are a little harder to teach right now. I hope that you guys can pray for
us to find some new people to teach this week. That is what we really need in
this sector and I hope that we can find some people that are ready to listen to
the gospel.
Elder Mills and I are doing really good and we are getting a
long pretty good. He is from Utah and he is not like me that much. We have a
lot of different aspects and things that we like, but we still get along really
well. He absolutely loves movies and that is where we can connect with each
other. We have a lot of fun in the street and we are always doing jokes. He has
about 3 months less than me in the mission. He loves to work so I am happy
about that. The house is really cool and I love it. It is by far the best house
in the mission and it is very nice. The bad thing is that it is on the twelfth
floor, and if we are having to run to our house at times we need to run some
stairs (haha)! It’s a killer! The Elders of the house are a little different,
and it’s kind of weird with them. You have two office Elders and the assistants
who are always together, and us in the house. They are always doing jokes that
we don’t understand. But that’s okay with me!
This month the church is pressing
forward a new vision. It’s “He is the Gift” and I really like it. This month we
really want to focus in our savior Jesus Christ and there is the web site christmas.mormon.org
and that is the videos that the church has. They are putting this in Times Square
on a big tv, and on the front page on you tube. We are working with the video
and it is awesome I love it so much. You guys should look it up!
Well thank you guys for everything and I really am glad that
you guys wrote me! Your emails help me out a ton and give me a little push
every time. I am glad that I can serve the Lord and I want to thank you guys
for the time that I have to do this. I hope that you have a great week and stay
safe. I hope to hear from you next week and I love you guys a ton. Les quiero y
mucho gracias por el regalo. Lo recibí hoy y voy a esparar por el 25 de
diciembre para abrirlo. Pero muchisimo gracias por todo y les quiero mucho.
Elder McAlister
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Spiritual thought this week comes from Sean’s Mom with
this quote and comment:
"Who can add
to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world.
The perfect gift is
that He gave His only Son.
The only requirement is to believe in Him.
The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life."
[Corrie Ten Boom]
The only requirement is to believe in Him.
The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life."
[Corrie Ten Boom]
With it being the
Christmas month I thought it would be perfect to send you a quote of Christmas.
The best gift we can give in return for all we have been given is to give of
ourselves because He has given us everything. I can give of my time,
talents, and everything that I have been blessed with this day. We can love as
He did and does today.
No pictures this
week, so everyone have a safe and enjoyable week.
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