Apredizaje y 7 Tazas

Hola hola,

There were some fun things that happened this week. On Wednesday we had a Zone Meeting where we learned especially about the Fundamentals of Preach my Gospel, which are basically 8 things essential to missionary work. I was able to teach the whole zone about one of them: Revelation from Prayer. It is so important that our investigators pray to find out for themselves if these things are really true.

Also on Wednesday I went on divisions to the city of Teno to work with our District Leader, Elder Marshall. He is a super cool guy and a really good missionary. It was a lot of fun to be with him and learn from his diligence. All in one day we gave two blessings, taught a lession, taught the youth in a Mini-MTC, and met a guy who lived in South Florida for 20 years. Pretty good day.

Then on Thursday we had a special mission conference on a variety of different topics. I always enjoy the conferences and meetings as they help us know better how to be a good missionary. On January 20th, there is actually a worldwide missionary broadcast from the First Presidency and the Quroum of the 12 Apostles. That will be the first time for something like that, so I´m pretty excited.

Also, this week´s miracle was putting a baptismal date with Luis for February 21st. We found this guy walking in the street about two weeks ago, and he was pretty drunk. He told us all about a bunch of missionaries who had visited a few years ago, and how he went to the Church and everything. Yesterday we finally found him in his house and talked with him. He says he already knows the Church is true and everything and wants to go back and feel that peace he felt there. I shared Matthew 11:29-30 and left him 2 Nephi 31 to read. It was a really cool experience, and I am excited to help him progress towards that baptism.

Also today for P-day we went to 7 Tazas and Parque Ingles, which is a Chilean national park close to here with lots of waterfalls. It was really pretty and reminded me a lot of North Carolina. I´ll send pictures next week.

Anyway have a great week. And remember, it is always better to look up!

- Elder Richards

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