Reflections of a True Millennial

Hola! I hope you have all had a great week. Things are going well here in Las Cabras, and we took advantage of the Semana Santa (as they say here in Chile) to teach as many people as possible about Easter and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It was a long holiday weekend for Easter, so we were able to find lots of people in their houses.  We have several investigators who we are working with, and one super great couple is Gonzalo y Rosa. They have had a lot of doubts about getting involved with any religion. When we passed by the other day Gonzalo came out and told us he didnt want to involve himself with any religion, but we talked him through it and he let us in to teach. We taught about the Restoration and they both seemed much calmer and very interested in hearing more. This Gospel is for literally everyone, and there will always be obstacles to following it. Each of us needs to have the courage to follow what we know is right. Also, this upcoming weekend is General Conference! Th...

Hola! Hope that you are all doing well. Here in Las Cabras, everything is good. This week we Zone Conference, Zone training, and this weekend was the San Fernando District conference. So we have been traveling a lot again, and stayed in the Pichidegua house on Friday night and the San Fernando house on Saturday night. But all the conferences and events were really great and inspiring to help us work better. The work has been moving along in Las Cabras. We have found a few new solid investigators and are excited to work with them. One is named Jose Luis and accepted to be baptised on April 16th. His wife died about a year ago, so the Gospel can really bless him. Also this week we have been sharing a new video that the Church made for Easter: #Aleluya (or #Hallelujah in English). Its really powerful and talks about the new life we can find through Jesus Christ. We showed it to one new investigator named Gonzalo and he was really touched by the Spirit. He had seen false things online abou...

Hola Familia! It has been a good first week in Las Cabras! Unfortunately, I have yet to see any actual goats... But all is well. My new companion is Elder Llavilla from Peru. He only has about 4 months in the mission, and it has been great to be with such a young missionary. I have had a lot of opportunities to help him, and it has forced me to take the lead on some things that I am not always comfortable with. Speaking of things that I am not always comfortable with, this week we have done a lot of contacting. Seriously, a lot. I feel like I have talked to more people this week than in my entire life before. But I have basically (almost) lost my fear of knocking on someones door and starting a converastion with them. I know that the message we are sharing can bless every person, so its worth the occasional discomfort.  Also this week, I feel like I have taken more busses than ever before in my life. LasCabras is kind of far from everything. To get to San Fernando for district and zone...

Hola! This week we have seen that God works in mysterious ways. First of all, Karina. I´ve written a lot about her. Last week she couldn´t go to church, and we thought she was just out late the night before, but it turns out she had to go to the hospital on Saturday night. And this week, she found out that she has been pregnant for about 2-3 months. (She separated from her husband about two months ago.)  Definitely a surprise. But she previously thought that she couldn´t have any more children, so it´s a miracle. And because she is pregnant, she has stopped drinking, smoking, and drinking tea and coffee AKA she is living the Word of Wisdom. It´s sad that her future daughter won´t have a dad in the picture, but this week we gave her "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" to help her see the value of raising children in the Gospel. She is progressing well, and should be able to be baptised in the next transfer. Second, Luis. Another investigator who has desires to change, bu...