Reflections of a True Millennial

Hello everyone, It has been a pretty good week. A lot of our investigators are kind of stalling and none of them went to Church this week, so we are going to try hard to progress them this week and get everyone to church. We were able to teach Luis about the Word of Wisdom and he is willing to quit smoking and drinking, so hopefully we can help him out with that. Also we have been working hard with Karina, although Saturday was her birthday and she couldn´t go to Church after being out super late. But she has desires to be better and still had the baptismal date of March 6th. Today I finished reading the Book of Mormon, which was a nice accomplishment. I´ve read it many times before, but this time I read it in Spanish and all of it out loud. There is a promise from President Hinckley that God will bless you more with the gift of tongues if you do that. Really the Book of Mormon is such a powerful book, and testifies so clearly of Jesus Christ and His gospel. There are so many powerful ...

Hola familia, Life is going well here in Molina. This week we have been working really hard and trying to put baptismal dates with our investigators, we currently have four. One investigator that we have is Karina and she is super prepared to accept the Gospel. She owns a store that we always pass by to buy something to drink or take a break, and she has been going through a lot of trials in her life. She doesn´t really know anything about God or religion so we have been teaching her, and she is really interested to change and be better. She couldnt get to church yesterday because she was sick, but we are working hard to help her. Today for P day we did a small hike up the Cerro de Curicò (Curico Hill) and played capture the flag and ate chorripan. It was a good time, and I´ll put a picture. But yeah the work is going well in Molina and I am having a good time with Elder Anuarve. This week we also had interviews with President Warne, and he came with his wife to our house so we had to ...

Hello everyone, It has been a great week here in Molina B. The work is going really well with my companion Elder Anuarve. He has 13 months in the mission and is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studies journalism and is a great, hard-working missionary. This week we have had a lot of success. Basically the two main focuses in our mission are baptisms and helping people go to the Temple. This week we have started working with Luis and Carmen a lot to get help them stop smoking and keep the Word of Wisdom. So far they are improving, so we are going to keep working. And yesterday we put baptismal dates with Maria and Mena, two new investigators. On Saturday we really really were working to put baptismal dates, but didn´t have much luck. As we passed one house, I thought instantly "You can put a baptismal date here." I almost ignored the thought but decided to contact it anyway. We talked to Mena, and she told us to come back Sunday. She was very receptive and accepted to be bapt...

Hola hola, So this Saturday we got the call for transfers. I will be staying in Molina B, and my compañero is going to another ward in Curico. To replace him, Elder Anuarve from Argentina will be coming as my new companion. I dont know him, but hope that we can work well together. This last transfer wasnt the most productive, but we made a good pool of investigators and should be able to progress well during the next 6 weeks. The highlight of this week was the worldwide missionary broadcast from Salt Lake that we got to watch live on Wednesday. It was amazing to hear from Apostles (Elder Oaks and Bednar) and to think that I have friends on 5 different continents who are missionaries and were watching too! There are 75000 young people around the world teaching repentance and baptizing converts, which is really incredible to think about. I am super thankful for the opportunity to be a missionary, and I know that this is Gods work. Elder Richards

Hey there, Hope everyone had a great week. This week was pretty uneventful for us, but things are going well. We have had some good luck finding future investigators, which is great. We taught this one guy named Pedro, who´s wife is a member, and gave him a Book of Mormon. He seems interested but is out of town now until February. But it´s great that we are finding people like him. I have been praying for miracles, and things have been paying off. God always answers prayers. Also in our ward we have started to do a ward activity every Friday night. They are just little events with a message and some games afterward. They have been pretty fun and have been a great way to help people feel comfortable in the Church and with other members. Also I have been reading a lot of the Book of Mormon lately. I am trying to finish it this month and then read it again before conference in April. It is really such a powerful book and you can just tell that it has the fulness of the teachings of Jesus ...

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 2...

Hola hola, Hope that everyone had a great New Year´s. It´s not really an exciting missionary holiday, because we have to be in the house early and go to bed at 11:30. We got to stay with the zone leaders in Curicò so that was kind of fun. They live in a fifth floor apartment, but our windows faced away from the fireworks... Oh well. But I always like new years as a time to set goals and resolutions. I spent some time thinking about goals and things I want to accomplish and I challenge you all to do the same! Make simple goals that you can measure (not just "be healthy," but rather "excercise 20 minutes a day" for example), and you can reach new things. I hope you all have a great year. This will potentially be the only year of my life that I never step foot in the US and tie a tie every single day. Wow. Remember that wherever you are is where you are supposed to be. In Psalms 118:24 it says This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in ...