¡Otra gran semana haciendo la obra del Señor!
Twas an amazing week full of ups and down. But like, what good story doesn't have their ups and downs.
Anyway, starting off with last Tuesday, we had some lessons with recent members which is always a great thing then we had a lesson with a new person fall through but there’s always hope for this week. The main miracle that occurred on Monday was that Vicente y Baltazar put up dates to be baptized! These were the people that I met my very first day in the field and I have grown to love them so much as I continue to watch their progress. Their mom, Paula, hasn't committed to being baptized but she was so excited to see her kids make that decision and is hyping them up for it so hopefully everything goes well.
Wednesday was zone conference which was awesome to be at. My comp Elder Dennert have his final testimony because he’s going home after this transfer and i was able to see a few of the kids that i came to Viña with from the MTC. It took up most of the day so after was mainly knocking doors and working as much as we could. We got a lot of lessons set up, so it went well.
But with all the good that there has been, the bad will always follow, trying to dampen our spirits. (Its gonna need to try harder) but yeah Thursday wasn't the highlight of the week. We were super excited for that day because we had 3 new people with lessons scheduled but when it came time they either "weren't home" or "forgot" to send their address. But its all good at the end of the day we talked to a recent convert and his mom. His mom is catholic so how she took our message was weird, she talked about how much she new what we taught was true and that she loved it but she already has her religion and she doesn’t want to change, which doesn’t make sense to me but it's alright we'll see if we can get it anywhere
Friday, I went for my first run through the city of Limache which was so awesome watching the sun rise through the mountains her is beautiful and the culture that we saw was awesome. The main theme of today was walking. More of our lessons didn't work out so we ended up knocking on puertas to no avail
Saturday had a similar theme to the rest, but we had a little ray of sunshine. Toward the end of the day we had someone listen to us a little that didn’t seem against what we taught, but the main thing that happened was that when we went back the next day her Tia met with us instead and we got through an entire lesson, gave her a Book of Mormon and gave her a card with our número de teléfono. 30mins later she was blowing up our phones with questions and wanting to know more. She talked about how she’s never been this close to baptism (we didn't bring it up she did!) And she was so excited that she’s already been living the way that our church teaches. Hopefully this excitement continues we'll be meeting with her again.
Overall, his was an amazing week that built a lot of character. The last thing i want to leave y’all with is the fact that God is there for us. Learning the language and connecting with the people has been a struggle for sure, it’s hard to build a personal connection with someone you can't talk to but throughout time I’ve been able to come to love all those i teach and they have been able to come closer to the spirit. All of this is through the mercy of God, it's why I’m able to press through with a happy attitude with hope for the future. Everyone has their ups and downs in their lives but that’s not what controls our attitude. That is all up to us, and if we rely on the Lord that is when we can find joy in the worst of circumstances.
I love you all, I'm always here for you guys!
Elder Nelson
