Feliz Día de La Madre

E-mail from 5/11/2015...

Friends and Family,

First and foremost, it was obviously so awesome to be able to talk to you guys this past Saturday! Not afraid to admit that I definitely cried and it´s because I love my family that much. I can´t wait to spend eternity with you guys! But for right now, I´m going to try and help other people obtain salvation. Elder Ortiz can testify that I recuperated well after we talked and we´re working as hard as ever! 

So, yesterday was a really good day! The talks in Church were really great, but Obispo Alvarez definitely gave the best talk. He talked about how missionaries wouldn´t be on their missions if it weren´t for their Moms. I can testify of that! I wouldn´t be here if it weren´t for my Mom! She knows everything about me, and sometimes I think she knows me better than I know me. What a comfort to know that I have her praying for me and thinking about me every. single. day. So everyone should really take a moment to give their Mom a hug! I am so blessed to have the Mom that I have, and to have the family that I have. The Obispo talked about how when he was in the army he felt completely and totally alone, but he always had his Mom that was writing him and she was the only one waiting for him at the airport when he was discharged. After Sacrament meeting we got to hear the primary sing a song for their Mom´s and it was pretty adorable. Then we had cake and that was that! After that Elder Ortíz and I got to work and we had 4 lessons. All and all the week was pretty normal with it´s fair share of drunks, drug addicts, and people wanting to kill themselves stories. Our last lesson last night was with the Mom of our convert and she was telling us about how she was really close to killing herself 2 days ago. She feels like her house is possessed and she hates the woman she´s become. It´s the whole Latino culture that we talked about, and I´m getting kinda sick of people saying they want to die. We´re not freaking shrinks, we´re missionaries. Obiviously they need the gospel in their lives, but it´s kinda hard for them to get the picture if they can´t get past the fact that el diablo is not possessing their home. 

We do have a great investigator though! His name is "J" and we had such a powerful lesson with him yesterday about the Book of Mormon and La Palabra de Sabiduría. He has a REAL desire to change his life and he wants to find the truth. He´s loved the two lessons that we´ve had so far and he committed to go to church this Sunday as well as to read and pray about the Book of Mormon. He´s a genuine guy too, he´s definitely going to do it. He also has no problem with meeting with us every other day and he actually KNOWS his schedule so we can actually fix times to meet with him. His aunt´s a member of the church and he really admires the life that she´s living. 

Always be a great example to those around you. Don´t be afraid to say that you´re Mormon. Share your beliefs, share your testimony, and keep living the gospel! Freaking love Chile and love the people! One more week until changes! Thank you everyone for the support! SEND PHYSICAL LETTERS. I WILL RESPOND. 

Love all of you,

Elder Weaver