Hola hola mi familia y amigos y mis estimados misioneros,
So this past Saturday night we got the the call from our District leader about who was going to leave and who was going to stay. I was expecting that Elder Ortiz was going to leave, but when I heard them say "Elder Weaver se va," I immediately said "freaking fetching fetch!" Elder Ortiz left our sector as well but he's staying in our zone. Yesterday was super sad because we just went around saying bye to all of our investigators and members of our ward. I thought I was going to be staying in Padre Hurtado until at least August, but it turns out that the Lord wants me in Pajaritos in the Zone Cinco de Abril. My comp is from Lehi, Utah and his name is Elder Culberston. He has one change left, but he doesn't appear to be trunky in the slightest which is great! We honestly just got back from the changes meeting so I don't know much about him, I'll give you more info next week! This area is defintely different from Padre Hurtado. It's city and not the campo so that's why. It's different though, and it will be fun to experience something new. I'm going to miss my place of birth though, I'm still a little bummed that I had to leave! But siempre tengo ánimo.
So this past Sunday we had 2 investigators that went to church! The parents of my baptism Eduardo! It was so awesome to finally get them to go to church! They said that they loved it and I Hermana Ruth (Eduardo's Mom) has a baptismal date for the 30th of this month! She's already cut down to one cigarrete a day and she definitely is working to try to be ready for her baptism on the 30th! Too bad I won't be there to see it... Jorge (Eduardo's dad) is reading the Book of Mormon pretty diligently and he says he'll be baptized as soon as he gets an answer. I hope to see that family turn their lives around! I worked really hard with them, let's just hope the Elders in whitewash can get the job done!
We had another 3 investigators that were really progressing well too! Johan was working on giving up smoking and then Gabirella and Carolina were reading the Book of Mormon. I'll never forget the lessons that I had with them!
So life is pretty rad here in Chile! I love it here! The weather is just like Colorado though. One day it's hotter than snot and the next day it's freezing cold! Last night we had a family home evening with the Barrega family. They have 6 kids! They can't do Noche de Hogar on Mondays because it's super crazy on Monday nights for them (who does that sound like?) so they do it on Sunday. It was so funny because they're kids are crazy and all vary in age. Their oldest is Pedro and he's preparing to go on a mission in December. We played pictionary, but it was obviosuly in spanish and it helped me a lot with my vocab, but it's suprising how many words I actually do know. I'm constantly working still to improve my language! The game got crazy and their youngest kid just started crying because he couldn't draw on the notepad the whole time. It reminded me of our family home evenings and all the scripture and prayers that we had. PURE MAYHEM. I just started laughing and I told Hermano Barrega how much that their situation reminded me of our family. It also reminded me how after my mission I want to keep being a faithful member of this church. There are so many members that don't do family scripture study every night, that don't pray as a family, and that never do family home evening. I want to be a Dad that is always leading my family with gospel principles.
I've been reading in Alma when the Anti Nephi Lehis are burying their weapons of war. We all think that we are willing to give up everything to serve the Lord, but really when you think about it we all have a weapon that we should probably bury deep in the Earth! This is a gospel of progression and salvation isn't a cheap experience. If we're not constantly working to be better then we're just getting comfortable and if we're comfortable we're doing something wrong. Try to find your weapon of war that you need to bury and constantly try and progress! Spiritually and temporally!
Still can't believe that I'm not in Padre Hurtado anymore, but on to a new adventure here in the sector of Pajaritos. This gospel changes lives, this gospel is true, and I love the missionary work! I'll never forget the memories that I made in Padre Hurtado though! I'm going to miss the dirt roads and teaching people living in "blocks."
Love all of you a whole lot and have an awesome week of PROGRESSION!
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