Queridos familiares y amigos,
I GOT A NEW COMPANION!!! Of course I got a new comp, but this guy may be my best companion yet. His name is Elder Ramirez and he is from Mexico City, Mexico! Ha! Ha! I guess President just feels like I need some more Mexicano influencia en mi vida. The cool thing is that he's super chill, super obedient, and he teaches like a boss. We weren't able to write our families yesterday because it was "ferrial" or something like that yesterday and EVERYTHING was closed. So we just went to work after changes meeting. I had 3 lessons lined up already when he got here, and man was he grateful. He says he's never come into a new sector where the missionary actually has the Monday afternoon scheduled out with lessons. So we started off with a bang already. I'm using a lot of the members of our barrio right now to accompany us in the lessons. So yesterday we even had a lesson with a MAC. It looks like we're going to have 3 baptisms this weekend actually with La Familia Tapia. This family is SO PRIME. The husband is inactive and he's looking to regain his testimony, but his wife and daughters want to be baptized and have come to Church 3 times already. We still have to teach them Lesson 4 and 5, but it looks like they can have their baptismal interviews this Friday! I found this family too, so I'M PUMPED!!! They still have a few doubts, but we're going to visit them every day this week to make sure they're prepared and ready to make this HUGE commitment. So stoked!
We really have quite a few investigators that are going to be baptized this change sí o sí. Elder Ramirez is pumped because it looks like we'll have a baptism every weekend this change! He says he's never seen a 5 ½ month missionary line up baptisms so perfectly.
Last week was pure mayhem. My tooth came out during an almuerzo and luckily I didn't swallow it. I kept it and then went to a dentist the next day. The problem is that the dentist lives in the Santiago East mission and it was SO FAR AWAY. He put it back on there nicely though and it looks like I'm set for the rest of my mission. It was funny because the last time I did this was with Doctor Rysner and it was in English! It was funny to do it with a dentist that only speaks Spanish. "Muerde Elder Weaver, por favor." The dentist is actually a member and he served in Colombia.
Elder Ramirez is 16 and a half months into his mission and he is a boss. Vamos a sacar la mugre este cambio. Last week we literally didn't accomplish anything because Elder Culbertson had to go to soooo many “go homer” shin digs and he got deathly sick. Sunday we went to "Cristo Viviente" which was a musical put on by the mission and we brought one of our recent converts and her Mom who is investigating. It was very, very good and I really had a lot of feelings of gratitude for my Savior that night. Not to mention basically all the member from Padre Hurtado were there and they were all SO EXCITED TO SEE ME! I felt so loved. I also saw Sicilia who was our housekeeper while I was in Alcantara and she was freaking out when she saw me. It's fun because now I can actually talk to her and carry on a conversation. 6 months ago I couldn't do that.
We also went to the temple to do baptisms for the dead with a recent convert on Saturday and it was SUPER AWESOME. Valentina loved it and after we stopped by the CCM to say hi to Presidente Doll and Hermana Doll. They remembered me too and were very happy to see me. They were very impressed with my Spanish and all the CCM students were just awe struck by the fact that I could talk with all the Spanish teachers so fluidly.
All and all, I'm very, very happy and pumped for this next change. I know this is the work of the Lord and I absolutely love it. Elder Ramirez is a 2nd generation member of the Church and he's got a great testimony of the gospel. He has 2 brothers and 1 sister just like me and he's the oldest. All his siblings share the same age as my siblings too. He likes all the same music as me and like sports as well, especially soccer. He came from the flaete zone of Ochagavía and the first thing he said in our sector is "que quico." Haha, yeah it is and it's hard too, but we're going to tear it up here.
Love all of you! Have an awesome week! Always, always, always stay humble and remember your Savior in all that you do.
Chau,
Elder Weaver
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