Pusimos Fechas...

September 8,2015

Pusimos Fechas

Muy buenas tardes de Chile,

Hello everyone, this week was a definitely a good one. Yesterday Elder Ramirez and I put two baptismal dates down with two investigators and they ACCEPTED. Aida is going to be baptized the 11th of October and Claudia is going to be baptized the 26th of September. The only sad thing is that I might not be here for those baptisms, but either way I'm just stoked that they ACCEPTED AND RECEIVED AN ANSWER! It was a very spiritual day yesterday for sure in the lessons with Claudia and Aida. 

Other than that the rest of the week was pretty tough. Lots and lots and lots of contacts, just like always. I'm pretty sure everyone in this sector is just about sick of me because I've contacted every single house it seems like. We still find people, but they have not progressed! The fact of the matter is that people are so distant from God. They think they believe in God, and so they say, "Yeah I believe in God." There is a difference between believing and thinking there's a God. Believing is acting and therefore you have faith. Thinking requires nothing whatsoever.  

Today Elder Ramirez and I went to a supermarket called Jumbo to get some top notch Mexican ingredientes. He cooks AMAZING. Let me tell you people this Mexican can cook! We ate Chelaquelas and man was it good, we put an egg on top of it to finish it all off and man were we full. Way good stuff and I'm going to make chocolate chip cookies after Internet. 

I've changed my mentality completely since I was a greenie. I literally eat, sleep, and breathe baptisms. It's the only way to get anything done. I read a talk by a former mission president here in Santiago called "La Visión Para Bautizar" and it's helped me a lot to actually get things done in this town. 

Happy Birthday to Aunt Brittany on the 11th!

One thing super spiritual that happened this week was that we gave a blessing to a man named Carlos. He's about 29 years old and he suffered a terrible car accident about 8 years ago. His Dad asked us to give him a blessing because Carlos lost literally everything in his accident 8 years ago. He can't talk, eat, walk, and he has an oxygen tank hooked up to his throat to make him breath. I've never seen such a sad scene in my life. He's been like this for 8 years and he has nurses that take care of him 24 hours of the day 7 days a week. His Dad is named Carlos as well and he just can't let his son go. The only thing keeping him alive are these machines, but he literally is unable to interact. He's not in coma, because he's not asleep, but he's basically lost all ability to function. We gave him a blessing and I talked about Tyson and Tim with Carlos. Carlos totally broke down crying and so did I. I am beyond blessed. I can't even imagine the pain that this man is going through. He truly is a tough man though, and he reminds me a lot of Grandpa Weaver. I guess all the genuine men out there that can bear the burden of handicapped children all share some of the same basic personality traits. Super sad experience, but at the same time it was extremely uplifting and spiritual. 

With that being said, I'd like to say that I will always remember my uncles Tyson and Timmy who passed away September 12th and 14th! THANKS GRANDMA AND GRANDPA FOR BEING THE AMAZING PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS THAT YOU ARE! I know that we will all see Tyson and Timmy again and I am so grateful that we all have the fullness of the gospel in our lives! 

Have a great week everyone!

Elder Weaver