Girl Put Your Records On...

Week 41...

Elder Weaver's favorite Chilean soccer team "La U."

October 20, 2015

Girl Put Your Records On

Hola hola mis queridos familiares y amigos,

 !Esta semana fue buenísima! (This week was awesome!) We had two investigators with fecha (a baptismal date) in the capital this week! Rosalia came and absolutely loved church. She felt so welcomed by the members and she feels good about her baptismal date for this upcoming Sunday. She still has a few doubts though and so it'd be wonderful if you guys could pray for her! We passed by her house yesterday to teach the Palabra de Sabiduría (the Word of Wisdom) and La Ley de Castidad (Law of Chastity), she has no problems there. She also gave us Once (Dinner here in Chile), which is always a good key indicator of the progress of our investigators (investigators). Our other prime investigator is Julio. He accepted a baptismal date for the 7th of November, but he basically just has not received a spiritual confirmation in his prayers that The Book of Mormon is true. He has so much faith, and he basically told us, "If there is a true church out there, it's you guys because you're the only church that has any real order and organization. Your doctrine is perfect as well, I just can't seem to get a spiritual answer in my prayers." I felt the spirit so strong with him, and we read Mosíah 18 when Alma was baptizing and asked “qué le impede  si está dispuesto llorar con los que lloran?" (What prevents you from crying with those that cry?) He says that he just wants a spiritual confirmation more than anything. We’re going to teach about “Cómo Reconocer El Espíritu” (How to feel and recognize the Spirit) this week, hopefully he comes around. 

I had divisions with Elder Nalesso this week. I don't know if I've talked about him, but he's from Brasil and he arrived in the mission field with me. He's one of my better friends on the mission and he happens to know DANNY CARNEY! Turns out Danny was in his branch in Sao Paulo for 2 changes, and Nalesso said he ate almuerzo (lunch) with them all the time! Small world huh? Elder Nalesso and I took advantage of our time together and found 6 new investigadores in one day. His comp also has some foot issues and so it was nice to be able to take out the trash the way I like to work. All and all, Elder Marquina and I found 14 new investigators this week! Not bad at all. Elder Nalesso would also like a BYU Cross Country shirt, Nike Dri fit like I have. He's willing to pay through the nose to get it too. So if Mom could send that our way, he’d greatly appreciate it. 

I got your package this week and the whole zone was so jealous of everything I got! Not to mention all the letters I received as well! Love you guys a ton! Totally lifted my spirits! THANKS AUNT CAMI AND SHELBY AND HANNAH FOR WRITING ME! Almost 10 months into the mish, but it's good to hear from you guys! Put a smile on my face for sure! 

We're teaching a lot of Haitianos lately, and lemme tell ya... it's not an easy task. I need to learn Creole pronto. All I know is "Cómo Saba? Saba bien." They love it when we greet them like that too. Like I've said before, they're just amazing people... it's too bad we can't communicate with them. Our MAC Jean Deecir is always working too and so he can only translate for us occasionally. 

We taught diezmo (tithing) in the gospel principles class this Sunday. We weren't prepared at all, but apparently we taught it so well that the investigator of the asistentes asked Elder Cummings after the class if she could pay tithing before she gets baptized. Pretty cool stuff! 

I'm reading the books Mom gave me and I love The Effective Missionary Book! It's so true that you can be exactly obedient and never see anything happen! The key is being an amazing teacher and contactor and also being exactly obedient. We're going to change some things up this week for sure! I read Alma 26 this morning and I gotta tell ya'll, I love that chapter. 26:16 (“Therefore let us glory, yea, we will glory in the Lord; yea, we will rejoice, for our joy is full; yea, we will praise our God forever. Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his mercy, and of his long-suffering towards the children of men?  Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part of which I feel.” This really describes those times on the mission where you really can't express how amazing the Lord is in our lives. No puedo describer mi gozo. (I can’t describe my joy)

Los pies de Elder Marquina están en la hiel, y fuimos al medico dos veces esta semana. Vamos al medico de nuevo mañana, le van a operar parece.  (The feet of Elder Marquina are healing and we went to the doctor twice this week. We’re going to the doctor again this week. It looks like they’re going to have to do surgery.)

Mateo 18:3-4 is my ponderize scripture for the week. I love the mission; it's definitely anything but easy.  Way sweet that Jan Frodeno won the Ironman. Una bestia ese tipo.(He’s a beast) Ironman 2025 will be the year that I win, mark my words. 5 years after my Olympic appearance in Tokyo for Triathlon. I also loved reading the Willy Day face book posts Dad sent me from the BYU XC squad. I about died laughing at night. The motivo for my title is just that I heard that song on walking to this Internet cafe and it's just so catchy.