Week 45

November 17, 2015

Milagros Existen Chiquillos! (Miracles Exist Little Ones!)

Mi Gente,

This week was absolutely insane! I do not think I have had a better week on my mission up to this point! Elder Marquina and I broke all the Zone records this week! Not that records matter, but it shows that we're going to see some real progress in this sector! A smashing 17 new investigators, 32 lessons to just recent converts and investigators, and 5 people in the chapel! 2 have fechas (baptismal dates) for this month! UNREAL! We're way stoked and we're seeing the fruits of our labor finally. 

So while this week was amazing it also had its' ups and downs. For one, we have a Haitiano named Remy who has a baptismal date for this Saturday. He is truly amazing. He speaks really well in Spanish because he lived in La Republica Dominicana for 2 years, but he only has about 4 months in Chile. We contacted him on the street while we were waiting to meet up with our ward mission leader and he invited us to his house the next day. This took place about 7 weeks ago. Since then he's come to church and he feels ready to be baptized after an all or nothing lesson we had with him on Friday! He accepted his baptismal date and he couldn't be more pumped. The bad news was that our Bishop told us that if Remy isn't legally here in Chile he couldn’t be baptized. We were nervous because Remy has just recently found a job and we didn't think he had a visa. Turned out that he doesn't have a legal visa yet and he's waiting for his boss to sign his work contract. We were heart broken. I called our District leader and told him everything. He asked the zone leaders if it would be okay if we baptized Remy and they said they had to talk to the assistants. Turned out the asistentes had to talk to President! After a long 2-day wait we got the good news that REMY CAN BE BAPTIZED THIS WEEKEND!!! Yes... President said it's all-good as long as he has a passport and a roof over his head. So technically I'm going to baptize an illegal immigrant! But salvation doesn't have borders. Remy told us an amazing story about how he came to Chile and has been looking for a way to get closer to God. He had a dream where Christ told him to come to him, but he couldn’t do it because he's not worthy to come to Christ. When we talked to him for the first time he felt like we were the answer, but wasn't sure. When he called his family this past week they basically told him "GET BAPTIZED! THOSE YOUNG MEN ARE SERVANTS OF THE LORD!" He still wasn’t sure but when Elder Marquina testified to him on Friday night the room was filled to the max with the spirit and he accepted! WAY SWEET! 

The other miracle is Katuisca and her son Michael. They both came to church this week! We taught to Michael for the first time this week on Wednesday, and he accepted a baptismal date for the 28th of this month! The spirit was so strong during the Restoration and he accepted everything just like that. His mom Katuisca is all for it! She was baptized when she was 13 years old but inactivated 2 weeks after her baptism! She hasn't gone to church since and she forgot everything! It's been 20 years since her baptism! We contacted her on the street my first day in this sector and she basically told us that she wanted nothing to do with us. We passed by the next day and she told us that she's a member of the church but she preferred the Testigos de Jehovah (Jehova’s Witness) more. After 2 lessons her heart has completely changed. She now wants everyone in her family to get baptized, and she wants to be sealed with her husband who isn't a member! They aren't married yet, but they're now trying to get everything together so they can get married! Her husband had a lesson with us yesterday and he asked me at the end of it, "So when can I get baptized, do I have to wait?" I told him he has to get married and then he can be baptized in 2 weeks. He's way stoked and really wants to change his life around! Katuisca as well wants to change. They have accepted the palabra de sabiduría yesterday completely! WHAT A MIRACLE! Another family that I can see sealed by the end of my mission! 

We went to the temple today and I absolutely loved it! I love the temple. It's such a blessing to have one so close to our mission. Elder Marquina and I are getting along super well. Elder Marquina doesn't want to have another companion for the rest of his mission. We get along super well and he's working super hard despite his feet! He says that it's a miracle that he's walking the way that he is! 

In the temple I was looking for how I can be an even better missionary and what I need to do to keep the success going. I opened up D&C and read (D&C 103:36) All victory and glory is brought to pass unto you through your diligence, faithfulness, and prayers of faith.

I love that scripture! 

We have a lot of good investigators, but every single one of them has a desafio (goal) and many need to get married! I love seeing the changes in this sector! This gospel is truly amazing and I know that Heavenly Father is a God of miracles. I know this gospel is true and I love being a representante of my Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ. (Romans 8:31) What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 

LOVE ALL OF YOU!

ELDER WEAVER