Family, Friends, and Those That Read These Emails...
I AM GOING TO LEARN CREOLE! I gotta do it. A huge miracle ocurrió ayer people! A Haitian that we are teaching told us on Friday night that his friend from Haiti was coming to Chile and was going to live with them, and that his friend is Mormon and was a missionary in Haiti. The thing is that Haitians think that all the churches that aren't the Catholic church are basically the same... so a lot of times they say they're a part of our church and that they do missions like us because they preach in the street for their church... so the news didn't really draw my attention too much. Either way we passed by yesterday to see if it was true or not. IT IS TRUE! THIS HAITIAN IS LEGIT!!! HE SERVED HIS MISSION IN HAITI AND FINISHED IN MAY LAST YEAR! HE DOESN'T SPEAK ANY SPANISH WHATSOEVER BUT THAT'S OKAY! It was so funny to talk with this guy, his name is Jean L. and his buddy translated for us and that's how we communicated. We were pretty skeptical and so we asked a lot of questions. He got to the point where he was so frustrated that he finally proved to us he had been to the temple and gave us a stare like "yes, I'm Mormon and I really did serve a mission." THIS IS THE FIRST HAITIAN I’VE MET THAT IS ENDOWED!!! The whole house was super pumped and all his buddies were like " YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH EL ES MORMÓN! El ES MORMÓN!!! WOOOO VAMOS A LA IGLESIA EL PROXIMO DOMINGO!" The thing is that Haitians don't speak super well in Spanish and the language barrier is real, unless they've lived in The Dominican Republic for 11 years like my convert Remy (who is super active and fiel)! Holy cow though, this guy is going to be Branch President here in Ochagavia because there are SO MANY HAITIANS! Elder Cachari and I are super pumped, because if we just enter into all these Haitian Huts and get all the millions of Haitians that live in each house gathered... this guy could translate in Creole! I was called to Chile to preach to Haitians... I'm almost 100% sure. They're so incredibly humble and just awesome people!
Yesterday we had stake conference... actually all of Chile had Stake Conference, because we had a special broadcast from Temple Square and Elder Nelson spoke and so did some other members of the seventy and Presidente Soares spoke as well! They really stressed the importance of keeping the Sabbath day holy and keeping the commandments. I loved the meeting and the coolest part was that Elder Nelson gave his whole talk in castellano! He's such a stud! We had very few investigators in the conference but it's all-good! This next Sunday our chapel is going to be filled with Haitians!
We went to the temple with our convert Miriam on Saturday and she did baptisms for her Mom, Dad, and Sister that have passed away! She absolutely loved the temple (who doesn't?) and she wants her whole family to get baptized in the church, but her husband is kind of a problem! We're super pumped that we could go to the temple with her just a week after her baptism and we went with Osvaldo and Katuisca as well!
Speaking of Osvaldo... this guy is my hero. I seriously think he's got a stronger testimony than me. We had a family home evening with him this past Monday for Maycol's birthday and he was so happy. On Tuesday night he called me and was super, super sad. Turns out that his Dad died on Monday night. The worst part is that he was killed. Osvaldo's sister found him Tuesday morning in his bed covered in blood. Why are people so horrible? The world is seriously messed up. His dad is 79 years old and lives in the campo... they killed him for a gallon of gas in his house. That's all they took. You can imagine that Osvaldo was super sad and started crying. I just gave my testimony to him on the phone and cried with him. I told him that we should go to the temple this Saturday, and he agreed... but the rest of the week I lost contact with him because he was in an area without service. Turns out that when I saw him on Saturday he was tempted to revert back to his old way of dealing with things…but he didn't! He had a lot of anger more than anything and he told me that he just prayed a lot and he knows that our Heavenly Father has totally helped him cope with the loss of his Dad! He was sad going into the temple, but in the temple I sat with him and read (D&C 121:1, 7-8)
1 O God, where art thou? And where is the pavilion that covereth thy hiding place?
7 My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment;
8 And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes.
I love this gospel. I love testifying to people that I know my Redeemer lives every single day. I love my Savior, I know that I can only improve and be with my family forever with this true gospel and the atonement! I love the small miracles I see everyday! I love carrying His name on my chest every single day!
This is the truth.
Have an awesome week people! HAITI!!!!!
Elder Weaver
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