August 8, 2016
Nuevo Presidente, Nueva Misión!
How be you,
Another week has come and gone! Unreal how fast time flies on the mission! I'm glad that you guys didn't get too trunky with the news on when I'll be coming home. I'm definitely not thinking too much on it. I honestly feel like that day will never come, and after un consejo de guerra that we had on Friday it just got me pumped to keep giving it my all! I love these Chilenos too much to give anything less than my best!
So, in the consejo de guerra Presidente bajó la caña, basically he said that while our mission is one of the smallest missions in the world, he still plans on doing things the way that every other mission does things. This means that I will no longer be giving a 1-hour zone meeting every Wednesday after an hour and a half of district meeting classes. We'll just leave right after district meeting and start working. We'll be having zone meetings for 2-3 hours once a month on Tuesdays in the morning! The way we do transfers has also changed and we will never again have a mission conference where we all meet together as a mission! While I’m not excited about some of these changes, I know that we're going to receive a ton of blessings as a mission for being obedient with exactness! The month of August already looks like it's going to be our month of 100 baptisms and Presidente hasn't even done anything different. He's just doing what the apostles ask him to do!
I've learned so much on the mission, and it's really hard to explain what happens daily, but if there's one thing that I've learned with personal progression and progression as a church, is that humility is required. If we're not humble we never realize where we need to improve and we never develop more Christ-like attributes. If we're not humble we can't possibly be consecrated, and if we're not consecrated in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints then the church never grows because no one gets paid... we act purely out of love and humility. I've really been trying to just love everyone I come in contact with and soak in every moment of the mission. This time is so precious.
It's unreal to me how little the Chilenos care about the Olympics! They watch, but they really just do not care. Soccer is life here and even soccer in the Olympics is just not a big deal. Sounds like it's the same thing in Brazil from what Elder Waters told me... and it's in their own country! Needless to say the Olympics still get me pumped! I'll be cheering for Jared Ward on the 21st in the marathon! GO WARDY!!
We had an amazing lesson with Ernesto when we taught tithing and he literally accepted it whole heartily! It's amazing to see how Heavenly Father truly prepares people! I am honestly just the instrument in His hands! God does his work!
Love this work, love this gospel, and love my Savior!
Elder Weaver
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