Week 91...What be good?

October 3, 2016

What be good? 

Another week has come and gone here in the most amazing country in the whole wide world... Chile. I find myself here in the Internet cafe starting yet another change in the mission with a new companion who will probably be killing me off. My new companion is Elder Villota from Ecuador, he's a great missionary and I've known him since he started the mission because he started the mission in my second zone in 5 de Abril. It's crazy, but I literally know everyone in the whole mission and I basically know how they are and how they work because the mission is so small and word gets around. Elder Villota is defnitely not the same type of guy as I am, but the good news is that he's obedient and he's excited to be a zone leader now! It'll be fun showing him the ropes and letting him feel the stress and pressure. The zone got a ton of new missionaries and things are looking a little better for this month of October. Elder Villota and I will get along just dandy, at this point in the mission there's nothing I haven't seen and nothing that I can't deal with. One of the first things you learn here in Santiago Oeste is that "Es Bueno Ser Diferent." I know that's true. The other good news is that Elder Carroll is staying in our pension so that means early morning runs are going to continue.

So this week was just a normal week of hard work. Nothing new really happened. We found people to teach, we taught, and we brought people to church and we have 3 fechas with Victor, Carlos, and Nicoloy... so pray for them please. We also brought a new person to conference, his name is Bartolo and when we found him he was in a super bad situation, he's an alcoholic but he wants to give it all up and get baptized. This is the first guy that has issues with alcohol that I've taught that I actually have hope in. He hasn't drank since we met him on Tuesday. The atonement is now in play in his life. He came to conference and loved it, and now we're going to help him get baptized the 22nd this month. 

Speaking of the atonement, I sure loved the focus that the conference had on repentance. I feel like as a missionary I've really seen the importance of this super simple but complex principle. ALL OF US NEED TO REPENT! ESPECIALLY MY STUD BROTHER PRESTON WHO IS GOING AROUND LOOKING LIKE A MODEL TAKING GIRLS TO HOMECOMING AND JUST KILLING THEM WITH HIS GOOD LOOKS. I honestly can't even recognize the kid. Those pics are unreal; he's a lady killa for sure.

Anyways, repentance is so important. I don't have my journal with me, so I don't remember the name of the lady who spoke on Sunday morning but her talk on repentance was powerful. I know that people can and do change with the atonement of Jesus Christ. I know it because I have changed and continue to change and purify myself in Christ. I Know we always need to have that burning desire to change our lives to become more like Christ. The problem is that we don't view small errors as a big deal, but NO UNCLEAN THING CAN ENTER INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD. This means that constant repentance and weekly sacrament partaking is essential and we should feel a deep desire to partake every single week! 

I love conference and I love my service as a missionary. I am now in my last full change as a missionary para La Iglesia de Jesucristo de Los Santos de Los Últimos Días. (for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) This time is so sacred and I love this amazing work. Get out and open your mouths and share the gospel! 

Shout out to BYU CROSS COUNTRY!!! NUMBER 1 BABY!!! 

Let it be, love ya'll! Arriba Chile!

Elder Weaver 

Feeling Like Superman!