October 11, 2016
Get Up, Get Up, and Get Down
Let's get to it,
We're just rocking and rolling here in San Antonio! Elder Villota is a trip. We get along just great and he entertains the heck out of me. Unfortunately that means that my time in the mission is just going to fly by even faster! The other bonus is that Elder Villota is fluent in Creole and we found some Haitians here in San Antonio and 1 of them has a fecha to get baptized the 22nd! He came to church and loved it even though he didn't understand a stinking thing. Elder Villota also has Principios del Evangelio and the book of Mormon in Creole so we're all set. The other good thing is that once one Haitian gets baptized the whole Haitian hut is going to get baptized which means that we're going to be wet for a solid month I think. What a blessing that he learned Creole while he was in Estacion Central for 10 months of his mission!
The zone is doing alright. We've had 4 baptisms in the zone up until now and it looks like we'll finish with about 10. The good news is that all the sectors are working now!
We had a consejo de guerra with Presidente Woodward and Hermana Woodward on Friday and something was finally brought up that I thought would never be brought up in all my life here on the mission! President Woodward talked about how pathetic it is that we talk and hype up so much the fact that people "subir" as district leader, trainer, zone leader, or assistant. It was amazing. It was honestly a huge slap in the face for some of the missionaries. They honestly just sat there almost speechless. President Woodward is honestly very different than what I’ve been use to in the past where we had a ton of mission meetings and all got together to learn about and see the progress of the mission. We would see who's where and who's who. It was honestly the perfect setup to make the missionaries aspire to subir as leaders. It worked to get us pumped, but it shouldn't be the reason as to why we work hard. I have yet to have a mission meeting with President Woodward where he publishes the cambios. So nobody knows anything about where other missionaries are or what they're doing. President Woodward basically just said that we need to be the examples and not talk about subir or bajar and we're all equal. He also said that it will be very normal to finish your mission as a trainer now and it's not because you did anything wrong it's just the way he wants to do things. It was really spiritual actually and he even shared that in his mission he wasn't comp mayor until about 14 months and he was zone leader his last 3 months in the mission, but he was never a bad missionary and he has no regrets about anything he did on his mission. He simply stated that the mission changed his life and that if we don't it allow it to change our lives it won't matter jack squat whether you were assistant or not when you get back home. I loved the meeting. I was ask to give my two cents and just said, "si yo hubiera querido la gloria de los hombres, no me hubiese venido a la misión. Me hubiese quedado en mi casa para participar en mis deportes... vine a la misión para participar en la obra de salvación." ("If I had wanted the glory of men I would not have come to my mission. I would have stayed home for my part in sports ... I came to the mission to participate in the work of salvation.") I also shared that the first reunión de cambios that I had in the mish was basically like the NFL draft and everyone just busted up laughing. It's so true though. Needless to say, things have changed here in Santiago Oeste! 
Other than that it was a solid week of work. We have 4 fechas and it looks like we'll be baptizing this weekend! Pray for Carlitos, William, Maira, and Bartolo!
Miracles happen on the daily here. I love the mission and honestly never want to come home. Hey, enjoy the Fort Collins temple dedication! How cool is it that Grandma and Grandpa were invited to participate in the very first endowment session with a member of the 1st presidency!
Love ya'll! Read your scriptures and invite someone to church!
Elder Weaver
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