Hey!
This week was incredible! Definitely one of my favorites so
far because I saw miracle after miracle. On Monday, Hna. San Martin and I made
our homemade paper Christmas tree and all we talk about is Christmas. We are
both so excited!!!
This week was good but on Tuesday I had a super sore throat,
Wednesday I walked around with a headache and the chills all day, and Wednesday
night ended up going to bed with a bad fever...Thursday we stayed in during the
morning and I rested a bit. But we left to work in the afternoon. I am feeling
a lot better now, just a cough and a runny nose. That was the only bummer this
week.
On Friday we had a ward costume party and were able to bring
two YW who are investigating, Rosio and Anahi. It was really fun but all I
wanted to do was dance!!!!
We found 9 new investigators this week which was
incredible!!!!!! 6 on Saturday alone! Honestly a miracle. Saturday was the
greatest. Hna. San Martin and I spent the whole day laughing because the
funniest things just kept happening. At the end of the day we were walking
around pretending to interview each other for the radio, telling all the dumb
things that had happened during the day, but it was fun and we laughed and
laughed some more.
As far as investigators go:
-Elena will be baptized this Saturday!!!! She is 9 and her
family are members but between active and less active so we are working a lot
with them to get everyone reactivated. Elena reminds me of one of the girls in
Matilda and is the sweetest. Her attention span isn't so sweet but I'm excited
for her.
-Mario is one of our new investigators we found this week
and his religious beliefs are so different. He is a high school teacher and one
of those really deep thinkers. In our first lesson we watched "Because He Lives" and we asked him after what he learned or what caught his attention.
He started talking about the physical charachteristics of Christ and how the church did a good job depticting Christ for the time period, and all this information about the middle east. I didn't catch much of it because he uses really big fancy Spanish words...but at least he believes in Christ. We will start from there.
He started talking about the physical charachteristics of Christ and how the church did a good job depticting Christ for the time period, and all this information about the middle east. I didn't catch much of it because he uses really big fancy Spanish words...but at least he believes in Christ. We will start from there.
-Ana is another investigator we have. She is from Bolivia
and currently lives here with her boyfriend. She knows everything is true but
the only problem is her boss is also a member of her church and he provides her
housing, food, everything and she is too scared to ask him if she can go to
another church, but I think she just needs a little help and a little time...and
to get married.
-Romina and Belen are a family we found on Saturday and we
had a very spiritual lesson on the restoration. They committed to read the book
of mormon and pray so we just need to follow up! We will see where it
goes.
We have some other investigators but as of right now they
aren't really progressing.
On Sunday President Dalton came to the branch because
obviously Tocopilla is the celestial kingdom of the mission and he wanted to
show his parents around. Also we got a new branch president. I love the branch
here and I am branch pianist which I really enjoy.
I found this reading in the Liahona the other day and wanted
to share it with you all:
President Kimball said, "In the midst of the miracle of
serving, there is the promise of Jesus, that by losing ourselves, we find
ourselves."
That is something I have really learned here in the missin.
Everyday I learn more and more about myself and my potential. The mission is
such a blessing and in just 6 months has helped me become a more Christlike
person. When we serve we end up being the ones who are changed!!!
Have the greatest week and enjoy the holiday season!!!
Hermana Freedman
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