Oye Oye!
Hows it going family!
Thats super sweet how you guys had a skype session to see
the blessing for taylor! ha our family sounds super hip with technology haha
hope you guys have a great time in hawaii mom and dad! I didnt know jurassic
park was filmed there im sure its going to be beautiful, take a ton of
pictures! maybe youll see a dino if your lucky
Bueno... this week has been awesome a lot of cool things
have happened. at the beginning of this week we were having a rough day just a
ton of people who were super mean at the door haha then there was a video of
zions camp that we watched and something that struck me was when he said after
a man started to complain was "you will see lords hand on this trip"
and as I was thinking about that I got a boost of animo and I felt like I should
tell my companion that quote but referring to the mission. After I told him
that (after recieving a brutal rejection) we went to a house knocked on the
door and started talking to this lady, she was super nice, she was the nieto of
one of the menos activo viajitos in our sector, and she said she had shared
with the missionaries before, 30 min later we had talked about how god had a
plan for us so that our lives can be better and we can find more peace and
direction in our lives. She told me she had been going through a hard time,
lots of things had happened to her and her friends and family. We gave her a
book of mormon giving her some parts we felt inspirted to give her. And she
said at this time her husband is never there but would love to meet up at
another place, we asked if we could meet in a house of a member and she said no
problem, For sure we saw the hand of the lord in our missions.
ha also we got a call from punta arenas two days ago saying
there was someone that was going to be assisting church sunday, we called this
person and it was a young teenager she is super interested in the church. And
the frienshipping went great everyone was super loving, with kids we just need
to meet requierements with them to assure that if they were to get baptized
they would be able to have a strong base so they dont leave right after. (ha
Which is important for every person that decides to get baptized) not worth
anything if they dont intend to make this a long lasting change)
Something cool I was reading this week that I really wanted
to apply here in natales is in ether when it talks about when the lord talks to
the brother of jared, and after the brother of jared is reproved and begins to
work and work and do all he can he begins to have points where he needs more
help (first the air holes) and he counsels the lord and the lord helps him.
Then he does that idea and finds that they have no light. What I love about
this part is when he counsels the lord this time the lord says and what should
we do about this problem? The lord then tells him dont you worry about the
storms and the depths of the sea I will guide you but what do you say of the
light?....I think we can all relate with this at one point in our lives when we
are asking and recieving guidance and sometimes we hit a point where we must
use that great gift of free agency and choose, and after we choose we consult
with the lord. The brother of jared brought about stones and said to the lord I
know you can do anything and that I am nothing and here is my idea which is
fueled off of the faith that you can do anything. And after he made that idea
the lord showed himself to him and touched the stones giving light. one by one
the lights brightened the vessels. What I love about this is that the lord
gives us agency and often times we wont have a forsure answer but as we do the
things that we know with surety (reading scriptures, appying simple truths of
the doctrine, applying christlike attributes, etc) and make WISE decisions
based on what we already know and the nature of christ, we can continue. ha lot
of analyzing of 2 chapters of scripture but its so amazing how much we can take
out of the scriptures and personal experience as we serve the lord.
ha but all is well we are being super lucky this winter here
in natales so far has been super mild. I think I brought a piece of california
with me.
But yeah definately I have seen the hand of the lord in my
work here in natales, I always get such a great spiritual impression that this
branch is going to grow so much in the next years. ha for sure have developed
patience in small towns because for some reason the adversary works super hard
when a town is tiny and everyone is super interconnected, lots of fun conflicts
and personal affairs haha, but with the strong faiths of the few I am stoked to
see the future here.
haha how trunky mom! haha that would be way sweet! If you
guys can I think that would be super cool to tour parts of chile! There are
tons and tons of lugares to choose from.
love you guys take care!
Elder Carter
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