Monday, October 8, 2012
Chile week 2 no pics
Dear All,
This week was pretty good here in Vina del Mar and General Conference
was great! We had a couple of amazing lessons this week. We are
teaching an 18 year old named Jean Franco, we left him a Book of
Mormon and the assignment to pray and when we went back a few days
later he said he had received his answer. We knelt down and prayed at
the end of the lesson and he gave God thanks for the answer he had
received and he said "I testify that I have felt that this book is
true." It was amazing. It is always great to see your investigators
receive their testimony before your eyes. We also had an amazing
lesson with an older lady named Roxana. She is probably about 60 or
so, but she is very active. We only had the one lesson with her, but
she talked about her faith and how she had overcome breast cancer. We
talked to her about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and about the Book of
Mormon and a little bit of the Restoration. She had previously heard
some good things about the church from a good friend that was a member
that she had when she used to live in Santiago years ago. When we
handed her the Book of Mormon she hugged it and was so happy. I
marked her a few paragraphs in the introduction and also 3 Nephi 11
(we talked about Jesus Christ visiting the Americas). At the Sunday
afternoon session we didn't see anyone until after it ended I walked
into the chapel and she spotted me and came up all super excited
saying how she had loved it! She is a very special lady with so much
love and excitement for the Gospel. The Lord truly gave us a miracle
this week.
Anyways, I loved conference! I don't have my notes so I'm left to
what's in my mind right now, but I loved the talk about having a
testimony and being converted and how they are different, but how they
go together. I truly have felt my conversion happen within these last
3 years, though I did have a testimony. Conversion takes living the
gospel and having it change your heart and your desires to those of
God. I love the Gospel, I love being a missionary, and I love my
life! Mom and Dad- thank you so much for everything you've taught me
and your amazing examples. You have raised a great family. Siblings-
you all have inspired me so much and have shown me the way to or back
to the path. Thank you. I love you all very much and I'm so grateful
for these experiences the Lord is allowing me to have as one of His
representatives. I truly have been blessed.
I love you all! I hear Pa isn't doing well. I'll keep him in my
prayers. I just want you all to know that I know this gospel is true!
I have always truly known, but I hadn't really been living it until
these past few years, which thus was impeding my conversion. I can
truly say today that I have been converted to the Gospel of Jesus
Christ and that I have felt to sing of his redeeming love. I hope
every one of you have felt that or can come to feel it, because it is
the best thing that has happened to me. I also loved Elder Holland's
talk. Let us be true followers of Jesus Christ.
I don't have much else to say and I need to head to go sign some
paperwork! I love you all! Have a good week and please write me
about your favorite conference talk/experience. Love!
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