Hola!!
Hey guys! We had another sweet week full of awesome experiences.
The best news: Francisco is having his interview this Thursday, and we
are going to have a baptism on the 12th! This is an awesome family that
we have been working with for a few months now. Francisco is the last
member of his family to get baptized, and they all have a goal of
getting sealed in the temple in one year!!!! Seriously, this is one of
the best families that I have met on my mission, and I am stoked to see
them sealed!
We have also been working with some new people this week. One
awesome lady lives in a little town about 20 miles away from our area
and we have visited her a few times, and she came to church and is really
excited about learning more about the Gospel. Her name is Aurora.
Our ward is really really excited right now about music. We are
going to try to form a choir and we are going to be teaching piano
lessons and helping our Latin friends sing. It will be quite a
challenge! haha just kidding. We are also going to be doing a few
workshops for the members to help them learn how to share the Gospel
with their friends. Everybody seems pretty excited and willing to learn.
This week I had a pretty interesting experience. My companion and I
arrived at the house of a family who are members of the church but
don´t go regularly. We wanted to see what we could do to help them get
back to the church and start participating again. They had been very
active in the church and they had gone through all of the motions. The
problem, we quickly found out, was that although they were active in the
church, they were not active in the Gospel. We can go to every single
meeting and say the right words and do the right things, but if our
heart is not in it, it doesn't do us any good. The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints helps us to live the Restored Gospel of
Jesus Christ. But we must LIVE it! It is a way of life. I hope that we
are all repenting of our sins and striving to live worthy of our
promises with God. That is the only way to get back to His presence and
receive a fulness of His joy.
Elder Hales
Keep the Faith
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| A hazard of missionary work - lots of dogs! |
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| Elders Mateski, Hales, Villatoro, and Judd with matching ties. |
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| Again with the ties! (Courtesy of the Vina del Mar Mission Blog) |
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