Mi queridos familia y amigos,
Another week in Chile has come and
gone. The weeks are starting to go by really fast and it is scaring me a little
because I don’t want this mission to go by too fast haha never thought I would
be saying that, well there it is. This week has been pretty good I have had a
couple experiences that made me realize things and learn more so it’s been
pretty good.
I first want to tell you guys a
little bit about what I did last p day. So we went as a zone up to Vilcun
where this member has property. It was incredibly beautiful and it was a very
secluded place. Trees all around, a river that was sick, field to play sports,
it was way cool. I played lacrosse with Elder Parkin for a long time which was
way fun, then me and two other elders went on an adventure. It was kind of
scary, I thought we were lost for a little bit haha but it was all good. While
we were up there we also filmed a movie type thing for our zone’s presentation
at the Christmas reunion for the missionaries. It was named A Stolen Christmas
. Which was pretty much the Grinch and Venom vs Santa Claus, Spider-Man and Iron
Man. It was pretty sweet. I hit the five month mark in the mission which is
pretty crazy to think, also that I get to see my family on Skype in a couple of
weeks!
The start of this week was so hot
it was ridiculous but at the end of the week it was pouring rain. Pretty weird
climate we have here in Chile but I think that Utah’s is still weirder. We were
in Centro, which is pretty much the city part of Temuco, and there came a rush
of a million people down the streets pushing shopping carts or things that they
sell their fruit or other items, running full blast down the street. It was
quite the sight to see haha. Apparently they were the people who don’t pay
taxes on the stuff they were selling and that day the police had been going
around collecting all their stuff, so they were running away. Pretty crazy.
This week I have had a couple experiences
that really impacted me. The first is we taught Patricia and Paulina about
tithing. They understood it and all but they said that there was absolutely no
way that they could pay it because they are so tight with money. I tried to
explain that the Lord always provides a way for his children to complete the
commandments he has given. I gave her 1 Nephi 3:7 to read and hopefully
something touches her heart because that is the only thing that is stopping
them from being baptized. But after that lesson I was thinking about how
grateful and lucky I am. I have always had an amazing house, food, family,
basic things of life and even more. And there are people living, struggling in everyday
life with those things. It hit me really hard how blessed I am and for that I
am happy I am here serving this people in whatever manner I can.
Another thing that happened was we
were walking and we passed a girl who was crying. We stopped her and asked if
there was anything that we could do for her. She said no but we continued to
talk to her and we found out that she had just been dumped by her boyfriend and
was fighting with her family so she had no place to go. We tried to comfort her
but nothing seemed to be working. I started to talk to her about past things in
my life and how I have received comfort and help through prayer and the holy
ghost. We talked about how she was a daughter of God and how there is always
one person who will love us. At the end I think that she felt a lot better and
a little comforted. It was an amazing experience.
I’m out of time but I just want to
say thank you to everyone for the support and I hope that everything is
going well at home.
Elder Clay
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