However, this week a bunch of things
happened that were sweet. The first is we went to an underground mine called
Chiflon de Diablo last p-day. It was pretty sweet, we went with the whole zone,
and we had a lot of fun. There were some sketchy parts including where we went
down in this mine shaft thing that took us down into the earth and another part
where we had to crawl through this tiny passage to continue on. I took a lot of
pics so I’ll send some. There was a point where we turned off our lights and no
one made a sound and it was just pitch black peace. I loved it more than
anything. It was a cool experience. 
Later that day in the night I got a
call. It was from my convert Charlotte! They were passing through Coronel
because they are moving form Temuco to Santiago and they wanted to stop by and
see me. We met them in the church in Cornel and it honestly was so amazing to
see and talk with them. They are doing very well right now and they are going
strong in the church since the baptism of Paula, the mom. And even better news
that they told me is that the dad, Carlos, wants to get baptized as well now! I
literally couldn’t believe my ears when they said that, he never wanted anything
to do with the missionaries or church or anything. This man had a change of
heart and it was due to his family and this church. I went from seeing him hardly
ever smile in my time in Temuco to, when he was here, not drop his smile for even
a second. He was a different man. He was so happy, it was so cool to see. Even
more, they told me that, to everyone’s amazement and astonishment, he got up in
front of everyone during fast and testimony meeting and gave his testimony! He
said something like "I know that I don’t know a lot about doctrine or
religious stuff but what I do know is that this church and gospel has changed
my family’s life and my life also. I know I’m not a member yet, but I plan on
finding the missionaries up in Santiago and being baptized into this church!"
I had to hold back tears of joy when I heard all this. I couldn’t believe my
ears. It made me so happy to hear. One of the best experiences in my mission.
Also something that happened this
week that was pretty cool is we passed by one of the houses of one of the guys
who comes to our English class regularly. His name is Brian and we actually set
a baptismal date with him! He is very receptive and understands everything that
we teach him. He came to our church Thursday
for English class, Friday for a young single adults activity, Saturday for a
baptism that we had, and Sunday for church! 4 days in a row haha! He gets along
with a bunch of young adults in our ward so he’s pretty much set! Pretty cool
to see some success after a while. We also did a kind of open house thing at
our church where we stood outside and invited people to come in. We gave tours
of everything inside the church and taught a little bit about what we do and
teach. It was pretty successful. A bunch of people entered and we were able to
clear up questions and doubts that they had. This last Saturday was the baptism
of two of the investigators that the other guys in our sector have been
teaching, Dylan and Kelly. It was pretty cool to see them baptized and help out
with all of it.
Well that’s pretty much all that has
happened. This last week was my last week with Elder Knecht. It’s sad to see
him go because we were such good homies but I’m sure I’ll see him in the future
and we have plans to return to Chile together! But yep today is transfers and
my new companion is going to be Elder Heely! I have met him once in the mission
and he’s pretty cool! He went to Davis and knew my cousins so it should be a
pretty good time! I’ll tell you how it goes next week! Love and miss you all!
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