Buenos Dias Todos!
This
week was a great week full of tons of work and little sleep! I am so
tired, but so happy with what we have accomplished! A week full of new
investigators, lessons, contacts, and street raps to get us pumped :)
This
week we had the challenge of finding a new investigator every day to
find a total of 7 new investigators and we did it!!! We didn't find 1 new
a day but we did find a total of 7 new investigators!!
We
found a family whose dad is an inactive member and his wife (SHE IS
MARRIED!!!! WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF FINDING A COUPLE WHO IS MARRIED IN
CHILE!! WOOHOO!!) and his son who is 10. They are very good and have
shared with the missionaries before, but didn't understand the lessons at
all. We are now teaching them and they are understanding more and more
every day :) Pray for them please :)
We
have been doing tons and tons of contacts which is good to find new
people to teach, but at the same time people are pretty mean and after
hours of doing them it wears you out a little. But my companion is a
boss at beat boxing so to relax we will do freestyle raps :) It is really
fun and my freestyle skills are getting better every day ;) When they
are good enough to brag about we will send you a video :) But anyways
yesterday we were kinda frustrated with the day so we decided to do rap
offs between companionship's. So my comp would pretend to be a different
missionary and I would pretend to be that other missionaries companion
and we would have a rap off using the characteristics of the
missionaries to make the raps funny and awesome :) It was hilarious and
made my day. Then with our spirits lifted we did more contacts and found
some good future investigators.
This
week we had the awesome opportunity of watching a worldwide missionary
capacitation. It is the first one they have had in more than 10 years. I
learned a lot from the apostles and 70's who gave capacitations. They
spoke a lot about having faith, focusing on bringing the spirit into
lessons, inviting less actives and recent converts to share with their
friends and family, and seeing people as they really are. It was a great
capacitation and it really motivated the missionaries.
This
week I had a great experience with prayer. I was on interchanges with
an Elder who is kind of new, but isn't like me at all ha ha. He is from a family where he hasn't had to work hard, has
been given everything, and expects everything to be given to him. It was hard in the beginning because he is known for just
following his companion around, but as a zone leader in interchanges you
have to make things happen. I was kinda bummed that we didn't have any
appointments which makes it hard to have success. But I remembered the
advice of the sister missionaries when I asked them what they did to
have so much success. They said they prayed to give thanks, and prayed
to find, and then after finding prayed to give thanks again. With that
in mind I decided to pray. After praying we kept working and achieved
some little things, like giving out a book, I said another prayer of
thanks and asked for more guide. We went and taught a lesson and the
investigator accepted a baptismal date. We left and I said a prayer of
thanks and prayed for more guide. That day I received many instructions
from the spirit in order to help me help the elder progress, find new
people to teach, and to have success in that day. I know that if we
pray, not just one time, but many times, and not just asking, but also
giving thanks, that Heavenly Father will bless us with what we need and
with happiness :)
I love you all! Stay Golden!
Love,
MC Elder Nielson :)
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