Mission Changes!

Soccer pose with my Companion Elder M and I

A lot is going down in our mission right now with the new mission president we got a few weeks ago. He is changing so much and this week we are going to try a new schedule and see how it works out. We wake up at 6:30 and get ready and do some studies after 10. Then we go work until 1 oclick and have lunch. We go back home to study a little bit more and take a nap, siesta until 3:30. Then we go back out to work until 6:30 when we can finally eat dinner or something until 7:30. And from there until like 9 we work. THen plan and everything and have to be in bed by 10:30. So we will see how this whole plan goes down this week, i am just pumped for the naps!

they are the best!

I have been reading a lot still this past week. I love reading the poems and stories i have been given.

And i have read Proverbs a lot recently. Especially from chapters 3 through 7. And Proverbs 3:5-6 is probably one of my favorite scriptures now. Put your trust in the lord and he will guide and direct you. Its been helping me a lot to know that simple doctrine again. So i continue to put more trust in him and feel more comfort in how things will end.

THANK YOU my (sister) HERMANA ASHLEY so much for your letter, you sent it over a month ago but it came a day exaclty when i need it. I loved the story about the missionay who met. who he needed to share the gospel within the pre existence:) I read the story with all my companions because it was in spanish too!!! 

Thanks for helping me out with everything guys:) love you.

What a great week!!! Climbed Mt Santiago

Zone Leader & old comp back for a day.  Watched 17 miracles & ate popcorn. pday/siesta

It was awesome this week to see our recent convert M receive the priesthood and share the sacrament. He had a smile on his face and kept looking at me, he bought a gray suit and brown shoes like mine:) And we brought many less actives to church, especially the young men, we ended up with a ton on sunday!

I have been doing pretty good with all that has happened. One thing that really got to me was a death we had in our branch. It was the grandmother of the family who we brought to the temple last week. It came unexpected, on day she was fine with us, and the next day she was in the hospital. One of the last things she said was take care of my missionaries. She was like a mother to me and always gave us so much. We are passing by the family often to visit, and are helping the best we can. We are still trying to keep the members active and energized! But as missionaries we have to always been an example to everyone and i am trying my best to keep showing them the good things in life.

The 4 of us play the best futbol.  we dominated & wore same jaeserys.
played with zone & members.

I love my life and everything i have, i am doing great right now:) very happy and losing myself in what i do:) Thanks for all your support with everything, im moving on to bigger and better things!

Cleaned up after falling down Mt. santiago

Oh and in the picture i am pretty beat up after getting back and changing my clothes. We got to the top of the mountain and i started to run down and biffed it, haha so my jaw is all jacked up and i have a bunch of bruises on myslef, and one of my veins even popped haha but its all good. But, "im on top of the world eh," no matter what has happened:)

Lots of scripture reading this week

Makes me happy!  From a member

So i pretty much spent a bunch of my week just reading the scriptures. There are many great scriptures i have been marking. I keep finding more and more of an importance to the scriptures. That is probably where my testimony has grown strongest during my mission. They were written hundreds and thousands of years back but we can still understand and use them in our day. Our mission president is probably the best out there. He knows exactly what to say and do. We are all pumped here with our president. 

Ive been learning a lot lately in the importance of a companionship and the way the lord does things. Well it just started raining haha and i dont have a jacket or anything, so this will be fun to walk home to. Thanks you guys for everything. I hope you all have a good week:) chao

Headed to the Santiago Temple.  Comp Elder M and I 

Santiago Chile  -  Tallest building

Got to see my friend Elder C from home in the CCM. Other Elders who had seen my blog

Temple

Crazy week, mixed emotions

Welp this has been crazy. But i feel a lot better talking about things with many people. I have seen much love from thos who mean so much to me. Many members who have a place in my heart have helped me and given me advice. 

Interchanges with Elder D.  Elder burning his half way tie.  

I have found a great importance in love for others. We came across these two young boys and their mother who mean so much to me in just one visit. We knock on the door and immediatly the mother invites us in. We didnt expect that to happen. And as we enter there is two little boys. They both run to get their scriptures and hymn books. We ended up singing a few hymns and letting them read what they wanted. The mother started to tell her story of the family. She explained that little O has had many surgeries on his head as you can see the scars. He has brain tumors and is set to die in any moment. That is where many of my emotions started to go crazy this week. We try to visit them as often as we can now as we wont to cherish these small moments.

But after everything it was a good week. Getting to meet our new awesome mission president who has so much trust in us and love for us. We are all excited for these coming months and the changes being made. My companion Elder M and i are now working with less actives as it has been hard to find new investigators. We were surprised to have 5 of the less actives who havent been to church in years come on sunday.

I am blessed to have been given my comapnion in this moment. He has been through some of the same things as i have and we talk very openly. He has a great energy and is crazy which is just what i need in these moments. So actually after all that has happened i feel really chill about everything. I love you guys and hope you have a good week.