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| Zone Conference Aug 2013 I am standing right next to the Mission President (far left) sorry you can't see me very good. |
This has been a good week, we are really helping a family to arrive at the doors of baptism, looking at the 31st of August, so pray that they can get there. This week we went to Puerto Montt twice; once for a district meeting and the other for a zone conference and with a ton of missionaries right now, nobody extra special came, but it was still a good conference. Our mission has been focusing on helping alot of people come back to activity in the church. Over 1000 so far in our mission! Those in positions of leadership should give little asignments to less active members and they will start to come back, then just ensure their good reception, if it works in Chile, it can work in the states.
This week, we were in the house, teaching a less active
sister and we start to hear something from the wood burning stove
and then the house starts to fill up with smoke, and we went outside and there
was a bunch of smoke leaving the chimney. A whole bunch of people were there
but me and my companion couldn't do that much to help so we went outside, and
then the fire fighters came (great response by the Los Muermos fire dept), and
the house was saved!. She thanked us for saving the house because God was with
us. I tried to say we didn't do too much, because the firefighters and other
poeple pushed us out of the way, but she wouldn't accept that and so we are
kind of like heroes to her now. The fire started because the chimney was
clogged, so make sure to clean out your chimnee, or it is dangerous.
Yesterday at church, only 18 people came. It was an all time low in any ward or branch I've been in in my mission. An active family of 6 had a
death in the family so they didn't come, which made it so that we didn't have
priesthood or RS, so we all went to the funeral. It was in a catholic setting with a
bunch of mormons giving talks and singing and stuff. It was kind of strange but
I got my first chilean funeral.
Its been going well with Elder McDonald. He is progressing
alot, especially in Spanish. But he is doing really good and will just keep getting better. It reminds me when I started and couldn't really speak too
well, it is a frustrating time, but its all good.
Well, I hope that everybody is still keeping warm, and
enjoying the sun. I am trying to enjoy the cold.
Take Care,
Love Elder Nelson
