Hola!!!!
Oh,
we just had a great week!! Tuesday we had a conference in Concepcion,
which was just fantastic. Learned a lot, loved it, got super excited for
life and to be a missionary. Got to see a few friends that I haven't
seen in awhile too. And Tuesday night we stayed in Concepcion in a house
with 4 other Hermanas which was fun. Becauseee we taught Gustavo in
Conce because he was working there!
In the beginning of the lession, he said he wanted to change his
baptism to the following Saturday, becuase he was going to be in Conce
until this past Saturday (16th) and he wanted to tell his family
beforehand and all that. We were like ahhh what do we do. I was nervous,
about to cry because I the cambio is tomorrow and if he moved it we
maybe wouldn't have been able to see it, but also I know his family is
so important and it's so important that they support him. Anyway, we
just continued with the lesson and taught him and testified and I was
praying in my head the whole time that something would work out. Well,
his boss is a member of the church and I had this question in my mind
when we were finishing up the lesson. I asked him, ''And what if you
tell your boss that you're getting baptized on Saturday and ask him if
you can have Friday be your last day of work so you can come home in
time to tell your mom?'' And he was like, ''Yeah I was actually thinking
the same thing. Okay let's do my baptism Saturday then.'' I was like
wait... what? Really? So, yeah? Saturday? There won't be any problem? He
said no. I think we all were crying we were so happy. Haha. It was
great! So he came home and we had his baptism interview Saturday morning
and his baptism SATURDAY!!!!! It was fantastic. Oh my gosh. One of the
best baptisms I've been to. The Spirit was so strong, it was like my
baptism how almost everyone there was crying. He and Estephania have
been dating for 5 years, and she never thought he would be baptized.
They have a 4 month old little boy and they are getting married in
August!!!!! He was so excited. He shared his testimony after and he
knows it is true. He loves the church and is so happy. His mom came too!
And even she was crying. It was just so beautiful. His soon to be
father in law baptized him. It was just so wonderful. The best part was
after everything, when he and Estephania were hugging. They were both
crying and just so happy. I wanted to die (of happiness). Yay!!!!! There
is nothing better than this. I kind of feel like we didn't do much of
anything. I mean yeah, we taught him, but he understood everything and
he already knew about most of it beforehand. He always read when we gave
him chapters to read in el Libro de Mormon, always prayed, got his
answer, even had a dream about the church. He was just SO prepared and
so golden. The golden investigator. YES. I was talking to one of my zone
leaders saying how I felt like we didn't do anything so it was kind of
weird, but he told me that we worked so hard for so long and the people
we taught weren't ready right now, so the Lord blessed us with someone
who WAS ready, and it was all just easy for him. It was such a blessing.
Wow. Love it!! I am SO coming to Los Alamos for their wedding August
17th!!!! Happy happy happy. :)
Soo, cambios: I am staying here with Hermana Haycock. Hermana Gomez
is leaving, going to the south, a sector right next to Caupolican my
first sector. We've heard it's even colder down there. Brrr. We will
miss her! But BEST news, Hermana Haycock will go running with me!!!!!
YESSSSS I'm so happy. She is great. We will have to do a lot of work,
definitely gonna be heard, but I really love her. She is great at being
happy and making me laugh. Sometimes I worry too much or don't have as
much fun as I should. So she will be good for me to help me with that.
We will see how it goes! I was kinda ready to leave Los Alamos. But, I
love our zone and I trust President Martinez with the cambios. There is
still work for me to do here, so here we go!
So, something kinda sad. Every single time I've been able to receive
letters since I've been in Chile, I have. Spoiled, I know. Like
whenever the zone leaders go up to Conce, they always bring me back
something, whenever there's a conference I always get something, and the
times I've been to the office there's been something for me. Well, this
conference Tuesday, to my horror, I didn't get anything!!! How sad!!!!!
I knew this day would come, when everyone would forget about me. -Sniff
sniff- Haha just kidding it's fine. I will live.
Funny story to close up, we were in the house of a recent convert,
helping her prepare her first talk for sacrament meeting. Well, we were
in her Grandma's house and there's a knock at the door and the people
came in and it was the Jehova's Witnesses. They walked in and stared at
us awkwardly for like a minute... and then went into the house to share
with her grandpa. Hahahaha. We about died laughing. Oh well, we're all
friends, right? :)
Okay my beloved family and friends, that's about it for today. I
wanted to share a scipture. Two weeks ago two different people sent me
emails with this same verse in it, and I feel it's perfect for our
experience this weekend. ''And if it so be that you should labor all
your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring save it be
one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of
my Father!'' -Doctrine and Covenants 18:15. That is so true. ALL the
hard work, all the let downs, everything everything everything is SO
worth the moment of hearing Gustavo share his testimony and seeing him
be confirmed as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ in church on
Sunday. This work is true. I love my calling as a missionary, and I will
always remember the experiences I am having here.
Love you all, SO much. Have a great week.
Un abrazo,
Hermana Danielle Anderton
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