August 5, 2013

Hola familia!

Espero que todos esten bien en los Estados! How was the family vacation? What all did yáll do in Oregon exactly and who ended up going? Tell grandpa that I said, ¨Feliz Cumpleaños!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¨ Also that he is a youngin still haha. 

This week seems like a month looking back on it. We had two intercambios, Hermana Cisneros had a meeting for leaders, and we had appointments for almost every single hour of the day. We did intercambios with another trio, and Hermana Burnett (from Vegas) and Hermana Fedor (from Kentucky) came to Lo Cañas with Hermana Phelps and I. We split up into two companionships and it was amazing!! The field truly is white already to harvest, we just have to thrust in our sickle with ALL our heart, might, mind, and strength and we will definitely reap and lay up in store salvation for our soul. We also had intercambios with Hermana Sanabria who is from Paraguay. She studied English for a little bit before the mission and has to learn for what she is studying so we talked in English all day with her. When we were speaking English in the street, someone passed by and said, ¨hello¨, (this is not that unusual, but this guy was bright blonde and was definitely not chileno). We stopped and talked to him. His name is Michael and is from Denmark (good thing he knew English because we dont know a single word in Danish). While he was waiting for the bus we taught him most of the first lesson (the Restoration) in English (harder than you would think). He seemed really interested, and hopefully the missionaries in Denmark can find him (he is only visiting Chile). It was really cool since I am one fourth Danish. I think he is the first person straight from Denmark that I have ever met.This week a lot of people came up and wanted to talk to us in English. I guess that is why a bunch of gringos are serving in Chile right now.

Saturday, we went to an appointment with Karín with una hermana from our ward. It was our first appointment with her. When we showed up, her husband and two kids were there ready to listen too. We taught all of lesson one, gave them all a copy of el Libro de Mormón, and invited them to be baptized if they receive an answer that it is true (they said yes), oh and invited them to church at 9 am the next day. It was really cool. They live in our same apartment building, so we said we would pass by before church and we could take the bus together. MANY MANY times we have tried to do this with investigators and they were not there, or something always happened, but with them they were all ready to go when we passed by. The whole family came to church and I think they liked it!!! Also, Ercilia (a grandma who is about 82 years old) came too. We were all smiles because they came!!! 

This week I learned about humility. I am very proud, but not in the sense that I think I am better than other people. More in the sense that I do not trust in the Lord with all my heart. I truly am here to be an instrument in the hands of the Lord. We do not do anything, it is ALL the Lord that changes people´s hearts, He just allows us to be the messenger sometimes. I am so grateful to be serving the Lord in Lo Cañas ahora. Being a missionary really is the best job in the world!!! Yall can be missionaries too, and should be missionaries!!! I love yall!!

Con amor,

Hermana Taylor