President and Hermana Swenson and all the Zone Leaders
and APs in the Chile Concepcion South Mission
Hola a todos!!!!
Well this week was pretty good I guess, some ups and some downs, just another week in the mission jaja. We have some pretty good new investigators but it's just been hard to help them progress. We taught two new wedded(yes!!!!) couples this week who are very intelligent and very receptive. I love teaching humble and simple people but sometimes it's a nice break to teach someone who is intelligent and receptive who gets the message without too much explanation. Anyway both of these families have good potential, both already had commitments for this weekend so they couldn´t go to church but we will see how things go with teaching them this week so that they can progress and go next week. They only bad part about teaching upper-middle class people in this sector is that their work schedules are usually nuts, but if they are really interested they can shift their priorities to put God and the message of the Gospel above their other stuff.
Also this week we got a few good references from members and we´re planning family nights with them and the members for this week so we are excited about that. Working with members is a million times better than knocking doors. In this mission on average one in every 1400 contacts gets baptized, while the statistic for member references is like twenty times better. Working with members is just a lot more efficient, numbers don't lie. Also when a member can help a friend, neighbor, or family member accept the gospel and get baptized, they are happier and get a lot more excited to help us out even more. So yeah, working with members is a lot more efficient. Remember that kids.
Patricia and her daughter Rayen (our golden investigators from last week) are doing good but we are worried about them. When we taught them last week she understood everything and at the end without us even mentioning it she asked us what she needs to do to get baptized and she says that she wants her daughter and son to get baptized as well. So we were and are really stoked about that because she seems very sincere and the spirit is always felt strong in her house. She also told us she was going to go to church this weekend. But when we went back to teach her on Friday she wasn´t there. So we left a note under her door and well it's still there. She just disappeared and her and her family haven't been home since Friday. So hopefully everything is ok there and that nothing bad or weird happened. We are going to go by tonight to see what's up.
Let's see what else, well in the end working with members was somewhat successful this last week but contacting in the street and knocking doors was not. We contacted a lot and didn't have too much success in that department, most of them were just normal but we got more nastier responses than usual. I felt kind of like a stateside missionary with all of the hostility jaja. But it's all good. The work goes on. On Friday we went to Yumbel and I did a baptismal interview there. It was a very long and complicated interview. She is very repentant and humble but she had an abortion (it took me a long time to find out) like thirty years ago and she feels still just terrible about it. So in the end I had to call President Swenson so that he could take over with the interview and in the end everything went fine and she got baptized on Saturday. She reminded me a lot of Irma, sweet lady. And that took up literally the entire day.
In other news, it looks like we are going to have to drop Elton. He just doesn't want to do the things to progress, it's almost like he's happy in his misery, but we can't force people to change their lives and be happy. We made that clear to him. So if he comes to us or comes to church with a change of heart we will be thrilled to continue working with him, but until then we are just going to leave him. It's hard and sad but it's life, it happens. Oh also Ale got the priesthood this weekend and for the first time ever, he came not only in shirt and tie, but in a suit. I have no idea where he got the suit but it was awesome to see him like that instead of his usal slightly flaite get up. Ale and Dina are doing just fine, they are learning more and more and progressing a lot. Jose and Madelin are good but he still hasn't received the priesthood, but he has an interview this week with the bishop so hopefully that goes well. They went to church yesterday and are doing good but they just haven't really progressed at all since their baptism. So we are going to have to spend some more time with them this week to help them out with that.
Well that's all I got for this week, hopefully we will be able to start seeing things happen with Patricia and the member referals this week to help speed up the work here. But I'm happy and I'm good and me and my comp have cualquier animo to work this week and to find and teach the Lord´s elect. I love you all and have a good week. CIAO!!!!
con amor, Elder Harper =)
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