So Monday, P-day, we went on a hike straight up the mountain! Haha
literally looking at it from a distance it is straight up the side of the hill,
and it only took us like an hour to do it. I got some really good pictures of
it though which is good haha. Ya other than that that's pretty much all we did on
Monday.
Tuesday, we are teaching this new lady, Elena, she is like 70 or something,
and she has trouble remembering things that she has recently done, but we are
trying to teach her slowly and clearly, but I don't know how well it is going to
work haha. But we much try! Then we went and met a member who had just got back
to the island that day. His name is Angel, he is 18, and he is going into the
Chilean Navy or something like that, but we got to know him, shared something
small with his family, and then invited them to church. (They didn't show up...)
so after that, we went and saw one of our other investigators. Her name is Maria, like the mother of Jesus (that's what they always say when their name is
Maria) but we shared the restoration with her, and answered some of her
questions that she had, and I think if we can explain things clearly to her we
will be able to help her see the truth of things. She also is reading in the Book of Mormon which is really good so we will see what happens with
that.
Wednesday, we did the normal studies and eating and stuff haha, and then we
went around to see if we could find people in their houses. That didn't work very
well, but we finally went and visited the sister of the member that we live
with. Her name is Blanca. She was married and sealed in the temple, but now her
and her husband are separated, and neither of them go to church anymore. So we
shared with her while she was drinking tea, and ironing peoples clothes
(including underwear). So we shared with her, and she said that she was going to
come back to church soon, but first she has to change a lot of things in her
life, but she said she is going to do it. I guess we´ll see what happens. After
that we went and visited Rodrigo, our other investigator. He says he doesn't
believe in God, but he agrees with everything that we have been teaching him. He
was raised off of the island and has been here for about a year or so. He doesn't
like the Catholic Church (he straight up called them a mob, a little much if you
ask me), he doesn't like the Evangelicals (they just tell him he is damned
because he doesn't believe in God), and he likes the Mormons because they don;t
get up in his face about things. But ya we went to visit him, and he was in the
shower, so we talked with his grandma who is also a member, and oh my goodness
she would not stop talking. We walked in sat down, and she just went off about
how she wasn't going to come back to church because the people there are
hypocrites and they don't really do what they say, and then she started talking
about Romney, and how a member shouldn't be involved with politics, and on and
on, and whenever I tried to say anything to answer a question she asked she
would just start talking right over me. No joke. So finally her son came out
and we taught him about the plan of salvation. It was a really good lesson, and
he is reading in the Book of Mormon, but he still doesn't want to pray so one
step at a time.
Thursday, we went and taught Elena again. After that we went to try and
find people... again, and we found this house that had a huge garden. Like the
entire yard was a forest of cool flowers and plants and trees and stuff. They
let us in and were really nice, and we are going to be teaching them. Then we
went and met a guy named Gido. He is one of the very first members on the
island, and he is inactive. He says he knows that the gospel is true, but he
has another mission in life so he doesn't need to go to church. He then showed
us his cave. His house is built right next to the mountain so he dug a cave into
the mountain where he goes and plays music every day. It's really cool and has a
really cool sound, but a little crazy at the same time.
Friday/Saturday. We did service for the family that we live with, and
tried to find people, and ya they were having a thing called the Teleton here
Friday and Saturday so nobody was home, literally nobody.
Sunday. Fast and testimony meeting with 8 people in church is interesting
because everyone gets to bear their testimony, and once everyone does that you
end the meeting and go to the next one. But I played the piano in church, with
all of my piano skills! Good thing I stuck with piano lessons... or at least I
wish I would have stuck with them now haha. But it wasn't too bad, and at least
it was something. After that my companion taugh the gospel doctrine class, and
then for priesthood it was the branch president and us so we read from the
Teachings of the Prophet book and said what we liked about what we read. Church
then got out half an hour earlier haha. But it was fun!
The work here on the island is slow, and it's easy to get unmotivated, but
I'm trying my best! Love you all and miss you all tons!
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