PUNTA ARENAS 2

Hola family

The beginning of this week was hard because my companion and I were both sick. She received a priesthood blessing by Hermano Salvador Reyes; the member that shares the back of his house with the missionaries. Then my companion was able to help me get better when I was sick. I appreciate her so much!

Tuesday I taught the importance of records in the weekly meeting with my district. Just like all the prophets, the angels, and my ancestors wrote the important spiritual experiences so will I. This is becoming more and more important to me everyday as I enjoy reading the scriptures and as I write in my agenda and the mission binder.

I really appreciate the Reyes family, because it is there goal to help me speak really good Spanish. The natural communication is very helpful. It’s great for the both of us because they practice speaking English to me and I reply in Spanish. It was really fun to learn that Hno Reyes is an Agriculturist, and BYU hired him to work in Utah for 2 months because he specialized in llamas! His spouse Hna Solis showed me pictures of her dream trip to Utah to see the Salt Lake Temple for her friends wedding and she also went to Idaho and Wyoming. It was fun to see her excitement and to think of my memories visiting the same places that she did. It was a fond bonding moment.

Then Sunday with the Guzman family we ate yummy pizza made in her home bakery. They are helping me with the Castellano (Chilean words) too by letting me write all the words I don’t know in my little notebook that I carry with me everywhere. I’m learning the language as fast as I can and I appreciate the compliments from everyone I meet that says I speak very well for 8 weeks in Chile. This family also gave me a special welcome to Punta Arenas by singing 7 Chilean songs. They have beautiful voices and it was fun to see there love and talents that they shared. My mamita´s family is helping me too. She printed me off a dictionary of Chilean words, haha she is so funny, but very sweet and thoughtful.

We had a special conference just for the people in Chile as Stakes were we had special message from Henry B. Eyring. He talked about how our faith comes after we act, and that when we seek for the Kingdom of God first all other things will work out. I love how he gave Joseph Smith as an example of seeking for the Kingdom of God first. He didn’t ask for wealth, health, or lives of his family, he was more interested for His salvation and the salvation of everyone. His desire, study, and prayer changed the world. Chile is a very special place where there has been prophesy that the gospel will be central in the lives of many families.

I found out that Hermana Aguilar's first companion and trainer was Hermana Kendra Tropple my friend from Arizona! Crazy! The Mormon world is so small but that is because we are working together in the work of the Lord.

Last night Hermana Aguilar shared a scripture with me that I didn’t know I needed till after. I was sharing with her my feelings of being overwhelmed with the tasks that I need to complete to be an effective missionary so she shared these scriptures with me; D&C 10: 4-5, Mosiah 4:27, Isaiah 28:9-11...I know that she is an instrument in the hand of the Lord. It was a spiritual experience and I felt through the Holy Ghost that the Lord was pleased with my work and that He was going to help me accomplish my righteous desires.

This experience gave me great peace because we have been teaching Fernando a man that is familiar with the bible and other religious books. All of this literature has confused him so he has a lot of questions so my companion and I have a lot of correcting to do. He said that he doesn’t receive revelation when he talks to us, so we are praying for special guidance from the Spirit on what to teach him. He has dreams or visions and wondered if we believed in them, we said yes, read the tropical guide together and shared scriptures. I haven’t heard of too many people outside of the prophets having visions, and I haven’t had one personally so I’ll have to study it more. I know I can’t interpret his dreams so I just shared with him what I did know. I told him that he can receive personal revelation and that I knew that those who have callings over us especially the Prophet receives revelation for us daily. And that if his dreams were telling him to do good things they were of God and if they were bad they were of the Devil, and that is what I know of dreams and visions in a nut shell.

This week will be even better with a clean and more organized house. I can focus on our goals and our goals for the investigators, members, and contacts. Whahoo! Another wonderful and fruitful week here I come!

I love you!!! Hermana Wade :D

PS. Please contact Tony Piña and let his family view my blog and see the areas that I’m serving in.
PS. Contact Kendra give her my blog too and tell her about my companion that she trained. And tell her that Hna. Aguilar says Hola! My companion says that she is married now! Crazy fast! Oh and tell her I found some of her letters when I was cleaning out a box in my house, and that I’ll send them in my next box home : D Oh and my companion just showed me all of their photos together as companions. How cute.