This week was different because of the Patriotic Festivals for the 18th of December which is there Independence Day. I have officially experienced an Independence Day Chilean Style! Ha-ha I love the Chilean People! But I am officially Chilean because I have a license. No but I will learn from all of their good qualities and the bad just like any other person on this earth. I love how every house here in Chile had a flag outside of their houses they are very patriotic.
Our branch Party was a great success a lot of members, friends, and investigators came and ate Empanadas, and Pajaritos (translated as little birds) which is their version of rolls which consists of sweet bread, cream, and sprinkles. Of course it wouldn’t be a September 18th without dancing the CUECA! Ha-ha don’t worry I didn’t dance in the Ward party but I did when I got home for about 2 minutes. I love dancing! There are a lot of benefits it’s good exercise, it’s fun, it’s relaxing, and it’s a way to celebrate and share talents. I love Culture!
My companion and I went to the ward party with a lot of our investigators. Hermana Otilia who is a less active member and her boyfriend Francisco is interested about the eternal families that we always talk about. Otilia’s two older sons were baptized with Hermana Moemai (who was my companion in the MTC). And Otilia had two cute little girls with this man and now we are teaching this family. They need to get married so that Francisco can be baptized and so that they can be sealed in the temple a year later.
I have learned a lot from my momita here in Villarica! She is such a great women, I hope she’ll write a book of her life so that everyone can get to know her. What a great privilege I have to serve and get to know my brothers and sisters here in Chile! She taught me this week that we need to be patient through our trails because Joseph Smith said that our afflictions are but a small moment and if we endure it well our Father will lift our burden. See D&C 121:7-8, 2 Nephi 2:11, D&C 29:39, Moses 6:55. This week we went to the funeral of her aunt who wasn’t a member. The service was beautiful and in the end my companion and I participated in singing hymns with the family and we ended with a prayer. The family was so thankful with the support of us as missionaries and as a church because the Elders had given her a blessing while she was in the hospital. I know that life is short and that is why I’m maximizing my life here on the mission. I don’t regret any of my decisions. We can always learn from the good and bad.
Hermana Ilda Vasquez (la mamita) also helped me understand that baptisms for the dead are so important! It is not only for the salvation of them but it is the salvation for us that we do temple work or the sin is over our heads in the last days. I have a great desire to work with Grandma Gaddie and finish our family history and teach others how to do it for their families. I have never done it before and I realize that it will take a life time but as I am diligent and set aside time to do it for 30 minutes everyday that God will see the desire of my heart even when I’m studying hard to become a nurse. One prophet asked us to “be a temple attending people”! I know that there are many people waiting for us to do this work, and God will guide us to find the missing puzzles. Our blessings will be eternal and temporal joy. The temple really is a sacred house of God where we can feel closer to Him as we enter into covenant with Him and as we keep the commandments of doing these ordinances for others.
LES AMO Mucho! Hermana Wade
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