Last week in Ovalle

Me & Elder Gulbranson

The Pieto Family and their son Santiago

So this week has been a busy one. After a not so great week last week, my comp and i decided to see how we could improve and in what areas needed fixing. We set goals and decided how we were going to achieve them. On Tuesday, our day was awesome. We were able to get into 2 houses and get 4 new investigators.We now have 3 people with a baptismal date. On Wednesday, we had a mission conference up in La Serena. We had to be at the bus terminal at 6 in the morning. There were a lot of new things established…for one, now we arent allowed to go eat in restaurants on pdays… that is kind of a bummer. The other was that we cant communicate with people within our mission. That was kind of already established but he went over it again. On Thursday, we had our interviews with the President. He shared with me a really awesome scripture ( Mormon 9: 19-20). It talks about how we need to have trust in the Lord. Of course, this is His work. This was exactly what i needed at this point. I was really discouraged from our last week and this interview really helped me. He also gave me good insight on the importance of planning and writing down everything. He shared the scripture of the brother of jared and how they needed light for the barges….he had to have faith and ask the Lord specifically what he wanted Him to do. Pres. said the exact same thing to me. On Saturday, the elders that we live with had a baptism. We went to support them for a little bit. When we got there, their ward mission leader pulled me aside and asked if i could give a talk on baptism and confirmation. It went pretty well for not having any prep time. I shared Mosiah 18: 8-10. Yesterday in church we got a new branch president. It is the old Elders Quorum Pres, Hermano Honores. His wife is our mamita. He will be good.

Last night, chile beat peru 3-1 in soccer. The game was in Peru. There are a lot of problems between the two countries right now as they are having border issues with the sea. Things could get worse pretty quick up there… Well tonight we have changes so we will see if i am once again going to be in Ovalle for another 6 weeks. I am now two weeks short of ½ a year here in Chile. It sure doesnt seem that long though… Alright, talk to you next week. Thanks for writing me. Take care and know i love you! Chao Elder nelson