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HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!
Hey everyone how are things going? Well like all of the other weeks in this change, this week has been a busy one as well. We have had a good week in finding new investigators. On Saturday, we were looking for an inactive member but we found that the address didn’t exist so we knocked on the door closest to where the address would have been and a lady came out. She is probably in her 60´s but said that she didn’t any idea who the people were that we were looking for so we started talking about why we were here and asked her if we could come in to her home to share something with her. She said no, but then we asked if we could say a prayer with her and she said that it was fine. We went into the house and taught a bit about prayer, and after saying it, my companion asked if we could share something with her. She said that that would be fine. We shared a quick 15 minute lesson of the Restoration but it was in a different order than what we normally do. While sharing with her, I felt the impression to extend a baptismal invitation. She said yes! She said that she has been looking for the true church and from what we taught her in those short minutes, she thinks that she has found it. She wasn’t able to come to church yesterday but we are going by her house on Tuesday to see how her reading of the Book of Mormon went.
On Saturday evening, Elder Ehlert and his family came to Ovalle to say good bye to everyone. They also came to church the next day. Our Elder´s Quorum President asked Elder Ehlert’s dad if he wouldn’t mind sharing his testimony. Elder Ehlert translated for him. There was one thing that he said that I really liked. He shared a great testimony.
For New Year´s we didn’t have anything planned, but that night as we were going by to pick up my clothes, the sister in the branch who washed my clothes that week asked us what we were doing for new year’s and when we said just going back to the pension, she invited us to eat at their house. She made a really good meal. We were able to see the fireworks that they shot off from the plaza. We saw them from the window of our house. But that was our new years.
This morning I was listening to some General Conference and heard a talk by Elder Dallin H. Oaks that I really liked.
Well I hope all is going well with everyone! Take care and have a great new year. Oh haha one funny thing, this past weekend, we were walking, and an old lady was walking with her great granddaughter. She was only 2 years old, but was licking and gumming a can of beer that was only ¾ empty…oh boy the things you see down here. Have a great week! Throw a snowball for me ;) Chao, Elder Nelson
Hey everyone how are things going? Well like all of the other weeks in this change, this week has been a busy one as well. We have had a good week in finding new investigators. On Saturday, we were looking for an inactive member but we found that the address didn’t exist so we knocked on the door closest to where the address would have been and a lady came out. She is probably in her 60´s but said that she didn’t any idea who the people were that we were looking for so we started talking about why we were here and asked her if we could come in to her home to share something with her. She said no, but then we asked if we could say a prayer with her and she said that it was fine. We went into the house and taught a bit about prayer, and after saying it, my companion asked if we could share something with her. She said that that would be fine. We shared a quick 15 minute lesson of the Restoration but it was in a different order than what we normally do. While sharing with her, I felt the impression to extend a baptismal invitation. She said yes! She said that she has been looking for the true church and from what we taught her in those short minutes, she thinks that she has found it. She wasn’t able to come to church yesterday but we are going by her house on Tuesday to see how her reading of the Book of Mormon went.
On Saturday evening, Elder Ehlert and his family came to Ovalle to say good bye to everyone. They also came to church the next day. Our Elder´s Quorum President asked Elder Ehlert’s dad if he wouldn’t mind sharing his testimony. Elder Ehlert translated for him. There was one thing that he said that I really liked. He shared a great testimony.
For New Year´s we didn’t have anything planned, but that night as we were going by to pick up my clothes, the sister in the branch who washed my clothes that week asked us what we were doing for new year’s and when we said just going back to the pension, she invited us to eat at their house. She made a really good meal. We were able to see the fireworks that they shot off from the plaza. We saw them from the window of our house. But that was our new years.
This morning I was listening to some General Conference and heard a talk by Elder Dallin H. Oaks that I really liked.
Well I hope all is going well with everyone! Take care and have a great new year. Oh haha one funny thing, this past weekend, we were walking, and an old lady was walking with her great granddaughter. She was only 2 years old, but was licking and gumming a can of beer that was only ¾ empty…oh boy the things you see down here. Have a great week! Throw a snowball for me ;) Chao, Elder Nelson
