The Rexburg 9th ward elders in Chile, elder Nelson and elder Allison
The Moller Family(April 19)
Hey family how are things going? This week has been an awesome one for me with a lot of spiritual experiences even though I got sick again and this time with a cough that hurts down to the hair on my toes haha…
This week was the first week with my new companion, Elder Allenbach. He is from Farmington, Utah. Well in the ward, our pool of investigators was about as shallow as a puddle in the street. We didn’t have much going but we worked really hard to find new people to teach and we had the opportunity to see miracles unfold before our eyes. We still did church tours which are working great for finding families to teach.
While knocking doors, we found a family that was kind of hesitant to listen to us, but they let us in to teach them in their front yard. They have this big rotweiler dog that wouldn’t leave us alone while we were talking outside the fence so what they did so they could hear us was spray it down with the hose to get it to leave. When they let us in, there was a soaking dog to greet us. They set some chairs out for us and listened to us. The dog, Sasha, got a drink and then came around to meet us. Let’s just say that my left hand was used to keep Sasha from ruining my clothes and to keep her still during the prayers. It was covered in slobber, water, and dog hair by the end of the ten minute lesson about the Book of Mormon. Well, we invited them to come to church and they came! The entire family of 5 came to church. They are the Urrutia family. Their names are starting with the parents; Carlos, Aliet, Allan (13), Valentina (8), and the youngest one has a name like Celia or something like that but she is three. They all loved the church and the ward did a really good job in making them feel welcome. They were all invited to the activities during the week and are going to go to church again next week. During church, Hermano Reyes, the first counselor in the bishopric, came and got us and told us that there was a guy in the entry of the church that wanted to talk to someone about getting to know the church. We have a lesson with him tonight in the church with our ward mission leader. What a blessing to have these investigators as well as other families that have said all they need to know is if the Book of Mormon is true and then they will get baptized. We are focusing on lending the book out to as many readers as possible. We are keeping track of who has it so that if they don’t read it or aren’t interested, we can get it back and give it to someone else. These are just a few of the people who have been touched this week.
Well I hope all is going well at home and that you are all enjoying the spring weather that is there or that should be around the corner. Have a great week! I love you all and know that this is the Lord’s work here on the earth. His blessings are for everyone but we need to be the ones to open our mouths and tell someone about it. I have strengthened my testimony about that this week.
Chaíto del sur,
Elder Nelson
This week was the first week with my new companion, Elder Allenbach. He is from Farmington, Utah. Well in the ward, our pool of investigators was about as shallow as a puddle in the street. We didn’t have much going but we worked really hard to find new people to teach and we had the opportunity to see miracles unfold before our eyes. We still did church tours which are working great for finding families to teach.
While knocking doors, we found a family that was kind of hesitant to listen to us, but they let us in to teach them in their front yard. They have this big rotweiler dog that wouldn’t leave us alone while we were talking outside the fence so what they did so they could hear us was spray it down with the hose to get it to leave. When they let us in, there was a soaking dog to greet us. They set some chairs out for us and listened to us. The dog, Sasha, got a drink and then came around to meet us. Let’s just say that my left hand was used to keep Sasha from ruining my clothes and to keep her still during the prayers. It was covered in slobber, water, and dog hair by the end of the ten minute lesson about the Book of Mormon. Well, we invited them to come to church and they came! The entire family of 5 came to church. They are the Urrutia family. Their names are starting with the parents; Carlos, Aliet, Allan (13), Valentina (8), and the youngest one has a name like Celia or something like that but she is three. They all loved the church and the ward did a really good job in making them feel welcome. They were all invited to the activities during the week and are going to go to church again next week. During church, Hermano Reyes, the first counselor in the bishopric, came and got us and told us that there was a guy in the entry of the church that wanted to talk to someone about getting to know the church. We have a lesson with him tonight in the church with our ward mission leader. What a blessing to have these investigators as well as other families that have said all they need to know is if the Book of Mormon is true and then they will get baptized. We are focusing on lending the book out to as many readers as possible. We are keeping track of who has it so that if they don’t read it or aren’t interested, we can get it back and give it to someone else. These are just a few of the people who have been touched this week.
Well I hope all is going well at home and that you are all enjoying the spring weather that is there or that should be around the corner. Have a great week! I love you all and know that this is the Lord’s work here on the earth. His blessings are for everyone but we need to be the ones to open our mouths and tell someone about it. I have strengthened my testimony about that this week.
Chaíto del sur,
Elder Nelson
