Blessings Do Come

Hey everybody! It`s been another hot sweaty week in Linares, Chile! So on Tuesday we had our first English class and we had a grand total of 3 students! It`s safe to say that I`m a terrible English teacher haha but we had a lot of fun and I`m pretty pumped for the next one. Wednesday and Thursday were some of the worst days ever. Almost all of our appointments fell and since we still don't know a whole bunch of people we ended up walking aaaaallllllll day in the sun. And to make it worse we met quite a few people who had some strong opinions of the church. Not gonna lie I got pretty bummed out those days. But the weekend brought all the blessings! It started off with one of our investigators Silvana calling us telling us that she is going to get married! And when she told us that she said "that means I can get baptized!" It was the best news ever! She`s getting married 13th of Feb and she wants to get baptized 5th of march but we`re gonna try to push it up a week. Our other investigator Yari has been at PFJ (or EFY) all week and we were really expecting her to be excited to be baptized. It turns out that in her last testimony at PFJ she told everyone that she is getting baptized this Saturday! It was the best surprise ever! We have to rush to get everything ready but it looked like we`re gonna have a baptism this Saturday! I`m suuuuuuuper excited for it :) Also we have 2 other investigators that should get baptized in February. And to finish out the week, on Sunday there was a member from out of town that brought her friend that lives in Linares and the friend is super interested and wants to meet with us. The member also told us that another one of her friends would be interested. This lady is the best! All the members need to do missionary work like she does! We have a ton of people to teach now and we couldn't be happier! AND it`s been pretty cloudy to past couple days! BLESSINGS! I love being a missionary!! Have a great week everyone!

Elder Evelo

 

 

White Washing is Definitely Not Easy

Wow. What a week! White washing is definitely not an easy thing to do. Elder Holt and I have been working our butts off in 100 degree weather to know the people and the streets and everything. Linares is district not a stake so there are 2 branches here but each one has about 120 people so not too small. The members are a huge help! There is a recent convert named Nicolas who has been going out with us and helping us get around and know different places. He is 13 years old and he loves doing missionary work. Everyone needs to be like him! Also the branch mission leader has gone out with us a lot to help us know people. We have quite few investigators right now but we only know 1 one them. Her name is Yaritza and she's 16 and she's awesome! Her sister and mom got baptized recently but she wants to take her time with the decision to get baptized. This week she is going to PFJ which is like EFY so we are pretty sure that shell be ready after that haha. 

I still feel pretty lost here, not really direction wise but just with all the new people and it`s pretty hard. The branch here has really strong leaders and everyone has been doing so much to help us out.  

Today was a pretty crappy p day because we had to travel allll the way back to Conce to go to the PDI there and tell them to send my info to Linares so I could continue to sign there. After waiting in line for 2 hours we finally got them to send the stuff but we then had to immediately take the bus back to Linares. We left Linares in the morning at 6.45 and we got back here at 5:30 haha there went our whole p day haha. But that's alright. Next week we are going to try to get this one family to take us to the mountains! Should be sick! I hope everyone is doing well and that you all have a great week! 

Elder Evelo

Needed to talk to me

I hope all you people had a good week! A lot has happened the past couple days and it`s been pretty rough. We had a zone clase Tuesday in Tome and we went to the beach afterwards, its too bad we cant swim. The big news came Thursday when we went to drop off an elder at the mission office. President Arrington (the mission president) came up to me and said he needed to talk to me. We went into his office and he told me that my grandpa had passed away that morning. Of course I wasn't expecting this at all and it`s been really hard to take in. I know he would want me to keep working hard and not get distracted but its really hard to focus sometimes. But I know that he will be here with me in Chile. I love the Plan of Salvation and I'm so grateful that I will be able to see him and live with him again.

It`s cambio time! We found out yesterday that Elder Ovalle and I are being white washed and the assistants are replacing us! They needed a better sector to work in so that they can set a better example for the mission. So Elder Ovalle is going to Chillàn and I'm going to Linares! It`s literally the farthest sector from the mission office haha. Im going to have to take a bus for 3.5 hours tomorrow to get there haha. My companion is going to be Elder Holt but not the same one that was with me in the CCM. But the thing is that we are white washing in our new sector so neither of us know the members or the investigators or anything. So this week should be pretty interesting haha. 

I`m sending a bunch of photos so I hope my dad posts them on my blog thingy. I`m super excited to start again in a new sector and I'm so grateful to be missionary here in Chile. The church is true people! Have a great week!

Elder Evelo

 

 

Yes Sarcasm

Happy New Year everyone!  I hope it was awesome and that you all make good resolutions! 

Our new year started off not sleeping a bit. People decided to have a party right out side our house at 1:00 AM and we had to have the window open cause it was super hot so I think I got a good 2 or 3 hours of sleep haha. New Years day was even better because everyone in Andalièn went to the beach so got to walk in the street alllllll day! YAYY! Yes sarcasm... It literally seemed like we were in a ghost town. This whole week was kinda slow actually because it`s summer break for everyone and all of our investigators are visiting family somewhere or at the beach. But we were able to find another investigator named Sonia! She is the friend of a less active in the ward. I say less active but she`s almost fully active now. We taught Sonia a little bit about the church and she wants to know more about how she can find peace in her life, and we have the solution! She accepted to be baptized 23 of January! We had to change the baptism dates for all of our investigators because no one came to church this week. But we should have at least 3 baptisms the 23rd! This is the last week of the cambio or transfer, and I really don't want to leave Andalièn. I want to see all of them get baptized! Also, I don't want Elder Ovalle to leave because I will be lost with out him haha. But whatever happens happens! I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Elder Evelo  

2 or 3 Hours of Sleep

Happy New Year everyone!  I hope it was awesome and that you all make good resolutions! 

Our new year started off by not sleeping a bit. People decided to have a party right out side our house at 1:00 AM and we had to have the window open cause it was super hot so I think I got a good 2 or 3 hours of sleep haha. New Years day was even better because everyone in Andalièn went to the beach so we got to walk in the street alllllll day! YAYY! Yes sarcasm... It literally seemed like we were in a ghost town. This whole week was kinda slow actually because it`s summer break for everyone and all of our investigators are visiting family somewhere or at the beach. But we were able to find another investigator named Sonia! She is the friend of a less active in the ward. I say less active but she`s almost fully active now. We taught Sonia a little bit about the church and she wants to know more about how she can find peace in her life, and we have the solution! She accepted to be baptized 23 of January! We had to change the baptism dates for all of our investigators because no one came to church this week. But we should have at least 3 baptisms the 23rd! This is the last week of the cambios or transfers, and I really don't want to leave Andalièn. I want to see all of them get baptized! Also, I don't want Elder Ovalle to leave because I will be lost with out him haha. But whatever happens, happens! I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Elder Evelo