Hope that you all had a great week watching the Olympics and enjoying the last week of summer before school starts.
We
had an interesting week here in Cerro Moreno. We worked hard, and we
saw very little success. It happens sometimes, but it is always hard
when it does. We had to travel a lot this week to doing things in
downtown Antofagasta, so we also lost a lot of precious time where we
could have been working. I realized this week that I am going to be so
bored to have to work in an office again for the first little while
after I get home. I was a couple hours without proselyting and I about
died from the anxiety of it all.
But we did
have a few fun things happen this week. We had one of the first ¨Capilla
Abierta¨ here in the South America South Area of the church. That means
that we had an Open House in our chapel. We had the entire Zone in our
chapel, and we basically turned the entire chapel into a Visitors
Center. The problem is that sometimes members are so eager to help that
they scare everyone away. We had to get after a couple members for
taking a lot of photos like they were in a circus and explaining
doctrine that not even a member of 100 years understands. But we did
contact a good number of people and the refreshment at the end were
good.
We were in charge of receiving the
people that came. So they came and sat in the Sacrament Hall and we gave
them a brief Welcome to the Church, please turn off your cellphones
deal. We did all of this in front of a big banner of the statue of
Christ that is in the North Visitors Center at Temple Square in Salt
Lake. And then we listened to the audio of Jesus speaking and we bore
testimonies as missionaries.
Afterwards we
directed them to the Cultural Hall where there were two other sisters
with 6 other banners. They explained the 6 banners very basically with
testimony, themes such as, The plan of Happiness, Jesus our Savior, The
Great Apostasy, The Restoration, The Book of Mormon, and Modern-Day
Prophets.
From there the group is lead into
the room which contained the Baptismal Font. There they are received by
two Elders in white, where they explain the ordinances of Baptism and
Confirmation by the Gift of the Holy Ghost. And testify of this sacred
experience.
Then they are lead to a table
filled with copies of the Book of Mormon, pamphlets, cards, etc... And
are invited to fill out an information card if they or someone they know
would like to learn more about the church from the missionaries.
From
there they were able to visit each of the rooms and meet the
organizations (this is where, instead of letting them look and ask
questions, the members had presentations of about 10 minutes each.....
Some people got so bored that they were unable to make it to the dessert
at the end....) And then there was dessert.
It
is a pretty cool idea, and it was very fun to participate in, I felt a
little like it was opening night of a show and I wasn't ready for
it...... But it all worked out rather well. :) We are going to do
another one in another chapel on Friday.
That
was basically the week. Running around doing things without seeing much
progress. But the important thing is that we did our best. Success
comes when we are faithful even if we aren't succeeding.
We are ready and willing to work even harder this week to prove it.
I
love my companion, I love my Savior, and I love my family. My real
family, and my Chilean family. I hope you are all well and having
success in your various walks of life. I love you!
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