Date
September 7, 2015
Area
La Unión - Radimadi Sector
Companion
Elder Boggs
Busy, busy, busy
(Nathan and Darleen’s chat.)
Ya it’s sad for me, but it’s ok. I know I’m where the Lord wants me to be. (This about missing out on being on Mt. Graham for Labor Day.)
I’m doing good. I’ve got to write now cuz in the afternoon, right after emailing, we are going to Osorno to see a doctor about my hand cuz it’s not getting any better. Fun stuff right? Glad you’re alright and having fun. It’s staying the same and it is a bit worse. I’ve had to stop writing so much. I’ve been writing a lot of papers and forms and what not. Could be fun to get a cast but I need my hand to work as a missionary not in a cast. My comp still doesn’t know that much and I receive the revelation of what to write down and the forms and what not. haha He just hasn’t ever thought about forms and things to make the work easier, but I always ask his opinion and he helps out.
An investigator named Danixa, we have been trying to get into her house but there isn’t a guy there. Finally we got in so it was cool. Um, we taught about the restoration. She had read the folleto/pamphlet so she was prepared. We got to a point in the lesson and I turned to my comp and asked him on his feelings, if we should finish the lesson or stop in one place. We decided to stop, but right after we decided a feeling came to both of us to finish the lesson. We went for it and the member testified of how to receive answers and he said you can get them through dreams. They are from that tribe here. When he said that Danixa told us one of her dreams of an angel coming down from heaven and putting his hands on her head and she felt peace and quiet. It was amazing. He said it happened 3 times, that same dream. That it was saying the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands. It was an amazing lesson. We felt impressed to invite her to be baptized. She did say no, but at least she is now thinking on it. Amazing stuff right?
No there are not any Sister missionaries in our area. We are all assigned to Branches or Wards and never teach outside of the limits unless of emergencies or crazy things.
Hey, so I have 5 mins. more. Love you all. Hope this is a great day for you all there and a great week. Sorry about my writing.
Maybe it’s importante. Hey remember to ask him about the pre earth life. When he starts to talk he will tell you some things. Really cool. haha Tell him it sounds good to me. Love him. (This must be about Graham “talking” in the other room.)
I love you and am very grateful for you all. You are the best ever and I love you all.
Be the best you, that’s all. Don’t be afraid at all about everything when you go to teach with the missionaries. Take your testimony and you’ll do fine. Download PMG and study chapter 3. It’s amazing. It will help you out there. That chapter is all of the missionary lessons, all 5 of them there all inside of chapter 3. It’s easy to understand and you could download the pamphlets as well and have them in your phone as an idea. (His advice to Darleen for when she goes out with the missionaries this week.)
Well love you. You’ll have to tell me how it went and what not next week. Well bye. Love you,
Elder Weech
(Nathan’s email to the family. He did great and wrote a lot!)
Ya Pres. told me to send it to Elder Beecroft. I did but apparently he didn’t change it. haha I’ll talk to him today. I have to go to Osorno to the doctor to see about my hand. It hasn’t gotten better so while I’m there I’ll go to the office as well. lol (We got his paperwork to begin our end of the travel plans but they still had his old date in Jan. as his release date.)
Ya everyone is getting better, then others are getting sick, too. (I asked if the people they’d been working with who had been sick were better now.)
I didn’t play the piano and probably won’t with all the work we have to do. It’s almost impossible to find time to practice the song.
Haven’t found Johana’s boyfriend again. (The one that doesn’t believe in God.)
haha Hermana Nawrath got her Moroni letter! Love it. haha I am thankful for you sending her letter as well thank you. (I forwarded her picture of her letter to him.)
I didn’t get the pic from Elder Medling’s email. Try downloading them, then attaching them to a new email and then send them to me. It should work. If not let me know. There are a few things you could try too.
The Zone Leaders here should have keys to all of our houses in their Zone. I’m sure Elder Medling had a key, knowing him. lol (One of the pics from Elder Medling was of him getting into one of the houses of Elders he was checking on through their window while they were gone. He and his comp surprised them when they came home. Makes me wonder just how secure their houses are. Ha, ha.)
Ya the Branch is taking off. It’s a milagro/miracle but it’s been a lot of help from everyone and the Lord. I’m so blessed to have stayed here for so long, but ya it’s all cool.
The 70s sent out a letter on how to get church attendance up during September, but that’s just to help us start the missionary work of the members and help them see the blessings, then keep going forever with it. Everyone here in our Zone is working hard to work with their Branches to help them get back up to the level of Stake not District. That’s the plan here. (For those who don’t know a Stake is made up of a lot more members of our Church than a District.)
Can you send a copy of the mission plan to Elder Medling in Punta Arenas, just so he has it please? In Spanish and tell him we made it here in La Union in Radimadi and we are seeing the blessings for sures. Thank you.
So I’m going to the doctor this afternoon for my hand. Should be fun. It’s all good. I know the people and I trust our nurse. She knows her stuff. I’ll let you know next week how it went. lol No worries.
So we are teaching Cecilia, Ivana’s mom, and the Spirit told me to tell her that she was not humble at all and that she needed to humble herself before the Lord. I explained how I was in that place before and what happened to me and how I thought I was everything and no one else could tell me anything. She in the end said she would think about it. She needs the atonement badly. Those were not my words but the Spirit talking. I was blessed to hear what I was saying. She did invite us to come back in a few days. haha Cool right? Her husband was there listening too, so we have witnesses of it all.
We gave a blessing to a baby of a less active that was really sick. We had a cool experience. We were trying to find a member and we were heading over to her house. We decided to walk through the park. We felt to take a turn, go through there and then something told us to take another turn, so we did and we found a member that could go with us to enter the house. The house is all girls inside. So we went and talked with the member. He asked us where we were going and he said, “You need help? Let’s go.” It was amazing cuz I had been praying to find someone to help us. We went and gave the blessing and my comp gave the 1st part and I gave the 2nd. About 30 seconds to a minute after the blessing the baby threw up. It was amazing. The baby’s body was trying to get rid of everything bad inside. So cool right? The baby hadn’t done that before so it was cool. The blessings of the gospel right?!
Sergio came to church and it was cool. Some less actives and an investigator we haven’t seen in a while came to church as well, Pamela, wife of Diego who went to Punta Arenas. That was cool and later in the 3rd hour another investigator came to church.
After church we had 3 members at different times come out with us to teach. It was amazing.
Happy anniversary mom and dad! PS please tell dad as well. (It’s the 8th.)
Hey can you send me the talk about the atonement? I can’t find my copy and I would like to have it again. I can’t find it in my emails either, so ya. Thank you.
Love you all. Until next week,
Elder Weech