!!!Hola hola hola!!!
As I expected, you all have had an extremely busy week! But that's good, it's good to busy! Right?! Haha, but yeah, I would love to be there to help out for the wedding, but... I'm not there haha! But I'm sure it’s going to be a fantastic wedding! And wow, that is also a story that I never expected to hear from Darian! I'm sure it was hard to give up that book of mormon. If I lost mine right now, I would die! Both the spanish and english! But I'm super proud of you, Darian! I'm sure God is blessing that woman through your efforts and through that glorious book! Sometimes it takes being a missionary to see how much it blesses and changes people who haven't had it their entire life. Thanks for sharing that story! And I'm super excited to hear about Daniel and Ethan and Jared! I want to see the change you are talking about! I can't see it in myself, because one doesn't normally see change in oneself, but I know at least I'm a bit more mature. Or a lot. I can't wait to experience the same as Ammon, and meet with my brothers again and rejoice to see they are still my bretheren in the Lord!
This week was super cool! As always, there were tons of small miracles to be sought out, and a few bigger ones thrown in! First things first, I suppose, were some awesome things going down yesterday. Rodrigo, my recent convert, passed out the sacrament yesterday! It was so special to be able to note his progression so much! When I found him, he avoided us because he didn't want to talk about the Mormons again! Haha and now look at him! But I was able to feel a lot of the spirit in that time. He has progressed a ton, and I feel like I have benefited as well from his progression! Rodrigo is just fantastic! We also had a little intercambio yesterday. My zone leader came to interview Elizabeth for her baptism. She, of course, passed. With flying colors. Afterward, my zone leader was talking to me, and he said, ''I will probably write about her in my Preach My Gospel. She is the most prepared person I've ever met for baptism...'' It made me feel so awesome, and so happy for her. Of course, all the preperation was pretty much on her part, and on God's. She opened her heart, and God filled it. Elizabeth will be a fantastic member of the church. Even not being baptized, she is a fantastic person! I am so excited to see her receive the eternal blessings that come from baptism, and then further on from the temple! Then, further on in the intercambio, we found a golden family! We contacted a lady watering her dirt (Chileans like to water their dirt... I don't know why) and talked to her a little bit, and she asked us ''What are you guys doing here?'' We told her we are sharing a message about Jesus Christ to bless families. And she says ''Yeah, I know, I'm Mormon.'' Haha I was super confused, but she ended up letting us in. Guadalupe had been baptized 28 years ago, and stopped going to church that same year because her husband didn't let her. Her kids, Brandon and Ghojann, are not baptized, and are super awesome! We shared the message of the restoration, and the mom bore a powerful testimony. Apparently she had shared basically all of the mormon doctrine to her kids, minus José Smith and his story. So thus we see how the Lord prepares his children to accept his gospel! They accepted a date for the 23rd.
The rest of the week was cool too. Just a lot of struggling to get some members to come with us. We had one planned everyday this week... and all of them fell through. I got super frustrated, but oh well. Saturday, we ate lunch with a super awesome family, la familia Mamáni. They gave us Italian food (heck yes!!!) And then we were talking for a while with the father. He told us that he worked as a dog trainer. I, of course, jumped on the oportunity and learned everything I can to not get attacked everywhere I go. He explained it was all in your character, how you act, and how you smell. He told me a bunch of stuff I didn't understand about what dogs can smell, and ended up saying they literally smell my fear! Haha or smell something that I put off when I'm afraid, or even act afraid. So he told me I have to ''mostrar su ira'' (show your anger), and then explained how even yelling and going at them without fear will freak them out. So that night, there was a couple of dogs nipping at my comp, getting really close, and he was freaking out, so I did what the guy said, and I tensed up everything, and bared my teeth, and gave this ear shattering scream! Haha I legit released some kind of demon from deep in my gut, I don't know what it was. but they scampered away afraid! It was awesome! I felt pretty beastly. Then we ended up contacting the dogs' owners who were right there watching haha! It was funny.
Other than that, it was a pretty normal week! A lot of contacting, a lot of disappointments, and a lot of miracles! This week everything added to my testimony of the effect of the gospel in the lives of people! I loved seeing the progression of Rodrigo, and how he's changing the lives of everyone around him! I loved seeing how much Elizabeth has grown, and foreseeing the great leader she will be! The gospel changes people! Even if they don't want it, and especially if they think they don't need it! Perhaps that has been my biggest realization. Mom you talked about feeling sometimes how we are not worthy of God's help. What I feel at times is worse, I think. Sometimes I feel like I don't need God's help. Like I don't need to change. It's so wrong, and so prideful! We all need the change that comes from the gospel, whether we be members since birth, or recent converts, or non members! Repentance is not an event! It's not even a process! it's an attitude. A life style. It's every moment of every day, striving to improve, to change for the better, to become more Christlike! Seeing as how nobody but Christ has ever been or ever will be perfect, our repentance never ends! Every moment of every day we need to use the effects of Christ's atonement in our lives. That is the testimony from this week. Have a great week!
Les amo a todos!
Elder Schmid
!!!Hola hola hola!!!
As I expected, you all have had an extremely busy week! But that's good, it's good to busy! Right?! Haha, but yeah, I would love to be there to help out for the wedding, but... I'm not there haha! But I'm sure it’s going to be a fantastic wedding! And wow, that is also a story that I never expected to hear from Darian! I'm sure it was hard to give up that book of mormon. If I lost mine right now, I would die! Both the spanish and english! But I'm super proud of you, Darian! I'm sure God is blessing that woman through your efforts and through that glorious book! Sometimes it takes being a missionary to see how much it blesses and changes people who haven't had it their entire life. Thanks for sharing that story! And I'm super excited to hear about Daniel and Ethan and Jared! I want to see the change you are talking about! I can't see it in myself, because one doesn't normally see change in oneself, but I know at least I'm a bit more mature. Or a lot. I can't wait to experience the same as Ammon, and meet with my brothers again and rejoice to see they are still my bretheren in the Lord!
This week was super cool! As always, there were tons of small miracles to be sought out, and a few bigger ones thrown in! First things first, I suppose, were some awesome things going down yesterday. Rodrigo, my recent convert, passed out the sacrament yesterday! It was so special to be able to note his progression so much! When I found him, he avoided us because he didn't want to talk about the Mormons again! Haha and now look at him! But I was able to feel a lot of the spirit in that time. He has progressed a ton, and I feel like I have benefited as well from his progression! Rodrigo is just fantastic! We also had a little intercambio yesterday. My zone leader came to interview Elizabeth for her baptism. She, of course, passed. With flying colors. Afterward, my zone leader was talking to me, and he said, ''I will probably write about her in my Preach My Gospel. She is the most prepared person I've ever met for baptism...'' It made me feel so awesome, and so happy for her. Of course, all the preperation was pretty much on her part, and on God's. She opened her heart, and God filled it. Elizabeth will be a fantastic member of the church. Even not being baptized, she is a fantastic person! I am so excited to see her receive the eternal blessings that come from baptism, and then further on from the temple! Then, further on in the intercambio, we found a golden family! We contacted a lady watering her dirt (Chileans like to water their dirt... I don't know why) and talked to her a little bit, and she asked us ''What are you guys doing here?'' We told her we are sharing a message about Jesus Christ to bless families. And she says ''Yeah, I know, I'm Mormon.'' Haha I was super confused, but she ended up letting us in. Guadalupe had been baptized 28 years ago, and stopped going to church that same year because her husband didn't let her. Her kids, Brandon and Ghojann, are not baptized, and are super awesome! We shared the message of the restoration, and the mom bore a powerful testimony. Apparently she had shared basically all of the mormon doctrine to her kids, minus José Smith and his story. So thus we see how the Lord prepares his children to accept his gospel! They accepted a date for the 23rd.
The rest of the week was cool too. Just a lot of struggling to get some members to come with us. We had one planned everyday this week... and all of them fell through. I got super frustrated, but oh well. Saturday, we ate lunch with a super awesome family, la familia Mamáni. They gave us Italian food (heck yes!!!) And then we were talking for a while with the father. He told us that he worked as a dog trainer. I, of course, jumped on the oportunity and learned everything I can to not get attacked everywhere I go. He explained it was all in your character, how you act, and how you smell. He told me a bunch of stuff I didn't understand about what dogs can smell, and ended up saying they literally smell my fear! Haha or smell something that I put off when I'm afraid, or even act afraid. So he told me I have to ''mostrar su ira'' (show your anger), and then explained how even yelling and going at them without fear will freak them out. So that night, there was a couple of dogs nipping at my comp, getting really close, and he was freaking out, so I did what the guy said, and I tensed up everything, and bared my teeth, and gave this ear shattering scream! Haha I legit released some kind of demon from deep in my gut, I don't know what it was. but they scampered away afraid! It was awesome! I felt pretty beastly. Then we ended up contacting the dogs' owners who were right there watching haha! It was funny.
Other than that, it was a pretty normal week! A lot of contacting, a lot of disappointments, and a lot of miracles! This week everything added to my testimony of the effect of the gospel in the lives of people! I loved seeing the progression of Rodrigo, and how he's changing the lives of everyone around him! I loved seeing how much Elizabeth has grown, and foreseeing the great leader she will be! The gospel changes people! Even if they don't want it, and especially if they think they don't need it! Perhaps that has been my biggest realization. Mom you talked about feeling sometimes how we are not worthy of God's help. What I feel at times is worse, I think. Sometimes I feel like I don't need God's help. Like I don't need to change. It's so wrong, and so prideful! We all need the change that comes from the gospel, whether we be members since birth, or recent converts, or non members! Repentance is not an event! It's not even a process! it's an attitude. A life style. It's every moment of every day, striving to improve, to change for the better, to become more Christlike! Seeing as how nobody but Christ has ever been or ever will be perfect, our repentance never ends! Every moment of every day we need to use the effects of Christ's atonement in our lives. That is the testimony from this week. Have a great week!
Les amo a todos!
Elder Schmid
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