First things first, Tuesday, there was a man working on his farm with his tractor next to the electricity towers that feed the entire city of Vallenar and some other cities beyond. He... crashed... and the entire city was without lights from 8 in the morning to 10 in the morning the next day. So our cell phone was super bad, and gets uncharged within an hour of using it, and so we could not use it the entire day, and we could not charge it. So we did not know what to do. I remembered a similar experience we had in Alto Hospicio a while back, and in it all the missionaries had to not work. So as soon as night fell, everything got super sketchy. I felt super weird working, and told Elder Vicente we should not be outside, so we tried finding a member to be with. But there was none, and so we went home and made ramen... and slept 3 hours early haha!
Our investigators are progressing... I think... sorta. We had to stop teaching Sebastian and Constanza. After everything, we tried to get her to come to church, and she told us ''I told you from the beginning, I belong to this other church. I don't go, but that's my church!'' So I was confused, by why she listened to us, and how in the heck she passed her baptismal interview, but we don't teach them anymore. The Jonathen kid that came to church last week still wants to listen, but is never home, and this week couldn't come to church because it was 'Día del Niño'. His mom took him to center to celebrate. We haven't been able to talk to her at all. Nobody else is super strong... none of the converts came to church this past week, Nacho doesn't listen to us anymore, Mílan went to centro to celebrate Día del Niño. Nico and Ezekiel, the two kids who were baptized a week before I got here, sent a note to the young men's leader saying that they don't want them or us to pass by there house anymore, and that they only got baptized because they got along well with Elder Flores and Rodriguez. None of the less active people we are teaching is progressing at all, and all the 15 people we passed by to come to church with us yesterday gave us an excuse for not coming. Sooooooo.... that's my sector. But I'm supposed to have the vision now, sooo..... We're just gonna baptize everyone and that will fix it!
We bought two big tubs of ice cream last week. I ate it all. We make milkshakes. I'm still going good with Elder Vicente. We talk with everyone we can, and talk about exactly the same thing with every single one of them. That's your choice. You can set a baptismal date with everyone and report those numbers to the mission, or you can talk about what specifically applies to them and skip baptism, and receive the backlash from your leaders. If you can't tell, I'm a little flustered. As I apply the vision again to my mission, I am quickly reminded of why I abandoned it in the first place. But, it is my duty to have it, so... we move forward. The branch may be dying around me while I watch, but we will baptize. If a bottle is broken, and spills everything you fill it with, what should I do? Should I keep filling it, hoping it will somehow stay there, or should I fix the bottle?
So that's pretty much what is going on in our sector. AS promised, this cambio has been my most obedient, in which I have worked the most. So I'm excited to keep going with that. I still have my unbreakable testimony that Jesus is the Christ, and his atonement is infinite, and amazing. He helps us in absolutely every aspect of our life, but we must ask for, and be ready to recieve, that help. I know that He loves each and every one of us, and knows each and every one of our cares and worries. His arms are forever outstretched for us, and he welcomes us with love every time we turn to Him. I know this, and I have felt this. I know we all can feel this. I hope all of you can feel it a little more this week!
Les amo a todos!
Elder Schmid
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