But first i will start with a couple of little News bits.
We learned about
transfers this week. Elder N is leaving, and so i will be
finishing my mission here in Punta Arenas!!!!!!! Im so happy about that,
This sector is going to explode we are going to work it so hard these next couple of days. Im so stoked.
So this
week i took a trip down to a island named Por Venir, i was doing some
intercambios with the Elders down there. I had to take a 3 hour boat
ride to get down there. And that was super sick, we found some pretty
sick investigators there on the boat too on our way over, and one of
them is currently preparing to get baptized!!! What! Zone Leader Boat
Boss! But i wont talk about that too much. But it was fun
Ok
onto the real story. As you know I told you that i was going to have 2
investigators get baptized this week, but there was only
one...I am so sad about that story. But i want to tell it to you guys
So
about 2 days before his baptism i felt a really strong prompting that i
needed to visit my investigator F, who was going to get baptized that weekend. So i rushed over to his house, and we get there and i
find the door wide open. (side note i dont know if this story will be
too scary or not for the kids so if you read the email to them maybe
skip over it) But i run up to the door, and i
see him lying down limp over his couch.
So from outside i call out his
name ´´F!´´ And he didnt respond, so i called his name again.
But still no response from him. So I turned to my comp, ( i was actually
with one of the APs that day) and say ´´ Dude he doesnt look asleep,we
need to go in and make sure that he is still alive´´. And i am just
about to step in when while he was still limp on the couch, he
let out a terrifying soul crunching scream. I yell at him one more time,
(this time with my authority voice haha) ´´Stand up!´´ And he
jumps up to his feet, and he had such a demented look on his face. And
he had this super creepy smile on his face, and he says really quietly,
´´come in Elders´´
And so i come in, and my comp follows me. And we
start talking to him. And he invited us to sit on his couch, so we did, and he sat down in another chair that he has. And we started to talk.
And he was not calm at all, not even for a second, he would start
talking for a second, and then would just get really tormented, and
would starts weeping and crying, and was scratching at his eyes as
though he was trying to rip them out.
And he would start to get all
shaky for second and lose control of himself. So i cut him off in the
middle of one of his weeping moments, and i said ´´When God Restored his Church he gave his power to man, the power to baptize, the
power to bless, the power to heal, and the power to cast out demons. We have been given this power by God, and are here to use it to
help you.´´ And then he took his hands off of his face, and looked up to
me, and it was probably the most terrifying face i have ever seen in my
life, He was looking at me the way i imagine a man looks at a man just
right before murdering him. But i wasnt afraid.And i said ´´Do
you have the faith to be healed?´´
Then suddenly he looked calmer, and said
´´I hope i do´´ I then stand up and put my hands on his head, and gave
him a blessing. I wont say what i said. The spirit was very very strong
there in the room. And when i finished the blessing, i looked down at him, and he looked completely different, he was calm, with just a
happy smile on his face, he stood up and gave me a big hug. And then he
told me that he didnt feel ready to get baptized this week, and told me
that he was really tempted to drink and
fell. it was hard but i told him that because he fell we wouldnt be able
to get baptized. But that we would keep helping him. We then prayed
with him before we left, and i made him pray, told him to keep reading
the book of mormon every day, and to pray everyday, and then left.
We
left the house and the AP turns to me and says ´´WHAT THE FREAK JUST
HAPPENED THERE!!!!!!´´ I then say´´ Elder Honestly you know what it was
just as well as i do´´ And then i started walking toward our house. I
was really proud of myself that not even at one second while i was there
in the house was i scared, but when i got home i was terrified. the looks
on his face were just burned into my mind, I just prayed myself to sleep
that night haha.
Hes fine now though, i went
by again a couple of times since, and he has some nice bruises and scabs
on his face, but he is doing fine. And we are helping him get back on his
feet.
Ok Good story now hahaha I was debating
not telling you that one, but i didnt write it in my journal, mainly
just because i have been really bad with writing in my journal ever
since i was with Elder N, me and him play too much at night so my
weekly emails are pretty much the records of my mission from this last
month haha
But anyways good story, L got baptized this week! The were 3 people from different wards who were
getting baptized, so i talked to the stake presidente and arranged that
we had a stake baptismal service. And wow it was incredible the spirit
was so strong there. L asked me to baptize her she was freaking
nervous up until we walked into the water, and i baptized her, and then
she just looked really happy after that. It was awesome. It was so awesome to see the change in her life.
When i started teaching her she
didnt even believe in God, but as she kept meeting with us, she started
changing alot. She is probably one of the most faithful members we have
now haha she has such a strong testimony. She had to give up alot to
get baptized, and went through some really hard times doing it, but she
is really happy about her decision. I think that is probably my favorite
part of the mission, just being able to see the changes in people
lives. It always makes me so happy.
Welps i gotz to run. I have lots of things to get done today. But i love you all. Keep me posted on how you are all doing.
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