November 17, 2014
LIDIA PASSED HER INTERVIEW AND IS A
MEMBER OF THE CHURCH!!!!!!!!
It was such a cool experience. It was Elder Villarroel's and my first
baptism in the mission. He went 1 year and 3 months without a baptism. I can’t
imagine the kind of patience that takes! Thank you so much for your prayers.
Lidia is doing great. She went to Relief
Society last week and seemed to really like it.
I think she’s gonna be a strong member. She even said she wanted to pay
her tithing before we confirmed her a member. Bishop loved that!
This week is cambios. I am happy and also sad to say I am leaving
Chillan and I’m heading to Concepcion! I
will be in the Lorenzo Arena Ward with my new companion Elder Del Rosario. I
know he has a Latino name but apparently he’s from Cali and I’m excited to work
with him there.
I’m am not however looking forward
to packing. I got very use to the setup
we had in Los Volcanes. But change is always
for the better.. right? Yeah, I’m pretty sure it is. It is supposed to be cooler
in Conce for the summer so there’s already one blessing already!
Elder Jensen's family came to church
last Sunday to pick him up to go home. It was very very strange seeing so many
gringos in church. Even weirder to hear
them call Elder Jensen by his first name Ryan. But they had a good experience
and the ward was very welcoming. Hard to see Jensen go. We became very good friends but his time is
up and mine’s just starting! Gotta keep working hard and put that shoulder to
the wheel.
Well, I’m sad to go but I know the
sector is in good hands. We made massive strides since I first got here. Elder
Villarroel and his new companion elder Chuctaya will do great in keeping the
work moving forward. They’re actually closing a sector in Los Volcanes. This means we’re going form 6 missionaries to
4. Elder Young and I are leaving and our companions Elder Villarroel and Elder
Chuctaya (same guy from Santiago ccm who has been with me my whole mission) are
companions.
As far as studying this week, I’ve
decided that out of all the books in the Bible, I like to use most teaching
from Ephesians. Paul counsels the Ephesians
with how to organize and run the Lord’s Church and the importance of the
Priesthood. The epistles to them are
awesome. The Priesthood must be present
to do the Lord’s work on the earth.
Ahhh... changes. Leaving has me
thinking that Lidia was the one waiting for us.
Now that she’s been baptized it’s like "alright, on to find more
people searching for the Gospel."
That has me excited! I just hope
and pray it doesn’t take another 4 1/2 months to find that person who's waiting
for me in Lorenzo Arena!
Thank you again for all your love
and support!
Elder Garrett Watts
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