June 23, 2014
Hola!! Wow, sounds
like you guys had quite the adventure this last week!! They have a saying here in Chile, "caminé
mas que un Mormón" or in English, "I walked more than a Mormon."
The people use this a lot actually when
they have walked a really long ways or something and they always say we walk a
ton. But even though we do walk a ton
down here, I think you guys are gonna be in way better shape than me for
hiking! You guys are crazy! :) Those were some pretty crazy hikes that you guys
were explaining about, and I think only you guys would hike to the top of a ski
resort and then ride the ski lift back up after you were done, haha. And I am down for a ski trip up there this
winter :)
I enjoyed
reading the part of your letter about the parables and stuff. I think about 90 percent of menos activos are
form the lost coin part. That is at
least what they say anyway. This week we
have heard quite a few stories though, some of them make me think about the
story of the one lady who went inactive over the cream off the milk, back in Joseph
Smith's story. Pretty sad when the
people lose all those blessings from something that little, but it has opened
my eyes a lot and helped me learn. One
story we heard this week was pretty sad. We were visiting a lady last night and her
four kids and she was telling us she stopped going to church because they told
her that she would not be able to get sealed to her kids because her husband
cheated on her and they got a divorce when they were young and she has not had
the chance to get married again. So she
said if she cannot get sealed to her kids, there is no point of going to church
cause that is the one goal that she had. What exactly is the rule about getting sealed
in situations like that??
We did
have some pretty cool miracles going this week though that we were pretty happy
about! We are visiting two part member
families where in both cases the dad is the only member and the rest of the
family is not. They are both not married
but they want to get married and they and their whole family are all very
interested. One is a family of 6 and the
other is a family of 4. They were both
scared to go to church this week, but we prayed really hard for them and both
of the families came!! And we had a
couple of other people come for the first time, so we had 12 people in the
church for the first time!! That is the
most that have come for the first time in any of my sectors, so we were very
happy about that. Miracle for sure that
both of the families came! They both
liked the church a lot and are excited to come back so we are just gonna work
real hard with them these next couple of weeks so that they can get a marriage
date with the government. That is a big
challenge for missionaries down here - hardly anyone is married, so it makes it
tough and it takes a while for the people to be able to get married but we will
keep praying and fasting and see what happens so they can get married and
baptized!
Well the
world cup of soccer is going on right now so that has been pretty interesting. Futbol
is huge down here - never have seen anything like it. For the games when Chile is playing, it is a
law that everyone goes home from work to watch the game. So during the games it is crazy - everyone
drinks and parties and so we cannot go out and work during the games, and if
they win we cannot go out after cause it is so crazy. Everyone watches the games - even the people
that don't like futbol watch it, haha. Chile
has won two games so far so they have been going crazy down here. That has been quite the experience for sure. Has been a challenge cause everybody watches
all the other games too so it is hard to get them to turn it off! But it has been fun seeing how crazy everyone
goes for futbol! :)
Well I
hope everyone is doing good up there and enjoying the summer! It has been getting pretty cold down here! An electric blanket has saved my life for
sure this winter!! I love and miss you all!
Elder Moser
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Homemade pizza
and Nuttie Buddies.
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