This week went by pretty fast. Yesterday we had Stake Conference. It was alright, nothing too special. But we´re going to have a baptism for sure this next Sunday. On Friday, September 18th, it´s Chile´s Independence day, so we´re going to have a barbeque and eat a bunch of empanadas with the family that we live with. Also, word on the street is that we´re going to do a big mission activity on Friday. Maybe we´ll get to play soccer or do something fun. This past week has gone pretty well, nothing to complain about. Well, I guess there is one thing. They sent two extra missionaries to Pirque this change three weeks ago, and they still haven´t sent two more bikes. So we´ve got four missionaries, and two bikes. We have to take turns and the companionship that doesn´t have the bikes has to spend a bunch of money taking the bus. But other than that everything is going great. The new responsibilities as District Leader aren´t too bad. Although I just found out that one of the companionships in my district is sleeping in until 10 every day, so I have to do divisions with them this week and chew them out a little bit, with love of course. But that´s about all that´s going on with me lately. Have a good week.
Love,
Matt
Monday, April 12, 2010
9/07/09
Hey,
Things are going good here. That´s cool about Spencer and Leah´s new baby girl. That´s crazy, I have one niece and one nephew that I´ve never even seen. How many more will there be when I get back?
Things here have been good. For the last couple of weeks we have been teaching a guy and he accepted a baptismal date and everything was going good. We were going to bless his daughter at church on Sunday. But when we called his house Sunday morning to confirm everything, his mom told us that he left and is in Southern Chile. When we asked his mom when he was coming back she said that she doesn´t even know if he´s going to come back. So that was pretty lame. I have no idea where he is right now or anything. And he was one of our progressing investigators. But it´s ok, because this last week we found a girl and started teaching her. And she accepted a baptismal date and came to church with us this last Sunday. When we first met her she had a nose ring, but we asked her to take it out to go to church and now she doesn´t use her nose ring anymore. She´s a golden investigator. On Sunday it was raining, and when it rains in Santiago, hardly anybody goes to church. But this investigator came with us in the rain. It was really cool. I´ve had a cold the last couple of days so that hasn´t been too fun. Last night I felt horrible, but I took some medicine and when I woke up this morning I felt a lot better. We are teaching the husband of the first person I baptized here in Pirque, and we have taught him all of the lessons. He´s gone to church a couple of times. But he doesn´t want to get baptized yet because he just doesn´t feel ready. So my companion and I prepared a really good lesson about the importance of the Priesthood and the importance of the Father in the home. And in this lesson I shared the experience of when Dad gave me a blessing of comfort before entering the MTC. I actually got a little choked up while sharing that experience because I felt the spirit so strong. So I figured I would share that with you guys and thank Dad for being a Priesthood bearer and being an example. And Mom, thanks for always loving and supporting me and doing everything to make sure I´m alright. Thanks for everything.
Love,
Matt
Things are going good here. That´s cool about Spencer and Leah´s new baby girl. That´s crazy, I have one niece and one nephew that I´ve never even seen. How many more will there be when I get back?
Things here have been good. For the last couple of weeks we have been teaching a guy and he accepted a baptismal date and everything was going good. We were going to bless his daughter at church on Sunday. But when we called his house Sunday morning to confirm everything, his mom told us that he left and is in Southern Chile. When we asked his mom when he was coming back she said that she doesn´t even know if he´s going to come back. So that was pretty lame. I have no idea where he is right now or anything. And he was one of our progressing investigators. But it´s ok, because this last week we found a girl and started teaching her. And she accepted a baptismal date and came to church with us this last Sunday. When we first met her she had a nose ring, but we asked her to take it out to go to church and now she doesn´t use her nose ring anymore. She´s a golden investigator. On Sunday it was raining, and when it rains in Santiago, hardly anybody goes to church. But this investigator came with us in the rain. It was really cool. I´ve had a cold the last couple of days so that hasn´t been too fun. Last night I felt horrible, but I took some medicine and when I woke up this morning I felt a lot better. We are teaching the husband of the first person I baptized here in Pirque, and we have taught him all of the lessons. He´s gone to church a couple of times. But he doesn´t want to get baptized yet because he just doesn´t feel ready. So my companion and I prepared a really good lesson about the importance of the Priesthood and the importance of the Father in the home. And in this lesson I shared the experience of when Dad gave me a blessing of comfort before entering the MTC. I actually got a little choked up while sharing that experience because I felt the spirit so strong. So I figured I would share that with you guys and thank Dad for being a Priesthood bearer and being an example. And Mom, thanks for always loving and supporting me and doing everything to make sure I´m alright. Thanks for everything.
Love,
Matt
8/30/09
The cruise sounds pretty fun. You´ll get to see a couple of countries and hang out with some old friends. Sounds fun. This week has been pretty hectic. The two extra missionaries were sent Monday, but without bikes. So we had two bikes for four missionaries. And then on Wednesday one of the bikes broke. So we have one bike for four missionaries. It´s crazy. We have been spending so much money on buses lately. And we borrowed a bike from the Sister that we live with. We had our Branch Conference yesterday. It went really well,President Laycock came with his wife and son. He went to the Priesthood Executive Meeting in the morning where the missionaries present the investigators to the Branch Leaders, and afterwards Pres.Laycock came up to me and told me that I presented the investigators perfectly and a couple of other compliments. It was pretty cool, I was feeling pretty good yesterday. Things are going good here in Chile. I´m sending some pictures. Thanks for everything. Let me know when you send that stuff for the mp3 player I asked for. Love,Matt
Saturday, March 6, 2010
8/10/09
Things are going good here. We had another baptism yesterday and we have one scheduled for the 23rd of August. So things are going really well here. We´ve got two more weeks until the next change, and I think I´ll probably leave. But I don´t want to go. This sector that I´m in is awesome. My mission president came to our branch yesterday. It was good because we had a baptism that day, and a couple of investigators in the church, so I´m pretty sure he was pretty impressed. Everything is going really well. I´m sending pictures this week, finally. If Sam wants to get ahold of me, I think itwould be best through the mission office because I could change to another sector in a couple of weeks. Thanks for everything.Love,Matt
8/03/09 New Mission President, New rules
Hey guys, things are going good. We had a baptism yesterday, it was areally good baptism. I´ll try and send some pictures next week.We´ve got another baptism planned for this week too, so things have been going really good lately. Our baptism from a couple of weeks agogot sick with the pig flu the day after her baptism, but still made it to church for her confirmation the next week. That was incredible.This change has been alright. Training is hard. My companion is from Peru and complains about almost everything here in Chile. That sucks. But I guess it's just an opportunity to practice the Christlike attribute of patience, right? The new President took away a lot of all the stupid rules that we had when President Morán was president.Like now we can eat at restaurants and fast food. So today I had Kentucky Fried Chicken for lunch. It was pretty good. Also, we can listen to music that invites the spirit, and we can have ipods. So I have a big favor to ask. Can you dig my ipod out of my stuff in the closet. It´s in a nike shoe box. And inside of the shoe box, it should be in the ipod box. And then if Courtney and Brian could put church music and soundtracks and stuff like that on it. And I also would need speakers, some mini speakers. The other option is a bunch of cds, and some small speakers. But that would be awesome, it would be the best thing ever. Thanks for everything, love you. Love,Matt
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