We Skyped with Joe on Christmas morning. He is very happy and loves missionary work, his companion and his mission. He seems to be doing really well. Read below for the latest email. Sorry to have skipped a few, we were very busy.
This week passed by a little slow, because we couldnt leave our house on the 31st of December. It was pretty junk, we just cleaned our house all day..... Mas fome. This week started off really slow, but it was a pretty awesome week, like all of the weeks. Like always we keep on working, and are being blessed for our work! A phrase that I loved from Elder Holland was "Kick when you dont want to kick." He was talking about swimming. But it is so awesome, when you are tired, and hungry and thirsty, you dont want to work, but when you work you will see mircles!
So on thursday we did divisions with some members of the ward. I left with the Elders quorm president, we went to teach a less active girl in our ward. When we got to her house she was asleep... But her mom said we could pass by a little bit later. So we passed by a little bit later and she let us into her house. (Her dad has stage 4 pancreatic cancer, But he isnt a member). We started to teach her, and her dad came and sat down and started to listen to our lesson. He loved our lesson, and he wants us to come back again to teach him. hopefully we can teach him about the plan of salvation the next time. It was pretty awesome!
But the mircles were on Sunday! In church we had an attendance of 44, it kind of sucked, but we had 11 less active members. An ex bishop, and 3 families and a Husband and his wife. They the husband and wife havent been to church in 12 years! He is a high preist, and she left the church for the catholic church! But it was incredible! They loved church, and want to come back again! They were some of the pioneers for this ward, so we are working really hard with them. They are the family margas.
The next mircle happened after church. We left to work right after lunch, and we knew that it was going to be hard to get into a house and teach anybody right after lunch. But we went to work anyways. We walked for probably 2 or 3 hours, and didnt enter into a house. It sucks, because the sun here is so ridiculously terriblely hot. But we kept on working, even though we didnt want to. We were walking when suddenly we heard "Elders! Come here!" We were thinking.. "Oh gosh someone wants to bother us." But we turned around, and there was a man from his window saying "Come here!" So we walked over to the house, and this little girl walked out, and said "Come in." So we entered into the house, and there was a lady sitting on her couch with her 4 kids... She said "Oh my gosh.. There are elders here!" So to make a long story short. She is from peru, and her boyfriend is from chile. They have lived together for 18 years, but they cannot get married, because he is still married to his other wife. And a divorce is too expensive here, so they cant get a divorce. But the live with their 4 kids. The have been looking for missionaries for 2 years! And they could never find us. They have been taking the lessons in the house of her mom. Her son is a member, and she wants her other daughter to be baptized. But they cant get baptized, because the husband cant get a divorce from his other wife! But they are trying so hard to make it work so that they can get baptized, go to the temple and be sealed!
They are so awesome! They want their son to serve a mission. He only is 13 years old, but they want him to serve a mission, and they want to be part of the church! But their situation is so hard, and so complicated, that they cant! So please pray for them! They are so awesome! His name is Walter, and her name is Melina, and their kids are Michael, Romaina, patricio, and angel. They want to come to church so bad, but they had no idea that our church is really close.
So those are our mircles this week! They are pretty crazy! But I cant testify that in life, when we have hard circumstances, or difficulties, we need to "keep on kicking" and we will have success!
I love you guys and challenge you guys to "Keep on Kicking" in every aspect of your lives!
Chow
Elder Whiting
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