Jan
13, 2014
Hola Familia y Amigas,
Hola Familia y Amigas,
So this
week has been crazy crazy crazy. For the first half of the week we hardly
got to leave the house because our landlord is going all crazy and wants
everything in our house to be fixed all at once. Our house is really
really gross and has so many problems, but I don´t know why he all of the
sudden wants to fix everything. Well anyways since we have like 4
different men coming over at random times throughout the week, we cant leave them
in our house alone, and we can´t just have two of us hermanas there with
him/them alone, so all four of us have to stay home. We get members to
come over for a couple hours at a time to stay with one of us while the other
companionship goes and works, but it is hard enough to have members come out
with us for a lesson for just an hour, imagine trying to get them to come over
for a couple hours. But we have been lucky in at least getting a member
to come for our planned lessons with our investigators. Also I think our
landlord is doing this because he wants to kick us out after it is all done and
rent it to someone else that will pay more. So we are in the process of
finding a new house.
Also this week our
investigator Raquel quit smoking!!!! Also she is getting baptized this
Saturday. So pray for her because she needs it and the strength to
continue to not smoke and especially because this is the week right before
their baptisms that Satan pulls out all the tricks. She is really great though
and I can see a light that is coming into her eyes as she changing things in
here life to be more in line with the teachings of Christ.
Oh and by
the way Move Along by All American Rejects is playing right now in the cyber.
It is so hard to not sing along.
The
Hermana that you said knows the Elder in your ward is Hermana Dunn and is
coming to the mission next week. She is in the MTC right now. I met her
on facebook before I left. She is so great!
Mariah made a really
good point this week that I would like to share a little bit about. The purpose
of a missionary is to invite others to come unto Christ. The main word in that
is "Others" it does not say non members, but others, which means that
when we are friendshipping less actives and strengthening and teaching other
members and serving our family, even in just the smallest ways, we are doing
missionary work. That is a big focus in my mission especially because
here in Chile only 10 percent of the members are active, so we have a long long
list of people that are baptized but that have not come to church for years.
We run into them on the street all the time. It is quite funny actually.
We will be contacting them and after like 2 minutes they will be like oh
I am actually a member. And I am like why didnt you tell us that in the first
place. So here we focus on finding new people to help them to make the
covenant of baptism, but helping to reactivate someone is just as important, because
everyone’s salvation is equally important. And there is no point in only
focusing on new members because then we are just creating more less active
members.
Oh gosh Kelly
Clarkson "My life would suck without you" is on. Ahhh this place is
killing me!!!
Oh and by the
way I vote for moving to St. George!! If it were my way you would
move to St. George but you would wait until I get home, because I want to go
home to VA. But we all know that my way or your way is never the best.
God´s way is always better.
Logan: I always love
random thoughts, so keep them coming. My letters are always just a bunch of
random thoughts.
Mariah: I want to help
out Connie at here ranch when I get back too. It would be so fun!
Austin: Parcour
Hardcore
Well I love you guys a
lot and thanks for all of your love!!!
Hermana Corbett
p.s. Mom can you send
me the bishops and stake presidents emails and send me all of the emails of all
the missionaries in our ward that are out right now!! thanks!
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