This week has had both its ups and downs, well I'll explain exactly what happened. Well it hasn't been too eventful of a week.
Anyway, on Tuesday we did a minicambio with Quillón and I stayed here in the sector, and Elder Pimentel came here, he came in the same group as I. So that went pretty good. On Thursday we had the conference of the missionaries. That was also good, I love them because it really boosts the spirits of the missionaries. One experience I'd like to share from the conference. Well there's a missionary here, who is pretty far along in the mission. Well I think it was like a month ago or so he found out that his dad was murdered. You can imagine how hard that must be. But he bore is testimnoy of the gopspel during conference, and it was really powerful. It's amazing the faith and the willpower some people have. So that was really neat, the spirit was really strong. Also, it was the 2nd to last one for President Chavez. He finishes the mission in June.
Well I'm not joking, that's about all that happened this week. I am feeling good now. Really excited to work. This week we've been finding a lot of new people, and some of them are really good. We found a kid named Christian, and he seems really good. We also have Nacho, who again went to church. And something pretty cool, I'm not sure if I've told you about Miguel. Well he is a preacher, haha. He doesn't belong to a religion, but he goes around preaching with a megaphone. (it's somewhat common here). We've taught him quite a few times, and he always lets us share, but he still has some pretty crazy ideas about the Gospel. But he understanmds that if he gets a testimony that this church is true he´ll know what he's gotta do. And he came to church this week! That was a pretty big shock for me. It was funny, even people recognized him. So we'll see what happens with him.
So the bad that happened this week. I've told you about Eliana (an inactive, but her family is not members). She has had health problems, and she has been doing a lot of exams. And she found out this week that her sickness has no cure, and that she will most likely die from it. Well we went by and found that out, then she started telling us about how now she doesn't believe in God. I guess it turns out she didn't really have strong faith. Yes it's a very tough time, but she like told us 10 times about how she just doesn't believe in him anymore. So that family basically died as investigators. We might pass by in a while, but who knows. The other bad thing, I believe I've told you about Ismenia and Mauricio. I hope so, but yesterday they also told us they didn't want to share anymore. So all the bad things happened 2 days in a row. But I know that "we recieve no witness until after a trial of your faith". So we just gotta stay firm and work hard and we'll see the blessings.
Well that's about all I have for you this week I believe. But here's a picture of the crookedest house I've ever seen, hope you can see it in the picture. haha, well I hope you all have a good week. The church is true, beyond any doubt, and I love this work. Love you and talk to you next week!
Elder Ryan Mayberry
Most crooked house in Chile!
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