Wow the time really does fly by in the mission field it is
crazy! It feels like just yesterday I was leaving the CCM to come to Chile, it
is nuts how fast time flies. This week was very fun and very spiritually
powerful. Everyday I am learning both in the language and in the Gospel, and it
is so awesome to measure how far as an individual I have grown in just a short
time. Looking back on who I was and how I acted even two months ago it is
amazing to see the growth that comes from the mission.
This week Elder Jones and I have been working with more
contacts on the street with people and working with our Haitian investigators
to work them towards their baptism date in about two and a half weeks. I love
street contacting because you have to be guided by the Spirit to know what to
say and what people to find that will be ready to listen to you. But, Elder
Jones and I do meet some interesting characters while out in the streets of
Santiago. Almost everyday without fail we see people blackout drunk laying in
the dirt on the side of the road at 2 in the afternoon. And we also see a TON
of teenage girls with children, it is really sad but that is how the culture is
down here. Anyway our Haitian investigators that we are working with are really
awesome, they have the great desire to be baptized and really want to listen to
our lessons. They are progressing really well and I am excited for them.
Whenever we teach them we can always feel the Spirit, and this week they told
us that they cannot wait to get baptized and that they will do whatever it
takes to follow the example of Jesus Christ. That was an awesome miracle.
Everyday and everytime we meet with them we are always impressed by what they
are learning and how we are learning too as we teach with the Spirit. The
Spanish is coming along a little more everyday, and it is an interesting
challenge for sure, but with time it will come.
This week I also went on divisions with my zone leaders and
they are super great guys. It was weird because I had to spend all day talking
in Spanish because Elder Anguita, my zone leader, is from Argentina and speaks
no English. But it was great we laughed and we taught many lessons that day.
That night before we went to bed Elder Anguita and I were talking about movies
and TV shows and I learned how to say the Spongebob Theme Song in Spanish which
was really funny, it is so much more funny in Spanish.
Today for our P Day some of the Elders from our zone went to
the Andes Mountains to go play in the snow. It was awesome. The mountains are
huge, and are only like and hour and a half from us, so we hiked around and
went and had a great time in the snow. It was really cool because up that high
the air is so clear and the view is awesome, I hope I can go back again.
But anyway things are progressing really well, and I take it
one day at a time with the work and learning, that is the way I can learn the
best and still work hard. I love all of you guys, do not forget to write!
I do not have a Scripture, so I will just send out our mission
vision:
Somos misioneros consegrados cuyos vidas y trabajo se
centran en la Doctrina de Cristo.
Les Quiero,
Elder Tilghman
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