Ok so it is really hard to
start a conversation in English now, so I am just going to start straight into
the email. This week was really great, I think it may even have been some of
the best moments I have had here in Santiago. This week we also had some new
experiences as well that were really amazing to be a part of.
There was a sad moment this
week though that really broke my heart. One of our investigators and good
friends from Haiti named Jacob moved to a different part of Santiago, so we can
no longer teach him. We saw him one last time and had to say goodbye, it was
tough to see him go, but I know the other Elders will end up teaching him good.
We have another Haitiano investigator that is working for a baptism date, and
his name is Willy. He is super sincere and humble and really wants to follow
Christ, but he told us first that he wants to get married to his girlfriend so
that he can be in good standing before the Lord. It was awesome because he
really accepts the message and just wants to do the right thing! I think the
best moment of the week this week was meeting iwth our investigator Rudolfo.
When we first found him he did not believe a single word of what we were
saying, he just only wanted to practice his English. But now, he has progressed
in leaps and bounds, and when he came to church on Sunday he told me he wants
to help in our ward activites! We had a lesson with him on Monday and we fixed
a baptismal date with him for the first weekend in December, and he is very
excited about it! It is so awesome seeing the change that happens in people
with the power of this gospel.
The crazy story of the week
would have to be what happened yesterday. Yesterday, Elder Topalda and I were
contacting in the street and we came across a lady who started to talk with us.
We had a conversation with her but we noticed she was having a hard time
understanding, so we asked her if she was having difficulty understanding what
we were saying. She then told us that she is almost all the way blind and she
cannot hear at all, and the only way she knew what we were saying was by her
reading our lips while we talked! She speaks perfectily because this illness is
a genetic disorder that started to take place about 5 months ago. We taugtht
her in the street through the scriptures and writing down notes for her to take
her time to read. For me it was an example of a prophesy fulfilled that the
blind will see and the deaf will hear until everyperson has the opporotunity to
hear this message. God is preparing the way.
Elder Topalda and I are doing
great, and I have learned so much from him about how to use the members and how
to be more personal in our teachings. I am learning so much Spanish everyday as
will, I love the challege and I love the growth that I have already seen, and I
am so grateful for that. I hope you are all doing good, remember if at times life
seems too hard to stand, kneel in pray to our Father in Heaven!
Love,
Elder Tilghman
2 Nefi 10: 17
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