Summer has officially arrived down here in Santiago. The
weather is not too bad because it is not nearly as hot as it is in Arizona, but
in the words of my companion, "Ugh hace cualquier caloooooooor". This
week has been great, and I think it may have been the week with the most growth
that I have seen on my mission, both spiritually and in teaching lessons.
Ok so lets start with the most important part as always, the
people. This past week has been great working with the people in our sector,
members, investigators and less actives. I really do feel comfortable in my
sector, I feel like I know every street, person and dog by name (Knowing the
dogs by name is pretty easy, I just call them all Spike). This week Elder
Topalda and I really focused on getting all of the people that we are teaching
to come to cjurch so that they can recieve the blessings of being gathered
together in a body of believers. So, every person we saw we invited to church,
and we even had an activity on Saturday as a ward where we went out and invited
all of the less active people we could find to church, and the results we
awesome. On Sunday we had an attendence of 81 people, which may not sound like
a lot, but compared to the normal 50ish people that usually attend, it was a
miracle. That Sunday we also had our ward conference (which is a special
meeting with leaders from the local church area) so it was even more better
that the people we invited showed up. Our investigator Rudolfo is awesome and
he is progressing a ton in his testimony, and he is reading the Book of Mormon
and I believe he will keep his date to be baptized in December. Last night we
also found two Haitiano investigators that we had not seen in a while, and we
also put a baptismal date with them as well, so things are really started to
look up in Parque Combarbalá!
So this week since it has been really hot, we have been
eating icecream in the day to cool off. We have a less active lady in our ward
who sells icecream, so we usually pass by her house to buy some icecream and
then we have a talk with her and her family. Today we also bought about 40
icecream bars for 3 dollars, so it was awesome and now our house is full of
icecream hahahahah.
This week I have come to realize the importance of studying
the Scriptures. Everyday we do our studies, and I am coming to love this time
more and more everyday. The Scriptures really are the work and word of God and
if we study them we can find answers to all of our questions and problems in
life. I am so grateful to have that blessing and power in my life.
I am doing great out in the mission, just talking to hobos,
teaching Gods children and trying not to get bit by the dogs! I love you all
and hope you have a good week, do not forget to write!
Love,
Elder Tilghman
2 Nefi 22:2
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