Hey everyone so this past week was a pretty normal week of
work and heat, but I loved it. This week felt a little bit different because
our schedule was thrown off because we had to go to the hospital because Elder
Topaldas knee was bugging him, but overall it was a great week.
The thing that really marked me this week was the power of
studies coupled with the chance to always open your mouth and talk to people.
This week we had the opporotunity to travel a lot for various meetings and for
trips to and from the hospital, so while we were in the bus and the subway I
got the opporotunity to talk with people on our way to places. It is amazing
how trusting people are with the missionaries once they know that our
intenciones are good and that we have a message that can really help them.
Having the chance to get to talk with people about their lives and how the
gospel can bless them was great this past week, and it really stood as a
testimony to me that we have to be witnesses of Christ in all times, in all
things and in all places because people are always looking at our examples.
This week we also spent a good amount of time contacting people in the street
in our sector so that we can try and find more people to teach who want to hear
the message about this gospel. It was long, hard work out in the sun, but in
the end we saw our fruits as we now have some new investigators! The thing that
I learned this week from all of the contacting we had done is that no matter
who you are or what trials you may have in your life, the Gospel of Jesus
Christ is always there to help you learn and grow.
The funny story this week happened yesterday as we were
walking through a park. Elder Topalda and I were walking and all of a sudden
one of the thousands of dogs in the street freaked out and ran after us. We
stayed calm and just hoped it went away, but it was still barking at us.
Finally it ran at Elder Topalda bit his pants (just the clothes not the skin)
ripped a hole in them and then ran away all tranquilo. In the moment it was
pretty freaky, but now looking back on it, we just laugh.
So, overall things are picking up in our sector, we have new
people to teach, and our ward and the members are awesome. I love this church
and everything that it has to offer us and all of the blessings it promises. My
companion has a hole in his pants, we eat a ton of icecream, and the sun is
hot, but other than that things are normal down in Santiago. I love you and
hope you all have a good week, take care!
Love,
Elder Tilghman
Mormon 7
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