Hey everyone how are you all doing?! I hope all of you moms
had a great Mothers Day, thank you so much for what you do and all of your
sacrifices! This past week was really good, and we have entered into winter, so
it is now cold and gets dark really early during the day! Two weeks ago I was
sweating buckets in the street and now I am wrapped up in a sweater, jacket,
scarf, gloves and two pairs of socks. I do not like the cold.
Ok so lets start with the people. This last week was great!
Church on Sunday was really good. So last week I did not get to talk too much
about the new fammilies that we have taught, and they are awesome. Last week we
found Maria and her fmaily. Maria is a less active sister in the ward who has
not been to church for years because she is sick and injured and cannot move
very easily, but we found her one day going by and knocking on doors. She
invited us in and was super happy to see us, and we went in her house and
taught her and her famliy a lesson about the Gospel. She has a daughter named
Maribel who is not a member of the church and she LOVED the lesson and she
asked us to come by and continue to teach her. So, we taught them again and on
Sunday Maria, Maribel, and the two little kids of the family, Alejandro and
Madeline went to church with us! They loved it! The members were very friendly
to them and treated them amazing, Alejandro and Madeline have some Primary
songs memorized, and Maribel wants to be baptized on June 2! Miracles are real.
Elder Tanner and I are super excited to see their progress and the ward is
super excited to have them! Last week as well we found another family to teach,
their names are Carolina, Fabian and their son Santiago. They are super young,
love to learn about English, love to learn about God and they gave us some
fruit right when we walked in so I was super happy right from the beginning! We
also taught them the Restoration of the Gospel, and Fabian even turned off his
Colo Colo soccer game to listen to us which in and of itself was a huge
miracle! Last week was pretty heavenly, it was full of miracles.
Now its email title time. Last night my companion and I were
walking back in the freezing cold weather, super dark outside, no one out, so
cold that we can see the smog hanging in the air. We walk by a little plaza and
a playground and the strangest sight comes around the back of the slide. A
drunk 50 year old man rides by on a little kid bike and wearing a giant bright
pink cowboy hat all while he desperately tries to hold on to his bottle of beer
and his ribbon decorated handle bars at the same time. He looked over at us and
yelled "Hey! You guys STILL out here walking around at this time?"
"Yeah!" we replied
" (Curses loudly in Chilean and lights a doobie)"
Overall the mission is going great, I am blessed to be here
and learn and grow everyday in what the Lord would have me do and be. Every
experience, espiritual or ridiculous, has helped me to recognize the power of
the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the healing power it brings into the family and
into the lives of people. Love you all, have a great week!
Love,
Elder Tilghman
Helaman 10; 1-5
Elder Scott and Elder Tilghman birthday boys
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