Hey guys what is up? I am pretty happy right now becaue it
is raining and cold, so that means we are leaving the hot summer and starting
to head into the raining winter woohoooooo! This week was a little weird, I got
to participate in some government programs and also got to be saved by using
the name of a gangster here in the sector, so overall a pretty fun time.
Ok so about the people. Elder Gates and I are having some
major success here and also some bad luck, but that is the way it is in the
mission field. We have some amazing less active members and some investigators
who are progressing very good, but the problem is the other half of the people
we are teaching had some hard things happen this last week. From other family
members lying to us and them about when they are home, to major problems at
work it has been a little frustrating trying to find and teach people this
week, but sometimes that is the way the mission goes. However, as I said we
have some amazing people who are progressing amazingly. We are teaching a less
active joven named Ignacio who if he keeps his goals will be able to get the
Priesthood in three weeks and he is working to go and serve a mission! We are
also teaching some Haitianos who are really receptive to the message of the
Restauracion and we are teaching them and fixed dates for them on reading the
Book of Mormon, coming to church and eventual baptism! Overall things are
amazing and difficult at the same time, but that just makes the work more fun.
As you guys also know this last week was Easter and it was
great. I encourage and invite any of you that have not seen the videos on mormon.org to go and watch them, they are great
and teach us who is Jesucristo and how we can become more like him. Really good
stuff.
Alright so the funny and scary story of the week, sorry mom,
but do not worry this one is not too bad. So a couple of days ago Elder Gates
and I were going to end the night but we decided to go stop in on a reference
we got to see if we could come by and teach him later. Well the street we
turned on to was full of dudes smoking and drinking, or in other words, a
normal street. The guys started yelling at us and were trying to scare us, but
then I remembered the name of a gangster we met, so I mencioned his name and
they all quieted down and we shared some cards with them about Jesus and
invited them to turn their lives around through Christ and then we left. It was
a great night.
Overall things are great, the government Census passed by
yesterday and we had to stay in the house and answer a bunch of questions so
that was something new. The lady who spoke to us was shocked why we were here
in Chile so young so we shared with her and it was good, we testified of the
Christ. I love what I am doing and the things that we do everyday. No labor
goes uncounted when working in the work of the Lord, and I am happy to be a
part of that. Take care and have a good week!
Love,
Elder Tilghman
Isaias 42
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