What a great week! This last week was really awesome Elder
Alldredge and I are tearing it up here in our sector it is great! I have really
seen the blessings of the Lord and the blessings of worker smarter and harder
each day in the mission field. But yeah overall it was a killer week, sacamos
la mugre, I have no idea how to say that in English, just plug it in to google
translate. As always I love the work and what we do, but it makes it even
better when we are able to see the fruits of our labors and to help other
people change their lives. With that said, lets go and talk about the people.
Ok so we have a couple people to talk about this week.
Gilbert and Sterling are a married Haitian couple that we have been teaching
for about 2 weeks. This past week we invited them to be baptized and they said
yes! They have a date for the beginning of September, and on top of that they
want to have a party in the chapel for like a wedding shower, so we will see
how that goes as well. I am super excited for them and looking forward to their
baptismal date! This past week as well we went and taught Rafael and Paola.
They are a young married couple who just moved into the ward and were being
taught by other missionaries a few miles away. We went and talked with them
about prayer and gaining a testimony, and the Spirit was very powerful. As we
were teaching the Spirit testified of every word, and I felt power in each
letter that we uttered. We shared the story of Enos and his example of prayer
from the Book of Mormon, and then they as well committed to be baptized at the
end of September! I am so happy for them.
This past week as well we had a very cool lesson. We have
another Haitian investgator named Gilbe. We went to go and teach him about the
book of mormon, and he had invited his whole family of 6 to listen to us! That
was not even the best part. We asked his cousin to start with a prayer, and
what happened next was unexpected. She began to sing in French a hymn, and
about 3 seconds in Elder Alldredge and I realized she was singing "How
Great Thou Art" so we started to sing along in Spanish. The Spirit filled
the room, and afterwards she gave the prayer and we were able to teach a very
powerful lesson. I am so grateful to be a missionary.
Ok so as well I would like to explain the title of the
email. This morning at like 3 in the morning I was asleep in my bed all
nice and warm with my blanket and pillow. All of the sudden the house began to
shake and some stuff in the kitchen fell. Mother Nature woke us all up with a
little tremor. It lasted for about 30 seconds, in the which we all woke up and
then we had to make sure everyone was ok. It was all fine, and then we went
back to sleep. It was a pretty sureal experience being woken up by an
earthquake.
I am loving the mission and loving the work. I hope you are
all doing good, You definitely have to come visit Chile one day, maybe not
where I am at because it is the ghetto, but the people are hilarious, I love
it. Love you all, do not forget to write!
Love,
Elder Tilghman
Mateo 24:44-46
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