I`m so sorry for not replying to anybody or writing or doing any of that fun stuff. I formally extend my deepest apologies.
Well this week goes like this...
Monday: We had an awesome P-day in Concepcion! I bought a super South American jacket that I`m using everyday. Super aztec as a typical white girl would say. We also had cambios, but nothing is going to change. The four of us, Me, Hermana Vasquez, Hermana Bazaes and Hermana Custódio are staying in Arauco! And we are PUMPED! We had an appointment later in the day with our investigator Ximena (pronounced himena) who is really cool. We showed her a video of a story of the book of mormon, and then afterwards asked her, what would it mean to you if the book of Mormon were true. She answered that it would change everything. It would mean a lot of new things to accept into her life, and that was just the best answer I ever could have heard. It was like, "yes. She gets it." We as missionarys tend to look on the bright side of things and talk only about the miracles we`ve seen, but I`m here to tell you that people like that are few and far between. We`ve had to wade through a lot of crappy investigators to find somebody like her. Slowly but surely.
Tuesday: We had a lesson with a homeless guy, which was interesting. Well, he`s almost homeless. About three weeks ago we were walking up a HUGE hill when we saw a super old man walking with a cane down the hill. He told us he wanted to go to church on Sunday, and that he had met with missionarys before. We told him he was welcome anytime. "yeah vale chao." So fastforward to that sunday, and nothing. We forget about him. But last week, as we were entering into the third hour, we look outside and see Luis, the homeless man, walking into the gate of the church. He left his house at 10 in the morning and walked an hour and a half to come to church. It was impressive, so Tuesday we challenged him to be baptized, which he accepted, and started working with him to help him understand just what a big committment it´s got to be. But he`s really cool, and it was the miracle of the week.
Wednesday: Pretty much nothing. Don`t remember a whole lot.
Thursday: Intercambio! I headed off to Curanilahue and got to work with Hermana Poyfair. She`s just the sweetest person I`ve ever met. It was a good time. Also, hermana Curtis is in Curanilahue too! So we`re going to be seeing each other more often! It was cool to meet up again. For those of you who don`t remember she was my companion in the CCM, and we lived together in Gorbea for 5 months.
Viernes: While teaching English class we met a super cool lady who said she`s been praying to find the true church. She`s a little bit scheptical but willing to meet with us which is really cool.
Saturday: We saw Eliana!! She`s so awesome! We invited her to come to church with us on Sunday, but for real this time, and she said yes!!!! We had district conference, so we invited her to come with us to Lota, and she did it!!!
Domingo: ELIANA CAME TO CHURCH!!! Patricio, an AWESOME recent convert came by and picked us up and we all went up together. It was a super cool day, but then my companion got motion sick and we were in the bathroom for a good part of the day =( Poor thing. But all in all it was a great week.
The weather is cooling down and we`re heading into auburn. Hope you all have a great week. LOVE YA!
Sister Ashlee Bowling
♥ from Chile!
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