We just changed our house!!!! We used to live on the very edge of town, and would have to walk 20-40 minutes to get anywhere, and head off home half an hour early to get back by ten o´clock. Well, we finally moved to the old house of a member, and it is HUGE! For a house in Chile it`s also very beautiful haha. It has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a kitchen about as big as my living room. It`s pretty fantastic, and the best part is we have much more time to visit and work. That took up a big amount of our week because we had to leave the old house absolutly spotless, but we`re more animated than ever to work hard and baptize everyone we can.
We had a very spiritual reunion with our zone today, and we are looking to increase the number of baptisms the zone has.
Eliana Saez Aburto is a wonderful investigator we have who WANTS to get baptized and wants to be able to repent. I`ve never met anybody so humble in my whole life. Last week we invited her to watch the video (20 min) of the restoration, and she did it!!! So yesterday we taught her about what it means in her life, and in the life of her boyfriend. She believed it`s true, and in reality the only problem there is is that... she and her boyfriend, Jefferson Bravo, live together but are not married. They`re progressing wonderfully and want to get married but see it as a kind of far off thing, in Febuary next year, things like that. I would apreciate it sooo much if you could place her name in the temple prayer circle. More than anything I ask that we as missionarys can be guided in our lessons and teachings with her, and be diligent in verifying and checking up on her.
It rained ALL NIGHT last night, and our beds are right by the window, so I didn`t get a very good sleep, but it`s at the same time very fun to be in such an extream climate. I`ve never seen it rain or hail like it does here in Arauco.
We also found a gigantic slug about the size of my hand in our back lot and we killed it with salt which made me very sad, but they say here that slugs cause deseases.
Hermana Custódio the other day made strogganoff with chicken, ketchup, mustard, and rice instead of noodles. It was AMAZING!
As far as missionary work not a whole lot happened, just what I already said about Eliana. You win some and you learn some, and this was definatly a learning week for me. Love you all and hope you can do small things to grow to know the savior. It`s during the hardest trials that I`ve learned the most and discovered more things about myself and about the infinate love Christ has for all of us.
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Sister Ashlee Bowling
♥ from Chile!
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