Hey Y'all,
We've had quite the week as exciting stories go. Unfortunately, very little actual work has gotten done. But that's OK. When I say work, I mean actually teaching people. But we've been working in other ways.
Just this morning we've done about a month's worth of physical service for a missionary (As you know we should being giving service every time we have the chance). We went to Concepcion to get Elder Brann's carnet (license) early this morning (I slept on the bus...ugh...) and we were on our way to the Mission office when a girl stopped us in the street. She and her cousin were helping a dog and asked if we could help her carry the dog somewhere in Concepcion. We decided to help her and her cousin out. Apparently this girl goes around helping abused or abandoned animals in between studying/going to school and working as a veterinarian. She is a little fireball. She spoke pretty good English and didn't believe me when I told her I understood what she was saying in Spanish. So, she spoke to us in English the whole time while we were carrying this dog to a vet. She had an address that she got wrong, so we ended up at the wrong end of Concepcion and had to walk about 10 extra blocks. Anyway, this girl kept talking about how nobody believes in what she's doing or what she can do as a person. It was really quite inspiring to hear her talk about saving the world. She also said she used to be a member of the church, however Elder Brann and I both doubt that. In the end, it felt good to do a little unplanned service for some random person on the other side of the planet.
One thing that Elder Brann and I both got a kick out of was one little girl who passed us in the street. We were walking to somebody's house and we saw her just skipping down the road. Imagine an 11 or 12-year-old girl just skipping happily down the road. It made our day and we merrily greeted her as she passed. It was quite satisfying the smooth, "hola" we got in return. Not like a happy crazy greeting, but like a "the world is a wonderful place therefore I'm skipping without any cares about what others think about me" greeting. It just made our whole day that day. :)
The cambios are also about this week and we now have a new person in the house. Elder Gonzalez left to go to Temuco and his companion is now working with Elder Leiva. Elder Leiva, who is our District leader for just us in the house, is a great Chilean from Santiago. He is a good missionary and just inspires us to do better every week. It's definitely good to have him in the house.
Another exciting thing this week: Roger was ordained a Priest! Yay! He received the Priesthood and is now able to pass, bless and prepare the sacrament, along with working in the ward as a worthy priesthood holder. :) We´re very excited to have him with the power of God as his command as long as he remains worthy. :)
That´s about it this week. Keep reading the Book of Mormon at least 10 minutes a day! Chao!
Elder Lundstrom
We've had quite the week as exciting stories go. Unfortunately, very little actual work has gotten done. But that's OK. When I say work, I mean actually teaching people. But we've been working in other ways.
Just this morning we've done about a month's worth of physical service for a missionary (As you know we should being giving service every time we have the chance). We went to Concepcion to get Elder Brann's carnet (license) early this morning (I slept on the bus...ugh...) and we were on our way to the Mission office when a girl stopped us in the street. She and her cousin were helping a dog and asked if we could help her carry the dog somewhere in Concepcion. We decided to help her and her cousin out. Apparently this girl goes around helping abused or abandoned animals in between studying/going to school and working as a veterinarian. She is a little fireball. She spoke pretty good English and didn't believe me when I told her I understood what she was saying in Spanish. So, she spoke to us in English the whole time while we were carrying this dog to a vet. She had an address that she got wrong, so we ended up at the wrong end of Concepcion and had to walk about 10 extra blocks. Anyway, this girl kept talking about how nobody believes in what she's doing or what she can do as a person. It was really quite inspiring to hear her talk about saving the world. She also said she used to be a member of the church, however Elder Brann and I both doubt that. In the end, it felt good to do a little unplanned service for some random person on the other side of the planet.
One thing that Elder Brann and I both got a kick out of was one little girl who passed us in the street. We were walking to somebody's house and we saw her just skipping down the road. Imagine an 11 or 12-year-old girl just skipping happily down the road. It made our day and we merrily greeted her as she passed. It was quite satisfying the smooth, "hola" we got in return. Not like a happy crazy greeting, but like a "the world is a wonderful place therefore I'm skipping without any cares about what others think about me" greeting. It just made our whole day that day. :)
The cambios are also about this week and we now have a new person in the house. Elder Gonzalez left to go to Temuco and his companion is now working with Elder Leiva. Elder Leiva, who is our District leader for just us in the house, is a great Chilean from Santiago. He is a good missionary and just inspires us to do better every week. It's definitely good to have him in the house.
Another exciting thing this week: Roger was ordained a Priest! Yay! He received the Priesthood and is now able to pass, bless and prepare the sacrament, along with working in the ward as a worthy priesthood holder. :) We´re very excited to have him with the power of God as his command as long as he remains worthy. :)
That´s about it this week. Keep reading the Book of Mormon at least 10 minutes a day! Chao!
Elder Lundstrom
Thanks for posting Ron!
ReplyDelete