April 6, 2015
Hola
Family and Friends,
Well
this past week was pretty calm. The best thing that happened was
conference weekend. The Stakes here are really thoughtful and always have
a television set up for missionaries to watch the conference in English if they
would like, so I watched it live in English. I watched the Spanish talks
in Spanish however. It was cool to see Elder Zeballos speak, he has
spoken to our mission before and shook everyone`s hand. He is originally
from Talcahuano, so that is exciting.
Our
mission president asked each missionary to include in their weekly letter one thing
that called their attention from conference. Here is part of what I wrote
President Arrington: General Conference was a spiritual feast. I am grateful for the inventions of pen and
paper that allowed me to take notes. What
most called my attention from conference was a talk from Wilford W. Anderson of
the Seventy. I really liked the story of
the Native American and the doctor. “I
can teach you to dance but you have to hear the music” is a line I hope to never forget. I want to always be worthy to hear the music
of the gospel, and help others tune into it as well.
I
hope you all enjoyed conference. It was a flood of revelation. I hope that I can get an organized canal
system going on to make sure all that revelation doesn’t just go to the
ocean, but rather divert the flood into the fields of productivity and action,
allowing each drop of God`s guidance to seep in.
The
work is moving forward and we are really happy that the convert baptisms the
ward has lately are staying strong. Pia who got baptized last week is
considering serving a mission, and her mother is thrilled with the idea, so
that is good news. There is a member family in the ward, the Barriga
family, that is organizing 2 family home evenings with neighbor families this
week and they have invited us. One of the families is part member and the
other family is all non- member. They asked us to share the movie “Together
Forever”. We hope and pray that they will feel the spirit and accept the
baptismal challenge.
The 18th
of April will be a good day here in Chile. Elder Dallin H. Oaks will
come to Santiago, capital of Chile, and his talk will be transmitted to a
number of missions. We will go to the Gleisner chapel in Concepcion, a
large chapel, and the location of the fourth church building in Chile, to watch
it. Elder Oaks will be speaking to the missionaries of Chile, so I am
definitely looking forward to that.
I
love my family. I love you all more than the number of good ideas, sent
from Heaven that people received as a
result of the conference this past weekend.
With
lots of love,
Elder
Withers
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