Dear
Family,
Well
I am alive and all is well. This week our zone had P-day on Tuesday,
instead of Monday, in order to go to a certain museum that is closed on Mondays.
I am happy and healthy, and hope that you all find the blessings and miracles
in your lives in this upcoming week.
The
transmitted conference with Elder Oaks was quite cool. There were
technical difficulties at the beginning that got everyone a bit worried, we
were able to see the speakers but not hear them well. Before Elder Oaks
began his talk, President Arrington asked the entire mission, gathered together
in the capilla (chapel) of my first ward in Chillan, to pray so that we could
receive the transmission well. Within 20 seconds, as everyone’s head was
bowed in silent prayer we heard clearly and loudly the voices of the
speakers. It was a miracle, of the power of prayer, and an open
manifestation that President Arrington receives revelation for this
mission. I love our President.
This
week, well, was quite calm. I am trying to remember if there was anything
that was great or out of the ordinary. Oh, I just remembered, something
that happened last week, we had carne al disco, which I hadn’t eaten before,
but I sure liked it. The Barriga
family, who by the way are awesome, y mas encima, los dos padres servieron
misiones cuando eran mas joven, asi que ayudan mucho en la obra aqui. (The Barriga
family, who by the way are awesome, and even more, both parents served missions
when they were young, and are helping a lot with the work here.)
Anyway,
for lunch, they put on their wood stove, which is somewhat common for cooking
here in Chile, a large iron disc. On the disc they put various meats,
such as beef, chicken, and pork, and they position the meats so that the
different juices from the meats mix together, and the flavor is amazing.
It was a very fascinating way of cooking. And then Brother Barriga
explained some Chilean tradition of taking pieces of bread, to mop up the meat
juices from the disc shaped pan (which was at least 2 feet in diameter) and
then eating the bread. We did that, and the flavor was great, but I don’t
want to know how many calories were in that lunch, with all the bread, potatoes,
beef steak, chicken, pork, sausage, and coca cola. It was a lunch for the
record books.
We
had a zone conference this past Thursday, It was two zones, Talcahuano
Norte (north) and Talcahuano Sur (south). It was really good. It
was focused on how to find new investigators, and it was quite
inspirational. Something missionaries did in another area of the mission,
and that the Barriga family agreed to do is record their testimony and put it
on Facebook as a short video clip. The
missionaries visited with a member, shared a lesson, and then asked the member
to share her testimony of a certain principle. She shared a short,
heartfelt testimony. And then the missionaries asked her to share that
same testimony as they record her with her smart phone, so she could put it on
Facebook. They recorded the testimony, and then right then and there, she
uploaded it to Facebook. It seems like a creative, powerful way to find
new investigators through members (the ideal source of new
investigators). We are going to do it with as many members who are
willing. The idea is that every member is a missionary. I invite
you all to consider what you are doing to share the gospel, and see if you can
include this. Family home evening idea!
Well
there is a book called the power of the everyday missionary, you can read it
online for free. Look for it in the mission blog http://chileconcepcionmission.blogspot.com/
I
know that Jesus Christ is our Savior, that this is His church, and that Thomas
S. Monson is his prophet.
I
love you all. I love you more than the number of rays of sunshine it
would take to roast a marshmallow 99999999999999999999999 miles from the sun.
Elder
Withers
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