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MY FIRST WEEK WITH A CHILEAN

 May 15, 2023

Hey, what is good my peeps? Well, as you can tell by the title, I have a new companion who is from Chile!! 

 

On Tuesday, Elder Sellers is due at the port at like 8, so we call a taxi. It doesn't come, so we call again. No response. So, we call one more time. And we successfully get one but it doesn't at the right place. We eventually get in the taxi. By now, it's like 8:15 and he can't be there any later than  8:30. By 8:25, I'm getting calls and calls from people telling me to hurry. We get to the port and run in, and I'm not even kidding you, we got the bus right before It left!! It was pulling out when we stopped it, haha! After that, me and Elder Poblete went home and did some studies, haha. 

 

On Tuesday afternoon, we responded to a call we got Monday night to help a family with a spiritual problem. We weren't sure what it was about, but we walked an hour and a half out to the campo. We walk up to the house and a girl comes out and explains that her family had been seeing spirits walk around, and her little sister used to have an imaginary friend, but when that friend left, her sister got all mad. I don't know if I get all the details exactly, but it was a bunch of weird stuff. We decided to dedicate the house. Let me tell you, the difference I felt in that house after was the craziest thing in the world! After we dedicated the house, we asked the family if we could do anything more, and they say, "Ya, how do our get kids get baptized?" We gave the kids their own copies of The Book of Mormon, invited them to church, and set some dates. 

On Wednesday we didn't do much--just the regular contacting. Actually, another miracle happened on Tuesday that I forgot to tell you--we found 5 people, so that's insane, but we were also able to also get a lesson with these 2 little girls that we've been wanting to talk to, soo it was a pretty great day.  

Another miracle happened on Sunday. We were waiting for our friends to show up to church. Nobody came that first hour, but after the first hour, a family shows up, and guess who it is!?! It's the kids that I put on date, and they all came with their personal Book of Mormon in hand, ready to learn. How cute!!! haha. Also, the night before, I saw all three of them on a Whatsapp story reading the intro to the Book of Mormon together, which melted my heart.

So, that was my week! I also had a ton of fun teaching English to my companion. He's great to be around.

Well, I have to go, but I love you all so much and miss you much more!! 

Elder Mergenthaler 

Out

 





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