Pure Love of Christ

Dear Family and Friends,

Woo hoo!! It's MAY!! Holy cow I can't believe it! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST DAD IN THE WORLD TOMORROW!!!! WOOO HOOO! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

Wow and I can't believe that we will already be seeing each other again this Sunday! Where is the time going!? Wow! But I'm excited!!!

A quick update. Yesterday Elder Kimball just went into the hospital for appendicitis and he is about to hit one year. It's a little ironic because I was in his same exact situation when I was about to hit one year and I had my hernia operation. But If you could all keep Elder Kimball in your prayers that would be great!

But this past week has been awesome! Each week in this sector has been getting better and better it's awesome!! Truly, this past week my companion and I decided to focus a lot on the importance of love and charity. That has been our goal from the beginning in trying to develop a stronger love to our brothers and sisters here in Chile. 

To start off, the Lord truly blessed us this past week! There were a few days that we lost because of some problems we had with the office projects and the computers soaked up most of our time those days. But on the other days of the week where we didn't have to go into the office, truly, the Lord blessed us so much! 

For example, on Tuesday we had a dia llena! We had a lot of citas fijado and we didn't know what to do with so many appointments. So we ended up calling the Vedovi who are a matrimonio couple from Brazil and we threw them into a random new investigator's house and told them to teach lesson 1 ha ha! They have only been here for one month or so and still haven't learned Spanish, but it was awesome working as a team in one sector and dividing and conquering! Ha ha, in the end the lesson went great for them!

While they were teaching, we ran to Savka who is a investigator that has come to church about 3 times. Her boyfriend is a return missionary and is progressing really well. On Tuesday we had a super powerful lesson with her in which she accepted a baptismal date. But we went by again on Thursday and she was too nervous and scared because her family is really Catholic that the date dropped. But she still came to church yesterday! Aww, I know she is going to get baptized this month!

Then Friday was a holiday here in Chile which I just love working on holidays! There are so many people in their homes! Especially in our sector since normally they are out working all week long! So we were able to have a lot of success this past weekend in finding and getting into a lot of new houses! I love finding new investigators! It's an excitement that runs through me! I love it! And it just makes me to want to find even more new investigators! IT truly was a blessing to have that holiday for us to find all these new investigators because the past 2 weeks we haven't really been able to find anyone!

Then Saturday was amazing! First off, we got a reference from our ward mission leader of a teenager that is friends with all the young men in the ward that had come to church a week ago. We passed by his house and he was so excited to share with us. His name is Nicolas and is about 14 or 15 years old! His neighbor is a teenager who is super active in the church. We taught him the Restoration and he already knew everything! He told us that he believes that this is the true church and wants to get baptized! IT was awesome! We put a baptism date for the 16th!! Woo hoo :) Double bonus ;) He is an awesome kid! We have passed by to get to know his family even better and they are super nice as well! I love getting references from the members!!! I know Nicolas is going to get baptized!!

Then Saturday night we were invited to the Rañiman family who is a family who aren't all members. And it has been amazing to see the change in this family. When I found them over 2 months ago the two sons Gabriel and Seba weren't really interested in getting to know the missionaries and the mom was pretty cold hearted again the members and leaders of the church from some ugly things that have happened in the past. And her husband Gabriel, as well, isn't a member and never wanted to share with us. But it has been amazing to see the transformation of this family as the sons and mom have reactivated and now they are going to get married and Gabriel is sooo chill with us! He even came to church yesterday! We had a fun little party Saturday night as they had their whole family over for a celebration on their decision to get married. Then on Sunday they invited us over to eat lunch and as we finished eating lunch the family one by one shared their testimonies to us and thanked us for the happiness that they have found again in the gospel.

I love this gospel soo much! It truly is for the happiness of the family! I know Heavenly Father wants the best for each and every one of our families and that He established each one soo perfectly! This gospel is the key to everything! Even unto bringing the eternal life to each family! I love it I love it I love it!!!

I am so grateful for my family that have seen the numberless blessings of this gospel! I am grateful for a loving Heavenly Father that takes care of us soo well! I love you all soo much!}

Can't wait to see you all Sunday!

Love Elder Cowan