THIS WEEK WAS PRETTY MUCH WONDERFUL!!
January 4, 2017
Hey!
This week was pretty much wonderful!
For New Year's an inactive family invited us over and it was cool cause we did't really know them, but it was a great chance to gain some trust! It was kinda nuts because he used to be a bishop but later, just stopped going! And the chapel is on the block across the street from him! However, we had a blast with him and his family.
After that, we got back to work trying to repair the damage done by the holidays. A lot of investigators are now difficult to find. However, we fasted on Sunday for our sector and the same night, we found two really cool Haitians!!! The first one's name is Jimmy and we found him looking for another Haitian who lives in the same house. One of the Haitians outside said, "Hey, are you an American? and I was like,"Yup," and he said, "I know a guy who speaks English!" So, he goes inside and out comes Jimmy. And he looks strangely happy to see me so I start talking to him and find that his English is pretty solid.
After talking to him for about 5-10 minutes, he said that he was going to tell me the reason he came to Chile. He said that it was because he wanted to find a church to join! That's a very uncommon reason for a Haitian to come to Chile because, 99.999% of the time, it's to find a job. Basically, Jimmy's the first person to ever say otherwise (Hence the .001% missing). He proceeded to say how in Haiti, all the pastors were very aggressive and he was very confused about doctrine and was just wanting to follow Jesus so he left. Before I could really even explain who I was he asked if he could come to church and after I introduced myself, he asked me how I became a missionary and what were my duties and what I did. After explaining to that him we're just normal people that take two years out of our lives to dedicate ourselves to Christ and serving the Gospel he immediately said "Wow, can I do that too?!?"... WHAT?! Never have I contacted a person and been asked if they could serve a mission. XD So I said, "Of course, but after taking a few steps and joining the church." I taught him the Restoration in English (which felt soooo weird!!) and set up a date to come by the next day! The next day, we reviewed the Restoration and introduced them to the Book of Mormon! They were very excited and we're going to see them again today.
Actually, Jimmy doesn't speak Spanish and neither does his friend, Diesmy, really. And my comp doesn't speak English... So when we taught, I taught the majority in English and Jimmy translated to French. And if my comp wanted to say something, or I'd have him answer some questions, I would translate to him what the question was in Spanish, he'd respond, I'd translate to English and then Jimmy would translate to French.... And it WORKED!!! Like really well!!! I´'m really excited for them!
I also contacted another guy on the streets yesterday by the metro station. He was really, really interested and ALSO asked if he could go on a mission. I talked about the Plan of Salvation with him for about 5 minutes, after getting his address and number, and then, all of a sudden, he was, "OH NO THAT'S MAH BUS!!!" (well the Spanish equivalent) and then ran off chasen' his bus, barely making it.
But, yeah, everything's pretty awesome right now and I'm just havin' a blast spreadin' that Good Word!
Have a good week everyone!
Elder Sierra
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