Yes! I have had a great week! The highlight was spending a day on splits with the assistants. I worked with Elder Ricks, and we had some awesome experiences that I will write about later. Yes, my companion has been much better too.
Becoming a ward is the goal :D That would be so neat to see. There are enough members, but not enough that are dedicated in attending. One of the Elder´s quorum counselors that just got released yesterday hasn´t attended church in months, maybe years. And we are one of the stronger branches in Chile. There are some where not even the Bishop shows up to church. President Bruce told us that getting people to church is a battle here. So getting them to church is fun.
Our sector is probably like... our stake and the Lakeview stake put together. That is our branch area. However big that is haha. So to get to church is about 20 minutes walking for the farthest people. That takes an effect on the attendance as well. We have a chapel and it is beautiful! It is only maybe 10 years old and I love being in it.
Haha poor Japonese Girls. Rats, no. And spiders not really either. We usually wake up with a bunch of bug bites though, and there are tiny cockroaches and other little bugs. But we used a spray as well so they don´t bug us too much.
Do choir Nathan! It was so much fun and I still sings the songs in my head with the Tabernacle Choir CDs we have haha.
President Matt Holland is really good! I went to a fireside of his at UVU a few months before I left. He is a lot like his dad. Those stories are so neat! Very small world.
Go Brenton! That is so cool! I´m way happy for him! Tell Josh to get on it too. haha
So Saturday I got to work with Elder Ricks all day. We have had an investigator, Carla, for about a month. Elder Hertler and I both know that she knows the church is true. And she enjoys the peace and comfort that it brings. But for some reason last Tuesday she decided not to make the step of baptism. Elder Hertler and I did not know how to help her. But then we met with her Saturday with Elder Ricks and he helped her remember what she knows and realized the peace that she is looking for in her life is right here. And it is so easy to get. Just accept Christ and His atonement. When we do that we can wake up every day and just be happy, knowing that everything will be okay as long as we follow Christ. We don´t have to worry about all of the bad things in our life because the Lord will take care of us. It is when we go away from Him that we start being afraid. So she will now hopefully be ready for this Saturday.He also helped us with a family that needs to get married. The mom is a member but the dad is not. They both want to do what is right, but getting married has just been a hard step to take for the almost 20 years they´ve been together. We know that every missionary companionship that has taught them has challenged them to get married. But Elder Ricks helped them both a lot and hopefully they will change.
This is week 6 now and I hope that I stay here with my companion another 6 weeks at least. But we´ll find out next week.
The mission is amazing! And I´m working to be better every day!
Love,
Elder Derek Keele
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