so this week was great as usual, but it was
also more challenging than the others by far. we have had literally no
success with any of our investigators. none of them are progressing
anymore and we didn't get any of them to conference (which was so awesome
ill get to that later). pretty much all our lessons and appointments
fell through and none of our menos activos decided to come to conference
with us either. im not sure what we are doing wrong, but i think its
just a sign to work harder, so thats what we are going to do. i have
learned not to how to care for our investigators and im sad when they
choose not to come to church or they dont open the door even when i can
clearly see that they are inside but i have learned not to be
discouraged and not to let that sadness take over. i think the cure is
more service and harder more loving work. we made a lot of good goals to
work more effectively this week and to serve this people as much as we
can.
ok now for conference. WOW. this was one of
my favorite conferences, and it went by so fast. those past two days
felt like one super fast conference session and i learned so much. i
wish i would have taken notes on general conference before i came on the
mission because i feel lke i learned so much more. my favorite was jorg
klebingat ( dont know how to spell his last name) and jeffery r
holland, as usual. i felt like both of them were talking directly to me
and i learned what i need to do to become a better missionary, friend,
example, disciple of Christ, and member of this church. i also learned
of the importance of my patriarchal blessing this conference. read your
patriarchal blessing often, like everyday often, and if you dont have
one than get one. live according to your patriarchal blessing and live
so that you can receive all the future blessings that are in your
patriarchal blessing. one of my favorite quotes was from the 2nd sunday
session: its time to take off our hatchet cover and go to work. one more
thing, i learned that we all have weaknesses and that we need to
confront them, and get over them. loved this general conference, its
crazy to think that i only have 3 more here in chile!!! general conference definitely made this week a whole lot better and gave elder
garcia and i a lot of ideas on how to better ourselves in this work. don't ignore the council of our prophets and apostles. they know what
they are talking about.
ok mom sorry about the
whole running out of money and food comment last week, i just meant we
were out of money for that week. bad communication on my part ha sorry
about that!! i promise im not starving and we are doing just fine on
money. i have learned the lesson of spending and saving money since last
month! alright now to answer the questions:
Where
did you watch conference? Did you take any investigators with you? we
watched it in the stake center, guadalupe and no we didnt have any
investigators...
What was your favorite part?jorg k. and jeffery r holland. ts time to stop making excuses and get to work.
Did you understand most of the talk that was in Spanish? they had a voice over in english so i couldnt hear a lot of it in spanish, but from what i could hear, yes i could understand.
What was one of the spiritual highlights of the week? during conference i felt the strong prompting to work harder and that i need to serve.
Have you had any dangerous encounters? nothing too crazy, just the fight from a few weeks ago and we get growled at by dogs all the time but nothing bad has happened
Do you usually tract houses or spend more time street contacting? we are in a sector of all apartments called the blocks so we do door approaches a lot and we have a few good street contacts here and there
Did you ever get the letter we sent from us, brandons, and willis'? we sent it about 2 weeks before you left the CCM. no i havent got a letter while in chile. the other elders say it takes a little longer than a month so i should be getting it really soon.
How many completos (hot dogs) have you had this week? we made goals after hearing jorg klebgnats talk about eating healthy so we arent having anymore completos or fried things or anything else like candy or sweets!
What can we specifically pray for this week? pray for our investigators. pray for president warne. oh by the way elder garcias family is much better, thanks for praying for him too!
What was your favorite part?jorg k. and jeffery r holland. ts time to stop making excuses and get to work.
Did you understand most of the talk that was in Spanish? they had a voice over in english so i couldnt hear a lot of it in spanish, but from what i could hear, yes i could understand.
What was one of the spiritual highlights of the week? during conference i felt the strong prompting to work harder and that i need to serve.
Have you had any dangerous encounters? nothing too crazy, just the fight from a few weeks ago and we get growled at by dogs all the time but nothing bad has happened
Do you usually tract houses or spend more time street contacting? we are in a sector of all apartments called the blocks so we do door approaches a lot and we have a few good street contacts here and there
Did you ever get the letter we sent from us, brandons, and willis'? we sent it about 2 weeks before you left the CCM. no i havent got a letter while in chile. the other elders say it takes a little longer than a month so i should be getting it really soon.
How many completos (hot dogs) have you had this week? we made goals after hearing jorg klebgnats talk about eating healthy so we arent having anymore completos or fried things or anything else like candy or sweets!
What can we specifically pray for this week? pray for our investigators. pray for president warne. oh by the way elder garcias family is much better, thanks for praying for him too!
well
im gald to hear you are all doing well and im glad you loved conference
as much as i did! keep those talks and the other words of the prophets
close and go over them regularly, until april. cant wait.
i
love you guys, i love this work, this mission of chile rancagua, the
people here and this gospel of Jesus Christ. i know without a doubt it
is the true gospel. why would me and 88,000 other missionaries be
leaving their homes to serve if this gospel weren't true? exactly. its
because it is true. i love you guys, thank you for your prayers and
support. love you niño. be a good helper and keep saving for your
mission! love you!
love,
elder pacheco
