Well. Where to start. This week has been
different than I would have expected. Omar didnt get baptized. I wish I
could explain the crazy feelings and thoughts that have been running
through my heart and my mind. It was kinda hard on saturday. He has been
an amazing investigator and he was so dang set on baptism. He had his
interview, tried on his baptismal clothes, we went to see him EVERY DAY
to make sure he was ok. But ONE little thing made it all blow up. He
didnt tell his girlfriend. And she is pretty controling, so by the time
he told her the DAY BEFORE she flipped out and it all came crashing
down. It was sad to see how so much progress and faith and happiness
could be forgotten in the blink of an eye. So saturday my companion and I
kneeled together in a little room after a meeting we had with the whole
mission and we asked for the lords help and comfort before calling omar
to hear his final decision and when he said no we just tried to put a
smile on and jump on the metro back to our sector to work. So we didnt
talk about it much nor did I let myself think about it too much because I
didnt want to get desanimated (unmotivated? idk what the word is) but
sunday night I was thinking and I couldnt help but think of Mario, my
first investigator that got baptized in the other mission and how
heartbroken I was to see him turn away from all he had experienced and
learned as well. And idk it was cool because I just felt such a profound
love and concern for mario and omar that I knelt down in my bed with
the lights off and prayed for both of them, I started the prayer feeling
a little sad and a little bit like all of our efforts were worthless
because what do we have to show for it? But as I prayed I felt a great
calm and comfort come over me and I knew that Heavenly father was very
much aware of Mario and Omar and that he has a plan for them, he knows
what satan will do to try to stop it and he knows how to help each of
his children come back. I felt very strongly that Heavenly Father was
very aware and grateful for what I had been able to do for them. Even if
I leave my mission and neither one is active in the church I felt very
strongly that I along with my companions had been able to touch and
change their lives in a way that will help them for the rest of their
lives, and that one day they will return. Whether it be while Im here on
my mission or no, Omar AND Mario are gonna come back. It was a really
cool experience. I havent felt such strong promptings from the Lord in a
loooong time. I cried the whole time. Im so grateful for a heavenly
father that knows us and speaks to us personally. :)
So
please pray lots for omar this week. I cant ask you to fast for him
because it says I can in the manual misional so I wont...... but if you
decided on your own that you wanted to do that this fast sunday Im just
saying I wouldnt be opposed....
Well. Other
than that we are starting something SUPER COOL in the sudameria sur
area. We are only reporting 2 key indicators 1) baptisms and
confirmations and 2) total sacrament meeting attendance. So we had a
really cool meeting about it and why we were doing it and I am really
excited because it just changes your focus to a higher level of thinking
and it puts your efforts and thoughts to where they need to be. Hard to
explain but its gonna be really cool Im really excited.
Well
I gotta go but Ill be talking to you all soon enough! Im happy and
doing well, Im so grateful for this wonderful sector and the wonderful
people we are working with. Even though we had a bit of a dissapointing
saturday we saw so many miracles with other investigators afterwards so I
know that God is taking care of me and my comp and we are gonna be
doing great! Sorry not gonna be, we ARE doing great :) :)
With love,
Kyrstin Millett
Cookies
with Javiera and Maria our investigators (we were gonna make them for
the baptism...........but that didnt happen. so we took them around to
investigators to make their day)
pic of some of my favorite graffiti in the sector. Puente Alto is FULL of graffiti, gotta love it
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