Well
first of all we got to hear from Elder Holland, we left at like 6:30 in
the morning but there were people that left at 3 or 4 in the morning and
got there later than we did because we live close. Haha it was pretty
much a cheesy mormon movie in real life. The metro pulls up to the
station and we were getting on when my comp (the sweetest girl in the
world literally an angel) sees some Elders in the front car of the
train. She turns to us with the most stern face I´ve ever seen and
says "Elderes......" So we are getting close to our station and she
says "When we get out, we don´t greet them, we don´t smile, we just
RUN!!!!!!!" So the doors open and the race begins, 4 hermanas and 40
elderes sprinting through the metro station, up the stairs, through a
construction site and to the chapel.... It was CRAZY. But the hermanas
got there before the elderes so its all good, but we walk in at like
6:40 in the morning (4 hours before the meeting) and the chapel was
completely full and half the gym too..... terrible. But miraculously we
found two seats that they had shoved inbetween the wall and the benches
and we were sitting 6 or 7 rows back. AWESOME. The best part: ELDER
HOLLAND LOOKED ME STRAIGHT IN THE EYES. I specifically noted the parts
where he was looking right at me and saying it.
Well sounds like we had a few of the same things as Mal in our devotional but also a lot of different
First
Elder Holland talked about how this time really is making history and
that we can´t just think "Oh cool" We are on a curve of missionaries
that the church has never seen before, a curve on the graph thats almost
vertical, and we have to really prepare to make the ascent, this can´t
just be the same its always been we have to do more, become more, and
see more results because God has given us this miraculous opportunity
and if we don´t take advantage of it He may not ever give us this big of
an opportunity again.
He also talked about the importance of doing this
FOREVER. THIS IS REAL LIFE. We can´t just take a step into the
mission, do the mission thing and step back into real life, because we
can´t go back, we are progressing forward on our missions and when we go
home God expects us to keep stepping forward, we aren´t stepping back
into old life, we are stepping forward into the next step of life, but
we have to be forever changed.
He said that when he finds a missionary that doesn´t
stay faithful he can´t understand it and never will, haha he said we
don´t ever want to run into him if that is us because he can "Do things"
"I can let air out of your tires, I can put pepper in your empanadas! I
can do things!!!" But then he got really serious and started tearing
up, he said this gets really personal for him because when we return
home we speak in church and its his grandkids sitting there in the
chapel deciding off of our testimonies whether or not to go so he begs
us to go home and knock the back wall of the chapel our with our
testimonies "go home and LEVEL THE PLACE"
The things he said when he looked me straight in the eye:
"How can you come here, serve, bear testimoney, beg these people to make changes, and not change your own self forever???"
"There have never ever been easy missions....DO NOT
WASTE ONE MINUTE WONDERING WHY THIS IS HARD WHEN IT WAS NEVER EVER EASY
FOR HIM." He talked about the sacrifice Christ made and that his mission
wasn´t easy, ours wont be either!
I also had divisions this week with Hermana Webb in Apoquindo! It was the first time I´ve seen stars in 3
months!! Here in pocuro we can only see 1 star... and I´m pretty sure
its actually a planet (Hahaha one time we were giving a really spiritual
recorrido (temple tour) and my companion was talking about the blessing to Abraham
and that he would have posterity as numerous as the stars and we all
look up and see...... 1 star....really anticlimatic... now its a big
joke between me and my comp haha)
During divisions we ate lunch at presidents house
that was pretty fun! Its interesting to see their personalities when its
not just all business!
Also, some great things
that happened this week: 2 more baptisimal dates set!! Its interesting
to hear how things are in your mission mal, we are told to invite them
on the 1st lesson too, but we have gotten plenty of nos, the dates we
have set they are really sure of it, we definitely have less numbers I
think but I think the people are pretty firmish to their commitments... I
DEFINITELY need to contact more.
So the first story I have is for Cleber, he is from Brazil and he is here for his work project, he was attending the ward
with our zone leaders but they told him there was a ward closer to his
pieza (room/apartment) and so they passed the reference to us, we gave
the first lesson (which he practically gave himself because he already
believes it all, he just didn´t know that there was a church that
believes in the same standards and principles) and then we invited him
to be baptized and he pretty much said "of course, when can I? What do I
need to do?" We were shocked. He is AWESOME he is sooooo dedicated to
God, he lived on the street for 14 years, his wife left him for another
guy, he has a lot of health difficulties and a lot of other problems but
he has NEVER touched drugs, alcohol or cigarettes because he knew he
had God and didn´t need anything else, so when he found a church that
had the same principles he was thrilled! He also has always believed
that it is important to have revelation from God in this day and this
time and he told us when he first met us that before he even knew about
the church he had a dream of his best friend (who is a member) baptizing
him and he knew thats what he needed to do.... We are thrilled. He is
AWESOME. But please please please pray for him he is having a hard time
with his health and he could use some prayers!!!
Also we set a baptisimal date for Carolina, she is
11 and her mom was inactive, but she is coming back and wants her
daughter to be baptized, she is THE CUTEST girl in the world and we LOVE
their family so we are really excited for them!!
We met with the Elders from Mario´s sector, it was
really hard to let him go, We may have cried a bit afterwards..... But
we are super excited for him!! The Temple president is going to baptize
him!!!! The president asked us to call our mission president again to
see if the temple president can take us to the baptism and back because
Mario could really use the support....but President Wright said no
again.... bummer.
Well thats all for this week! Love you all!
With love,
Kyrstin Millett
PS
mom I bought stuff to send in the package, its not much but I got a
little something for each of the kids and some candy and something for
each of the exchange students its suuuper small and not much but
hopefully you guys like it!
Also, don´t know if you have sent the package but if
you haven´t I would love to give something to my comp, Like a dr hatch
cd and a shade shirt or two size small or medium would be awesome, sorry
I forgot to say that in my last letter, I tried to tell benja (my
chilean little bro) to tell you on facebook that I´m not sure if she is
still gonna be my comp... but I think she will..... If you have already
sent the package then don´t worry about it
Kyrstin at the meeting with Elder Holland, shoved in a corner, but up close. She sees her MTC friend, Hna Harkins.
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