Awesome Week

Well. Its been a loooooong week full of loooooots of meetings but it really FLEW by. I am just loving loveing loving things out here. Its really fun to serve where I do and with such a freaking awesome companion. We are really loving it. 

Katie, HAPPY BDAY THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!

Well. this week has been really busy. Tuesday we had an AWESOME district class about revelation, I HIGHLY recommend Elder Scotts talk from April 2012 (I think) about receiving revelation. I learned a lot from it. 

Wednesday we had a leadership meeting with Elder Resek, it was really good, he talked a lot about the importance of the Sacrament. I think thats something that we can all do better at taking seriously and applying in our lives. We also started a special fast with my comp and I to help a couple people in our sector. 

Thursday. We ended the fast and had a lesson with "Pato" (patricio) he was one of the people we fasted for. He is about my age, he smokes a lot, drinks, never really had any religious beliefs etc but we gave him a book of mormon and he read Alma 36 and said that he felt something and really felt the desire to change and to turn around his life. He is SOOOO AWESOME. So we went to our lesson with him right after ending our fast and it was AMAZING. Ive really been trying to work on asking more inspired questions, listening better (to the investigator and the spirit), making more invitations, etc but I honestly am not that good at it. But this lesson I literally felt like my tongue was loose and the spirit just took control. I didnt have to think once of what I was going to say, what I could ask to find his needs, etc. The words just came out and my comp and I just listened. The spirit was amazingly strong and we were able to help him decide that he really did want to pray to see if God exists and poner a prueba (does that just mean try?) all of the things we had been talking about. We are really excited because we have an FHE planned with him and a family in our ward tonight so pleaaaase pray for Pato!!

Later on thurs we had to come home early and do our studies because on the 11th of sept. all of the rebelious chileans go crazy and burn things, cut out all of the power, there are shootings, etc. We were fine though, I think they may have cut the power but it was after we were asleep anyway. 

On friday we had an Awesome zone conference. There were lots of wonderful things said but one thing stood out to me specifically. Elder Resek got up and told us that he felt very strongly that we as a mission were doing everything the Lord wanted of us to receive success and help people come unto Christ and Endure to the End and that he knew that if we wouldnt fear and if we kept trying the best we could the Lord would help us to find and baptize more of the people that he has been preparing for a long time. This is like alll I want for this sector. Like I could care less if I have high numbers or whatever. But I just want to work my hardest here and see this sector flip around. I want to see these wonderful families that are so prepared accept changes and join the church but I also feel a bit under qualified. So will you guys please pray for my comp and I? I know the Lord has prepared SO MANY people here and we are seeing crazy miracles. But we are also seeing how hard Satan tries to fight back with so much potential and possible success just on the horizon of this sector. 

Saturday I contacted in the rain all day to get people to come to the capilla abierta. With little success. But it was a lot of fun. Im glad I can do that now without getting freaked out and that we had such a fun time even though we were cold, wet, and rejected. It was great. 

Well. This week on the 18th we will be celebrating independence day! Itll be fun but hard on the work because these Chilenos go CRAZY with their fiestas patrias. And people are already starting to get ridiculously drunk. We have had several experiences with creepy drunk guys already today and yesterday but I know that God protects us, we have seen several little miracles with that already. 

And.... I gotta go. But I love you all and I hope you have a GREAT WEEk!

With love,

Kyrstin Millett

Pictures:
-Lots of pictures of the Open Chapel sent to us by a Senior missionary
-On the bus up to San Jose de Maipo for our pday today (its the hermanas sector up in the mountains, we went to visit them to eat american food with the mcmurdies a senior couple in our zone before they go home in a few weeks)
-First time eating chedar cheese in over a year. Good stuff.
-Kyrst with Trainer and her Trainer's new trainnee (or in mission lingo her mom and her sister)