03-22-10

1st of all, guess where I'm going?

To the bottom of the world, to a city called Punta Reinas. It is the city that is the furthest south in all of the world and in my mission. And I get to go there for winter! I heard it is cold! There are penguins there! I also heard that it is really pretty. I take a plane from a city called Puerto Montt on Wednesday. My sector is called Puerto Natales, and it is far away from the city to the east, so I will only be going to district/zone meetings on the days that I have intercambios. My new companion´s name is Elder Sanford. He has a cambio or two more than me in the mission and he is from Idaho. I am excited to meet him.

This week went by very quickly. Brenda is doing well. She came with us to the district conference that the branch went to by bus. That was cool, but she finally told us that she doesn't believe much in Jesus Christ. She is beginning to understand more about the church, but now she needs to understand why she needs Jesus Christ and gain faith in him. She is doing great other than that, but she waited a while to tell us that. We always go and teach her with members, so sometimes we think that maybe she likes the church just because of the social aspect, but we´ll find out more. We are going to teach her tomorrow.

Paola is doing not as well. She still doesn't want to come to church, but we are still meeting with her. She is putting the visits farther and farther apart. She understands sooo well, but the Lord will keep working with her heart. Hopefully she can come to church this week and then to general conference the next week. She is such a great person too, so keep her in your prayers.

I am excited for general conference. I think I will have to travel by bus or something to see it from my new sector.