Hola Famila,
I am glad to hear that Dad’s knee is feeling better and I will keep you in my prayers that it will continue to progress to get better. Sounds like you loved conference a lot and I loved it so much!!! I learn so much every time I go and I feel like its Christmas when I go. I also loved the talks of the First Presidency because I really think its what the Branch needs here.
I will be staying here another transfer and my companion will be leaving to Punta Arenas and I will be training another new missionary. I don’t know if it’s a Latin or North American so I’ll tell you in my next letter Monday. I got a call from the mission office telling me that I will be getting a little more in my account for travels. and then he told me congrats on becoming a trainer and I was surprised because President usually calls the missionaries when they will train but he has yet to call me so I do not know if I am still training but according to the office and my zone leaders I am training but we will see.
But all is well here. I went to La Union because that is where the whole district of La Union goes to see Conference. I was there living there with the zone leaders for the past two days in their house because it was less expensive to stay there for the two days and not travel everyday. It was fun being with the zone leaders, they’re great Elders and I learn a lot from them. I hope to have many investigators in church next week to help them understand the reason on why we go to church because that was one of the first talks of General conference in the Saturday morning session and that helped me a lot and I can´t wait to read it again. The winter season has taken a turn here in San Pablo with a little rain here and cold but all is well.
It was awesome but sadly we didn’t have any investigators come to conference but we hope to have investigators come to church next week. I also feel sad in one way of conference because it went by soooo fast!! It was sad that the members only came to see and hear conference Sunday morning and the priesthood session. Hardly anybody came to Saturday or Sunday afternoon because everybody thinks that its Sunday morning is the only important session. That makes me sad because I learned soooo much in the Saturday sessions from the leaders of the church and so many great talks that were so needed for certain members of the church in the branch in San Pablo. Also investigators that we have that there were messages that I think would have been the key to their conversion or their answer to certain questions or doubts they were having. I guess we’ll just have to wait for the minds of the Chilean people to understand the whole importance of these messages.
I loved President Uchtdorf’s talk about the priesthood the night of priesthood meeting which was about men of the church taking for granted their callings or not living up to there callings. It made me feel happy because some of the members aren’t living to the potential of their callings and I hope the message woke them up a little because, well I am not branch president nor am I a leader in the church and I can’t tell people what to do here because I am just a missionary but I try my hardest.
As Elder Holland told us that the messages are created through inspiration of the Spirit and are not just chosen topics and its not that millions of people have all these huge problems or what not but through the spirit we receive these messages and every message will touch a certain person and they will know that that message was for them. I love the mission and I love Conference and I know that President Thomas S. Monson was called as a Prophet of God. I thank you for your great example to me in all things. I love you tons and miss you even more!!! I hope to share more experiences with you next week about conference because I do not have my notes with me but its all good
Love,
Elder Blotter
