Elder Blotter pics - May 29th

Elder Hansen, one of the Mission AP's with Rob.  An honorary Cub fan

Elder Blotter with some Chilean graffiti. Looks like Bart Simpson is a universal character 

Elder Arros, one of Rob's former Senior Comps

Elder Blotter - May 29th

Dear Mom, 

Hey mom I am glad to hear all is well with you back home and all the family. I am well her in Lanco and hope to keep working hard her in Lanco with Elder Winsor. We have had a pretty good week with many investigators in church and many lessons with members this past week. This coming week we are having a baptism of hermana Dina on Saturday so we are really excited for her because she is ready and she just feels the spirit so strong. I can´t believe I will be 21 tomorrow it really doesn´t feel like I'll be 21 so I'll just pretend that I am not turning 21 haha We had a good day yesterday in church with 56 attending church and I finally presented myself in church today so now the Branch knows I am here now ha ha. The zone conference was good I got to see one of my old companions Elder Arros from Santiago(in the picture) that finishes his mission this transfer  and then Elder Hansen the assistant(shown in the picture with the Cubs shirt) so it was awesome to see him and I hope to see those two guys after the mission cause they are awesome guys and powerful missionaries. It has started to get really cold here in Lanco and it rained quite a bit here but all is good but the only problem is that we have no wood for our fire place so its really cold in our house all the time so we need to buy wood but we're poor Elders here in Lanco but we hope to get our money tomorrow to buy a metro of Wood to be able to heat the house better. Me and Elder Winsor are getting along well we are good buddies and teach well together. and we hope to see a lot of miracles this coming week with our investigators and the members can have excitement in the work. I thank you for all the support that you guys give me. I love you tons and miss you more!!1

love,

Elder Blotter

Elder Blotter pics - May 23th

The Los Lagos Zone. Standing (l-r) are: Elder Winsor from Idaho, Elder Romero from Ecuador, Elder Cayoja from Bolivia, Elder Gonzalez from Chile, Elder Thorup from Utah, Elder Broadhead from Idaho, Elder Hunsaker from Wyoming and Elder Blotter from Illinois. The zone leaders are Elders Hunsaker and Gonzalez.

President and Sister Lovell are finishing their Mission in June so this is their last round of Zone Conferences with the missionaries.  I am sure it is bittersweet for them and the Elders

The chapel for the Lanco Branch where Elder Blotter is currently assigned with his companion Elder Winsor

Elder Blotter pics - May 23th

P.S. Some of the pictures I have sent are of me and some of my investigators and members from San Pablo and from our last Zone meeting in the Zone of LA Union and of our first activity of the transfer in Valdivia, which was BOWLING!!! WOOO!!! ha-ha 

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Elder Blotter - May 23th

Dear Mom,

I will make this short and simple today because me and my companion have been traveling all day from the NEW sector I am in called...LANCO to....VALDIVIA yes I am back up north again near where I started my mission. it is insane, when the bus arrived into the Valdivia area I felt like I was having a flash back and I am starting my second visa here in Chile so we had to travel to Valdivia and I felt like I was having flash backs because I was there for 6 months in Valdivia and I know that place better than the back of my own hand. I ran into members from my ward in Valdivia and it was so awesome to see them again and I saw my old papito and it was just nuts. I felt like I was seeing family again that I hadn’t seen in soooo long.  But Lanco is a little town about an hour and a half from Valdivia and its in the Zone of Los Lagos with Pangipulli and San Jose and all that area so its a new zone I have never been in and I only know one Elder from the zone that I was with in a different Zone. In this Zone I am the third oldest so it is really weird to actually feel really old because there are only 8 missionaries in this zone. It is the smallest zone in the mission so it was crazy to hear last Tuesday that I was heading to this zone. My companions name is Elder Winsor from Idaho, my first American Companion I have had in over a year!!! That is insane but his Spanish is amazing because he only has 3 months here in Chile and he speaks better than I did when I first got here. I started speaking as well as he can when I had 4 and a half months so it was interesting.   We get along well here and we are preparing someone for baptism for the 4th of June here a woman named Dina who is such a humble woman and just loves feeling the spirit. I can tell that through the teachings that Elder Winsor and his last companion have given her that she is well prepared and ready for baptism. She will have her interview this Saturday so we are really stoked for her.  We have Zone conference, our last Conference with President Lovell so tomorrow will be very sad for all of us missionaries. But that’s awesome that you guys got a letter from President and glad to hear that he gave good remarks about me. I love President Lovell and wish he could be my president for my whole 3 years. It’s colder here in Lanco than my last sector because we are closer to the mountains here than San Pablo so it’s cold in the nighttime and in the morning but its all good. I have my sleeping bag and a lot of warm clothes. The branch here is great and has an attendance of about 50 to 60 members so its a growing branch here and if we work hard here in Lanco to help the members attend that are less active we could have a branch of about 150 members so it has a lot of potential. I love it here and hope to see many miracles here in Lanco with Elder Winsor. I love you and miss you tons!!!

Love, Elder Blotter

Elder Blotter - May 16th

Dear Family,

Well it has been an interesting last week of the transfer with many lessons with member and we had one of our better investigators attend church for the second time and he really liked it and it really opened the eyes of our members that we are working hard here in the sector to help people come to church and that they too can help in the work. Our investigator’s name is Pascual and has a little guy I think I’ve told you a little bit about him but he’s a humble little man about 55 years

old give or take. But it has just been a week of miracles with a noche de hogar that we had Monday with our branch president and Pascual came and it really helped a lot because President Jonas really helped out Pascual with some of his doubts that he has. And then we had a Noche de Hogar of our Branch on Saturday, which was really successful which we had 23 people attend mixed of Members, Less Actives, and Investigators it was so sweet. It was on the Restoration and the Spirit just filled the chapel. And then yesterday we had a noche de hogar with at a members house and it was awesome too cause the spirit was so strong in the Noche de Hogar also because the investigator we brought really impacted her the video we showed which is called the Prodigal Son?? It’s the Parable in the bible that Christ explains of two brothers and the story really helped her see something in her own life. I am thankful to my Heavenly Father that he has given us so many great miracles this last week of the transfer. I still don’t know if I am going yet or not but al write in the next email if I am out or not.  But It has just been an awesome last week of the transfer and I know next transfer if I stay or go this sector will have baptisms next transfer because there are people that are ready to take this step in their lives and feel the fullness of God’s love in there lives. I love you tons and miss you more!!!

Love,

Elder Blotter

P.S. The pictures are of today we went back to the cave area where we went last transfer with Elder Camarena and there was more water this time so the waterfall there was a little bit bigger but it was sure an adventure today on our p day with the guys from our Branch here. I hope one day they all will soon go on missions. And then also if I am not mistaken some of the pictures are of yesterday in our Noche de Hogar with the Family Sabedra where part of the activity was that we made Bread it was pretty sweet and delicious not going to lie ha-ha

Elder Blotter - May 9th

Dear Family,

I have felt well since I just talked to you all yesterday I will all write you just one letter to send out to everyone. It was super awesome to talk to you all yesterday and insane to hear some new voices and hear some voices that are now speaking WORDS!!! That’s sweet. I am glad to hear everyone is of good health and that everyone it happy. I really don’t know what to say but the majority of the email is just going to be pictures of the package I have received from you all for my Birthday again thank you all. I have enjoyed the candy and ties I was wearing one of them when I was talking to you all so thank you!!! OH and to Amy I think it was Amy that said she was going to send me something?? Not sure but just send me maybe some socks and if you can

get me a Utah State Aggies shirt that would be super awesome!!!  Umm also fill it with candy whatever time and an In and Out Burger ha-ha that’d be sweet if it was possible. another tie?? I don’t know I like to change around ties a lot and I’ve had the same ties my whole mission so I want something new ha-ha but year that’s about it =) But I have had a really awesome week this past week with investigators in church this afternoon we have a family home evening with our branch president and hopefully to have a lot of investigators there. And then also today in the majority of the photos is of our trip we took today to Lago Ranco, which was nice, and beautiful but we walked a lot but I am used to that ha-ha but a long drive but worth it for the pictures

and to be with the Zone. Wow I can’t believe I have one phone call left to talk to you all at Christmas and one more General Conference that’s just going to get here so freaking fast. But So many changes are going to be happening this coming transfer with many leaders dropping and new leaders going up and then the last transfer for President Lovell and Sister Lovell I really hope I will be able to see them when I go home cause they have been sooo good to us here and well they live in Utah now so hey I could see them again ha-ha But time is just going to fly cause time has just flown here in San Pablo and I have a feeling I am gone this coming transfer but will see what happens here at the end of this coming week cause this is the last full week before Transfer the 18th of May so wow will see if I get a call this Friday, Saturday or Sunday if I am Going South South ha-ha But I really don’t Know what to say cause I pretty much said everything yesterday but I hope to see the most successful week this coming week here in San Pablo to have a lot of people in church Investigators and Members cause also the attendance was pretty low for attendance with members so we hope for the best. But I love you all and miss you all even more!!!

Love, Elder Blotter

Doctrine and Covenants 49:5

"Thus saith the Lord; for I am God, and have sent mine Only Begotten

Son into the world for the redemption of the world, and have decreed

that he that receiveth him shall be saved, and he that receiveth him

not shall be damned"