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Monday, May 30, 2016

This keyboard is terrible

Hey all!  I'm typing on probably the worst keyboard I've ever come in contact with in my life, so I have the option of spelling well or writing fast, and I'm probably going to choose to write fast!  So please excuse the terrible spelling!    
 (Note from mother:  As I post this blog for Elder Fox, I am fixing all the spelling errors for poor Jason. Those who are reading this...take my word for it, there were a ton of spelling errors :)

This week was much better. Bastante mejor.  Bastante.  You could prooobably tell from my last letter that I was a little grouchy, but I got better!  And now all is well!

Changes!  They came this Saturday during our English class.  The district leader of the other Elders was a zone leader and knows how to get the changes early, and he's a little dead (going home soon and doesn't care) so he passed us all our changes early hahaha.  Me and Elder Espindola are staying together!  Wooooopt!  We're super excited for this change.  We're going to see a lot of cool success here, and a few baptisms I think!  I'm also going to be district leader, which is a little scary but I'm also excited.  Every companionship in the district is a trainer/trainee relationship so it's a pretty young district.  The cool thing though is that I'm really good friends with every trainer in the district.  One of them I've been friends with since Talca!  So I'm excited!  Inadequate, but excited!

So the mission is going to see a lot of interesting thing in the next few months.  Over half the missionaries in the mission are leaving in the next 3 changes, and in the middle of this change President Warne is going to go home and we're going to get a new president, President Harris.  SO a lot of weird thing are going to happen.  Though slightly concerned how the mission will be without the missionaries who are leaving (among them is my trainer) I'm sure everything will work out!  It'll be an adventure for sure!

Weekly stories!  Things are looking a little up, Claudio #2 is still not doing too hot and the fma. Menares didn't come to church again, but we saw a ton of miracles this week.  The good news is that Dominic assured us that Claudio is doing alright and still wants to get baptized and doesn't feel pressure and isn't running from us, but still feels like he hasn't received an answer and wants to a lot.  Hopefully we'll be able to talk to him this week.

We found awesome potential investigators too!  El Gruingito is proving to be a gold mine.  We went this week and taught a mini discussion to two of the employees and they were super attentive.  We went to the house of one later and had a super interesting conversation with his brother.  Also, while we were talking with employees some customers overheard us and took a lot of interest.  They came and talked to us after and we got their address and went to their house Saturday.  We didn't have time to teach them, but they are amazing.  They are extremely friendly, don't have a religion, but believe in the Godhead (not the trinity, the Godhead) and are really interested in what we have to say.  On the way to their house (asking directions from people) we found two other awesome people who are interested.  It's amazing!!  So many prepared people in just a week, so we're excited for the weeks to come!

So last week I told you about how Juana`s husband isn't doing too hot, and it seems like he's not going to make it.  Of course Juana's extremely distressed about this, but doesn't let it show a lot, and I think for the most part is trying to forget it and block it.  Just yesterday we went to their house and she asked if we could give him a blessing.  Though he was passing in and out of consciousness, my companion asked him who he would like to give the blessing.  I was expecting him to choose my comp because he's Argentinian and naturally speaks better but he surprisingly asked me to do it.  It was a very powerful moment.  One of the most sacred experiences of my mission, I think.  Like with the other 2 blessings of comfort I've given in my life, I felt an extremely clear connection between me and my father.  Also like the other 2, after having given the blessing I feel like I know him much deeper.  He was a very good man, and his Father is very proud of him, and He just wanted to let him know that he did well, that he was done.  Juana dissolved into tears very early on in the blessing, and after it was done she just held him and sobbed and told him that he's the love the of her life and that she was going to miss him.  It's hard to describe how potent an experience like that is, but it definitely broke my heart.  Me and my comp were both in tears.  We talked to him after, and he told us that he isn't afraid.  After the blessing he just had a lot more peace, he stopped trembling, and he even told a few jokes.  After, we gave a blessing to Juana to comfort her.  She told us that she felt much better, ecstatic even.  She told us that every time we come she's very calm afterward and she feels a tremendous peace.  I felt very grateful to be a part of that experience and help them.

I have more thoughts!  But no time!  I love you all!  God loves His children, more than we can imagine.

Love

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