Hey all! With all said and done, this week was just incredibly weird. But it was also good! In the video we already gave you all the highlights with more detail than I could in writing, so I suppose I'll just skip to the spiritual thoughts after mentioning a few small details about the week.
So as far as the sector goes it was a little slow other than the things we talked about in the video. We still haven't seen Andrea and we were really worried for a bit but figured out she was just in Santiago so she doesn't actually hate us and we'll start teaching her again when she gets back. We have a lot of potential investigators and a few references who are super interested but we haven't been able to go to them this week. One story we didn't say was that we went to Pataguas in the week to hunt for some new investigators (we figured Pichidegua itself is a little dried up and we should broaden our reach.) and we could only be there for a bit because we were delayed dealing with the leak in the house among other things but we starting talking to this couple on a park bench and it was a little awkward at first because they didn't want to talk but then they opened up and told us that they were just distracted because of hard things and they ended up talking about their situation. They were from Bolivia and having a hard time adjusting to that place. The contact changed immediately and we were able to talk about how the gospel can help them specifically and they want us to come back to talk about more! So we're pretty excited about that!
So I think the best lesson learned this week was about the power of the atonement. I have felt this power in my life, but sometimes in my moments of most difficulty I have a hard time calling down the powers of heaven amidst the distractions. This week I really discovered how much a sincere prayer can really help if we pray with faith. I have a strong testimony of the love of God for us, and how in these moments, the only thing we need to do to receive the help of God is to let Him help us. Let Him take it. It's funny how we can hold on to our own temptations and sins and trials in the confusion that our own pain causes. But I know that He lives and loves us and that He will help us if we let Him. It's as simple as that. I bore a testimony this Sunday about how the gospel works, and how by simply getting to know the Savior and reading about His life we can get to love Him and find happiness following Him and His gospel. It's so simple yet we try to complicate things so much. The grace of God is with us every step of the way as we try to follow in His footsteps, and all He asks of us is that we use that grace to progress in our ability to help other people. With every action we take to help another person He fills the font, but maybe even more importantly, He fills us. I love Him, with all my heart, and I love His gospel, and I know that it's true and leads to true and everlasting happiness.
I love you all! Have a great week! The church is true!
Love
Elder Fox
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