In the line of work, there are a few things that are especially challenging.
1) your girlfriend dumping you
2) getting up in the morning and exercising when it's really cold
and the hardest of all....
3) getting stubborn investigators to go to church
Yesterday was a challenge of the third. In this sector, there are a lot of investigators that go to church, but the ones that don't regularly go are more of a problem. Omar and Veronica are some of those people. Omar works with a member, which is how he started investigating the church. Veronica, his wife, has some family members that are all Mormon. They like what we have to say, but it is very hard for them to come to church. We halfheartedly called them yesterday to see if they were going to come. They didn't answer. 20 minutes before church, a member calls us and tells us to get ready, Omar and Veronica were coming to church. We were basically in a panic. When they came, we try to accommodate them as much as possible. The hours went by pretty smoothly (it was fast and testimony meeting), and at the end of all the hours, both Elder Chapman and I were exhausted. But its what happened AFTER church that made us realize what had just happened.
We got back together with them to have 11 (like dinner). There they told us why they had come to church that day. That week, Veronica had a dream about us. we were telling her that she needed to come to church with us. She thought it was strange and so she told Omar about it. He said that if he cant work on Sunday (he sells stuff in the flea market on Sundays), then they will go to church. Saturday was one of the hottest days yet here in Chile. Omar was sure it was going to be a great day tomorrow. Saturday cam and went, and when Sunday came, clouds started to loom over the horizon. It wasn't raining however, so Omar got his stuff, and went out to work. Just as he got his stuff set up... BOOM! lightening and rain began pounding the little metropolis of Santiago. For whatever cosmic reason made it happen, Omar and Veronica came to church... and they are going to go next week as well because their daughters loved it so much. Omar related to us that he felt a strange sensation which sounds exactly like what the Holy Ghost is. Im pretty sure that's what it was.
Everything is great! I love this sector, my comp and I are great, and I am happy to just be a missionary.
Thanks for everything guys, I love you all!
Con amor,
Elder Westover
PS- mom, if you could, please send as much peanut butter as you can. There is none here, and the other jar is completely gone... I accidentally brought it to church one time...
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