My Week

Ok, So this week was really cool for almost half of this week I was down in concepcion doing a capacitation with the mission president. It was so fun!! I learned so much. The crazy thing is, when we were in the mtc they taught us something new. Like teaching wise. It was a new way that they started to teach and want the missionaries to teach from now on... BUT, when we got out here, they taught us a brand new way of teaching again. haha So it is definitely cool haha we are really having to learn alot. They call it the 8 simplified lessons and it is so cool and works really well. We ask for them to comit to baptism the first time that we meet them haha well most of the time. Unless we feel like we shouldnt we always ask. Definitely bold and definitely new and different. But so far it has been working. I have been surprised at how well it has worked actually haha So though it has been working and though we have been doing all that we can, the work is really slow and tough in our sector. We have investigators and all, but they just are not progressing really fast. they are having a really hard time and it is very discouraging at times. I know though that everything will turn out ok. I am not sad or anything... well I am because  I want our people to get baptized so bad but I know that in time it will happen. I am not worried about that. So I just have to be patient and realize that the lord works on a time zone of his own and there is nothing I can do about it. haha it sucks but I am able to learn more from this. haha
This week as I was in conce I was going out doing contacts in this place called, Chiguayante. This place is, well interesting. It was nuts during the quake. That is all I have to say. but when I was there I got paired up with elder teske. He is also a very new missionary. we both have only a month here. But we go out and start talking to people. We teach a lesson to the first lady we meet. Right there infront of her store. Really cool. Then we go in this little compound thing, start knocking going door to door. And door after door was slammend in our face. They just didnt want anything to do with us. Then the last door before we had to go meet up with our comps for the week was when something interesting happened. We knocked on this door and this older lady opened it and was really nice actually. We explained who we were and she said she had talked with missionaries before and when we asked her if we could talk to her she was all but willing to let us in. We go in and started talking and teaching her the ¨vision¨ which simply is explaining the atonement and jesus and then invite to baptism. As we did this we found out that she was catholic. When we started talking about baptism she told us that she was already baptised in our church. Now, we hear this alot. So most of the time we ask questions that if they really havent been baptized they wouldnt know. She without us even asking was like yeah, I was baptized by immersion like jesus and had hands laid upon my head to receive the holy ghost. I know about joseph smith and all of that and I believe it, but I just dont go to your church anymore 1 because my husband dont like it.(great for us :) we can convert him) and 2 I think she said something like it is to far away. Which is always a big concern for chileans because they are so lazy haha but we started then saying hermana you need to go back to church. You know you made convenants and all that whenyou got baptized. She understood but was being stuborn like shut up I am not going to listen to you because I dont have to. Kinda a whatever attitude. We reached the point to if we kept talking it would be not good so I said hermana we need to leave but can we go with a pray kneeling down? She said yes and I said I want you to pray for us hermana. She looked at me a little confused but agreed to say it. I bowed my head, but right before she started I had a feeling to say something. I stopped her and looked her straight in the eyes and said, ¨hermana, during this prayer I want you to ask god, your heavenly father, what you need to do. What you need to do about your life and about the church you choose and form of worship.¨ She was a little taken back at this time but said ok I will. As she started to pray I and I am sure elder teske too was praying for a miracle. She started it and got a little bit in and then paused for a second. I was like YES!!!, she continued and right as she was asking our loving heavenly father what it is she needs to do she busted out in tears. She started crying and the spirit was SO strong! I knew what happened. Now listen, I love it when people cry because that is when we can work with them. That is when the real teaching began. She finally got control enough to ask and finish the prayer. When she ended we looked up at each other and with tears in her eyes she said she knew what she needed to do and she wanted us to come back as soon as possible. It was an amazing experience. Her name which sadly I forgot to tell you at the begining is margarita. she was so amazing. That was my amazing moment of the week though.
Ok I dont have very much time so I am just going to say that I love you all!!! I miss each of you very much! I will respond to your emails next week. Sorry today has been nuts! I love you. I will talk to you soon.
Love,
Elder Brown