This week was really good. The conference was awesome. Since i am in lota and there are a lot of gringo missionaries here they actually set up a room for us to listen to it in english so that was really cool. there were so many good talks and great messages. There was a ton of messages about the family, which i liked a lot because most of our investigators here right noiw are part member families. That is really what separates our relgion from the rest, its the fact that through sacred covenants and with the proper priesthood authority we can live with our families forever. obviously there are a lot of things that lead up to that but that is the ultimate goal. baptism receiving the holy ghost are great we cant be saved with out them, but they are only the beginning of the multitud of blessings that our Father in Heaven has in store for us. we offer so much more than that. we now have Gods power on the earth again that has been restored by a prophet of God. We have temples which are such a great blessing. i liked what President Monson said about temples, about when we actually understand the blessings that they offer there is no sacrifice to great, no obstacle too large to keep us from going to the temple. the conference was great, on sunday morning we went to our investigators house and he wasnt really sure about going. i promised him if he went he would find out how to be a better person, husband, and father. he was still unsure and we had to leave, so we left not knowing if he was going to come. he came to the sunday afternoon session, and one of the 70 gave the perfect talk for him, it was awesome. like Elder Holland said it is amazing that the people assigned can give talks to such a wide variety of people with such different needs and still say things that are exactly what you need to hear personally. We didnt get to actually do very much work on Saturday because of conference. we had to go to coronel which is like 20 30minutes in bus. so we had to leave at 12:30 had conference at 1 to went to eat lunch with one of my companions old converts conferenc from 5 to 7, and then 9 to 11 for the priesthood session. we didnt get back until 11 45. so ya it was a good few days. we are working with this inactive member who is really awesome. he went on a mission like 8 years ago was a really good missionary zone leader had great converts, but now is inactive. we went and visited with him and had a good lesson. he speaks great english, we pretty much just spoke english in the lesson, but anyway he went to conference this week. This morning we hung out with the other two missionaries of Lota, the zone leaders had to go to Concepcion for Consejo where all the zone leaders go once a month. I am losing a lot of weight here which is nice, i am not an office fatty anymore jk, lota has a ton of hills. i have been working out really hard every morning. my companion who left early left me a dumbell set, and the other day i bought a fitness orb ball. i am getting back in good shape i have a bet with President Swenson before he leaves. In the office he would always give me a hard time that i got a little chumby in the office so i made a bet with him, if i can get my old form back he will give me one of his top 5 ties (he was a CEO of a fortune 500 company), if i lose i have to give him one of my donald trump ties which are like gold to missionaries jk. so ya i have been working out a lot. its crazy that i have 8 months in the mission now it is going by way to fast, it seems like i just got here. President Swenson is leaving in 3 months that will be really sad. I love him a lot, he is a great guy, i will hopefully stay in contact with him after the mission. So ya Lota is really good, its really pretty. We are ready for a really good week, to find a lot of people and have a very successful week. Love you all thanks for everything.
Atte.
Elder Brimhall
