Serving in the Chile Concepción South Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Monday, May 23, 2011

May 23, 2011

This week was really good. This week if everything goes right we are going to baptize a 400 hundred pound 72 year old guy. the story how we found him is kind of interesting. we were knocking doors looking for this teenager that we had contacted early in the week. so knocked on his door and he answered. he cant really walk very good and has to use crutches. so we asked him if he knew where he lived and he told us not really. i wasnt even thinking about teaching him because he was so old and i didnt think he would be able to come to church because he cant walk hardly at all and lives at the bottom of this huge hill, that is so steep. so we were about to leave and then he asked us if we wanted to talk to him, and i looked at my companion and we said sure for a minute. anyway we went in and taught him a little bit and he was really cool, we put a fecha with him the first lesson, and has gone to church the last 3 sundays, he has to use a taxi but it works and he makes it to church. it just really made me think how much the Lord really does bless us, and how some times we dont even realize it. Hermana Swenson talked about that the last conference that when we are with the Savior and look back on our life we are going to fall down at his feet when we see really how much he has blessed us. So keep your eyes open there are blessings all around. the guy who is going to be baptized made us sopipeas (no idea how to spell that) it is pretty much like fried bread, that is fried in animal fat and oil. yummy!!!!jk they were so big, we should a picture to a member and she said they were the biggest she had every seen. we helped one of our converts paint her house this week. she made us steak with french fries and the fried bread with this mexican salsa stuff it was so good. so this week i think i gained like 10 pounds, everyone just kept giving us food, but it was really good. my companion is really good we have 2 more weeks together but we are getting a long really good. our president only has 2 more months left, and then he is leaving. it is kind of sad. but i have heard that the new one is really cool as well. he has kids of the ages 11,6, and 3 at least from what i have heard. Well thanks for everything love you all

Love

Elder Brimhall