A week of Miracles!

This week was amazing, we dropped all of our investigators except for one lol. The first day we had nothing to do, I was like crap what do we do. We pray, my comp was like right "here in the middle of the plaza?" I said yes- so we prayed, and I waited. I decided to take the road out to the campo and we went for a about 20 min until I felt a prompting to go left to a street with about 8 houses on it. We went to the second to last house and I was like Elder Sanchez this is it! We knocked on it and the women yelled at me with the middle finger and slammed the door. I was like crap lol.. lets knock the door next to it. We do and its a family of 9 who let us in! and is really receptive. Afterwards, my comp said 'well, Elder Ward, your almost in tune with the spirit' lol.. We prayed so much this week I seriously prayed 100 times lol. But god blessed us. I just thought to myself, Elder Ward, do you believe or not.. simple question but very powerful.We found 23 new investigators this week. Usually in the mission you find like 4 lol I am learning faith and trusting in the lord my God. We have two jovenes who are ready to be baptized they are 15 and 17 and the parents wont give permiso.. GAY. I have been reading the Book of Mormon alot, And I am learning the difference between God, and Jesus Christ. And who is our God and why, its actually really interesting. But also really new to me so some parts are hard, dad you are going to have to help me out. Saturday we hit a 4 hour gap where we had nothing! So we went contacting. We were locking up our bikes and I had a prompting to go talk to a lady in a wheelchair far off. But I didn't want to so I ignored. Then we walked to do some contacts 3 streets over, no success so I prayed in my heart, and it was like a kick to the rear from God. I already told you fool.. so I told my comp we had to go talk to a woman in a wheelchair. He was like OK.  We went and it was so awkward at first. But she let us in turns out she met with the missionaries 6 years ago, and a week before her baptism she and her husband were shot. He died and she got paralyzed. She said she was praying for the day the missionaries would come back. God is a god of miracles. Trust him, he is God. I love you all, and I miss you all so much.


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Hello Family and Friends!

Hola familia!!! This week went by extremely fast, I am so jealous that I was not there to see my sister get married.. Yea sweet for you guys, sucky for me.. lol.  But yes I'm doing really good here in Longavi we had cambios today and nothing changed I am still here with my comp And I am really happy I am. All of our investigators died. In mission terms as if the have died when it comes to progressing. We did find a new family yesterday, I'm stoked about them, the dad loved the restoration. My comps name is Elder Brian Andrez Sanches. I am doing good here, it has still been a big change with the whole training thing. But we are doing good. The branch is doing good, still small but the love is getting better.So I am way excited for the next six weeks, I'm going to work the best I have my entire mission. I just enjoy coming to the house at night and being exhausted. Knowing that God is pleased with my service here. I am truly giving my whole life it feels great. My comp is having trouble giving things up, but hey it happens to to all of us. We don't have a mission conference for 7 weeks but we should have mail here in Linares from the office next Tuesday. I just need to figure out how I can work harder and more efficient. Jared!!! what did you do to your knee, your going to look like Megatron with a giant leg brace!!! haha so that means no driving what are you going to do! I have been doing exercises when  I count blessings that I have received or am receiving from God. Also a list of all the truths I know, and how or why I know that they are true. I Love you all, so much. I love Chile right now, I love the mission. Don't worry about me..Emily are you still doing bike rides? I got to work on my diet or something I work out and I'm gaining weight!! tty next week family!


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HEY!!!

Hey family I'm doing great, we got home really late, we had a activity as a zone up in the mountains. This week went by really fast, and I'm learning a lot, I wrote Jared and Jessica and I really don't have anymore time to write I need to get out to work right now. But I got money again!! so I'm doing a lot better and I absolutely loved conference, the whole mission is making fun of me because after the first talk by Uchtdorf everyone was like crap now we got to listen to what Elder Wards been saying for the last year.. lol I love you all and I promise to write more next week....  (He has been studying and gave a Zone lesson on the Plan of Salvation)


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Another fast week, and another week of rain!‏

Hey family how is everyone! thanks for all of the emails! Its always nice to get emails. So Emily and Jared, How is the bike riding going? still doing it? And I don't even know who Jared is anymore if he is alive or not.. shoot its been over a month since he wrote me.  So this email will be quick, But I am doing great, my comp has had me on a work out plan. he is destroying me lol.. we got ourselves weighed at a pharmacy today so its legit. I weigh 184 pounds. So I'm doing really good,  just got to get a six pack back! lol yeah!! I feel like the next few weeks are going to fly by, seeing the last 3 did. Its even hard to find time to do things on pday-- So we have the work booming! We have 26 investigators ... only 3 came to church but we are going to change that soon. For dad to know last week we had 6 people at church and this week we had 27 but we should have at least 2 baptisms at the end of next month! but we have a possible 7! I am continually learning alot and I cant believe that conference is this week!! That's like vacation with cake in the mission! I'm so exited. We should have an investigator there too! If you guys could, in my next package I would love some books, nice ones that are small. Like my Jesus the Christ and the Teachings of the prophet Joseph Smith that I had. They are really small and are printed on rice paper. But I will talk more about that with dad next week. I miss you all, I love you all, and I am doing absolutely great!!! don't worry about me... but letters would be nice! We get letters now every three weeks. I will be writing a bunch soon!


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