New Year. New Area. New Comp.

AN INCREDIBLE WEEK!!! 

 

 

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Due to the holidays, so many of our friends left to travel to the South of Chile. This was my last week in this area (served in this area for over 6 months) and I REALLY wanted to leave it with a lot of momentum and progression. We prayed and fasted and have seen SO many miracles starting with Juan Carlos, the dad of our recent convert Natalia, deciding he wants to be baptized at the end of the month. 

 

 

He has been shocked at the upclose change he has seen in his daughter after baptism. She has chosen better friends, initiates family prayer, has more drive and direction, and overall has a glow in her countenance. SHE EVEN teaches him about the importance of the commandments!! He has seen the effects of the gift of the spirit and the power of being cleansed and reborn through baptism. 

 

 

After that, it was miracle after miracle. I have put my heart and soul into my little area of Chayavientos and am SO sad to leave, but so excited to come into my next area with FIRE and continue to work hard to witness miracles. 

 

 

I felt God answering my prayers the whole week. All of the odds were against us to not have one last successful/FIRE week (friends getting covid, being out of town, or being unavailable for the holidays), however, that doesn't get in the way of God's work. As we have faith and submit our trust and will to God, His perfect plan will unfold. 

 

 

3 Nephi 27:29

 

 

Therefore, ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you 

 

 

Update: I am moving a little farther north to La Florida and my new companion is from PERU!!!! We arrived in Chile on the same day and I just KNEW we would be companions at some point. So stokeddddd to only speak spanish and to LOVE AND SERVE HER

 

 

Highs:

-Juan Carlos wants to get baptized!!!!!

-Cristian wants to get baptized!!!!

-Jaime wants to get baptized!!!!!

-Spoke in church (Trust in the Lord- Richard G. Scott)

-Feeling a ton of genuine love and gratitude from members this week

-Finding an apple tree on my favorite street 

-HERMANA VASQUEZ 

-Choosing what fruit or veggie each missionary in our zone would be during additional study 

-Neighborhood dogs got married 

-Teaching Hermana Vasquez the history of the Book of Mormon until the book of Helaman with hand drawn maps  #BYUbomclass #A+

-Hermana Arne is still in my zone 

-Fireworks in the park in front of our house 

-Fire new year resolutions 

-Walter's BFF wants to get baptized in the future within the first 10 minutes of meeting him 

 

 

Lows: 

-I was sick for 5 hours and the whole entire ward somehow found out and were insisting they take me to the hospital 

-Having to say goodbye to 82 year old Luis

-Hermana Vasquez not being my companion in 24 hours 

 

 

I am so beyond blessed for the love and support of my family and friends! I expected the emails to stop the longer I have been out, however, EVERY WEEK people are still checking up on me. SO GRATEFUL even though I don't respond sometimes haha 

 

 

Hermana Pickett