1. What was your most amazing experience this week?
Using the Priesthood! I love it!! Every time I use it, I see a miracle. I don´t know if I´m allowed to share this or not, but I guess I´ll find out.. In my Patriarchal Blessing it says that as I exercise the Priesthood in righteousness, I´ll come to realize and understand that it is the same power Christ used to heal the sick and afflicted when He was in the earth. I have no doubt about that. I know the Priesthood has been restored and have seen the power of it manifest in times when I have used it.
2. Have you officially met your new mission president? If not, when do you think you will?
Yes! He´s aweseome! He´s a good, humble guy and he has a great family. I really miss President and Hermana Callan though. But President Agazzani is great! I think we have interviews this week and zone conference following that. It´s gonna be great! President Agazzani has hit the ground running. We´re all excited!
3. Did you make any good contacts this past week?
Yeah, we found some old investigators from the Elders from about 6 months ago.. They´re awesome! Its a family of 6 and they understand what we´re trying to get at! It makes sense to them.. It´s always nice talking to educated people. But 2 of them have a baptismal date for the 11th of August :D Natalia and Ramón, they´re brother and sister. They´re studs. We´re working with the rest of their famliy too.
4. Are you still freezing at night and in the morning? Can you get an extra blanket?
Yeah its cold here! Its a humid cold, so its bone-chilling.. I stay warm when I sleep, but other than that I just gotta suck it up. Its not terrible, but its not comfortable. Just another part of the mission! I love it!
We gave a girl a blessing this week.. I asked her why she wanted one, she said because her face and head really hurts.. I asked her what happened, and she said, "My tooth was bothering me, so I cut it out with a knife.." WHAT?! I think she´ll be ok though, she went to the doctor and got medicine.. Just don´t take your teeth out with a knife and you´ll be fine!
We´re teaching the husband of one of the sisters in the branch. We took President Sanabria over there with his wife to teach us and it was a sweet lesson! Hermano Torrez´ family all went to the grandma´s house, so it was just him, no distractions.. The only downer was that they only spoke in Guaraní, so I have no idea what was said, all I know is I felt the Spirit and President said a lot of his doubts were solved. We´re just going to take President Sanabria with us wherever we go! Lessons just go better when he´s there. He´s a convert of 3 years.. He was studying to be a Priest in the Catholic church, but then met the missionaries, read the Book of Mormon, asked God if it was true, and got an answer. A little while later he was put as the ward mission leader in the 2nd Branch here in C. Oviedo, then put as Branch President of the 4th Branch (ours)! He´s a stallion.
So yeah, it was a great week! A lot more happened but I can´t write everything here because of time, but its in my journal! Don´t worry Mom :D I gotta go write President Agazzani now! I´ll write again next week!
Love y´all!
Elder Colby Dane Heiner
