Week 70~~ Still in Coronel Oviedo with Elder Whaley

Holy smokes this week flew by! It was a week of tests this week! But
we had some cool stuff happen..

QUESTIONS:

1. Are you still in Coronel Oviedo?
I´m here still!

2. Is Elder Whaley still with you? If not, who is your new companion?
With Elder Whaley still! :D We´re gonna tear this place up this
change! I guess the missionaries there say transfers.. I think.. We´re
doin work!

3. What was your most memorable experience this week?
Last week, we passed this guy sitting on a bench (I dont remember if I
already told this story or not..) and the further we got away from
him, the stronger the impressions came to turn around and go talk to
him.. So we did and he said for us to go to his house. Well, we
couldnt find his house, so we tried to call him.. But his phone was
shut off. We tried several times throughout the week to call him, but
it never worked.
Last night, well all day yesterday, our appointments fell! Woohoo! So
we get to 8:30 at night with nowhere to go. So we decide to go visit
the Torrez family (members who live right up the street from us..) And
we´re walking down past the soccer field where we met this guy Juan
the week before.. And we saw a guy there talking on the phone, but
couldnt see who it was. So we went to the Torrez family, and as we got
there, they were pulling their motorcycles in the house for the
night.. Well, we turned around and went back to the soccer field to
talk to the guy that was on the phone.. And it was Juan!! He asked
what happened, that they were waiting for us.. But we explained how we
couldn´t find his house and tried to call and everything.. Turns out
we just put in the wrong number! But we talked to him for a little bit
and he´s a stud! I thought he was like 20 or something, but he´s only
16! Way laid back.. Just a good kid. So we´re gonna go teach his
family this week! It was a sweet blessing from the Lord to end a hard
week. It made all the pain and suffering worth it.

4. Do you have some pictures for us this week? We still need one of
you and Elder Whaley!
I´m trying to upload them right now! Im using a dinosaur of a
computer! It doesn´t look like its working.. I´ll keep trying though!

I´m greatful for grace.. It´s something I´ve started studying more,
and I love it! I am so thankful for my Savior, Jesus Christ and for
his grace. He is merciful and full of love. I have experienced His
grace many times here on my mission. I have received strength,
patience, love, charity, humility, and so many other things. I have
grown as a person, I have become better and stronger spiritually. All
the changes I have seen so far have been through the grace of my
Savior. He lives and loves us. I know He loves me, even when I have
taken His love for granted. I will continue to change my life through
His eternal grace. I am SO happy for the Atonement. I´m still trying
to figure out how I can apply it more in my life, but I know it´s real
and it works. I can honestly say I´ve had a true change of heart. I
don´t worry about wordly things anymore (not even my car). I know that
there are bigger, greater things ahead. Things we can´t even begin to
comprehend. This life is nothing more than a time to prepare. It´s the
short time we have to prepare ourselves to live with our Heavenly
Father and Jesus Christ again. All we have to do is what they´ve
asked, and it´s really not that much. I am greatful for the prophet
Thomas S. Monson, I know he is a prophet of the Lord. I´m glad I went
on a mission. I would be lost if I wouldn´t have done so.

Love y´all. Have a great week!
Elder Colby Dane Heiner