Week 31 - December 14th, 2015

This week has been kind of crazy!! The best thing that happened this week was that Gricel and Eduardo, Gricel is our investigator, are finally going to get married!!!! Im sooo happy!! They are going to the registro civil today to set a date for their marriage! And she is going to be baptized Dec 27!! Woot woot! And then also during this week we got a reference from a less active that we have been teaching and she said that this lady has been having problems with like evil forces or something so she went with us to go visit this lady. Her name is Cecilia, she was investigating the church before, but she never got baptized because she had to get married. Sooo we went with the less active, and a member from the ward. To get rid of evil spirits (exercisim:) ), its just a blessing that says leave this body evil spirits and then a blessing as the spirit directs. So thats what we did, but before he could finish the blessing, she stood up and ran to the other side of the room!! And she was like, my head hurts, my head hurts! So we were like, we need to finish the blessing or this spirit wont leave. So we finished the blessing and talked with them and set dates for baptism for everyone hahaha. It was crazy though, because when the blessing first started all the dogs started barking and freaking out. That was intense haha. BUT after that we found a old man who is very nice and we set a date for his baptism too. We have lots of fechas, but they all need to start attending church!! Please pray for these people that they will attend the church next week and that Gricel and Eduardo will set a date for their marriage!!! Sooo thats about all that happened this last week! My tooth broke again so I have got to get it fixed today, but other than that I doing good. My companion and I working a lot especially with these new investigators. My sure to remember these people when you pray!!! Thank you all for your continued support!! CHAO!!

Week 29 - November 30th, 2015

Weell this week has kind of been unproductive hahaha. This last Monday I got really sick and actually threwup on the sidewalk in La Serena. I think it was because of the combination of not drinking anything or eating at all that day and then also because it was really really hot. So we just went straight home and I just slept for the rest of the night. The next day we took it really slow, but I felt a lot better. The other thing that happened this week is that my companion, Elder Marchant finished his mission this past week so right now I have to be with the Zone leaders until I can get a new companion which will be Wednesday. So right now I am with them. We also had three BBQs this week so there was some good parts hahaha. None of our investigators are progressing right now, but Gricel did go to church, so our next lesson is going to be to set a date for marriage and baptism. Pray for her this week that she will feel good about the decision!! ANYWAYS, thats pretty much what happened. We had a really good lesson with an investigotar yesterday and he wants to get baptized, BUT they have to get married :P That is probably the hardest part of the mission hahaha. So right now everything is good! I get my new companion this week so I have a good feeling about this next Change!! CHAO!

Week 27 - November 16th, 2015

This past week has been a really good week!!!! So my favorite investigator, Gricel, was about to move out of our sector, BUT then they found a house in our sector thats perfect for them!!!!! WOOHOO, AND also the registro civil opened up this past week soo they can now get married!!!! Sooo we are going to talk to them tomorrow and hopefully start setting goals for them to get married and baptized. So that was good, we also found another family to start teaching! The thing we really got to focus on now, is going to church! Because before someone can get baptized, they have to attend the church 3 times. So thats one thing we are going to be working on a lot this next week. This past week, we helped Gricel and Edwardo move into their new house, we did an activity with the relief society, and we a family home evening (noche de hogar) with the bishop and his family. We have been really busy lately, just about everyday we have had 7 appointments. This coming week we are going to be having a noche de hogar in the church as a ward! We are going to read 1 Nephi 8 and then have them go through an obstical course while holding on to a piece of yarn haha. Soo I hope that we can get our investigators to go so we can start having them get to know the ward. BUT that would be about it for this week:) Its been pretty cloudy this whole past week and today is cloudy once again. I love it when its cloudy because then its not as hot hahaha. ANYWAYS, thank you all for your love and support! Have a great week!! Chao!!!

Week 26 - November 9th, 2015

This week we have been putting a lot of focus in the less active members. In my ward here, we have about 900 members and only about 70 have been attending church! That kind of gives you a perspect of how bad it is here haha. Because there was a time in Chile when missionaries would baptize about 200 people during their mission. All the members attended church for a little bit and then stop coming. Soooo thats what we have been doing. But its been really good, becase we have found some really good investigators by doing this. Something really sad happened this week, my investigators Gricel and Edwardo finally got a new house and a job and the registro civil (the place were you get legally married) opend up this week. The sad part is that the new house is in a different sector!!!! Just when everything worked out, they moved:( BUT we have some really good investigators now so hopefully it works out with them. We have one investigator, Viviana, who had a dream that two angels came to her house and knocked on the door, sooooo I think we are good there haha. She has a lot of desire to know more so pray that she will except a date for baptism!! Anyways, we also had a confernece in La Serena with the president of the mission this past friday and we were there from 8 in the morning to about 7:30 in the night! -_- That was a really long day haha. ALSO I also hit the 6th month mark of my mission!! Time has seriously flown by. That is all that has really happened this week. Hopefully I have more good news next week hahaha. Im grateful for all the support I have recieved. Have a great week!!!! CHAO.

Week 24 - October 26th, 2015

Soooo This week has been pretty crazy! Elder Johnson finally left Parte Alta after 6 months here, and I got a new companion! We got the call at 8:30 Tuesday night, and left the next day at 9:30 for Viña del Mar. The best part is though, that I had to go on a 6 hour bus ride ALL the way to Viña and then another 6 bus ride back! So I didnt get home until 2AM the next day! But now we are here. My new companion is Elder Marchant. He is from Sandy, Utah and only has 6 weeks left and then he is going to finish his mission!! So Im pretty sure that going to be in parte alta for another 3 months! Geez. BUT its ok! Gricel and Edwardo are finally going to get married! WOOOHOOO. BUT the problem is, is that the place where you get legally married is closed. The workers are on strike in all of Chile so nobody can get married right now, EXCEPT the gays. Yep, it became legal in Chile a little while ago. So now we just have to wait for it to open again, but who knows when that is going to be. Yeah...... and we also passed by for lots of less active members and found lots of new people to teach, so Im excited to start doing that:) Y eso! Thats what I got for this week! Oh and a quick story this week: I was playing the piano in sacrament meeting and a huge tremor went off and lots of the members started freaking out and I was just sitting there playing like, should I stop? Hahaha that was crazy. ANYWAYS thats it for this week! Thank you all for the continued support! I love you all tons! Chao.

Week 22 - October 12th, 2015

Sorry for not writing a general email in awhile, I have just been really busy trying to get things download and other sssstuff. ANYWAYS, so this week has been pretty crazy, we have had a lot of good news and bad news. The bad news was that we had 3 dates for baptism that all fell yesterday because nobody attended church!! Pucha haha, BUT we passed by for an investigator yesterday, and she told us that she is finally going to get married!!! So she can get baptized!!! WOOHOO hahaha. Her name is Claudia and I really like her. Her taste in music is like mine, she really likes Metalica, Rammstein, Nirvana, etc. hahaha her and her husband are sooo funny; they just have no shame hahaha. We had a lesson with them a few weeks ago and one of the friends of their kids came over and the husband was like: he can get baptized right???? and then he started chanting Bautismo, Bautismo!!!! Hahaha they are fun. Our last lesson with her was really good, I downloaded the talk from this last general conference of Elder Holland (The one about mothers because that one was AMAZING) and the two from President Monson. I showed her the Elder Holland talk and it was really good:) Anyways so that happened. We also have another family that all they need to do is get married. The wife is an investigator and the husband is less active, and they have three kids together and they have been living together for 9 years..... JUST GET MARRIED ALREADY. But the wife says that she has no love for him and all this stuff soo now we are waiting for them to either live in different houses or get married..... Marriage is a huge problem here in Chile. Almost everyone is not married! Pero bueno. Anyways! Thats whats going on here! Next week is changes!! Time is just flyin by haha. My companion will probably be leaving which sucks, but nothing is for certain!! Ok well thats it for this week!! Chao!!!!

Week 21 - October 5th, 2015

Caden didn't send a general email this week, but our mom decided to let me share his email to her this week. It's very sweet. Enjoy.

"Hola mom. YEP I got to watch conference. We also had to go to the stake center to watch it, and they had a class room in the church where we could watch it in English! It was tan tan bueno hahaha (really really good). I looooved the talk by Elder Holland. I cried during that one. I miss you a ton and I loved it because you are the exact mother that he was talking about. The strength and the patience and the love that you have for me is why I'm here on a mission and why I'm soo grateful for everything that you have ever done for me. And when I get back I will go to the store with you whenever you need to go hahahaha:) But yeah, so that was ONE of my favorites. Hahaha it's so funny watching conference with other missionaries because they are always like daaaaaang or woooooww, or BOOM haha. But yeah that was really good. I'm kind of sad that I wont be able to watch it again for another 6 months. And the prophet did not look to good:( I really hope he is OK. AND good luck with everything that is going on!!!! With the house and everything haha. Well that's about it for this week!!! I love you a ton!! And also don't let dad forget about sending me the music!!! I love you tonssss!!!!! CHAO."