September 30, 2013

Hola Everyone

Well this week was mas o menos. We weren't able to teach a lot of lessons, once again. We were able to teach Emerson again this week. He is a young kid that just turned 16. He was on the verge of baptism about 9 months ago but his mom said he wasn't ready. We found him 2 1/2 weeks ago but haven't been able to teach him again until Thursday. He is really receptive and remembers a lot from before so hopefully he can progress quickly. I know that this isn't much from the sector but not much more happened than that. I would like to direct my letter to this coming weekend. I'm super excited for General Conference. We have the opportunity to listen to prophets and apostles of the Lord and receive direction and guidance from them. My two favorite weekends of the year are Conference weekend. I hope that all of you can have the opportunity to watch or listen to it this weekend. Prepare yourselves so that you can receive the portion meted for you. I love and miss you all. Have a great week!

With love,

Elder Jayson Welker

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September 23, 2013

Hola Everyone

First off, thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! It was definitely different having a birthday here. I'm only 21 but my body makes me feel really old. I have lots of aches and pains. It seems that catching for 12 years is finally starting to get to me. Well everyone that was wondering what the Chileans do for their independence day here it is: NOTHING! Everyone painted such an awesome picture of the 18th, and it was a big let down haha. Everyone who isn't LDS just drank and slept all week. So it was hard to find and teach people because we have to avoid places where people are consuming alcohol, which means every house pretty much. It was a rough week with a lot of walking. Elder Flores and I tried to make the best of it and enjoy it though. I can't believe that 4 weeks has already gone by in this change! We had Stake Conference this week and President Warne and his wife were there and shared a few of their thoughts. Everyone pretty much talked about how we need to unite and do the Lord's work together. Hopefully we can start to get some more support soon. Well that's about all for this week. I love and miss you all! Have a great week!

With love,

Elder Jayson Welker

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September 16, 2013

Hola Everyone

Well the weeks just seem to go by faster and faster. We weren't able to have very many lessons this week but we did do quite a bit of service. We helped 3 or 4 people chop firewood and stack it all away (I forgot how tiresome that is). We also helped people set up their decorations for the 18th (Independence Day for Chile). We helped paint a couple of fences as well. We may not have taught many lessons with words but hopefully with our actions we did. We did find a young kid named Emerson this week. He was an old investigator and was on the point of baptism but his mom said he wasn't ready so he never got baptized. He wants to start over and learn more about the church with us, so he appears to be good. We are hoping to put a date with him this week. Sorry for the short email but there isn't much more to tell you for this week. This coming week should be full of details with Chile's Independence Day. I love and miss you all. Have a great week!

With love,

Elder Jayson Welker

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September 9, 2013

Hola Everyone

Well this week went by super fast! We had a special devotional with Elder Viñas of the Area Seventy. He talked about the Atonement and how it helps us in our work as missionaries and in our lives. I learned a lot and really enjoyed it. He also talked quite a bit about the vision that Pres. Warne has for the mission and he approves it. Hopefully that will help with some of the differences that are still going on in the mission. We weren't able to meet with Yolanda this week. But we're still trying to get in contact with her. We had to stop visiting Renaldo because all he really wants to do is ask questions and not act. Maybe later on he'll accept the gospel. Elder Flores and I had a really good lesson with a woman named Marcela last night. She committed to read and pray and is going to call us on Wednesday. Elder Flores and I went to the ocean today. We live about 45 minutes away so not too far. It was really cool. I completed 9 months in the mission on Thursday. I'm not sure where the time has gone. It actually scares me that the time is passing so quickly. Everyone always says that after a year it just absolutely flies by and you don't even realize it...I have lots of time before a year though so no worries! That's about all for this week. I love and miss you all! Have a great week!

With love,

Elder Jayson Welker

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September 2, 2013

Hola Everyone

Well this week went by super fast! Elder Flores and I get along really well and we have the same way of working which makes things so much easier! We found a girl named Yolanda. We had a really good lesson with her on the Restoration. The Spirit was super strong and she committed to read and pray. We have an appointment with her on Wednesday so we'll see how it went. Other than that we're trying to figure out how we want to work in the sector. Missionaries have always been here for the last 16 years or so, and its a very small town, less than 1000 people. So it's been pretty rough the last few days trying to teach people. But we keep chuggin' along with faith that the Lord will bless us and guide us to the people that he has prepared.  We have a special conference on Wednesday with Elder Viñas of the Seventy so I'm super excited for that. That's about it for this week. I love and miss you all! Have an awesome week! ¡chao!

With love,

Elder Jayson Welker

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