Hello all,

Its great hearing about the preparations for halloween. Here in chile I dont know that it is such a big deal. at least here in quilicura. I here they have the same tradition here as in the united states. the kids dress up and knock doors and shout ¨¡dulce o travasura!¨ and the people give them candy. One family we visited was talking about it but not many people really seem to be preparing for it. Well see if our own knocking doors will be a different experience that day.

Its funny to hear about the football issue in alabama. Its true proselyting is harder when a game is going on. Here futbol is one of the main assets of the culture as well and im pretty sure they play all year long. lol yesterday was one of the big games for one of chiles main teams colo colo. We tried to visit someone and right when he opened the door he told us he was desperately busy and was pleading with us to let him get back to the game. the next visit we did was pretty much the same. The things of god and spirituality get pushed to the side when the U or colo colo are playing.

I also hear sam is praying and thinking more fervently about serving a mission. It would be a pivotal and lifechanging experience. I hope that from my letters it doesnt sound like everything always a fun and awesome experience. That was one of the false impressions I had as I was preparing. Ive never been more tried than here in chile. Its through these experiences that the lord changes us into the people he needs us to be. When we recognize that this is happening, that is when the joy and awesome experiences come. I hope you continue to consider it as part of something you want.

Anyway, this week was exciting. Elder Bednar came to our mission and talked with us. I imagine this was an experience that will be very rare in the coming years as the church continues to grow. He is an amazing person. Hes sixty years old but he acts like hes twenty. I imagine he prepared something and didnt give what he prepared. He asked us a series of open ended questions and we answered finding the message of his talk for ourselves. He than answered questions that we had for him. the message was that this is how we should teach our investigators, help them find the faith to act for themselves rather than teaching a lesson.

This week was also changes. For the first time in my mission, nothing changed for me during changes. Im still here in lo campino quilicura with my companion Elder Lizama. 

We had a good week this week, we started teaching the son of a less active member we found doing public contacts. Hes super smart. He shared with the missionaries before and we dont know what happened, were going to find out this week. He came to church with his dad and it sounds like he had a good experience. We have also been teaching a man named patricio for more than two months and for the first time he came to church. that was really cool. We were considering dropping him because its really hard to find him and teach him and he hasnt been following through with commitments but this was really big for him. I feel like he can really progress now. He said hes going to try to come more often. We also found a woman in the street who has several friends and family who are members but not here in lo campino. We taught her the restoration and she said at the end of the lesson she was sure joseph smith was a prophet. golden!! She also showed her faith by coming to church. We will be setting up a goal for baptism in the coming weeks.

Thats all the time for now. 

I love you all very much.

Jeremy