What a great week to be serving in the Chile Rancagua
Mission. We are grateful for the Gospel,
our missionaries, the work of Salvation, the beautiful late spring weather, and
again, our missionaries. They work hard,
get along with their companions for the most part, love to serve and do the
Lord’s work.
This week we held consejo or the monthly leadership training
meeting. With the new coordinadoras and
office elders, we served lunch to 64 people.
The sister who cooks for the mission did a great job with lasagna,
salad, bread and marshmallow brownies.
As usual, there were very few leftovers.
Those missionaries sure can eat!
Also this week President and I went to Santiago for a dinner
with senior missionaries serving there.
It was wonderful to have a chance to get acquainted with them since we
have so much in common. The dinner was
held in a great old house which was purchased by the church in 1961. It served for many years as a mission home, but
currently is used as a satellite MTC (mission training center) for housing
missionaries and other meetings. The
food was also delicious, since we didn’t think we would be able to have typical
Thanksgiving food here in Chile but we had turkey, ham and all the sides.
On Thursday we had another dinner with all the senior
couples in our mission. Again, the food
was delicious, grilled beef and chicken with salads and desserts. After dinner we each took turns verbalizing
what we were grateful for including our spouse and in Chile. It was a special, spiritual experience and
definitely proved we are in the best mission in all the world. If you had been able to hear these
missionaries list the blessings of serving missions, you would all be getting
ready to put in your papers!
As I review this post I see I mentioned food in almost every
paragraph. But when people share food
and the gospel, good things happen.
Thank you for reading and see you next week. This photo was taken from the roof of the building where we had dinner. Wonderful views of the city!
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