I’m not sure if anyone is reading this since I
did not post for two weeks. For those of
you who have checked back, sorry about that. I did not have missionary activities to write
about since we were in Utah. However,
President’s surgery went very well, he is almost entirely recovered and we
returned home on Thursday.
We were very grateful to be able to
see our family and they surprised us with a delicious Thanksgiving dinner on
Sunday of the weekend we were all together.
It was very hard to leave them again even though we really missed our
missionaries and constantly worried about their welfare.
We arrived back in Chile on Thursday
and were able to attend a meeting Friday morning with Elder Quentin L. Cook,
Elder Ulises Soares, Elder Walter Gonzalez and their wives. The mission presidents from Santiago, Viña
del Mar and us attended in person while the other presidents and wives from the
area attended by videoconference. We
were encouraged to teach the missionaries to continue to work in the three
areas of the work of salvation, and also to encourage them to set an example
for the youth in the units where they are serving. The youth have so many temptations and
opportunities to stray and we need to help them remain strong and hopefully
serve missions in their turn.
It is a privilege for us to serve in
Chile with missionaries who have chosen to serve the Lord while putting aside
their worldly concerns. We try to send
them home ready to serve while they return to school or work and start
families. Thank you to you families who
have raised them to be worthy to serve and support them while they are here.
While we were home we hosted an open
house for all of our returned missionaries.
We knew that only those in the local area would be able to attend but we
were thrilled to see and visit with those who came. They are doing good things and setting examples
in their post mission lives—fulfilling one of our most important purposes,
which is to keep them in the fold forever.
It is good to be back—see you next week.
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| brand new companions |
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| the favorite part of the meeting--finding companions |
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| all the trainers |
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| all the new missionaries |
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| zone training |
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| one more--new companions |
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