April 13, 2015

"God loves each of us as if there were only one of us."

- Saint Augustine

Well, I have had a great week here in Chile with all kinds of things going on. With the announcement of a sister getting married and all, it gets crazy. We have had all kinds of people come out of the woodwork and lots and lots of crazy people in the streets. Now that a few weeks have passed, I can say this: March 29th was a crazy day with riots in the streets and all kinds of fighting and really weird stuff going on in my area. It was a blast!

This week, we were able to put a baptismal date on an investigator who has been married to a member for a long time. We were all really happy to place that date! We have had a lot of personal success with people in our area to where we have been able to find, teach, and change lives. It was a great week. We were able to find a less-active member who has been having a rough time these past few weeks with work and all, but it was great to see him change as we talked with him and gave him a blessing. He came to church this past Sunday and got up and shared a powerful testimony on the atonement and what it means to all of us as sons and daughters of God.

I have a cool announcement--our stake president here is going to be a member of the 70 in a few months, and it's awesome to have known him! Also, we were able to see the movie "Meet the Mormons" which was awesome, and I encourage all of you to watch it. It was great!

This week was amazing, and I sure hope that all of you were able to have a great week as well and were all able to listen/read/watch a bit of general conference. It changed my life, and I know it can change yours too. I sure hope that you all have a great week and love all that you do.

A quick testimony: I know that I am here to change the lives of many people here. I know that I may not be perfect, but that as a representative of Christ, I am changing lives out here. It is a great work here, and I love all that is going on out here. I wish that you all know that I love and miss you, but know that our Father in Heaven loves you all more.

Elder Gale