"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not. Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not. The world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
- Calvin Coolidge
Wow... this week was awesome! We worked and saw many miracles!!! For me, this area has been pretty consistent in us finding someone and being able to teach every week, but this week we broke down barriers and broke records for our mission! We have never had so much success in one week! It was awesome! We worked hard, placed our faith in the Lord, and had an amazing week with so much happening!
Miracles of the week:
1. We had a prepared lady tell us she wanted to come to church and be baptized.
2. We had an opportunity to paint a house.
3. I learned a special rule.
There was one day where we were a little down. We worked hard and loved the success we were having, but then that success just seemed to have stopped for this day. We were working, had faith that we could find more people to listen to us, and we had some time until we traveled to our next city. So we talked to people in the street. It just all seemed that no one wanted to listen to us. We had people who would look at us and shout, "NO I don't want anything to do with God. He doesn't exist. You can't know that He does. You're nothing but a couple of little children" and the like. We kept going, believing that we could find someone. We walked close to a place in our sector that is always closed and locked. We had gotten in only one other time in my whole time in this sector. I had an impression to walk by and see if it would be open, and it was! We went up the stairs, got to the door, and out came someone. We spoke with her, and she said that she wanted to come to church and wants to be baptized because she knows it to be the next step that she has to take in her life! HOW AWESOME IS THAT??
We have a less-active member who is coming back to the church, and she just had surgery not too long ago. We were asked to help her paint her home because she can't. We went with a member and painted, and it looks great! It was great to have the opportunity to paint and do something a little different for once. We enjoyed our time there and were able to talk with her about how her experience has been with coming back to church. She was so grateful for our help!
All the success we had this week came because of a special rule that I learned here. The rule is simply this: just one more. As we have been doing that, we have seen how great are the works of the Lord in this sector. This rule has helped us to see people who are willing to hear from us, and we have been able to help them come unto Christ. It has been awesome.
This week, I'm happy to say that I'm so glad to be here in Chile. It is a great life here working in the service of the Lord, learning through His spirit, and being able to be a witness to so many miracles. I'm glad to say that I'm here. I love this work. I love my savior, and I love you all!
Elder Gale
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