Well, I have now finished my first year in the mission!! To celebrate Friday
night, my comp and I went and bought a ton of food and then we came
back to the house and ate and told stories about the mission. A couple
of people have asked me if I burned a shirt for my first year and
honestly I forgot to do it. Other than that, I didn´t do anything the day
of but the day after we had a conference in Copiapo with a ton of youth
in the stake. That was really fun for me because all we did was talk to
them about how great a mission is and then we ate food! For whatever
reason, Saturday we got given a ton of food!!! Like so much that we are still snacking on it today.
I
really just want to talk about what happened last night. So last night
after the ward counsel we went to visit a family that came to the
church. Everyone in this family are members of the church but they have
not been in forever. So we went and visited them. A of the members
of the church went with us. The lesson and what we were talking about was unreal
to me. After we got there, it took about 20 mins for the son to open up
to us and start to share with us about what is going on with him. He
explained that he suffers from a couple of different medical problems
and that in the last couple of months it has gotten so bad that he can't
leave his house that often. But on that particular day he knew that he
wanted to go to church but refused to go to any other church than the
one that he was baptized into. But, as he explained that and kept
telling us more stuff about himself and his family I started to feel
just an outstanding love for this guy sitting in front of me. He was
just asking that someone help him and his family. We shared with him
about the help that we can receive as we pray and that we can find
through Jesus. I am really glad that the member was with us was
there because she already loves to help people; especially when
it is apparent that someone needs it. It was one of the most powerful
experiences I have had up until this point in the mission. It also
helped me understand when people say that there are people in your
mission that are waiting for you to find them, and I think that
Sebastian might have been waiting for awhile to get some help. I can't
explain how excited I am to return tomorrow
and to help him and his family return to feel the love of Christ. It
also gave me something to be extremely thankful for this week and that
helped me think about all the things that I am thankful for!
I
hope everyone has a good thanksgiving! Everyone eat some turkey or ham
for me because the Chilenos don´t really care what happened with the
pilgrims way back when.
Love y´all a ton!!!
I am thankful for....
1) Ending the first of the 2 best years
2) My Parents, Sisters, and family that are all healthy and well
3) Love and support that I get every week from friends and family
4) Everyone that motivated me to go on this amazing adventure
5) The opportunity to teach simple truths everyday
6) The other missionaries that I write to that are all over the world
7) Empanadas!!!!!!
Love,
Elder Brayton
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