Dear Family,
This week has been a good week but not a really exciting week. It's been below zero the past few nights which has made a few of the chileans not so happy. We have had the chance this week to meet with Teresa and teach her a few lessons and now today she has to go back to work. It is just a little sad because she will be working so much that we will only be able to see her about once a week and she will only be able to go to church about twice a month. So that will be quite a trial for her. We have also had the opportunity to visit Iris and actually last week we were able to have a Family Home Evening with Iris and Nibaldo and his family. It was really good. We talked about the importance of Families and more importantly Eternal Families. She even made Martin (her inactive member boyfriend) go to church on Sunday and even more than that he had to wear a suit. We also met with Daniel. He has been going through some harder times and it looks like his wife is gone for good. But when we went by his mom was there with a fire pit in his house which was a little crazy. She is from the country. You could totally tell that the firepit was not his idea. He is doing ok. We really want him to meet with the Bishop. Well that is pretty much all that has been happening this past week and I hope all of you guys are having a good week.
Love,
Elder Holton
NEW ADDRESS:
Elder Nicholas Holton
Chile Santiago West Mission
Correos Casilla 149
Pajaritos 1229
Maipu', CHILE
Monday, July 4, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Week Thirty-Six: June 27th, 2011
Hey Everyone,
This week has been good. We are still working on finding some new investigators Wefinally got in with Daniel and now that we understand the situation (I can't explain) We just can't leave him yet. He is going through some really hard trials. We had interviews this past week with our mission President! He is amazing. We were so excted that Teresa got confirmed yesterday! This morning we played soccer with our zone like we do on most P-days and I did considerably well being goalie especially because of the fact that we were playing on concrete. I bought some soccer shoes and they are awesome. I am sending a picture of them. We have a Family Home Evening planned for later tonight with one of the leaders in our ward, Nibaldo and his wife Iris . Well my comp has only 3 weeks left and is doing really good. He isn't trunky at all. I hope everyone is doing well.
Love,
Elder Holton
The cool soccer shoes I bought for P-days!
This week has been good. We are still working on finding some new investigators Wefinally got in with Daniel and now that we understand the situation (I can't explain) We just can't leave him yet. He is going through some really hard trials. We had interviews this past week with our mission President! He is amazing. We were so excted that Teresa got confirmed yesterday! This morning we played soccer with our zone like we do on most P-days and I did considerably well being goalie especially because of the fact that we were playing on concrete. I bought some soccer shoes and they are awesome. I am sending a picture of them. We have a Family Home Evening planned for later tonight with one of the leaders in our ward, Nibaldo and his wife Iris . Well my comp has only 3 weeks left and is doing really good. He isn't trunky at all. I hope everyone is doing well.
Love,
Elder Holton
The cool soccer shoes I bought for P-days!
Monday, June 20, 2011
Week Thirty-Five: June 20th, 2011
Dear Family,
This has been a good week. Well the most exciting thing that has happened this week is Teresa got baptized yesterday. It was an awesome baptism. All of her family came and supported her. We also have been have some good appointments with Iris. She has now told us that it will just be a month until they can be married. We finally got in with Daniel although he still hasn't come to church. We are getting very close to the time where we will have to leave him for a time. This week has been a crazy week with the weather. It has rained almost every day. But things are going good. Last week I ended up buying an electric blanket and I have to confess it is awesome. It goes on the matress and heats up the whole bed. I absolutely love it. Well that is about it for this week. I love you all and hope all goes well.
Love,
Elder Holton
Teresa's family!
Teresa's Baptism!
Me, Teresa, Her Dad, Elder Jones my companion!
This has been a good week. Well the most exciting thing that has happened this week is Teresa got baptized yesterday. It was an awesome baptism. All of her family came and supported her. We also have been have some good appointments with Iris. She has now told us that it will just be a month until they can be married. We finally got in with Daniel although he still hasn't come to church. We are getting very close to the time where we will have to leave him for a time. This week has been a crazy week with the weather. It has rained almost every day. But things are going good. Last week I ended up buying an electric blanket and I have to confess it is awesome. It goes on the matress and heats up the whole bed. I absolutely love it. Well that is about it for this week. I love you all and hope all goes well.
Love,
Elder Holton
Teresa's family!
Teresa's Baptism!
Me, Teresa, Her Dad, Elder Jones my companion!Thursday, June 16, 2011
Week Thirty-Four: June 13th, 2011
Dear Family,
This has been an exciting week in some ways and yet a slower week in others. Well we had changes this past week. Most of our Zone got changed out. But we didn't so that's all good. So some exciting things this week.
Teresa had her Baptismal Interview and passed so we should be having the baptism next Sunday. So that is exciting and awesome. On a sadder note it looks like this week we will have to leave Daniel for awhile.
He just isn't progressing and at this point there really isn't anything we can do for him. The weather has been unusually warm the past 3 days. Before that it was cold but nothing horrible.Those are the big updates for this week and hopefully by next week we will have some more investigators to talk about.
Elder Jones has 5 weeks left. But He isn't trunky at all which is awesome for me. Well I love you all and I hope that all stays well.
Love,
Elder Holton
This has been an exciting week in some ways and yet a slower week in others. Well we had changes this past week. Most of our Zone got changed out. But we didn't so that's all good. So some exciting things this week.
Teresa had her Baptismal Interview and passed so we should be having the baptism next Sunday. So that is exciting and awesome. On a sadder note it looks like this week we will have to leave Daniel for awhile.
He just isn't progressing and at this point there really isn't anything we can do for him. The weather has been unusually warm the past 3 days. Before that it was cold but nothing horrible.Those are the big updates for this week and hopefully by next week we will have some more investigators to talk about.
Elder Jones has 5 weeks left. But He isn't trunky at all which is awesome for me. Well I love you all and I hope that all stays well.
Love,
Elder Holton
Monday, June 6, 2011
Week Thirty-Three: June 6th, 2011
Eating Dinner with a member family.
Dear Family,
This has been an awesome week. We now have a baptismal date with Teresa. She has been pregessing very well. We've been having 2 or 3 appointments with her everyweek and she is like the perfect investigator. With Iris, she was progressing very well but they can't get married for another 4 months so now we just have to help her to keep her excitement. Daniel is doing ok. His wife left him again and we haven't been able to get in and see how he is doing. He still hasn't gone to church and we have both decided that if he doesn't get to church in the next 2 weeks we will have to leave him for awhile.
So there is a family in the ward who has a 3 year old son named Dangelo. He is so funny. Whenever he sees us he always yells out ELDER TONTON!!! Some nights before he goes to bed he asks his Mom how different people are doing. Among them he asks about Elder Tonton (me) and the other Elder he says for Elder Jones. So this week we have changes. Changes happen every 6 weeks. That is where the possibility of someone going to another area comes. Well for this change we found out last night that neither me or Elder Jones are going. So this is Elder Jones Last change. Last night it rained like crazy. We were going to go to Pizza Hut today but it flooded. Well I love you all and I hope you all have a good week.
Love,
Elder Holton
Monday, May 30, 2011
Week Thirty-Two: May 30th, 2011
Hey everybody,
This week has been a good week. It starts off with last Pday we ended up making Chicken tacos for lunch and those were awesome. We had an awesome lesson with Iris and Nibaldo's family. We discussed the restoration and even talked about their first experiences in the church and with the Holy Ghost. It was awesome. We have been meeting with Juan and Sara still and it has been awesome to be with them. Sara seriously does not remember anything that is going on every. Teresa has been doing awesome and is progressing very well in the gospel and we hope to get her baptized very soon. Well those are the people we have been working with this week and I hope all of you are doing good. I love you and will talk to you later.
Love,
Elder Holton
Monday, May 23, 2011
Week Thirty-One: May 23, 2011
Dear Family,
This week has been a good and a bad week. It started off being good. We have around 4 or 5 investigators that we are focusing on right now. First is Daniel who has been on our list for awhile. The thing is he knows it all he just needs to get baptized already. The good news with him is his wife has moved back in and she is now being very receptive to our message. Where as before she didn't care at all. Third is Teresa Roja. She is the Ward Secretary's daughter and for whatever reason she is not a member out of a huge family of members. We've taught her twice this week and each time we've gone over the entire family comes. Her sister, nieces, nephews, and grand nephews. It is amazing to see how this family is trying to get her baptized. What has been even more impressive is how Christ like she has been through all of it. I was nervous as first that with so many people telling her that she was wrong could strike some pride but it didn't and she is only that much stronger because of it. Fourth is Iris. She is the girlfriend of the son of the Elders Quorum President. They live with the President and his family and her family lives there also. That is a lot of people in one house. She has also been very humble and very accepting. She has really good questions also. Now we just need to get them married and then baptized. They even have a little 4 month old daughter. Fifth we have Melani. She is 11 years old and her mom is a member of the church and is active. The Mom said that she has been teaching her but now wants some help to get her baptized. We haven't really had a chance to get in and teach her. Now on a sadder note Saturday morning we had an Elder pass away. They went running in the morning and on the way home Elder Jennings had a heart attack and died instantly. The area they are in is little corner within our sector. It was Elder Jones old sector he just came from. The entire mission is pretty shakened up about it. Our zone had a meeting with President yesterday where he told us about it. It is amazing how fragile life is and yet how important the atonement and the plan of salvation is. Well Family I love you and hope all is well and to hear from you soon.
Love,
Elder Holton
This week has been a good and a bad week. It started off being good. We have around 4 or 5 investigators that we are focusing on right now. First is Daniel who has been on our list for awhile. The thing is he knows it all he just needs to get baptized already. The good news with him is his wife has moved back in and she is now being very receptive to our message. Where as before she didn't care at all. Third is Teresa Roja. She is the Ward Secretary's daughter and for whatever reason she is not a member out of a huge family of members. We've taught her twice this week and each time we've gone over the entire family comes. Her sister, nieces, nephews, and grand nephews. It is amazing to see how this family is trying to get her baptized. What has been even more impressive is how Christ like she has been through all of it. I was nervous as first that with so many people telling her that she was wrong could strike some pride but it didn't and she is only that much stronger because of it. Fourth is Iris. She is the girlfriend of the son of the Elders Quorum President. They live with the President and his family and her family lives there also. That is a lot of people in one house. She has also been very humble and very accepting. She has really good questions also. Now we just need to get them married and then baptized. They even have a little 4 month old daughter. Fifth we have Melani. She is 11 years old and her mom is a member of the church and is active. The Mom said that she has been teaching her but now wants some help to get her baptized. We haven't really had a chance to get in and teach her. Now on a sadder note Saturday morning we had an Elder pass away. They went running in the morning and on the way home Elder Jennings had a heart attack and died instantly. The area they are in is little corner within our sector. It was Elder Jones old sector he just came from. The entire mission is pretty shakened up about it. Our zone had a meeting with President yesterday where he told us about it. It is amazing how fragile life is and yet how important the atonement and the plan of salvation is. Well Family I love you and hope all is well and to hear from you soon.
Love,
Elder Holton
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