Dear Family,
This has been an excellent week. We had 3 investigators in the chapel yesterday. The first is Jessica. She is a daughter of a less active family who basically decided to go back to church. Jessica is awesome. She has been reading and praying and wants to be baptized. Tonight we have a appointment with her and we are going to put a Baptismal Date. Second is María José. We found her knocking doors. She is awesome also. She is progressing really well. We've talked a lot about baptism and she understands that to have the gift of the holy ghost she has to be baptized. Well yesterday she went to church for the first time. Today we also have a appointment with her and we are going to ask her what she felt in the chapel. She believes the Book of Mormon is true which is the key to everything so that's good. The third investigator in the chapel is named Adriana. She has been investigating for a while. Before the doubt was she had to get married. Well they got married and so we taught Lesson 3 and when we got to baptism she said that she didn't want to be rushed with her baptism and started crying.
So we are a little nervous to bring it up but we haven't even had a chance to teach her recently. But her husband and mother in law are members so she goes to church and everything. Steve is doing good but he didn't go to church this week and doesn't want us to pass by. He said that he informed he evangelical church that he wants to take a year break and that he wants to take some time and think about everything. It is a big step for him to leave his church. But this week we had a ward activity and Steve came. We are going to go visit him this week.
We are looking for a new pension again. The office is kinda busy and can't help us right now. It's that the owner didn't tell us that we can't throw toilet paper in the toilet. Well we clogged it. Our plumber came and said that it isn't a problem with the toilet but with the building. So we called the owner and she basically said that we can't throw toilet paper in the toilet. So we expressed that we are kind of annoyed that she didn't note this defect before we started renting. Well She basically went straight anti American and basically started saying things like "who do you think you are coming to this country and throwing toilet paper in the toilet. We aren't in America
where life is so great." and on and on and on. President wasn't exactly happy. So we're out.
The thing is the mission has 70 pensions (house or apartments) and with everyone of them we can throw toilet paper. But honestly we just don't want to have to deal with the owner so we are out.
The weather is starting to cool off a little now! We are doing really good. I hope you guys have a great week.
Love Elder Holton
Monday, February 27, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Week Seventy: February 20th, 2012
Dear Family,
This week had been a great week. We are loving the new appartment. The work is going great. We were able to get right back on our feet and get running with the work. We have several investigators we are working on that are progressing very well so we just have to keep it up. I recently heard that Elder Smith was made a zone leader. That was way cool. They also created another zone in the mission. So there are 12 zones.
I hope you are doing great.
Love you all.
Love,Elder Holton
Monday, February 13, 2012
Week Sixty-Nine: February 13th, 2012
Dear Family,
Well I'm sorry to say that this letter this week is going to be a little shorter than normal. Well this has to be the busiest week I've had with the least amount of Proslyting work. We had 2 divisions this week. I had to inspect 2 pensions. I had to teach iniciatives to the zone on wednesday. We had a meeting president on thursday and we have been trying to move. I'm just glad it's over and I can focus on the work. Changes are tomorrow and neither me or Elder Sanchez have changes so we'll be together for another 6 weeks which will be great. Elder Dorios (Senior Missionary) helped us move with a truck from the mission. Honestly the biggest thing that happened this week is we changed pensions. As of Saturday Night we slept in the new apartment. We are very happy and look forward to living here and working even harder. Well I hope you guys have a great week.
Happy Valentines.
Love,
Elder Holton
Well I'm sorry to say that this letter this week is going to be a little shorter than normal. Well this has to be the busiest week I've had with the least amount of Proslyting work. We had 2 divisions this week. I had to inspect 2 pensions. I had to teach iniciatives to the zone on wednesday. We had a meeting president on thursday and we have been trying to move. I'm just glad it's over and I can focus on the work. Changes are tomorrow and neither me or Elder Sanchez have changes so we'll be together for another 6 weeks which will be great. Elder Dorios (Senior Missionary) helped us move with a truck from the mission. Honestly the biggest thing that happened this week is we changed pensions. As of Saturday Night we slept in the new apartment. We are very happy and look forward to living here and working even harder. Well I hope you guys have a great week.
Happy Valentines.
Love,
Elder Holton
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Week Sixty-Eight: February 6th, 2012
Dear Family,
Well this past week has been so crazy. We have been spending a lot of our time just cleaning cleaning cleaning.Well we still haven't moved at all yet. But we'll get there when we get there. In our old house there are 5 bedrooms for only the 2 of us and no we didn't get any help. On Saturday we finally got the keys to our new apartment but they want us to paint it top priority so that is taking a good amount of our work time. But oh well.The work is going great. The ward is doing well. We just got a new ward mission leader. Haha Time is going by so fast. This change ends in a week and it doesn't feel like 5 weeks has gone by.
Today we went to a zoo down in the Mission below us. It was way fun.
We are way excited to move in our new apartment. Well I'm sorry this is shorter but i hope you guys have a great week.
Love,
Elder Holton
Nick's Birthday is coming up on March 3rd so if you have a chance send him a letter for his Birthday!!
Zone Activity at the Zoo! 2-6-12
Chilean Monkey!
Well this past week has been so crazy. We have been spending a lot of our time just cleaning cleaning cleaning.Well we still haven't moved at all yet. But we'll get there when we get there. In our old house there are 5 bedrooms for only the 2 of us and no we didn't get any help. On Saturday we finally got the keys to our new apartment but they want us to paint it top priority so that is taking a good amount of our work time. But oh well.The work is going great. The ward is doing well. We just got a new ward mission leader. Haha Time is going by so fast. This change ends in a week and it doesn't feel like 5 weeks has gone by.
Today we went to a zoo down in the Mission below us. It was way fun.
We are way excited to move in our new apartment. Well I'm sorry this is shorter but i hope you guys have a great week.
Love,
Elder Holton
Nick's Birthday is coming up on March 3rd so if you have a chance send him a letter for his Birthday!!
Zone Activity at the Zoo! 2-6-12
Chilean Monkey!
Monday, January 30, 2012
Week Sixty-Seven: January 30th, 2012
Dear Family,
We had an excellent week this past week. First to start off we received news that we are going to be able to change pensions which will be such a blessing for us. So this time next week we will be out. We should be changing Thursday or Friday. So we have to leave our old house clean and this past week we have been working on cleaning it. We have to clean 4 bedrooms with a bathroom and kitchen. We have to give the house back perfectly clean so we have to do a really good job.There is so much to be done. But once we move it will be great. The new place is right in front of our church. The mission is buying a washer and dryer for the new pension. So even here in Chile I'm spoiled haha. Our Investigators are doing really well. Felipe went to church yesterday. So we have been very busy. Also this week we had Zone Conference. I was able to sit next to Elder Smith and Elder Smart for lunch I sent pictures. President Focused alot on obedience and the importance of obedience. But like it says in 1 Nephi 2 And it came to pass that I said unto them that I knew that I had spoken hard things against the wicked, according to the truth; and the righteous have I justified, and testified that they should be lifted up at the last day; wherefore, the guilty taketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center. 3 And now my brethren, if ye were righteous and were willing to hearken to the truth, and give heed unto it, that ye might walkuprightly before God, then ye would not murmur because of the truth, and say: Thou speakest hard things against us. 4 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did exhort my brethren, with all diligence, to keep the commandments of the Lord. So it was an awesome conference and I hope that we can be even more blessed from obedience.
Honestly I can't think of anything for my birthday. Haha Beef Jerky? I don't know. haha. Thanks for all your love and support.
Well I hope you guys have a great week.
Love,
Elder Holton
We had an excellent week this past week. First to start off we received news that we are going to be able to change pensions which will be such a blessing for us. So this time next week we will be out. We should be changing Thursday or Friday. So we have to leave our old house clean and this past week we have been working on cleaning it. We have to clean 4 bedrooms with a bathroom and kitchen. We have to give the house back perfectly clean so we have to do a really good job.There is so much to be done. But once we move it will be great. The new place is right in front of our church. The mission is buying a washer and dryer for the new pension. So even here in Chile I'm spoiled haha. Our Investigators are doing really well. Felipe went to church yesterday. So we have been very busy. Also this week we had Zone Conference. I was able to sit next to Elder Smith and Elder Smart for lunch I sent pictures. President Focused alot on obedience and the importance of obedience. But like it says in 1 Nephi 2 And it came to pass that I said unto them that I knew that I had spoken hard things against the wicked, according to the truth; and the righteous have I justified, and testified that they should be lifted up at the last day; wherefore, the guilty taketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center. 3 And now my brethren, if ye were righteous and were willing to hearken to the truth, and give heed unto it, that ye might walkuprightly before God, then ye would not murmur because of the truth, and say: Thou speakest hard things against us. 4 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did exhort my brethren, with all diligence, to keep the commandments of the Lord. So it was an awesome conference and I hope that we can be even more blessed from obedience.
Honestly I can't think of anything for my birthday. Haha Beef Jerky? I don't know. haha. Thanks for all your love and support.
Well I hope you guys have a great week.
Love,
Elder Holton
Monday, January 23, 2012
Week Sixty-Six: January 22nd, 2012
Dear Family,
Well these past two weeks have been really good. I'm really enjoying my new sector. In our ward we have been having a lot of changes. A lot of changes in Leadership. So this past week has been just a lot of adjusting to the changes and working hard. We have several investigators progressing. I'm going to change the names FYI. Well we have one named Juan who is 73 years old and is doing alright progressing. We have visited him several times but it's just getting him to focus on the Most Important Thing which is Eternal Life. He is a really good investigator and has a lot of questions. Also we have Felipe who is a little kid of 13 years and likes listening but is just a little quiet. But we have been working on getting him to open up. We also have another one named Claudia and She is also another investigator from a long time but she was just waiting on getting married. Well now they are married and so it's just a matter of getting her baptized. But she doesn't want to feel forced into it. So we are working with her also. Two Sundays ago I had the wonderful blessing being able to interview two investigators from another ward for baptism. It was just amazing. The spirit was just so strong and powerful and it is just incredible to receive that spiritual confirmation saying that they are ready. It really opens your eyes and helps you realize how much God loves his children. We got to go to their baptism this Saturday. It was a wonderful experience. This past Friday I was able to go to a leadership training in Maipu. I was able to sit next to Elder Smith the whole day. I really miss that Elder. Well everything is going good. I really hope you guys are doing well.
I got the calendar this past week. Thank you very much!
Love,
Elder Holton
I told Nick that they asked me to share an update on my missionary and a spiritual experience that he had on his mission in Relief Society. So I asked him to send me one ASAP and this is the story he sent me! I thought it was so great that I wanted to share it with all of you!
This happened in my second sector. Me and Elder Lowry we running around working in the sector and I got this impression that we should pass by Iris our investigator at around 8 PM. Well then we had to go visit a few people so I pushed the thought out of my head and then it came again at around 9:30 PM. So we went. We got there and she had been crying. We asked what was going on and she told us that she was breaking up with her boyfriend (now husband) and that she did know what she was going to do. She kept saying "You came, You came". And we were like what do you mean we came? and She told us that she had been praying that God would send her someone so that she wouldn't have to be alone. I asked her how long she had been praying. She said she started around 8 PM. I told myself never again would I ignore the promptings of the spirit.
Well these past two weeks have been really good. I'm really enjoying my new sector. In our ward we have been having a lot of changes. A lot of changes in Leadership. So this past week has been just a lot of adjusting to the changes and working hard. We have several investigators progressing. I'm going to change the names FYI. Well we have one named Juan who is 73 years old and is doing alright progressing. We have visited him several times but it's just getting him to focus on the Most Important Thing which is Eternal Life. He is a really good investigator and has a lot of questions. Also we have Felipe who is a little kid of 13 years and likes listening but is just a little quiet. But we have been working on getting him to open up. We also have another one named Claudia and She is also another investigator from a long time but she was just waiting on getting married. Well now they are married and so it's just a matter of getting her baptized. But she doesn't want to feel forced into it. So we are working with her also. Two Sundays ago I had the wonderful blessing being able to interview two investigators from another ward for baptism. It was just amazing. The spirit was just so strong and powerful and it is just incredible to receive that spiritual confirmation saying that they are ready. It really opens your eyes and helps you realize how much God loves his children. We got to go to their baptism this Saturday. It was a wonderful experience. This past Friday I was able to go to a leadership training in Maipu. I was able to sit next to Elder Smith the whole day. I really miss that Elder. Well everything is going good. I really hope you guys are doing well.
I got the calendar this past week. Thank you very much!
Love,
Elder Holton
I told Nick that they asked me to share an update on my missionary and a spiritual experience that he had on his mission in Relief Society. So I asked him to send me one ASAP and this is the story he sent me! I thought it was so great that I wanted to share it with all of you!
This happened in my second sector. Me and Elder Lowry we running around working in the sector and I got this impression that we should pass by Iris our investigator at around 8 PM. Well then we had to go visit a few people so I pushed the thought out of my head and then it came again at around 9:30 PM. So we went. We got there and she had been crying. We asked what was going on and she told us that she was breaking up with her boyfriend (now husband) and that she did know what she was going to do. She kept saying "You came, You came". And we were like what do you mean we came? and She told us that she had been praying that God would send her someone so that she wouldn't have to be alone. I asked her how long she had been praying. She said she started around 8 PM. I told myself never again would I ignore the promptings of the spirit.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Week Sixty-Five: January 16th, 2012
Nick didn't send us a family email this week and so I decided to post the email he sent to me! I guess the main thing is that he is busy and is still breathing!! Right??! Really Nick could you have just given us a little more?
Dear Mom,
I am doing great. The district is doing good.That's really cool. I went on divisions with Elder Ellis last week and it went really well.Well Mom I gotta go. I hope you guys have an awesome week.
Love,Elder Holton
Dear Mom,
I am doing great. The district is doing good.That's really cool. I went on divisions with Elder Ellis last week and it went really well.Well Mom I gotta go. I hope you guys have an awesome week.
Love,Elder Holton
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