How is everyone doing? I'm doing good here in Santa Cruz! I love it here a whole lot. There is nothing better than the mission. The time is just passing before my eyes. I don't know how its possible that I am almost half way through my mission.
We have a recent convert that we visit whose name is Oscar. He got baptized the transfer before I got here, but we are working with his mom and sister who are just two of the most amazing people ever. Maria (the mom) has a son who is in jail right now and his visitng hours are Sunday right at the time of Sacrament meeting and she and her daughter Maribel want to get baptized but they don't know what to do because they feel that it is important as well to visit their son. They are so cute, when we taught dia de reposo, we talked about baptism and Maria said, I don't feel comfortable getting baptized because I cant complete with Gods commandment's right now. But ever since that lesson, they have shown up for relief society without fail so that they can complete as much as possible with God's commandments. Her son will possibly be getting benefits this month and they will no longer need visiting hours and they will be able to go to church! We are praying that he can get these benefits because these two hermanas are just two of the most wonderful people that you will ever meet.
This week we did an activity for halloween as the obra misional that was super funny. We did an obstacle course and everyone that showed up got blindfolded and had to follow a rope and it was compared to the iron rod and the tree of life. We had people of all ages crawling on the floor, climbing up on top of things. It was so funny. It was the best activity that I have had on the mission. Also side note, here in Chile, on halloween, everyone has school and work off. They just started celebrating this holiday as of some 10 years ago. The kids also throw eggs at the houses that don't give them treats. So in the night, we planned with the lights off so that the people wouldn't know that people were home because we didn't have treats to give out.
As a spiritual side note, I've been thinking a lot about the talk Elder Uchtdorf gave in the conference about being grateful in all circumstances. That we shouldn't only be grateful when things are going well in our lives rather that it's a disposition that we should all have. There is no reason to stop being grateful. I also think if we strive to always have a disposition of gratitude, the moments dificiles won't be so hard to get through.
I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Love
Hna Ayre
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