Chile ~week 78

so... once again a great week, weve had quite a bit of rain.. but that wont stop us!!

Well i typed all this email, and it al erased on me.. so i dont hav e much time now.. so ill just have to say it fast..

We had a pretty rainy week, but we still worked, on sundya we went to church and we had like 38 people there i counted, and one of the misisonaries told me that there was a lot of people i church, and that suprised me!! because it is my smallest ward, so its gonna be great here, the members seem really cool... but sorry theres not much i can write, i typed it all out and then the computer reset and didnt save my drafty.. and sorry for any errors, this keyboard is terrible!!

Have a Good Week!

Elder Garrett Severtson

Chile ~week 77

So everyone this week was a great one, currently im freezing down here in Pitrufquén... but its awesome, its realy calm and quiet here, i love it!!!

but i had a great week this week, and here it is..:

Tuesday: we had our cambios in the morning, i got my new sector and my new comp, theyre both really cool, my companion is from san Juan Argentina, but speaks normal!! hahaha we didnt do much that day, just got a bit settled in, went to meet some members, its really cool here, i think im gonna love it!

Wednesday: we had district meeting, and i had to teach my first class, and i had no idea what to do, what to talk about, so i just made up a little lesson right there the day  before, and it turned out good, at least i think it turned out good.. then we went out to lunch with a member, did a bit of planning, had a class about the book of mormon my companion teaches, then that night we got to meet the branch president and his family..

Thursday: a day full of service.. we started ripping up some lady´s grass there in Gorbea, a few minutes away... and fur lunch there was a member who wanted to give us an asado, so we went there as a zone to have an asado, it was good, then there was another service where we had to help a member load up some stuff in temuco.. which was really weird, we were driving around my old sector Caupoicán.. and that was crazy to see again!! 

Friday: it staryed raining,. after a long time without rain, it finally hit us.. so its gotten a bitr colder cause of the rian.. but that night i was able to go and meet one of our investigators, named benjamin, i didnt get to meet him real well, but he seema pretty cool, a 1 17 year old kid..

Saturday: in the morning the zone leaders gave us a little training on how ot be a district leader.. then we had conference, all day long we were at conference.. it was good, but for the priesthood session i had to watch it in spanish, ans boy was that hard, its hard for me to pay attention in english, not to mention in spanish its tiring! but it was still a good session..

Sunday: we had more conference, which was once again really good, but sad to hear about elder Hales.. but after conference we had a small miracle.. we were walking down the street when my companion said.. we need to go this way and turned arund real fast.. so i folowed him, he showed me a house they had visited before, and it was an older couple, they let us in and we taught them,,, it was cool! my first week here and were already seeing miracles!! haha its gonna be awesome!!

Well thats my week this week, it was a great one.. hope you all have a greta week aswell!!

love and miss you all!!

Elder Garrett Severtson

me and my new companion Elder Echegaray

and some of the goodbyes we had last week...

District Leader

Dear Family of Elder Severtson,

I have enjoyed serving with your son here in the mission field.  He is a dedicated servant of our Heavenly Father and is progressing well as a missionary.  I am writing to let you know that he has been called to serve as a District Leader.  This calling was given after careful pondering and much prayer.  We commend your son for his faithfulness, worthiness, and desire to serve our Father in Heaven.

Included below is a copy of the letter we sent to Elder Severtson, which explains the duties that pertain to his new calling.

Thank you for the support and encouragement that you give your missionary and thank you for helping prepare him to be the great young man that he is.

Sincerely,

President Richard D. May

Chile Concepción South Mission

Dear Elder Severtson,

As your Mission President, I am happy to call you as a new District Leader in our beloved celestial mission, the Mission Chile Concepcion South.  I have taken the decision to trust in you in this important responsibility after a process of prayer and reflection, and I trust that you will look for Divine guidance to be at the height that our Heavenly Father needs you to be at right now. Be a strong, positive influence over each one of the Elders and Sisters in your District.

As a District Leader, you should:

1. Be an example of obedience with exactness for each missionary in your district.

2. Baptize constantly and regularly.

3. Look after the temporal and spiritual well-being of each missionary in your district.

4. Gain the confidence of each missionary in your district.

5. Make goals and plans for the district.

6.   Look for revelation to know how to help your district reach their goals.

7. Ask for opinions and suggestions of the missionaries in your district.

8. Represent the mission president to actualize the plans that he has for the mission.

9. Clearly transmit information and guidelines of the mission president in a timely manner.

10.  Inspire others to have a spirit of love, union, obedience, and hard work.

11. Motivate the missionaries to live in a high level of obedience, especially through the application in your life of the first principles of the Gospel.

12.   Help the missionaries be powerful and fruitful in each phase of the mission work, including finding and teaching investigators and working with members.

13. Teach other missionaries during the companionship studies on exchanges, district reunions, and other times of teaching.

14. Analyze the progress of the missionaries in the companionship study sessions, district reunions, and during phone  calls, and in their interaction with other missionaries.

15. Look after the progress of the investigators of your sector and the district.

16. Share information with the mission president and other leaders (when appropriate) about the progress and needs of the missionaries. Leaders should be especially sensitive to the needs of each situation that can be dangerous to the spiritual and physical well-being of a missionary, and leaders, make sure that the mission president knows of these situations.

17. Correct the conduct of missionaries when necessary.

I love you and thank you for accepting this responsibility. I trust in your capacity and ability, and I promise you that  the Lord will bless you if you trust him and commit to be obedient with exactness and faithful in all things. I pray that  the Lord bless you in this great responsibility.

With great appreciation,

President Richard D. May

Chile ~week 76

To explain my title..

we have 2 types of washes here:

1.Wash as in Baptism, We were Able to Baptize Nelson

2.We are going to be having a WHITEWASH here in Las Américas.. so... me and my companion with both be leaving..

i Will be going to a small town called Pitrufquen... and i will be with an elder from Argentina... named Elder Echevegaray... or something like that.. and i will be a District Leader there.. which is really exciting..

Well this week was an interesting one.. lots of crazy things happened...

Since we wrtoe last week we dont have much to tell.. 

Thursday: we had district meeting, and we had the baptismal interview for Nelson, and he passed!! we were really excited!! 

Friday: we went over to Nelson again, and we went with Sebastian, who is the kid who will be baptizing Nelson.. we were wanting a young man fromt he ward to baptize him, and now we know why, cause since were both leaving, Nelson will have a friend in the ward, so thats great!

Saturday: was kinda a crazy day, we went in the afternoon to fill up the font, and while doing so, the hot water wasnt coming out, so we had to go and find some batteries for the water heater.. we founf osme installed them, and everything still worked perfectly.. we got it all filled in time.. Then we had the Baptism, nelson had invited lots of friends ad family.. so t was a pretty bit baptismal service! it was awesome!! then they invited us over for an after party, so we went there for a bit and were waiting to hear cambios..

Sunday:Church came, and nelson came to church, And he got confrimed... Elder Mende was the one who gave him the Holy Ghost which was really cool!! he did a great job.. 

And as of right now, were writing, and gonna be packing all day to go out and have our transfers...

but thats it..

                  

                                                                                

 

Chile ~week 75

So just to explain the Title, September 18th here is Chilean independance day... and they go crazy on these days.. it was a 4 day holiday.. which was pretty fun actually...

but ill xplain all of that in this voice message!
us with Hermana Marilyn.. haha shes so short! haha

Making Empanadas

 

 

 

                                

                                

Chile ~week 74

so first things first, this next monday i will n ot be writing... its gonna be holidays, so were gonna be writing next wednesday!! were excited for these holidays once again!!

but once again we had a great week, and have a great week coming ahead!!

Tuesday: i was able to do a small intercambio with our district leader... Elder Hyde, from Leyton utah.. hes really good, i like him.. it rained a tiny bit that day, the only rain weve had this week, which was nice, the weather is really starting to get better! which is AWESOME!!

Wednesday: honestly not much happened, we had a few appointments fall, so we would go and visit with some members, recent converts etc.

Thursday: we had interviews with the president again, i like our president, hes really cool. then that night we shared the joseph smith movie with Marcela and Jose. which was good, jose really seemed to like it.. which made us happy..

Friday: not much happened again, and i cant tell cause i dnt have mnuch time left. sory!!

Saturday: we went and found a new investigator, who was an ol dinvestigator.. he had cut off part of his hand working, so he told us his story and showed us his hand now.. they had reattatched some parts, hes a cool guy...

Sunday: we had church, jaime and Nelson showed up... it felt so cool, jaime didnt come in like 2 months.. and nelson like 2 weeks in a row now!! its awesme!! after church we went and found a cool family, then went to teach nelson, we tried to put him with a baptismal date, but didnt go as planned, so we will try again..

well it was a great week, this next one will be really interesting..