I'm official in Chile!

Hey Everyone,

I'm official in Chile!  I received my carnet (Chilean ID card).  It's sick!!

We had a service project this week where we pulled a ton of weeds and dug a up a bunch of dirt.  It was tiring but a great way to start off the week.

The highlight of the week was Lici getting baptized.  She was so excited all week, she could hardly wait.  When she came up out of the water, she gave us all a high five!  Her story will be one of my favorites in Chile.  Her next door neighbor, Dora, is a member of the church.  When we knocked on Lici's door for the first time, she opened it and said she wanted nothing to do with the church.  Two days later I had a horrible day because of bad news about two close friends.  I remember feeling like I didn't want to work that afternoon and wanting to just stay home.  We had a Noche de Hogar (family night) at Dora's house and I wanted to cancel it because I wasn't in a good mood but at the last second I decided to go.  We got there and Lici showed up.  We hadn't invited her or talked to her about coming.  She just felt the need to go to Dora's house.  She walked in and told us she needed to get baptized.  Crazy!!  We easily could have missed out on that experience just because I didn't feel like working that particular afternoon.  Lici's baptism is proof of the blessings that come from just being out there working, even when you may not necessarily feel like it.  

President Catala taught us another great lesson at zone conference this week.  He gave an example of us standing on a scale between our investigators and Christ.  The investigator is almost 100% natural man.  Christ is 100% spiritual.  They kind of balance each other out.  We are part natural man and spiritual man.  If we become less of the natural man and become closer to Christ, we tip the scale in the investigator's favor and make it easier for them to come unto Christ.  

Please continue to pray for us here in Chile.  Especially Sandra, Estefan, Cyntia, Genesis, Antonela, Rode, and Loretto.  They all really need the prayers right now.  

I love you all,

Elder Vincent

Lici's baptism with Elder Espirtu

Hermano Pasmiño baptized her which was awesome