Chillin' in Chile: Nov 7, 2017- Last transfer in the mission

The last group of new missionaries that I´ll ever receive.

I´m doing well, we´re happy and working hard. Changes were even crazier this time around to coordinate everything, but it all happened and we even had time to have a baptism on Saturday. It was rough because even at the baptism we couldn’t be 100% present because of some issues in coordinating changes, but it was still awesome.

Abraham is a 9-year-old kid who has been going to church for a time, but for reasons of partial activity from his dad and his mom not being a member he wasn´t baptized at 9 but the whole family goes every week now and Abraham had a strong desire to get baptized. It wasn´t all that difficult from our part as they all had a desire to support Abraham plus he´s a super smart kid for his size haha. Plus, we´re working with his brother so he can get the Aaronic Priesthood. His mom will probably be baptized next year because she still needs to get married to Abraham´s dad.

Abraham and his family

This week we also had a meeting with Allan Packer of the Seventy and Dean Davies from the Presiding Bishopric with our whole mission and the Chile Santiago east mission. It was the biggest meeting I´ve ever seen as a missionary and I´m just thankful we didn’t have to plan it (it was going to be in our mission and then it was changed last minute) so it was less stressful.

I´m so grateful for the association that my assignment has given me with President and Sister Meservy- I really will be forever changed by everything I´ve learned from them and just the people they are on a daily basis. I realize how little of a piece I am in this great work, even just thinking about the work in this mission, but I want to do even better in getting the elevated vision of missionary work that he has to all the missionaries of this whole mission in this change. I've got 6 weeks left and I feel like there is so much to do.

Have a great week!

Love,

Elder Birrell