hey all you people on the other side of the world! elder wattles here. i hope all of you had an awesome week!! this week, elder rigby and i have seen some pretty awesome miracles!! so we have been teaching this hatian investigator named cherisner. he was taught by literally so many missionaries in the past, and wasnt able to come to church for a long time because of his work. we recently started visiting him again. the hard thing about him, is that he only speaks creole and like a little bit of spanish. my companion has been working his butt off to try and learn creole, and so we have been teaching him in creole and my broken french. he went to church for the past three weeks, and we just had a baptismal interview with him. and guess what. HE IS GOING TO GET BAPTIZED THIS WEEK!! my companion and i are literally so excited for him!! this will be my first baptism on the mission, and i am beyond excited. my companion is going to do the ordinance for him. pictures coming soon! i had the chance to go on divisions with my zone leader this week over in their sector. i went with elder bellido, an argentinian guy who is leaving this next change! he is the coolest guy. crazy lesson story though. we were going to visit this guy that he and his other companion contacted the day before. we walked in the house, and we sit down with this guy. we start with a prayer, chillin vibes whatever. he then literally EXPLODES with so much information about the bible. i am not even kidding, he knew every comma, semi colon, period, and punctuation in the scriptures that he was pulling from his head. he knew the time periods of when jesus was on the earth, as well as the national relations between countries during that time period. on top of that, he talked SO FAST, and didnt give bellido nor myself even a nano second to try and teach him literally anything. my zone leader got heated, and started fighting him a little bit. (not physically....lol) i sat there and kind of just watched until we had to go. this is how the conversation went: elder bellido: "ok we have to go. i am going to leave you something that is concrete for me. my testimony. look, i know you are really good with the bible, and that your knowledge of it is vast and extensive. you have so much potential to be great in the future. i know that even though there isnt an angel moroni in the bible, or that no where does it explicitly say the name joseph smith in the new testament, i still know the church is true. i know that if chirst established his church with apostles and prophets and the priesthood, we have to have the same three things on the earth today in order to have the correct church of jesus christ. i know that with this church, you can find happiness in your life, and that you can resolve whatever doubt you might have. now, if you would like to continue with the lessons, we can set a return date to come and teach you, not fight you." cherisner: "oh yea, ok, when can you guys come back?" it shut him up so fast. my zone leader was in shock. the power of a testimony is true people! sometimes you dont need to fight someone with 50000 scriptures, you just need to express to them the love you have for the gospel and how it has changed your life for the better! i have to scram right now. ugh. but i love all of you so so so much!! have a good week and chill vibes! EKW me and bellido! (on exchanges) look i messed up on the 8, sometimes i put 16 and then i just give up. it's still senior year right? this dog always comes up between my legs EVERY DAY when we come home. i give him a little scratch every now and then
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Elder Karson Wattles
Chile Santiago South Mission apartado postal No. 544 San Bernardo, Chile Archives
May 2019
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