hey all you cool cats! dont have a lot of time to write this week, but here is an amazing story of what happened to elder balcazar and i! so we got a reference from the hermanas about some less active guy they found sitting in his car all alone on the side of the road (why they contacted a guy in his car, i literally have no idea why, but it was a blessing!) he left the church around 6 years ago and didnt think that he was ever going to come back. he had a stroke and a heart attack at the same time, fell off a cliff and broke his femur, and survived somehow. he lost his ability to speak, and now cant even read because of the stroke he had. then he lived with his eldest son, turned alcoholic, and his son turned alcoholic from the stress of school. his eldest son then begin to be abusive to him, and almost threw him out into the street. he goes out to his car every day for a couple hours on end to just sit and try and run away from the pain...he said that he wants to come back to church because he knows that the trials that he has been facing have all been sent from god. he knows that god loves him, and he knows that he wants him to come back to church! he wants to come back to church so bad and take the santa cena, (sacrament)but he said that the feels like he cant for all the stuff that he has done in his life. we had an A W E S O M E lesson with him about the atonement and how coming to church is going to improve his lifestyle so much. he has came to church last week!!!! he cried while he listened to the talks and wow we are literally so excited to be working with him to bring him back to church! his name is manuel, and i can say that i love him so much. now i have to scram though....i feel like these emails are getting shorter and shorter every week lololol. i have less than 5 months back until i get home...excited and sad and overwhelmed and all the feels. see you guys in a hot second! love you to the moon and back! ekw a smol hike this morning a ward baptism this past week thrift store shopping in the city such a good vinyl find, and it's in english
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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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