Week 11: Favorite Pday Ever: A day at the Beach

Hola Familia!!

I miss you guys a ton!! Remember how I told you we were going to have a conference with the whole mission with a member of the 70? It was canceled which kind of stinks but we get to watch a broadcast of the dedication of the Concepcion temple this Sunday which should be super super awesome! I'm really excited!

Also today FUIMOS A LA PLAYA!!

We had an activity with just the hermanas in my zone and the mission presidents wife! By far my favorite p day ever!! we went to the beach in Viña and it was a beautiful day!! perfect weather and the water was beautiful but freezing ( we didn't go in just felt it with our toes) We had a picnic and made sandwiches and asked Hermana Romeu all sorts of questions about her life and how we can be better missionaries!! She is sooo sooo amazing and I love her so so much! We had so much fun. I love all the sisters in my zone and I'm going to miss the ones that are leaving next cambio!

With our investigators, Alejandro didn't come to church this Sunday and I felt like I had been stabbed in the heart! He is so faithful and never missed church before. I thought something must have happened and when he finally answered his phone and said he was sleeping, I literally cried. I felt so awful like he was losing his testimony. Hermana Wurdel told me something really awesome though. She said in the mission we feel a tiny part of what Heavenly Father feels for his children when we disobey. That really made me gain perspective. I want Alejandro to find the truth and when he didn't come to church, I felt so discouraged. Later that night we had a lesson with him and he felt so bad. My companion told him I cried for him and he felt awful. Haha I was happy he felt awful for missing church. HE is so complicated. He has a testimony! He told us he knows the book of Mormon is true. He is just scared to commit to baptism. He is nervous and a little stressed, so I asked if we could all kneel and pray together and I asked him to pray if this church is true. He said the sweetest and most sincere prayer. He said I know this church is true God please help me to not feel doubt and to know this is the right path. he felt really good after we prayed. Pray for him that he will be able to commit to baptism because I know it will really help him!!

Also I ate my first completo! (Chilean hot dog) We had an FHE with Cristobal and his family and the zone leaders! Cristobal made all of us completos and we were able to teach him and his mom! We didn't bring up the topic of baptism though. It just didn't feel right at that moment. But the completos were delicious! Its basically just a hot dog with onions, guacamole, mayonnaise, and tomatoes ( I ate mine without tomatoes haha)

I am learning so much being a missionary! But most of all that I need to put my trust in God. I have been beating myself up a lot this week thinking what if we did this differently maybe things would be different. I am working on having faith that in doing the Lord's work I will have help. I am far from perfect, but if I put my faith in God he will make up the difference!

I love and miss you all so much! Pray for Alejandro, Kevin, also Bemjamin y Pedro ( our other investigators with a baptismal date) The work is so hard and pretty discouraging at times so I need your prayers!!

Con mucho amor

Hermana Snyder