Week 65: A little miracle and a lot of answered prayers

A great view of Coquimbo

Hola Familia!!

This week we saw a huge miracle! On wednesday hermana brooks didnt feel good so she laid down in the morning and so I started looking through the area book for people that the missionaries have already taught. I found a name and in the afternoon we went to look for her. We got to the street but the number of the house didnt exist. We stood there for like two minutes because we didnt feel like we should leave. We turned to the first house on the corner and rang the doorbell. A woman from Colombia walked out with her two kids and we started talking. After a minute or two she invited us inside! She has a lot of faith and she told us that she had actually been praying to be able to find a church in Chile. She belonged to a church in Colombia but hasnt been able to find one in her 3 years that shes been living here. We taught her about the restoration and at the end of the lesson we invited her to pray and ask if it was true. We knelt down and she prayed and after she told us that she felt something special that she had never felt before. She told us that she knows that us coming to her house was an answer to her prayer!

We visited her again on saturday and she told us that after we left her house earlier that week that she felt the spirit so strong and got emotional. She told us that God answered her prayer and that she actually feels a difference in her home and in her family. But wait... theres more!! Her husband (better said, her fiancee that shes living with) is a member!! She though he was atheist and had no idea that he ever belonged to a church. But no! He is a member and told her all good things about the church and that he is even willing to go with her when she wants to go!! Her name is Patricia and we have so much faith in her! Sorry that was a really long story but It was soo cool to see the spirit literally work in front of our eyes and testify to Patricia that the restored gospel is true.

Antonella is getting baptized this saturday and if everything works out Nelson should too! The problem with Nelson is that he is so hard to find because he works a lot. but we have taught him everything and he wants to get baptized! He has committed to keeping all the commandments so please pray that everything will work out!!

We also had zone conference and leadership council this week. So I got to meet all the missionaries from the northern part of the mission and see all my friends at the leadership council in Viña. It was so fun and the bus ride down to Viña was way shorter this time (only 6 hours each way!)

Halloween exists in Chile and its the same as in the US but I didnt see much because that was the night we got to Viña and we have to be inside by 8 pm every night due to the protests that are still going on.

Sorry this email is way long, but I love you guys! That sucks about all the fires in Thousand Oaks I hope everyone is ok.

Que tengan una buena semana!

Hermana Snyder

We went to McDonalds and I got a happy meal

My district (they are the best. haha hermana brooks and I are the only gringas)

The other hermanas in Coquimbo (we threw a little party for one of the hermanas who is a convert and it was the anniversary of her baptism. We made her put on a baptism dress that we found in the apartment. haha!)