Another One Bites the Dust

I would like to send a special shout out to the one and only Sister Naomi Hutchins. (I even dedicated the title to you ;) 

This week I met my new companion Elder Jackson, a gringo from the factory, no other than Utah. He is a funny kid but has a lot of energy and loves talking to people and working in general. This week I could see a distinct change in the people that we are teaching, them just seemed to understand more the spiritual importance of the invitations that we are leaving with them. This is good. 

Monday evening I was companionless and so I had to hire a member to come out and do visits with me, it was good, we visited two less active members a new convert and an investigator, who lives with another less active.

On Tuesday I was in charge of sending everyone off on their buses and receiving all the incoming missionaries (transfers are always a blast).

One of the new district leaders is Elder Flores, he is an elder that I just lived with in San Carlos and is a super good kid and a strong worker. I am excited to be able to work with him again. 

I think that the most exciting day was probably Saturday, in the morning we were doing service in the country, moving and stacking wood. (You'd think that going on a mission to the other side of the world would get me out of that, but nope) And it was actually a good thing that I was there because my companion and I were the only people there who had ever stacked wood before.... without us it would have gotten out of control.

Then in the afternoon on Saturday, the sisters in our branch had a baptismal service for one of their investigators, so when we called them to see how everything was at about 1 (baptism was at 4) they had forgotten/claimed not to have known to fill up the baptismal font......hmmmm well that womps. But they said they were going right away to start filling up the font that tales about two to three hours to fill up. At 2:30 we get a call, "Hey Elders we don't have keys to the chapel....." SERIOUSLY!?!?!?!?!?! So we went, got the keys from the other elders and the new key to the gate from the first councilor, and booked it to the chapel, by the time we got there we had about an hour to fill up a font that takes anywhere from two to three hours to fill up so we used our heads. I am eternally thankful that our church has a fire hose. Enough Said.

Then at night we had a killer activity of human taca taca (foosball) it was one not to miss.

Remember I love you guys

Elder Hutchins

Companion Killer 11.17.14

Karen got baptized!!!

Well I am officially a killer, my companion finished his mission and died on Sunday.......I have been alone (with members and another companionship of missionaries) for the past day and Ill be getting my new companion tomorrow, another gringo named Elder Jackson I'm not sure but I think hes from Utah. 

This week we found a 17 year old girl named Camila, we were actually looking for her less active mom from the list of old members, but we found her daughter. She came to church on Sunday and went to mutual on Friday, she is in love with the church. The only hard part is that practically she lives alone. Her mom works in Santiago and has been there for three months and her dad works in Chilean and is there indefinitely. All of her extended family live in Santiago, but she lives here, in Linares, alone....it is a weird situation. but she loves the church and the members are helping tons with her, they are making her feel like part of the family that she doesn't really have.

This week on Wednesday we went to a family of investigators for the second time and read with them 2 Nephi 31. They loved it. Nicolas, Carla, and Sofia, they love the fact that we come by and talk to them about God and help them to understand how they can find true everlasting happiness in their lives. We or actually I am going to see them tonight with a member.

Yesterday I was out with members all afternoon and it was a huge blessing for me, I was able to contact a few references from the members and receive a few more, really though I think that the biggest blessing which I received was probably the relationship I was able to form with the members. We have to be united to work together. This week on Wednesday we have a meeting with the District presidency to talk more on this subject.

Zone conference

I love you guys!!!!!!!!!!

Elder Hutchins

Nov 10, 2014

This week all cycled around on singular thing: the Book Of Mormon. As spoken by Elder David A. Bednar, the Book of Mormon is what changes hearts. (obviously when combined with the spirit). So this week our zone started the focus to "Flood the earth with the book of Mormon" as stated by the prophet Ezra Taft Benson in general conference years ago. This week we adopted that vision and made it our slogan. 

My companion and I did not leave the house without a copy of the book of Mormon in our hands. Neither did we leave a visit without either giving a copy to the person of leaving the specific invitation to read a part of it. And boy did we see a change in the work.

First was with a less active and her family, a year ago (when they were active) their family was reading daily from the book of Mormon. It is no surprise to me that about a month after they stopped reading together from the Book of Mormon, that they also began to stay at home rather than go to church. Well this week we challenged them to read a chapter a day as a family and what do you know, at church about half the family came, progression, still more to do, but we are getting their. 

Second Miguel and Paola, they are something like eternal investigators, until now, they recently were married and their oldest son is a member, but they had stopped coming to church mainly out of laziness, well who would have guessed, but when we verified with them they were not reading the Book of Mormon...like at all. So we left a specific assignment with them that involved reading a chapter a day as a family. They too were at church on Sunday and their baptism is scheduled for Saturday at 4.

Just so each of you are aware my companion Elder Mcintye just lost his grandmother, she passed away from cancer on Saturday morning, so if you could keep him and his family in your prayers it would be much appreciated.

I love you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Elder Hutchins