{ThE sPiRiT wAs very PoWerfuL}

Yo!

California eh? sweet! I just met Presidente Ward and his wife. They are so awesome! I`m really excited to start seeing the plans that they have received for the mission. It`s so interesting to see the power of someone who really is called of God.

This week has been incredible! We showed up to church with a lot of investigators and definitely are winning the confidence of the members. Presidente ward is coming to Santiago on Saturday and one of the sisters in my branch said she would tell him to keep me here!! haha. The husband of that hermana, hermana luz, is going to be baptized this month! ANd a lady named Teonila. But we kind of want to see if it`s possible to work with the family of Teonila to see if we can help them as well. We really are starting to see all of the hard work pay off here. I love it! Santiago really is a different place. And it has nothing to do with us...the Lord really is changing it. And Elder Chevez has soooo much faith...it`s nuts. We`re really working to complete the goals we`ve set.

We are also teaching a family right now that is called the familia salinas. Tomàs and Cathy. They are progressing really well...Such a cool couple. Tomàs always busts out his guitar to play for us every time we go over there. And his wife sings so incredibly. We`re hoping they will be able to progress towards baptism soon.

It was so awesome to see the hermana teolnila tell us that she knows the book of mormon is true. She is starting to make friends in the church and she always wants more of the book of mormon to read. She`s so rad! And Arnulfo Flores startled us when he said that he really needed to get baptized this time...he`s met with the missionaries a lot before...but he`s set now.

I can`t even tell you how fast this change has gone by. It`s been the fastest change of my mission so far! And i hit nine months this month! That`s basically a year! Yikes! I`m doing really well here, though.

We got some rough news today during the zone conference. One of the Elders in our zone...Elder Villagra...lost his father today. I`m not sure how he died but Elder Villagra found out during zone conference. It hurt a lot to see what he is going through...and knowing that the months ahead could be really long for him makes me feel horrible. But Presidente Ward talked about it in the zone conference and it was super strong. The spirit was very powerful.

Bueno pues...que les vaya bien! I love you all mucho!

Elder Tanner