Heyyyy guys. So here I am. And its freezing cold. And im having trouble typing because my hands are so cold hahaha. I wish I could wear my gloves and type at the same time. Oh well.
This past week was CRAZYYYY. Just so full of crazy things and events and stuff. So ill just go straight in to sharingsome stories from the week.
So the first story is an interesting service opportunity that I had this past week. Its kind of sketchy sounding, so I hope you dont judge me for it. ha.
So on Friday night Elder Adamson and I were walking to some appointment or somewhere.... I honestly dont even remember where. But as we were walking we passed by the "urgent care" here in Lautaro. As we were coming up to the corner of the street, I could see two younger looking girls on the corner hugging and swaying around and such and I just thought "Oh, two teenage girls just messig around being weird..." So, trying to avoid any comments from two teenage Chilean girls, I just put my head down and we started to walk by them... and as we walked by, one yelled at us "Oiga! Oye!" (Which just means like Hey you!) Normally we just turn and wave just to be nice and continue onn our way, but for some reason i just stopped when she called us. I responded "¿Si?" and the woman said "Can you help me?" and i asked "uhhh with what?". and the woman responded again "With my daughter". So i was being cautious this whole time speaking. But when she said that in my head I just thought "Oh great some Mom that wants 2 gringos to talk to her daughter or something... Lets just go." But the words that left my mouth were "uh okay... what do you need?"
At this point I realized it WAS a younger mom with her 15-16 yr old daughter. But so the mom said "I need help taking her to the urgent care down this road. Help me please." So I asked what was wrong with her daughter and she said she didnt know but that she was just sick, and then she said "Can you carry her to the urgent care for me?" So I said "yeah sure" thinking carry her there meant just like help her get over there. I then noticed that the daughter was SUPER pale, and was saying things like "I feel terrible. I cant breath... I dont see anything" and was just leaning on her mom and looked COMPLETELY out of it. She could barely even talk! So i noticed that and looked at Elder Adamson like "uh what do we do?" and then asked the mom, "uh okay how are we gonna get her over there?" and she responded "en brazo! No puede caminar" meaning "In your arms! She cant walk" So my immediate thought was "uhhhh.... what theee....." but then i was like yeah okay... lets help. So I looked at ElderAdamson to be like "Alright lets do this...." and noticed that he was even more confused and lost than I was and had no idea what to do and was just frozen standing there. So then I just thought "alright... I gotta do this." So I tossed my backpack to Elder Adamson, said "permiso!", switched places with the mom, and picked the girl up in my arms and carried her down the street a little ways to the door of the urgentcare. We then dropped her off at the doorway, and the girl leaned back on her mom and they walked into the care to go get help. We asked "is there anything else we can do for you??" But she said "No, thank you so much!" and just walked into the building...
And that was it. End of story. haha.
BUT. So why do I share this story? So obviously according to missionary rules... thats not okay. Too long of a handshake with girls is sketchy for missionaries! haha. nevertheless carrying a girl in your arms isnt okay. And so thats why I say "dont judge". Of course there might have been other ways to help without "breaking rules" or some better way to do it. Someone else might have been passing by in the moment that could have helped, but I dont remember. But the thing is, I served.
As a missionary, I am a representative of Jesus Christ. I am doing the work the Lord himself would do if he were here on the earth. And what would Christ do? He would serve. Of course we have rules and commandments to help us and to guide us so we live our lives better. But, we don`t want to be like the pharisees. SO caught up in the words of the commandment that we miss the message the Lord is sending us. After they walked into the clinic, we just left. We didnt even get to share something about the gospel with them :( The girl looked TERRIBLY sick, so idk if shes okay or what happened to her haha. But, I hope that service we gave will one day help them accept the gospel in their lives! Maybe one day they`ll meet the missionaries and say "yeah i remember one of you Mormons helped my daughter and I one time when she was sick..." or something like that. haha idk. But anyway. Just remember, everyone, that the only thing God requires of us in this life, is that we keep His commandments. and one of those commandments that was given was, "What manner of men ought ye to be? Verily I say unto you, even as I am." We are all disciples of Christ, and need to do the things that He would do, so that we can become more like Him!
Anywayyyy... that was a super long story/message. I hope you at least get something out of it. and dont think Im chueco. It was just a weird/interesting thing that happened this week that Ive reflected on and thought "was that the right thing to do or was I terribly disobedient?" haha.
So. The other crazy events from this week. Other thing, We had a baptism!!!! Woo hoooo!!! Mauricio got baptized this week! yayyy. Were super happy. And it all turned out great. Hes an awesome kid and it was awesome to talk to him during the work and hear his testimony and see how the Holy Ghost really has worked in him during these past few weeks. And how him making this decision has blessed his life, AND the life of all his family! Its awesome to hear. Ill send pictures of the baptism so you can see!
Andddd the OTHER super CRAZYYYY thing from this week... is the update on the PARENTS of Mauricio... So during the past week we asked an inspired question to the parents of Mauricio (Heraldo and Maria) and we asked "Guys... If you were married right now instead of just living together, would you be getting baptized with Mauricio this Sunday?" And theyre response was amazing haha. They said yes, and went on to explain how that is the idea and how it should be done as a family and how wonderful it would be to be togetherin the church as a family and all the blessings and differences theyve seen just from MAURICIO taking this step in his life... it was awesome haha. So from there we asked "Well then tell us... make a list... What are allll the things that stop you from getting married?" and long story short it basically allll came down to the fact that Heraldo was married before and how he hadnt ever finished the divorce papers... and then he jokingly added but there was a chance that maybe his ex-wife had done all the divorce papers and he was actually already divorced, in which case, NOTHING was stopping them. haha. So when he told us THAT, we immediately said "well what do we do to find that out then?" So the next morning we went with Heraldo to the Registro Civil that is literally around the corner from their house, and printed out his Information from the government to find out if he was still technically married or if he was divorced. So while he was talking to the person to get the paper our hearts were POUNDING so nervous haha. So he printed the paper, walked over to us and said "Guess." We had no idea and so he read us the long explanation on the government paper which made no sense, so I asked "So... are you married?" and he said "Im divorced! And ive apparently been divorced since 2009." And Elder Adamson and I literally jumped and shouted for joy when he told us that. hahaha. Soooo.... Wedding bells anyone?? We are once again in the processing of getting a couple married! haha. Its mosttt likely that theyll be married not this week, but the NEXT week, and then baptized that following Sunday, but were pushing and searching hard for it to happen THIS week so theyre married this week and baptized this sunday. So we`ve been jumping from city to city from registro to registro to find an hour to do it. Why?... that leads me to my next point.
1. Because theyre sinning since theyre living together and not married. So they need to stop sinning. and be baptized
2. Because we have cambios next monday. And remember how I said Im rancagua but there could be a chance I end up in Concepcion instead? Well its looking more likely now that Ill be in concepcion. haha. Its most likely that Ill be transferred this next monday... So were especially trying to do it this week so I can be here for it as well, and if not, Elder Adamson. Cuz were sure that one of us is going haha. But even if it doesnt work this week sì o sì they`ll be married the next week. We just want to be there for it haha.
But so thats the other thing. Cambios next week and theres a good chance ill go. But no se sabe. So next monday will be a big surpriseeeee.... duh duh duhhhh.... haha.
BUTTTT. Theres lots more that happened in my week. But im sick of typing. This is the longest letter ive sent in a long time. haha. I know this church is true and I love it. Im so blessed to have a knowledge of this gospel. Its the best thing ever! Its changed my life learning more and more about this gospel, and it will continue to do so. I love you and miss you all. Que esten bien!
-Elder Heyman
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