written: 4/5/2021
Week 14
Hello everyone!!! Busy and insanely fast week here in ChiloFe (to be explained shortly)!
This week we were challenged to find new ways to find people, especially through Facebook. One of the reasons being Chile is increasing covid restrictions for the time being and many places are moving back phases and more restrictions in general are being placed. But the Lord's work does not stop! We brainstormed ideas, talked with other elders, and we are currently in about 100 facebook groups in our area, advertising Free English Classes, Free service, free books of mormon, and free scripture studies. The church has an amazing initiative called EnglishConnect and that is the program I use to teach English here! Although I am far from a perfect teacher, it is really fun to begin to teach English here, and we hope to see miracles through our Facebook work!
We had interviews this week, along with Mission and Zone conference. My mission President, President Meek, as he talked to us in our zone conference mentioned to us that we are not on the island of Chiloe, but rather ChiloeFe! I know we can see miracles here, there is lots of faith here in the island and we are going to be able to see these miracles as my companion and I continue to find new and exciting ways to share the gospel. Adapting is the name of the game here, and although not easy at times, the results are there and people are patiently waiting for us!
Coincidentally, though not really as I have found coincidences are rather the Lord's doing, thus being apart of his plan, my favorite talk from General Conference centered around faith! It was from President Nelson's talk from the Sunday Morning Session. In his talk, he challenged us to start TODAY to increase your faith, faith takes effort, and shared ways to develop faith and trust in the Lord. I also loved how he mentioned to not minimize the faith we currently have. Before conference began, I wrote in my journal some questions I had, things I was excited for, and my plan to receive answers. This talk was word for word what I asked Heavenly Father for in prayer. Faith plays a key role in every aspect of life, and by learning and growing faith, answers to life's questions and problems will begin to come to us, and we will see we can get through anything. I loved this General Conference, and I look forward to hearing many more inspired messages in a short 6 months. I hope you all had the opportunity to listen, watch, and ponder!
I hope you all have a great week and I love hearing from you :)
Love, Elder Collin Steele
pictures include: ChiloFe; Beautiful sunrise in ChiloFe; Me, Front L-R: Elder Bennett, Elder Calderon, Elder Pastene, Elder Repole, Elder Pillpe Back L-R: Sister Meek, President Meek, Elder Warner, Elder Martin, Elder Rex, Elder Petty; Elder Pillpe, Elder Bennett, Elder Calderon, Me, President Meek, Elder Martin, Elder Pastene, Elder Warner, Elder Rex, Elder Repole, and Elder Petty; and Me and Elder Calderon; Me, Elder Calderon, Elder Pillpe, Elder Bennett
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