Wowee

Well guys this really was a week full of miracles and hard work.  We got to our sector and really honestly had nothing, the Elders who were here before us were a little desanimated and weren't functioning very well here, which is i guess why the Lord makes his changes in his vineyard.  So we were here all last week, basically talking to everyone we possibly could to find some people to start teaching, and we met lots of really great people.  Expecially we met a two really noteable people.  The first person's name is Nucia.  She is venezuelan and has only a few months here in chile, and has left her whole family behind in venezuela just to work and help to bring her whole family here.  We talked with her about families and God's love for us, and we could really tell that she was prepared by the Lord to meet us.  We left her with a booklet about the Plan of Salvation, and we went yesterday to see how she was doing (we haven't been able to teach her yet because of her work schedule) and she told us that she has the little book under her pillow and reads it every night. It has been great to know her and see how the promises of the gospel are already starting to help her grow her faith in the Lord.  The second person was a guy named Matias that we net in a park.  We were just walking by, (running a little bit late to lunch) and we saw him in the park with a guitar and walked over to talk to him.  In the beginning he seemed like a regular, timid guy, and in the end we were able to talk to him about the gospel and he completely opened up to us, sharing questions that he has had his whole life about god and questions about Christ's church and profets and life after death.  We shared the book of mormon with him, (he lives in another part of santiago so we are going to send his referral over) and he said "if the answers to my questions are here, I will read it, I promise." I know that God is preparing people ALL over the world. We don't always know what other people are going through, so don't be afraid to share the gsopel whenever the spirit tells you you should.  Put yourself in their place.  If you didn't have the knowledge of the gospel, wouldn't you be glad that someone shared it with you ? I love you all and hope you are all doing well, I'm sorry there's no pictures this week but oh well.  Take care fam and hug my little brother for me if you see the guy
Elder McCurdy

Dorsal

HEy all, welp I am indeed sad to say that this week I had changes :(... I really was hoping to stay the rest of my mission over in Lampa City but hey you just can't get everything you want sometimes.  But HEY on the bright side is that I got transferred to apart called DORSAL, zone San Pablo, which is a place I have never been before.  It's a little wild for me because we are about as close as you can get to the center of the city, which is craazy for me because almost my whole mission I've been out of the city.  My new companion's name is Elder Claro, from Uruguay.  He's dope.  He talks a ton but hey it's cool.  He just came back from SIX MONTHS on the island of Robinson Crusoe, and one thing that I have really noticed about him is that he works really hard to care for and help people. Our first couple of days together he has been telling me alllll about how there was literally nobody on the island and now he just says every five seconds "man there are just a ton of people down here !!" and he's definitely right, and we are both really excited to get to know all of them.  In Lampa my last couple of days were fairly sad but also full of miracles.  I have really been able to see how the Gospel changes the life of the people out here, and just be introducing it into their lives we are doing a very important work.  Two people from our sector were baptized on Sunday, Dellanira Pardo who is the wife of a guy that we have been reactivating, and Alejandra Martinez, who is the mother of the three girls that were baptized earlier on in my time with Elder Santander.  I have seen such great changes in the people out there and I know that God prepared them to listen to us, and I am grateful for the opportunity to get to know the people here in Dorsal.  The true church is on the earth, the Church of Jesus Christ established on the earth.  I love it, and am glad to be here introducing it to the world. I love you guys and hope you keep on pushing !!  Life isn't that easy but with the Lord's help it really is easier. Take care all,
Elder McCurdy

Nefitas vs Lamanitas

Bueno Chiquillos y chiquillos fue una semana bastante pulenta cachai

This week was not any other regular week, it was full of ups and downs and hard stuff and lots of miracles. This week for the first time ever in all of my mission I was able to go with my companion and some recent converts from our branch to the temple to do baptisms for the dead.  We did about 60 baptisms and 70 or so confirmations. It was one of the coolest moments of my life to be with them and helping them understand exactly what it was that they were doing for these people, helping them understand how grateful these people are for that same work that we were doing on their behalf.  We were able to bring two or three names to do with them,  their ancestors and I really do not have the words to explain how it felt to be there.  It is one thing to do the work your self, but it is another thing to walk them through it and help them help others.  We have also seen a lot of success in our zone, I love being here and I hope they never take me out.  We have changes on Monday so we will see what happens.  I'm so grateful for the priesthood, the power and authority that we have on the earth to help others and bind their families together for the eternities. I hope you guys all know that God loves you, that he wants us all to be successful but will not give us all the success we want if we don't put in our part ! This week we were going and inspecting all of the houses in our zone (one of our responsibilities as zone leaders and something we were thinking about putting off) and we got a text from a family that we have been working a lot with and said that the mom wants to be baptized, and every day we see more and more miracles that make me appreciate my life and blessings more and more. I hope that you all have an amazing week and keep on keepin on !!  Don't give up !!! Check out the photos on the blog to see the temple shots and other stuff from our zone activity. love.
Elder McCurdy

Pictures- Oh boy!