Blessings on Blessings - October 15, 2018

To my mom, your welcome but to others IM SO SORRY because this is a really long letter but my heart is so full and thankful for all of the many miracles we witnessed this week!!!

I aspire to love everyone i come in contact with here in the same way that I love our recent convert Rodrigo. He is progressing tons. On thursday we went to visit him and he says to me, “Hermana Pulsipher, when are you going to leave?” “I dont know rodrigo, but im going to miss you.” “Me too.” It was such a tender moment. Being apart of his conversion and watching him grow was a life changer for me. Him and his brother Pablo are staying strong together but the adversary is latching on to his family. We really grew a close connection with his family and tried our hardest to help them all go down this path together but it not their time right now. Its really sad how worldly things hold people back from eternal blessings. But I am confident that through the obedience of Pablo and Rodrigo, their family will be blessed and will become an eternal family in the Lords timing! 

Andre is our investigator from New york. When we told him about General conferance and asked him if we could get together and watch it in their house he says, “So is this like a kind of superbowl thing? You guys gonna bring the nachos?” Classic. I have a culture shock every time I go to their house. Americans are SUPER different from chileans. Obviously.

Watching general conference was the HIGHLIGHT of my week! I loved the sweet message of Jesus Christ and that we can be spiritually and physically healed through the atonement! President Nelson was full of so much life and energy and once again a sweet spirit whispered to me that he is called of God and that everything he says is directly from Jesus Christ. 

As we were leaving conferance right after we had heard President Nelsons talk on the name of the church a man from the street yells at us, "Mormones!" and in unity Cutler and i yell back, “NO THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS!”

On our way back from the conferencia, Cutler tells me that she has a feeling we should go visit someone named Ilmari that we can never find. We had planned to visit Ricardo, a planned appointment and he was for sure in his house waiting for us. In my heart I agreed with Cutler but logically I wanted to stick to the plan we had made prior. With hesitance i agreed to Cutlers idea and when we got to Ilmari´s house, he opened the door to us instantly like he had been expecting us.)THIS NEVER HAPPENS! As we start talking he tells us that he had just gone to the open doors in Concepcion with his girlfriend, who is a member of the church, and had felt the spirit so strong there. He distanced himself from God a while ago because he felt that God had abandoned him. As we sat there and talked to him about being spiritually healed by the atonement of Jesus Christ, there was a really special spirit in that room. I knew that this is the Lord{s work, and if we listen to the still small voice of the spirit, we can find His lost sheep and then He will work the miracles. Sometimes we may have to change our plans but in the end Heavenly Father knows what He is doing, we just have to trust Him!   

WITHOUT A DOUBT THIS IS THE WORK OF THE LORD!!!! Cutler and I decided to only consecrate our thoughts and actions on the work today. No glancing over at the tv in the members houses during lunch. No thinking about the past or the future. And definitely no letting the songs in the street linger in our heads. It was really hard, like extremly. But we were determined to see miracles that day. First, we went to an old investigator that we can never get to because 6 street dogs always guard this house and they always end up chasing us out.  (its weird, but it has been a real trial in my mission). Well this day, we went and all of the dogs stood up and started surrounding us but we kept walking, saying a prayer outloud, they started to growl but we felt some serious protection from the Lord and we were able to get to the house!Next, we went to give visit a sister in our ward in the hospital and a lady that was standing in line in front of us turns around and starts to talk with us. She asks us who we are, what we do, and then begins to tell us she wants to tell us something but not inside they hospital. As we walk outside, she tells us that she has been praying for angels to come and help her son because now more than ever he needs the gospelin his life. LIKE WHAT__ This never happens guys. Then after as we were walking to the spanish class that we teach forthe haitains we stopped for a sopaipilla and met a men from Venezuela. Come to find out, he got here the same day i did in Chile and came without family. All of the money that he earns goes back to his family in Venezuela who are struggling tons over there. We invited him to the spanish class thinking no one would show up and we could just teach him english! But when we showed up to the church 5 haitians and a chilean were waiting outside the church for the class! (THIS NEVER HAPPENS) We usually have one show up if we are lucky! This time we taught the haitians with latinos and they totally connected!! It was a super fun class that night! To end of our miracle filled day we head over the the Rincon families house. The daughters and dad are baptized and the mom is getting baptized in the future, but we have specifically been focused on their uncle Jose. We have put baptisimal date after baptisimal date with this guy and all he says is, [Sisters, be patient with me.[ We talked about baptism, and at the end of the night we asked them to write a goal on a piece of paper that would help them progress towards baptism. When Jose passes us his paper, it said, "Baptism." We got so frustrated with him and said, "!No jose, you have to write a specific goal!" and he tells us, "No i want to get baptized. When can I?" Cutler and I couldnt contain our excitement. We had been praying for this moment for months. Jose is getting baptized next week...! My heart was so full that day. I know that if we fully consecrate ourselves Heavenly Father can and will open the heavens to bless us and the lives of others. SEEK HIM! You wont regret it.

LOVE YOU ALL TONS!! 

HERMANA PULSI

Photos 1: Spanish class 2: Brittish Bulldogs 3: food from our venezuelan from the Rincon family 4: All of my old companions!