WEEK 82

This Week From Elder Colin Eyre in Vina del Mar Chile:

This week was pretty good!  Lately we have been so busy and have had a lot of stuff happening.  My comp and I have been teaching a lady named Marlen.  She has a baptismal date set for this Friday so I hope all will go through as planned.  I also had interchanges with an elder from Argentina and it was pretty fun.  He is new to the mission and we both learned  a lot from each other.

All is good here in Chile and I'm pretty happy and busy!  I gotta go, peace out:)

Elder Colin Eyre

This Week From Elder Colby Eyre in Santiago Chile:

What's up family!  This week has been pretty nice.  Funny story, so yesterday at lunch we were eating with an older couple that are members.  We shared a message about charity.  The wife starts to complain about how the husband never puts the cap back on the toothpaste.  Then the husband explains that he doesn't do it because he says it's a waste of time.  He goes into great detail of how if you brush your teeth twice a day seven days a week the amount of time spent putting the cap on and then off is a lot of wasted time.  I was trying so hard not to laugh at this - I don't think they got our lesson on charity!

This week I was reading a book, "Our Heritage".  It is about the pioneers and the suffering and trials they went through as members of the church.  The stories really got me teary eyed because of the gratitude I have for them and their sacrifices they made.  It made me think of the importance of maintaining faithful in the church because generations and generations are affected because of our choice to be active members or not.  I am so grateful to have the gospel of Jesus Christ in my life.  I am so grateful for the blessings we receive because of it.  I am also so happy I have the opportunity to teach others this gospel so that they can have the same opportunities and blessings that I have.  We all can be pioneers in our own families:)

I love all you guys back home.  Have an amazing week!
Elder Colby Eyre

WEEK 81

This Week From Elder Colin Eyre in Vina del Mar Chile:

This week was pretty great :). We had a few funny things and also I saw Elder Salazar!  I am always way pumped to see him every six weeks when we have zone leadership training meetings.  We always sit by each other and have lunch.  I am grateful that I have one of my best friends here on my mission.  We also have permission to call each other when ever we want.  We call about once a week to send words of animo (encouragement).

Now the funny part of the week was when we were having lunch with a lady she let out a little toot!  On our way home my comp and I laughed our heads off in the streets.  It was nutz!  

I am so grateful that I can be here and help people come to know and understand the gospel of Jesus Christ.  It really makes me so happy because I just think of all the blessings I have received in my life.  I think that its so cool that I can help other people receive these same blessings :). I know that the Savior loves each and every one of us. I was reading in the bible and I love the scripture that talks about the Armor of God.  I think its pretty cool so I hope everyone can read it .  

It is found in Ephesians 6:13-17

13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having your loins girtabout with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

We are lucky that we can have this with us every single day!  Have a great week!

Elder Colin Eyre

This Week From Elder Colby Eyre in Santiago Chile:

What's up everyone back home!  I have been missing everyone a lot and all the snow.  The week here in Chile was pretty great though.

Last Sunday night we had a Family Home Evening which was awesome.  We had some investigators and a member family in our ward.  During the lesson we talked about the Sacrament and Baptism.  The Dad of the member family commented that when he partook of the bread of the sacrament for the first time he said it felt like the most powerful piece of bread that he had ever eaten.  That really caught my attention when he said that.  He said that feeling of power was the Atonement working in himself and the Spirit testifying to him that it is true.  I know that for us sometimes it can be hard to feel.  I have noticed that the more we try to apply the Atonement in our lives and the better understanding we have of Christ and the Sacrament we can also have the blessings and feelings this member described.

I love all you guys so much and hope everyone has a great week!
Elder Colby Eyre

WEEK 80

This Week From Elder Colin Eyre in Vina del Mar Chile:

Hey guys this week was pretty great here in Chile. I love being here and being able to preach the gospel.

This past week we had a really good meeting about preaching more about repentance.  After that President Morgan spoke and talked about how Satan is very clever and he does not want us to repent.  He wants to make us feel like it is not necessary or make us feel like God doesn't want us to talk to him because of what we have done.  In Moses, God asks Adam and Eve after they hid from God and he says, "Where goest thou?"  I love that because the only thing that God cares about is where we are going.  He always wants us to look forward towards God and Jesus Christ so that we can overcome our sins and progress so that we will be able to be more happy.

 I'm so thankful for the opportunity to repent every day and try and become a better person. I have also found that when we do this we will be much happier and have a ton of joy!

We have a baptism this weekend.  Her name is Paz.  We are pretty excited about it.  I will send some pics next week.

Thanks to everyone back home for everything you guys do for me.  I'm thankful to my bro and for all the missionaries.

Elder Colin Eyre 

This Week From Elder Colby Eyre in Santiago Chile:

Hey guys this past week was pretty awesome because we were able to have a baptism!  It was really fun because the girl has a huge family.  They are pretty much all members but have mostly gone less active.  Every week she comes to church she brings another family member with her.  The day of her baptism she invited a ton of people to come and see it.  She had a ton of her family members there and most of them hadn't been to church in many years.  It really filled my soul with lots of joy seeing the blessings that can come from one person starting to come back to church!  This week we're going to go visit the temple grounds with her mom so it should be super fun and I'm really excited.

This week I was studying a little bit in Acts in the New Testament.  I really love how one of the Lord's disciples, Paul works.  Paul is a very powerful preacher of the gospel and he preaches to many people. The thing that I love the most about Paul is that he always kept going.  Paul went through many many trials.  At one point the people killed him because of his preachings then he was raised from the dead.  Guess what Paul did?  He kept preaching!

Sometimes life can be very difficult and we don't want to keep going on.  We should remember the examples of Paul and keep moving forward with Faith in God.  I love this gospel so much and I know that sometimes its very hard to keep going forward but if we do the Lord will bless us.  I hope everyone at home is happy, and knows that I love them. Have a great week.
Elder Colby Eyre

WEEK 79

This Week From Elder Colin Eyre in Vina del Mar Chile:

This week we saw a miracle happen.  We worked really hard and wanted to contact people in the streets and invite them to baptism.  Right away we met this sixty year old lady and she was actually very interested and wanted to hear our message.  After that we were not able to find her and a week went by.  Then my comp tried calling her and she answered and was happy to meet with us again and even set a baptismal date.  Sunday she came to church and talked with our bishop about being baptized.  It was pretty awesome.

I am so happy I can be here and I know that the Lord really can prepare people before we even talk to them!  I love ya guys a ton you are all the best!
Elder Colin Eyre

This Week From Elder Colby Eyre in Santiago Chile:

Hey guys this week was pretty great here in Chile. I love being here and being able to preach the gospel.

This past week we had a really good meeting about preaching more about repentance.  After that President Morgan spoke and talked about how Satan is very clever and he does not want us to repent.  He wants to make us feel like it is not necessary or make us feel like God doesn't want us to talk to him because of what we have done.  In Moses, God asks Adam and Eve after they hid from God and he says, "Where goest thou?"  I love that because the only thing that God cares about is where we are going.  He always wants us to look forward towards God and Jesus Christ so that we can overcome our sins and progress so that we will be able to be more happy.

 I'm so thankful for the opportunity to repent every day and try and become a better person. I have also found that when we do this we will be much happier and have a ton of joy!

We have a baptism this weekend.  Her name is Paz.  We are pretty excited about it.  I will send some pics next week.

Thanks to everyone back home for everything you guys do for me.  I'm thankful to my bro and for all the missionaries.

WEEK 78

This Week From Elder Colin Eyre in Vina del Mar:

This week was pretty good.  We were able to go to a few of baptisms that were in our zone so that was fun.  My favorite part is that I always can feel the spirit so strong every time I go to a baptism and I love that!

 Nothing too crazy is happening here except for the fires.  Where I am there have been so many fires like way more than California has.  Anyway it has smelled like smoke for days and we hear fire trucks all the time.  I think the firemen are real pros by now, haha!

I am loving my mission and being able to serve.  Hope all is well at home :)
Elder Colin Eyre

This Week From Elder Colby Eyre in Santiago Chile:

Hey guys this week has been pretty good. I got a new companion that I am training his name is Elder Diaz. He's from Peru and is really cool.  Elder Diaz is new to the mission so it has been a little hard for him to get into the swing of things like walking all day... haha.  He is doing great and I am learning from him too!

This week I had a really cool experience.  A member had given us a reference and so we were out looking for their address.  I had this impression that we needed to go visit this other less active family.  On the way we stopped by a members house who lives near so they could help us find this less active families house.  Well the less actives weren't home so I felt like we should go back to the members home.  They invited us in and we were able to share a scripture and message with them.  They also have a less active daughter and she stayed and listened to our message. The next day after church we had lunch with a family and the mom said that a lady in the ward came up to here and said that her daughter had been going through a really hard time and that when she woke up on Sunday she wanted to go to church with her family for the first time in months.  When she said that I realized that it just happened to be the family that we had visited the night before and had shared a message with their daughter.  I knew right then that we had been guided by the spirit to visit them.

On my mission I have learned that the Lord sure works in mysterious ways sometimes.  I know that when we are attentive to the Spirit we can witness some really cool miracles.

Thanks everyone back home for all you do for me you really are all the best.  I hope everyone is enjoying the snow ..... I sure miss it haha!

Elder Colby Eyre