WEEK 100

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

Well its my last week and I'm kinda sad.  The mission for me has been way cool!  I have been able to learn a lot of things and I'm so grateful for everything that I have been able to do.  I know that Heavenly Father lives and I truly know that the gospel blesses the lives of others:)  I'm grateful for every experience that I have had while I have been on my mission and I wouldnt trade anything for them.  I remember when I left my family for the first time it was just so hard!  Now  I'm so grateful for the hardships that I've had because it helped me to grow.  I also love all the Chileans.  They are all so nice and its going to be hard to leave them!

Thanks to everyone for all the emails and for everything that you guys have done for me.  I will be seeing you all soon :) 

Elder Colin Eyre

WEEK 99

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

Bueno this week has been pretty cool I am in a new sector in Valparaiso.  I love it because its just a bunch of hills with a really cool view of Viña del Mar and the ocean.  Just walking around everything is really beautiful.  At the same time it makes me grateful for everthing that I have.  

My new Ward is cool and everyone is pretty nice.  I am only going to be here for two more weeks which I am excited and sad all at the same time.

This week we were able to visit some new investigators and actually they were really receptive!  I know that God really does watch out for every one of his children and that he loves us:) I hope everyone has a good week and I will see ya guys real soon!

Elder Colin Eyre

This Week From Elder Colby Eyre in Santiago Chile:

What up family and friends!! This week has been pretty fun. It was funny because last week my Mom emailed me and told me she had to talk in Sacrament meeting and that she needed my to pray for her! I was pretty happy because it was her and not me.  Then on Thursday my Bishop called us and asked if we could speak Sunday in Sacrament Meeting -  I about died! 

Luckily it all turned out pretty good and it wasn't that hard.  The only bummer thing was the guy who talked after me talked about Lightning McQueen from Cars.  He talked about Lightning McQueen's path to becoming a humble car and how we should all humble ourselves before the Lord.  It was way better then mine because he quoted the Cars movie - Haha!   

Everything else here in Chile has been pretty awesome. It has been way fun to be able to be here this last little while and give it all to the Lord.  One thing I've learned is that after we give it our all and really work our hardest we can give it over to the Lord and he will help us out with the rest. 

I love all you guys back home so much have a great week!

Elder Colby Eyre

WEEK 98

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

Well this week was good and crazy!  First we almost had a baptism with a cool little kid on Monday.  We had a signature from his mom that he could be baptized and my comp and I were so pumped.  We passed by his house on Wednesday and this Grandma comes out and tells us she is a Jehovah's Witness.  She was so mad that her grandson was going to get baptized.  She told us her daughter would be excommunicated from the  Jehovah's Witness church if the kid got baptized.  Then on Saturday the grandparents took the kid to a different city so he couldnt get baptized.  Man I couldn't believe how hard core they were.  We aren't going to give up on the family so we will see what happens.  

This week I am getting changed to another sector in Valparaiso.  I am really excited but sad at the same time because I love my sector that I'm in right now.  I will be there for 3 weeks to train an Elder to be a leader in the mission.  I am pretty pumped about that.  It's actually fun helping others.  

I am glad I'm here and I know that God is always blessing us:)

Elder Colin Eyre

This Week From Elder Colby Eyre in Santiago Chile:

Hey family back home! This week has been really good. We got the chance today to visit a really cool lake in the Andes Mountains today. We took a two hour drive up the mountain to get to it but it was really cool.  It was a little cold with all the snow and it being winter time here in Chile!

On a spiritual note its been a great week. I've been studying about the Atonement and the happiness that we receive when we apply it to our lives. This week I read a talk given by Elder Neilson about the Atonement.  It has been awesome to grow my testimony about the power of it.  I think the thing I love most is being able to share my testimony with others.   I love to see others apply it to their lives and also gain a testimony about Christ and His plan he has for us to repent for our sins, to grow, and progress then come back to him, through the atonement. I know that the way for us to obtain happiness in this life is through it. 

Have a Rad week I love you all!

Elder Colby Eyre

WEEK 97

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

Bueno this week was pretty great!  I got to meet Elder Packer's son who is a Seventy and I also had to say a prayer in front of him.  I was kinda scared but it turned out really well! 

We almost had a baptism this week.  We just needed the signature of the kids mom.  We are going to have a lesson this week with her so we can get the signature.  

Other than that eveything is just great here in Chile and we are working hard!  I am so grateful for everything I have here and for the people that I can help!

This Week From Elder Colby Eyre from Santiago Chile:

Hey guys this week has been pretty good. My zone had a conference with our President this week and I loved it.  I will share the focus of it! In the Zone Conference  and for pretty much my whole mission my President has been really focused on the importance of teaching the simplicity of the gospel to our investigators.  That was the focus of this conference.  One thing I've learned on my mission is that sometimes members complicate things and explain them in ways that are crazy long haha.  Really the gospel of Jesus Christ is so simple. Children can even listen and gain testimonies about our Savior Jesus Christ and I love that so much.  My whole mission I've been trying to teach simply with the spirit, with power, and the authority.   I have seen the miracles that have come from teaching like this and also looking at gospel topics and applying them to the basic things in our lives. I've learned that as we learn about the gospel and apply them in the most basic things that we do everyday we will grow to understand the gospel even better and feel the confirmation by the Holy Ghost that these things are true. 

I love you all so much back home. Have a RAD week! Besitos haha!!

Elder Colby Eyre