Week 28

This Week From Elder Colby Eyre In Santiago Chile:

Hey guys this week has been pretty good.  Elder Aguirre and I have been working super hard to get our ward to start working with the missionaries.  The missionaries are a really big part of the ward here.

Right now we have this one golden investigator his name is Daniel. He's super awesome.  Daniel has his baptismal interview set for this Thursday.  I would love it if you could remember him in your prayers this week.  His entire family are members but less active.  We have been working with them for a while now so hopefully all goes well.


Nothing super crazy, we are just working hard everyday.  My testimony of the gospel continues to grow and I am so grateful for the Savior and his sacrifice for us.
I love all you guys and hope you have the greatest week.

Elder Colby Eyre

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

A super week ended with a Super Bowl Sunday baptism ahhh yaaa! His name is Remijeo he is my amigo fiel y estoy super feliz por el but anyways I'm happy that I can be here and serve.  Remijeo is 15 years old and from the first time I met him I knew he had a desire to follow the example of Christ. It was pretty cool! We had an instant connection.  We had a baptism date set for last week but it fell through because Remijeo didn't show up for his baptism interview with my amigo Elder Miller.  This was the first time he had done something like that.  I was pretty sad but we kept working with him and he came to his baptism interview.  Another thing that was a problem was we needed his mom to sign that he could be baptized but she finally agreed.  It was awesome Sunday his whole family showed up to support him.  I was SO happy! I didnt baptize him a guy in the ward did.  It's better that way because then he will be more connected with the ward! I know that Heavenly Father can prepare people to hear the good word before we even get to them so thats cool!:)


Funny story, yesterday we did some visits with our Bishop.  We were walking home with him in the night and like a week before someone told me he is pretty much blind at night.  Well I totally had forgotten and we were walking home and he was holding onto my bag and my shoulder.  I was just like hmm weird but okay.  Then I noticed he was kind of tripping on a ton of stuff.  I was just thinking he was joking around and then he also stepped on a dog.  There are lots of dogs in the streets.  Now at this point I still hadn't remembered that he didn't see well at night.  Finally we get to his house and that's when I remembered hahahaahha it was sooo funny!  I had totally spaced it that he needed me to guide him!  Luckily in the real world we have the Holy Ghost that is our constant companion if we are keeping the commandments.  I am so grateful  for the opportunity to have the best companion by my side always helping me and protecting me! I still feel really bad for not guiding our Bishop home very well haha!

I'm so happy we could baptize Remijeo :) I hope everyone has a smokin cool week and I'm glad the Broncos won the Super Bowl!

Love,
Elder Colin Eyre

WEEK 27

This Week From Elder Colby Eyre in Santiago Chile:

Hey guys this week has been pretty good!  We've been working really hard to find new people to teach.  In my mission they are really focusing on baptism and repentance.  With our contacts that is what they want us to focus on. Yesterday Elder Aguirre and I had lots of time to contact so we just went for it and amazingly we found five new investigators.  We also have a few baptism dates set so thats super awesome.  It is really important that these people are joining for the right reasons so we have to make sure of that too! I've got faith that we will be able to teach all of them again hopefully in their homes.  

It is such a cool experience when a person accepts a baptism date.  Being out contacting is the best way to find the people that are elegido/chosen and are ready to receive the gospel. I know this gospel is true with all my heart and I know that in our lives we can see miracles if we have faith. 

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

Elder Colby Eyre

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

 This week was pretty sweet except for one day.  Elder Silva and I were in the streets this lady walked by mumbling and looked nutz.  I didn't even talk to her cuz she was just too crazy.  She breezed passed me and touched my shoulder and kept walking.  There wasn't anyone in the street and we were out house contacting.  The next thing I know I hear like splashing so I turn around and her pants are down and she was peeing it was pretty gross.  I will have to say this was my first time being mooned on the mission haha!  My comp and I thought it was pretty funny we just walked away and laughed.  My mind is still scarred from that!

During a lesson this past week I had the opportunity to share a really neat story my grandmother shared with me.  It is the parable of the Mule in the Well.  

Sometimes it's not what is happening but how you handle it.  A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule.  The mule fell into the farmer's well.  The farmer heard the mule 'braying' - or - whatever mules do when they fall into wells.  After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving.  Instead, he called his neighbors together and told them what had happened...and enlisted them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well and put him out of his misery.

Initially, the old mule was hysterical!  But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back...a thought struck him.  It suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back...He should shake it off and step up!  This he did, blow after blow.

"Shake it off and step up...shake it off and step up...shake it off and step up!" he repeated to encourage himself.  No matter how painful the blows, or distressing the situation seemed the old mule fought "panic" and just kept right on shaking it off and stepping up!  

You're right!  It wasn't long before the old mule, battered and exhausted, stepped triumphantly over the wall of that well!  What seemed like it would bury him, actually blessed him...all because of the manner in which he handled his adversity. 

That's life!  If we face our problems and respond to them positively, and refuse to give in to panic, bitterness, or self-pity...the adversities that come along to bury us usually have within them the potential to benefit and bless us!  Remember that repentance, forgiveness, faith, prayer and hope are all excellent ways to "shake it off and step up" out of the wells in which we find ourselves.

So anyway there is a member thats going through a really hard time and I shared this story with her.  I think it really helped her.  It is so true that there will be hard times and Satan will throw hard things at us.  He wants nothing more than to tear us down.  We have two choices, we can just give up or shake it off like the mule.  When we shared this parable with this lady going through a hard time I could really feel the spirit.  I am so grateful for everything I know that I have been so blessed!  This week was great just trying to work hard and find new people to teach.  It's actually a hard thing to do but I'm grateful for everything that I have.  

Hope everyone has a good week love ya tons!

Elder Colin Eyre

WEEK 26

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

This week was pretty sweet!  We had this World Wide Missionary Meeting that all missionaries everywhere got to see.   We all watched it at the same time so that was pretty great.  We had some head missionary leaders in the church speak and some apostles.  My favorite was with Elder Bednar.   They did like a question and answer thing and all the missionaries had iPads.  I was like holy smokes I haven't used one of those in months, so lucky for them haha! Anyway Elder Bednar would have the missionaries turn to different scriptures on the iPad.   He would say ok, turn to D&C chapter blah blah blah and because they had iPads they could do it SO fast.  I couldn't keep up with them.   I still learned so much.  They talked about baptism and converts.  I know in my ward there are about 1000 members but only 80 or so that come to church each week.  I am pretty sure thats not good.  Even though its really cool to baptize we need to make sure they people are doing it for the right reasons and help them get off to a good start.  We are having a big push on working with the less actives as well. I know that with hard work we can help the people come unto Christ.  We have to help them learn to have faith and keep pushing along in the gospel.  

I also saw my homie Chan today.  We see each other three days a week which is so awesome.  We just talk all the time and I'm super greatful for him.  He taught me a sweet way to teach  lesson 2 The Plan of Salvation.  I'm definatly going to do a noche de hogar con mi familia when I get home and teach the same lesson cuz its sweet.     

We have this kid thats planning to be baptized next week his name is Remijeo.  He is pretty cool he is fifteen years old.  He is amazing he is so young and just wants to Come unto Christ.  It is cool because Elder Silva and I had fasted that we would be able to find someone that was searching for the gospel.  We found Remijeo that same day.  That sure was a testimony builder for me!  I know God works through miracles and I can have success if I am always working hard.  I'm greatful for what I have and I'm so blessed to have my family.  When I think of them it brings a big smile to my face.  I know that when we are tired but just keep doing the work that is when the miracles happen!  Thanks for all the love and prayers.  Enjoy the snow, I sure miss being on the slopes Haha but the Lords work it better. :) 

Love, 

Elder Colin Eyre

This Week From Elder Colby Eyre in Santiago Chile:

This week has been pretty good!  We've had lots of meetings this past week.  We had an area Seventy come talk to us and that was super awesome.  He talked a lot about just working hard and inviting everyone especially less actives to come unto Christ.  It was really a great motivator, I loved it.  

I guess its a vacation time in Chile right now and lots of people are gone.  Many of the people we are teaching are gone.  We did find a girl named Claudia shes a girlfriend of a less active.  We took her on a tour of the temple grounds a few weeks ago.   I know that was a great experience for her and we all felt the spirit.   She has set a date to be baptized on February 20th so that is really exciting.  We had also been teaching a girl named Cynthia and she seemed so interested.  Well this past two weeks we just haven't been able to get  ahold of her.  Elder Aguirre and I were really disappointed because we felt she had come so far with the lessons and wanted to be baptized.  Keep praying for her  I know one day she will be baptized.  

Nothing too crazy has happened.  I'm just doing some missionary work over here in Chile haha!  I know this is where I should be and I am learning so much.  Enjoy that Utah snow because it's freaking hot here!  Have a great week!

I love you all,

Elder Colby Eyre 

WEEK 25

This week was legit! I finished my change with Elder Rogerson and now I'm in a place called Gómez Carreño it's pretty sick haha! It's a rich place for Chile. My new apartment is also sweet it's in a huge apartment complex and I'm on the 9th floor. I have a sick view of Viña every day! The only thing that sucks is that the sun totally just blasts me during studies in the morning and I'm just sweating and studying it's pretty awesome.  My new comp is from Brazil he is pretty sick!! His name is Elder Silva he only has one more change left and then he is going home. In the lessons he is just super calm and teaches like a champ its pretty cool!  He was at BYU Provo for 9 months studying English so that is pretty sweet.  He is always trying to improve his English so he likes to practice on me! I kinda tease him and only speak Spanish sometimes but he is a great teacher to me. I really love him and how calm he is.  I know that I have a lot to learn from him haha! So many thanks for the prayers for my new comp cuz I really did score wahoo!   Remember my sweet comp Elder Miller in the MTC? Well he has mastered Spanish already its nutz, so he is a new district leader and just happens to be mine! It's so sweet and we had changes for one day or splits and I was with Elder Miller which was the best thing ever. We went to take the bus to his sector and while we were waiting we just starting laughing cuz it was so crazy to think that we were together again! We were doing a contact and it was the worst but funniest thing of my life.  We go up to this lady and she started out being rude and told us to go away.  I hurried and said we have a card to give you.  She came to grab the card from me when this pregnant looking sickly dog came around the corner of her house.  Elder Miller and I did all we could to not laugh.  Neither of us had ever seen a dog in this condition before! We kindly asked her what was wrong with her dog to try and break the ice but she just yelled at us esta enfermo (its sick)! I just couldnt believe what was happening, she was so funny mostly because she was so mad.  We did all we could to not burst out laughing. Maybe you had to be there but we laughed for a good half hour after we left! Anyways I'm trying to enjoy time here and work hard.  Yesterday we had a referral of a young kid.  We decided to fast for him the night before we were to meet.  Once we met him the next day I knew he was gold.  After our lesson we felt inspired to invite him to baptism.  I truly believe there are people who are being prepared by the Lord to be baptized.  We just have to search them out and when you find them its awesome!  The mission can be hard.  Walking all day in hot weather sucks and there is no fun in that.  However bringing people to Christ is a big blessing for me and I will always be happy for that opportunity.  I know if I keep working it will only get better!  ALSO my freaking sweet sisters Emily and Allie had their birthdays last week so shout out to them! I love you both SO much.  Every day I say how grateful I am for my family in my prayers, you guys are a real blessing in my life and I love ya like no other!  Have a good week and thanks to everyone for the prayers!! Love, Elder Colin Eyre

This Week From Elder Colby Eyre in Santiago Chile:

Hey guys this week has been pretty good. Sadly Cynthia didn't come to church nor have we had another lesson with her.  However, another fam that we have been working with came to church for the second time and they have baptism dates set for the 20th of February. I am hoping we can make that happen they are a super awesome family.  The  mom and grandma are members but the two kids aren't members and they are investigating the church right now.  We also had several other lessons we taught this week. I continue every week to learn so much from my companion.   He is super in tune with the spirit especially during our lessons which is great. 

This week my comp and I bought a watermelon it was huge and cost like less than three bucks.  The bag I'm holding in my hands is only half so I guess I'll be eating watermelon for days!

We also had the opportunity to do a tour of the temple with a few less active members and an investigator. It was so awsome and spiritual. We only took them as far as the front desk inside the temple but it was super spiritual and I know they felt the spirit. 

Thanks so much for everyone who encouraged me to be out here serving the Lord.  I know this is where I should be.

I love all of you guys,

Elder Colby Eyre

WEEK 24

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

This week was pretty sweet! I got some gnarly foot insoles haha. I have been having knee troubles and the doc said a new insole will help right now.  It is really uncomfortable but all is well and I just keep walking.  We are also having transfers this week and I will be transferred so I won't have to walk so many hills each day.  I am sad to be changing because there are so many members in the ward I just love.  I know I will be somewhere close to Viña because I have been doing physical therapy each day to try and strengthen my knee and the mission president wants me to continue to do that.    

Yesterday I was able to give a blessing to a sick kid named Joshua.  When I ended the prayer I was trying to say god loves you a lot but what I actually said was I love you a lot!  It was funny after Elder Rogerson said dude I'm pretty sure you just told Joshua you loved him a lot!  We got a good laugh out of it.  I am always working to improve my Spanish that's for sure.   

This week we invited this guy to baptism he has had the missionaries for a long time but we felt inspired to teach him about families.  Afterward we invited him to baptism and I was shocked when he said YES!  I told him he needs to start attending church so we will see if he comes this next Sunday.   

I am really just trying to enjoy my mission in Chile and get more involved with the work.  My testimony is growing through hard times but I know that what I learn will bless my life forever and also the lives of others! Thanks for all the love and prayers.  I hear the Utah snow is awesome right now. 

Love everyone tons! 

Elder Colin Eyre

This Week From Elder Colby Eyre in Santiago Chile:

Hey guys this week has been pretty good!

Today for P-Day we went and did a tour of one of the professional soccer teams in Chile, Colo Colo.  They are Loco Loco legit!  When theres a game the people go crazy its great! I will be honest REAL SALT LAKE´s stadium is by far way cooler haha. 

With missionary stuff this week has been pretty good.  We found this lady named Sintia, she's what I call a golden investigator.  Sintia accepted a baptismal date and it's set for the 20th of February.  We have a second lesson with her tonight at 7:00pm  I am praying she will be in her house haha. She is super awesome and she has two kids ones really young and doesn't talk.  It was funny during our last lesson he destroyed his face in yogurt, it was all over!  Sintia also has a twelve year old daughter.  I think she is also interested in being baptized.  I am really looking forward to tonight and just pray all goes well.  They would be a really neat family to have in the gospel.  I really felt like our last lesson with them went well.   

Also this week we had transfers.  Lucky for me nothing changed. I will still be with the three Argentine amigos!  I was worried because I kind of have a stock up of food and I would be sad if I had to leave that behind but its all good everything is great down here in Chile.

I hope you guys have a great week love you all! 

Elder Colby Eyre

WEEK 23

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

This week was great, it was a little different with New Years.  We got to watch the movie Cokeville Miracle on New Years Day.  It was pretty cool and the movie is dece just a little cheesy but who doesn't like a little cheesy movie every once in a while, right?!  Viña does one of the worlds biggest firework shoes and this week we were able to see the show at midnight.  We got permission to leave out sweet apartment and see the fireworks.  They were amazing we watched them from Valparaíso.  I got some pretty sweet videos and it was something I will remember forever!

New Years day there were many drunk people in the streets.  It was kinda sketchy but super funny haha!  Anyways we were on our way to see the movie Cokeville Miracle when some drunk dude passed moaning and groaning.  He was really close to us and I didn't even want to look his way.  All of a sudden when he is just a couple feet from me all these pesos come hauling past my face.  I turn and he had just hucked them at us like point blank it was nutz!  Somehow not one peso hit my face.  I was like holy smokes the Holy Ghost just saved me!  Inside I was like wow I really do have help from the Lord.  Then I look at my comp and he was feeling his head and he had gotten hit by just a few of them and it had broken his skin slightly.  We were both pretty shocked that I hadn't been hit because I was right in front of the man.  It was kinda scary but we continued on our way and didn't let it ruin our day.  

We also were able to teach Roberto y Romina this week.  Roberto is heading down south for 2 months to build a gym so I'm sad about that because he was really progressing.  I don't think Romina wants much to do with the church.  I'm grateful for the time we did have with them and hopeful we can teach Roberto when he returns.   

The mish is good it's still hard sometimes but I have learned SO many things about the scriptures and teaching the lessons.  I know if I keep trying I will be able to progress even more. I just gotta put my shoulder to the wheel and push along haha!  

Thanks for all the prayers you guys are awesome love ya tons peace out!

Elder Colin Eyre

This Week From Elder Colby Eyre in Santiago Chile:

Hey guys this week has been pretty good.  We couldn't watch all the fireworks because we had to be in our beds by 11:30pm New Years Eve. It's all good, it was fun to hear them going off while laying in bed haha! 

We have had some great success with the Fierro family this week.  They are really an awesome family.  We are teaching the brother and sister.  Their mother is less active but the kids are really interested. We have invited them to church this Sunday so we are praying they show up.  

Everything in the mish is great.  I'm learning more than I ever thought I would and thats awesome!   l hope you guys are loving the snow in Utah! Thats one thing I do miss in January especially when its 90 degree weather here in Chile. 

I love all you guys and hope you have a great week.

Elder Colby Eyre

WEEK 22

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

This week was good I loved talking to the fam on Christmas!  It definitely got me home sick haha but it went away fast. Funny I had a hard time speaking Spanish after.  We went way over the forty minute time limi. Man the time just flew by.  I loved every minute.   

 Thank you to everyone who sent me things for Christmas. I got some sweet stuff. I really loved my American flag socks!   It was hard to be away from my family on Christmas. One time my comp got ice and a cheese grader to make some snow it was pretty funny. 

This week we found two gold investigators.  We contacted them on the street and had a meeting with them the next day.  We got to their house which looked like a box on top of a shack.  It kind of looked like a treehouse. Inside it was actually pretty nice inside.  From the looks of things inside I think he pirates movies for a living.  He served us lemonade and a Christmas cake which was so nice of them.  He and his girlfriend asked us pretty funny questions like are Mormons allowed to dance but they did seem pretty interested in our message.  Hopefully we will be able to teach them again.  

I am excited for New Year's Eve we get to watch a huge fire work show so thats sick.  Anyways I love you all so much.

Love,

Elder Colin Eyre

This Week From Elder Colby Eyre in Santiago Chile:

Hey guys this week has been super awesome.  I got to talk with the fam and that was definitely the highlight. Christmas Eve was awesome we had two dinner appointments I thought I was gonna die after haha but its all good. Then on Christmas we did some solid contacting that night with Christmas hand out cards we were able to pass several out.

Right now we have two investigators that could be promising. The first one was funny because we contacted this girl and her boyfriend. She said she wasn't interested at all but maybe her sister would listen. So she grabs her sister, Leslie and her sister's daughter, Fernanda.  They were both super interested and we were able to teach them the first discussion.  Leslie said she loved the first lesson.  We had to teach them on their patio because a guy wasn't there.

Then the second contact is Katy.  We contacted her a while ago but this week she actually let us in her home.  We were able to teach both Katy and her son.

This morning I was reading the Book of Mormon in 2 Nephi chapter 31.  It is when Christ is baptized.  There are so many great things in it but I love the part about enduring to the end.  Being on a mission isn't always easy.  I know if we can always read the scriptures, go to church and pray we will always have a strong testimony.

Love you all,
Elder Colby Eyre