January 21, 2013

Dear Blood Friends!

We had the best week ever! 

We had faith. Faith that God lives, that Jesus is our savior, and we persevered with diligence when we were tired 

(generally, I´d like to say we were perfect. But were we? No.) We worked very hard and it was very awesome. 

We had hope. I testify that God wants sooo bad to give us every thing we desire! That will help us! 

It´s a simple as the have a  way to obtain it, pray with sincerity, and pursue that path with the spirit, looking for 

opportunities to achieve said desire. I love the scriptures with respect to hope, in Eter 12.4, and 2 Nephi 31.20. 

We need to keep going throughout our trials with optimsm, enthusiasm, and pacience that god with grant us what 

we both desire. 

We had love and charity. Side story. Our zone leaders effectively TOOK OUT THE TRASH. Blew all of the numbers 

out of the water. Are there limits? Never. We were talking and one thing I know that made a big difference, 

that they told us to do, is to love more the people. To look for opportunities to serve them. To buy them food, 

(don´t give them money, they TEND to buy drugs and liquor, although lets not judge either). Well, it was awesome. 

Through the grace of God, if we simply do the things he asks us, we will see miracles. 

Lidia is progressing very well! She picked up and dropped off a couple other members, to and from church on sunday. 

That was cool. Her and Fabian, her son, will be baptized the 27th of Feburary. We also working with a couple other 

ballin´ families. They´re all pretty new, but all have all the potential in the world to be baptized and go to the temple. 

We also found 23 news, and so our teaching pool is getting a lot bigger, but equally, they´re all really new but all really

awesome and can progress towards a covenant with God. It´s SICK. Ya, sick. 

Thursday, I think, we were cleaning records, contacting old address of old members. I had the thought to contact 

a family with their door open. We did, and they were so happy! Some were recently baptized, but had stopped 

going to church, but are excited to return. After that, a little girl in the street was watching us, but ran inside, 

and I felt like we should go talk to her fam. We did and it was the same story, a part member family,

who became inactive with time, but want to return. Thats the family Diaz, and the first is the family Astorga. 

Also, we´re simply INVITING more to be baptized, to come to church to do everything. It´s freaking sweet, because 

these people seriously want to progress. Want to find God and be happy. Want to be baptized, and Want Eternal Life. 

They just don´t know it! But it´s as simple as inviting them with faith, with love, and with hope, and the Holy Ghost 

will do the rest. 

I testify that We as missionaries are changing. That I have changed, that the mission is changing, and for that, 

the Ward, Chile, and the world is changing. There is a prophecy, actually there are multiple, about Chile. 

That it will be  a lighthouse to the rest of the world, that it will baptize and retain more than ever, that soon it will reach 

a million members. That day is close, and I'm excited to see it in the misison. For a long time I think I complicated 

the mission, the work, more than it really needs to be. Be obediant, have the desires, and it will be done. 

I testify that Christ is our Savior; That God is our father; That the BOM speaks clearly today in how we can come 

to KNOW them. I testify that Thomas Monson today is a prophet of God; That Joseph Smith is as well; 

and that the Holy Ghost will testify of these things. 

Pray for everyone please! Fabian and Lidia, Byron, Edith, Juan, Fam Astorga, Diaz, Flores, Rios, Avila, 

Venerga, and everyone everyone else! That they can yield themselves to the Holy Ghost! 

With Love, and I hope my letter made sense, 

Elder Tasso