Elder Micheli--Chile Rancagua Mission

Hey everyone!! Sorry I didn't write last week, we went to the beach and I really had no time at all to write, so I'll do my best to try and fill you all in on the last 2 weeks here in Chepica.  So to update on the branch that we're trying to open here, we have received permission from the area presidency to go ahead and start a group here, so after General conference we're going to start having meetings here. There have been a lot of complications and stress to get to this point, and currently there is still so much to do. We have a house of a member to use right now, but we're going all over town trying to find a place to rent and we're just really hoping we can find something that will work for us. So pretty much we've been given directions to start having church here, but we don't have a church, and the church has their confidence in a couple of 19 year olds from a different country to get it done. So this has been pretty stressful, but we're just...

Hey everyone! I had an amazing week and hope you all did as well! This was my first week in my new area, Chepica, and I love it! This little town is so great! It's super small and chill, and I honestly think it is so golden for the mission work! Also shoutout to my new comp Elder Wendel because he is a complete BEAST and I probably learned more and improved as a missionary this week than any other on the mission!  To get started in explaining our work here, I have to talk about Hermana Ines. She's 60 years old, about 4 and a half feet tall and is a SAINT! We're trying to open a branch here in Chepica and she is completely determined to get this thing opened and do it now. She leaves with us everyday to go and teach and she knows every single person in this town and is constantly thinking of who we can baptize, I have never met someone so consecrated to the Lord's church and his work. She is unbelievable! A quick story about her, we were out walking to a lesson and she t...

Hey everyone!! I hope you all had a great week! First of all I wanna give a shoutout to my awesome Grandma Patty and wish her a very happy birthday! I hope you all enjoyed my email last week and could take something away from it. Also feel free to respond to my emails if you have questions about the mission or just anything you want to know from me, let me know and I'm more than happy to share it all with you guys, it's just kinda hard to get all in here in the big group emails.  So I'll get to the news for ya now. My time here in Chimbarongo has come to an end. I've served here for a little over 4 months now and I will never forget this incredible time of my life. I will forever be grateful for the great members here, the people I have been able to teach, and my 2 great companions. It's been pretty hard saying goodbye to these people that I love so much with a very legit chance that I will never see them again, it's pretty tough. With all of the great that'...