Hola,

I know the Lord puts people in my path to help me and to build me up. I know also that I am a person in someone’s path to help them on their journey. Those who help me come at the right time. As you may know, I’ve been having a little trouble getting my companion out and working and doing the things missionaries do. I was on a downward spiral into looking at the calendar everyday and waiting for the day to turn into a week and the week into a month. I’ve been struggling with what to do and who can give me the answers. I found out my mission president was too broad. This was for me to figure out.

Over the course of a transfer, the ZL’s have an intercambio with the DLs and their companions. I’ve been lucky enough to have these every transfer. What a blessing to have just one day with a mish who is amazing (I love that word).    This time I was going to Maipu to be with Elder Bair — he’s a stallion. But it kept getting pushed back and I was afraid I wasn’t going to have it. Finally the day came and I headed to Maipu.

Elder Bair is a beast, taller than me, and huge. So I went into this intercambio with the idea to work, that’s all I wanted — to have an excellent day. He asked me want I wanted to learn and I told him just that: “Lets crush this area!” And that’s just what we did. This Elder literally talks to everyone.  We’d be contacting someone and he’d say, “Hey, contact this lady and I’m going to go over and contact this family.” Ok…don’t leave me I thought at first, but he kept doing it and he gave me the confidence to do it alone. Or rather he just left me and I HAD to do it.

Maybe we didn’t find a family or a golden investie, but this day helped me. His example boosted me to be the best I can and be the missionary I know I am. I saw, and now again see, the value of working hard and talking to everyone. This elder changed my mission for me and the way I will follow-up in my life. I lost the vision of why I was out here, plain as that. I lost the drive to work and to be a mish. I lost the Spirit. He saved me and my mish. He showed me why I was and am here, what I need to do, and who I need to be because I’ll be held accountable for those who I didn’t find, and how scary is that.

I need to be that person who is everything and does everything down to the T. Why should I feel sorry for myself and groan in my state. I need to improve my state, get up, and get moving. For I’m the only one who can improve me. Elder Bair gave me the day and experience I needed to start again. I know I should never have had to do that start over, but I did and it made me better and realize things more clearly, and put my priorities in line.  First priority right now is my mission and the Lord.

I told him what he did for me and I hope one day I can do the same for someone else. Today he told me that he didn’t want me to get transferred outside of this Zone. Who else is he going to have an amazing day with?

Later that day we had our Ward mission activity in the church. It was a skit show where each organization made a little show or skit.  We had a good time. The mishes and our ward mish leader did a skit where Abraham is going to sacrifice Isaac.  The idea was, just think if the Angel slept in and Abraham killed Isaac. Well, I was the angel… because when have you seen a non-white angel? So I had to talk in Spanish in front of a ton of people, yea! We did the skit, Abraham killed Isaac and I (the angel) arrived too late. We got some good laughs and such. And yes, I got it recorded. The message was, don’t be late to meetings and to church. But wait, the funniest part is that the activity was supposed to start at 8:30 pm but didn’t start until 10:05 pm. We dropped cane with our skit on the entire congregation. Oh fun days!

That next day we did splits with Leo and a young man in our ward. It was also a way good day, Leo and I crushed it and placed some copies of the LDM, a few were very solid and we’re going to go back to them this week to see what’s up. That night I had another intercambio in Miralta with Elder Vado from Nicaragua — and he speaks very well Ingles.

During this whole time I had the mindset to talk to everyone and have amazing days and not to stop this momentum that I’ve been building. The morning of this intercambio it began to rain and I didn’t have my coat or anything. Dang! But we didn’t want to stay in the apartment so we braved the torment and went out to teach and preach and do the things that missionaries do. We both wanted to have a great day.

Now in this area when it rains, the streets like to turn into rivers. So much fun to cross!
:-)  Halfway through the day we were soaked and my feet and kicks are toast. We were having fun and talking to anyone who would listen. At a few points, we had to seek shelter under a house to escape the storm for a bit. And something amazing happened. Check it, I knocked on this door and this old dude came out so I began to converse with him and he had sympathy on us and let us it. We chatted and got a return appointment. And today I found out in our district meeting, this same guy went to church on Sunday! No way, I said! The guy I found is now a progressing investie and went to church two days after the mishes showed up at his house. We are truly blessed when we do the will of the Lord and forget about ourselves.

I’ve finally found again the reason why I’m here, I don’t want to lose it again, that Spirit, that drive, that love. I love what I do and who I’m able to help, because if I’m receiving the help the Lord gives me, why can’t I be that help to someone else? Even on Sunday we were blessed for our labors and had five people in Church! And do you remember Julie Figuroa? Well she came too! What a good Sabbath day.

I hope we all can be in someone’s path to help them and build them up.

Les Amo

Elder Glanzer