Visit from Elder Alonso

Dear family,

In the spirit of the last Hermana Schriever, I will address this email

to all of those who still write me. No, just kidding. ;) I was happy

to hear that Mom, Dad, and Esme (you lucky duck you) got to visit

almost all of the family this past week. A visit from the family is

always a blessing. This week seemed to go by too fast, so I am hoping

to be able to write all that happened. Here goes¨

On Monday we ahd a pretty normal day. Hermana Hernandez and I had a

cleaning party in our apartment and are now the happy renters of the

first clean missionary apartment. On Wednesday we had a member of the

area presidency, Elder Alonso and his wife, come visit us and I

learned a lot. We focused on the Doctrine of Christ, which I have been

reading about in the Book of Mormon recently, and I am always amazed

at how much more there is to learn and how amazing the Atonement is.

On Thursday we had a second meeting with him and talked again about

the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Elder Alonso encouraged us to speak with

all that we meet and all of the people that we teach about Jesus

Christ and to always mention the Doctrine of Christ. We also set a

goal as a mission to speak with 20 new people each day.Hermana

Hernandez and I decided to put in practice what we learned and I have

seen such a blessing.

It is almost Christmas (well, I realize that in the US we still

haven't passed for Thanksgiving yet), and every door we knock on has

Christmas decorations, and I realized that there is no better time of

year to preach of Christ. I can say that I have noticed this week how

sharing and focusing on Jesus Christ and His doctrine has helped us to

connect with more people and fidn more people who are prepared. I love

being able to share with people why we celebrate His birth and that I

know that only through Him can we find peace in this life and live

with our families forever in the ilfe to come.

This Sunday, N and two new families that we are teaching came to

church. It is always exciting to see when the people are able to come

to church and see how they are able to feel the Spirit there. And

today, we had a zone game activity in the main chapel in Santiago and

then went to eat in Burger Kings (since we are here in Santiago

everyone always wants to eat in McDonalds or Burger King).

I hope you all have a wonderful week and hope to hear from you all

soon! I love you all!

Hermana Schriever