October 6, 2015

This week was killer!! we had sooo much to do and a lot of miracles happened, one that was incredible was today, so last night our bishop called us and asked us if we could stop by a references house and give them a blessing because he has cancer, so we went today and as we were visiting them things got really spiritual and the spirit was really strong, i felt this pure love of christ for theis poor man who is suffering so much from cancer...he then asked me to give him the blessing and so i did and as i was talking the spirit just took complete control and i dont even remember what i had said to him but afterwards he was just smiling and we went to talk with his wife and his daughter and looked back and he was sound asleep:) then his daughter asked us if there was somehting we could do to help her feel more love of christ and not be worried, we explained the blessing of counsel and she then asked me to give her a blessing, at this moment i was still flying high in the spirit from the first blessing and when i started this blessing it just shot through the roof the spirit and i truly felt the sadness of her soul and as the spirit worked through me i felt her sadness be comforted and afterwards she was bawling and then explained to us that she was feeling so good now and i just knew that she was going to be okay, and she was so much happier after then after the wife saw how the blessing changed her she asked for one too and it was sooo spiritual aswell and they both felt the spirit so strong and i just testified to them of the importance of their faith and that truly the lord loves them and hasnt forgotten them in their afliction. I love to see the lord working through me to work miracles:)

I love you. 

I love the mission. 

ELder Collins:)

September 29, 2015

First off, love the pics:) looks like brians and kinsies house is great, and that all is goin well in the family:) 

Secondly, wowowowowo thats news that yoour looking at moving! that is going to be interesting, ecspecially living in the same ward! haha but cool:)

Goodjob scott with football, sooner or later he is going to be better than me!! but never will be as big as me;)

But as for this week its been pretty good! we have seen lots of miracles in our sector, we have found some families that have truly been prepared by the lord and are so ready to come to the fold. I have been studying this week about how the lord and how the prophets have been prepared from the begining and how when they were young they still commited errors and were of little faith at times, and i realized that its okay that i have not been perfect, and i dont have to ever get to that level.but all i need to do is strive to be the best i can, and be "quick to repent" to be able to complete with the divine potential the lord has for us. I love the gospel. its the best, and gives us the hope and joy and peace of mind in all that we need:)

We did a Zone activity, today (first one in the mission with elderes and hermanas) it was soo cool! it turned out better than we elder Jasse and i had planned:)

I love you all

Elder Collins

September 22, 2015

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO as i would imagine you all were watching the news seeing that there was a crazy earthquake........i lost a leg.....hahaha no but it really was nuts! luckily we were in the chapel for a meeting then all of the sudden it started and lasted for at least 2 minutes and it was strong! we were calm becasue the church is super safe but when we left to the street to see from outside it was nuts the roads were like spaghetti and everyone was running around crying and screaming "get to the mormon church!" haha in the moments when all seems to be coming to an end is when people realize where the truth is;) haha but it was a really neat experience! and the cool part is that since that day there are at least 5 earthquakes a day (smaller, but still strong) its kinda fun to be teaching a lesson or having lunch with someone when alof the sudden everyting is shaking haha so cool:) but all is good no worries:)

Rachael sounds like shes just enjoying so much the dating life, hopefully she isnt becomeing obsessed with it! but really thats supper weird that she is dating...hahah but i guess its the life now!! now that she is a junior!!!! hahahah but thats sweet:)

Scott looks sooo good playing football! awww how i miss that sport, but when i get back i will skool anyone in soccer:) but good how he is doing great in school:)

Dad, oh poor dad just trying to fill his time ahah but  a lesson i learned from dad but didnt realize it before the mission is that there is always time, always time to get done what needs to get done, time for the family, work, church callings, there is always time. we just need to know how to manage it:) i learned from the master;)

Stephanies got a dog, what a surprise!;) haha it was just a matter of time before she bought one, i knew it. oh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEPH! i forgot to send an email but i love you and am so grateful for your example to me:)

Brian, HAPPY BIRTHDAY also! your are soo old now;) but that is so cool that *kinsie* (not Kensie) got to visit him! but i didnt know that they were living apart? is it because she is getting the house ready or?? i would love to see pics:)

and soooooo sad about brads bad to the bone car.... i may have shed a tear....but hey just got to keep movin on:(

Say hi to all the costa folks for me:)

Lastly this last week on teh 18th (brians birthday) was the independance day here in chile and it was so fun! youlll have to look on facebook under the page, Barrio Chiloè. in Puente Alto Chile. Estaca Cordillera im not really sure how the page is but the fotos are all on there:)

Love you all:)

Elder Collins

September 15, 2015

So supuestemente its getting warmer.....but....its like utah right now, in the mornings its really cold then at noon is blazing hot then in the night its freexing cold again haha but its all good:) its funny because the sector that im in is one that is the coldest of colds of the mission and also the hottest of hots so everyday is just a rollercoaster:)

but hey about the big newssss so first of i was with a new missoinary that got here last week for a day while he waited for chagnes and his name is Elder Mires from Peru and it was a solid day:) he will do great things, and its funny because he now is in my zone! so i will have the chance to do Exchanges with him:) itll be great:)

Then the reall big news is that my new companion is.......ANOTHER BRAZILIAN!!!!!!!! hahaha no just kidding he is an Argentinian, his name is Elder Jasse he has a year and a half in the mission. He is a sweet guy, we get along super well, we both have really the same personalities where we truly have our personal expectacions high and are always striving to improve and be better. we are getting lots of work done and truyly changing everything:)

Love  you all and thanks for everything:))

Elder Collins

September 8, 2015

Hahaha thats so funny how those experiences always happen to you guys!! its truly a miracle that everything just falls into place:) and wowwowowow that cruise looks amazing......looks cold, but soooo pretty!!! (after the misiopn we willhave to do it again eh?;)) hah  

but as for me here in chile, all is great! On sunday Elder Ferreira went home....:( so for these last 2 days i have been in a Trio and today in the afternooon i will be with a new missionary for the night and tomorow i will know who my comp will be! but the news is that at least im staying here in CHiloe and have more time with these amazing people:) 

This last week we visited an old investigater of Elder Ferreira to seee if he would progress now and as we visited him he shared with us that in the time that we hadnt visited him he got married and now feels ready to be baptised! so he now accepted the date of the 27th of september, and truly we aree so excited for him, he has given evertyghing up liek drugs and alcohol because he knows the church is true. sooo great:)

All is good here:)

Enjoy the pics

Elder Collins

Last pday with Elder Veas(he is getting transfered tomorow) so we had an asado and it was heavenly(im a chef now...:))

September 1, 2015

Now that im in one of the most "flaite(thug)" areas in the mission, i am learning their Language. hahaah its funny because it literally is a completely different language of just sayings and stuff. but its super funny ahah. But as for this week, wow it passed by sooo fast!! i cannot belive how fast it trully is passing by, like this is the last 5 days of my companion in his mision.....i have a month and a half in this new sector wowoowow but this week we found some new people to teach that truly are prepared. well first of all we had our Zone class that we taught and in that the topic we chose to talk about is the Faith in the Conversion. and the reason is because the work in the Zone has slown down a ton....so we felt that the zone is lacking a lot of faith...and we decided to do all we can to boost their faith and as part of the class we talked aobut how the lord will put people in our path if we are doing all we need to do, and that same day we went to visit a recent convert, but there wasnt a man in the house so we couldnt go in but we asked her to invite her neighbor and sso she did and he accepeted! we taught him and he trulyis prepared, his name is Matias. HE is 16 years old and his family is all Evangelic and as we talked and got to know him he expressed to us that he has never been baptized and doesnt feel the need to do it (its funny because we didtn talk at all about baptism but he just randomly said that) and so we explained the doctrine and he sat there in just awe, and said now he truly understands great, and so i extended the invitacion to be baptized when he recieves his testimony of the gospel and he accepted and was super excited! he is so great, and this experience strenglthened my testimony so much on how people truly are prepared and the lord works miracles everyday. we jsut need to trust in him and work work work and he will make things happen:)

I love this work, i love seeing all the blessings of the gospel. 

I love you all!

elder Collins

August 25, 2015

Sorry about last week! but this week im good on time, so dont worry:)

As you asked about the things that make me happy and frustrates me and stuff i would have to say that truly the things that make me happy  is to see the missionaries of my Zone progress, and to watch them have sucess, as well as the people that i am teaching and to be honest everything in the mission makes me happy, you know me, i just find the joy in everything! ahhaa really though, i am almost never frustrated....the only time that i get frustrated when the missionarys do dumb things and dont see how it was wrong....thats what gets me. but its just what happens in the mission that i cant change.....dog on Agency...haha but thats about it.

And as for people that im getting close to and relying on....idk if anyone, everyone to me is the same ahah i just love everyone and dont have favorites or better friends, so in other words i still havnt made friends to replace those at home aha not even close yet:) but as for those i rely on, would be an elder from Ecuador who got here the same time as Elder Tomaz like 7 months or 8 months ago (wow how does time fly so fast...) but he is in my zone and i did Exchanges with him and i gained a lot of trust in him, even though he is pretty imature, he has a lot of the natural traits of leadership that i have as well and i rely a lot on him in the zone to help the others. HE will do lots in the the mission.

Wow, School has started again!? how is that possible!!!! i cant even realize that this is the second school year that i will not be there for! i have a year this week! wowowowowowwo but hey the pics of rachael and scott, theyre lookin "fly" ;) but rachaels packin on the makeup now isnt shee,,, no wonder the guys are all over her;) noooo jk shes looking beatiful. hhaha but as for scott, he hasnt changed a bit! still a little bugger "Poopstainnicklelicker";) 

Stephanie is doing an open house?? where is his family from? is it for those who couldnt travel to utah?' but wow that sounds like it was a typical collins experience where everythign doesnt work, but the magicalllly all turns out well!! hah so funny how that always happenes to us:) 

Enjoy lake powell! and send me some good ol Pics!!!:) 

I love you guys!!!

Elder Collins

August 18, 2015

This week sounds like it was killer for you guys!!! soooo much fising?!?!?! thats insane!!!!! hahahahaha really your going to ship the marlin home and stuff it?!?! hahahaha sweet:) but sweet.

This week has been solid like everyweek, always busy!! The days are passing sooo quickly, i have grrown to understand the sacredness of time....that truly everysecond is gold and i need to take advantage of the time i have to work in the sector and make the best of everymoment:) 

We had some investigaters that came to church and had great experiences!! also a couple invactive members come back to church, we are seeing the lords hand in everything!!!:) 

sorry, but the computer is like all shutting down so this will be the short letter.....soorry!!!

LOVE YOU

Elder Collins

p.s. lisence plates of utah in chile hahaah

August 11, 2015

WOWOWOWOWOWOW that is the craziest thought!!! that all that went down and i wasnt there(in person)  Looks like i had quite a enjoyable time on the dance floor:) hahaha its super funny that it was rachael that was dancing with me because she knows that if i was there we wouldve danced the night away;) ecspecially with my new latin dance moves:) hahhaha but wow the pics are priceless!! i love how the colors were blue! i am super jealous that i dont get the blue suspenders or the bowties...but hey for my wedding maybe ill do blue;)* jk that is a super trunky thought ahah sooooooooooooooooooooo really im soooo happy for stephanie and vincent:) its funny because today we went to the temple and afterwards we were told that we needed to help with sealings and yeah but wow!! good job steph, #planofsalvation #plandesalvacion #plandesalvação (yeah im getting freaky good at portuguese, with a year of brazilian comps....:))

ha so yet another week that is truly flying....its kinda sketchy because this transfer is going wayyyy to fast! and Elder Ferreira goes home so its like we are getting to know each other and just having a great time and then"poof" he will be gone! but its all good:) this last week we have had some sweet experiences where we start teaching then the both of us feel that we should change the lesson to the temple and its gone incredible, and thats happened 1 or 2 times every single day!! thats way we felt that we should go to the temple today for pday! it was great and actually tomorrow we have Zone Conference and the theme is Temples, the lord is working full in temple work and we can see these amazing people progressing to the holy temple!!!:) 

I am growing so much spiritually everyday and have grown to truly love my savior and know that he truly loves me. And loves personally each and everyone of his children. no matter how far from the path that they may have fallen, he loves them just as much as any other, and that is the responsability of us as members of this church, is to bring his children back to the fold and look for the lost sheep. I love the hope the gospel gives us and to all who accept to hear it. I love all you guys, and am so thankful for your prayers:)

Elder Collins

and about Zac Card, i inspirationaly put his name on the temple prayer roll, and he is in my prayers:) all will be well:)

no i am now a Zone leader haha

August 4, 2015

hahahah soooooooooooo Now i am down in the sector most south of the mission!!! Its the ward Chiloe and its HUGE, in the stake of CORDILLERA! my sector is 10x bigger than before ahah but its super cool:) also the super funny part about it is my companion is.....Elder Ferreira.....from BRAZIL!!!! ahahahahahha i have now had 3 comps in my mission and every single one has been brazilian!!!! its ecspecially funny because there are only 8 brazilians in my mission....now i have been comps with 3 of 8 haha the odds are un believable! but he is an animal:) he is in his last change and we are working like CRAZY! with my new responsiblilties in the mission we have soooo many meetings and documents to do and its a lot but its crazy how there seems to be time for everything:) and it was so nuts the first 3 days here, so the first day we didnt work in the sector at all.....because of meetings, then the second day we had Leadership Counsel half of the day then had to actualize all the papers of the zone for the meeting with the stake president and President Morgan and the third day we had to give Zone Class then president came and visited with us and that was the first day that i actually entered the 1st house in the sector ahahah but its an amazing experience:) time is flying even faster!!

Also one thing that happened that made me SOOOO happy is on sunday in church i presented myself to the ward and afterwards a member came up to me and asked me if my Dad had served a mission...i said yeah....he said where....i said Concepecion.....then he just lit up and said I SERVED AS COMPAÑIONS WITH YOUR DAD and gave me a big hugª!! Aparently he was comps in CHILLAN for one transfer. his name is ALFONSO MARIN. we talked about him for a bit and he told me how i was just a spinnning image of dad and it wall the coolest experience:) he told me that when dad got changed, dad gave him his shoes and said "Elder Marlin, i know you like to walk a lot, Enjoy" and it was cool to hear and see the type of man dad was back during his mission. and how just that little act of love and service has stayed in the mind of his companion for years and years. It was an incredible experience:)

so lake powell sounds like it was quite an adventure!! lots of memeories or no:) hahaah HFMM. but the thing that for me is most exciting is that STEPHANIE IS GETTING MARRIED!! I am still struggling to wrap my head around that thought! but i am more than excited for her!!!!:) now that in the mission i have learned to understand the importance and the sacredness of the sealing its something that i am sooo happy for her and her future husband:)

I just want you all to know that i LOVE MY MISSION! Miracles happen everyday, i am a witness of that and know the lord is working full steam to bring together his children:)

I love you guys,

Elder Collins 

foto of the Companion of dad:)

July 28, 2015

HHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOO my beloved family of mine!!!:) 

So first this whole Tuesday pday thing is odddddddd its throwing me off sooo much hahah but no we didnt do anythibng for pioneer day....we dont really have any parties as a mission....kinda sad but i think with President Morgan we are going to see sooo much more activities:) sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo first off, I AM BEING TRANSFERED! thats really the biggest news! so as of right now i dont know where or with what assignments or anything but tomorrow early i will be in a new sector haah its been incredible here in TOBALABA 2......after these 10 months i really have gotten to love the people the streets, even the drunks in the streets hahaha:) its become a sacred place in my heart....its sad to say bye, but i know its what the lord needs of me:) 

a sad part about it is that not only i am being changed but also Elder Tomaz...so our sector is going to be "Whitewashed" and im really sad about that but i know that the lord knows what he's doing. also the other 2 in our ward got cahnged so the whole ward is going to be new!!! 

soooo until next week with the news on where im at....:)

but as for the pics of the motorcycle trip!! that is the prettiest place!!!! WOW!!! i cannot believe it! i saw them and it looks and sounds like the most amazing trip! we will have to do it again when i geet back because i still have these daydreams of harly riding:) no joke!

wow ky is gone too now.....WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH TIME!!!! i cannot believe tme is flying so fast and i feel like i just cant grasp on the reality of how fast its flying!!! sooner or later those who are from my grade are going to start getting home....thats the oddest thought......i feel soo new out here on the mission but i have 11 months and its halfway done......AAHHHHHHHHHHHHAAHHHH. 

I have been more than blessed in this time in this area, and i know that i have completed that which the lord had planned for me to do, and now to move on to th other part of the learning process:)

I love you so much, and am thankful for all your prayers!!:)

until next week:)

Love

Elder Collins

thanks mom:) love  you!

On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 12:20 AM, Kristin Collins <kcollins@collinscorp.com> wrote:

Ok, after an hour at the bank this is what happened…

Your card is a debit card AND Visa card.  They deactivated it during transit so when I received notification that the mission office had signed for it I called to bank to have them activate it.  Problem is they only activated the Visa side of it so when you put it in the ATM, it was listed as a stolen card so they destroyed it.  The bank is very sorry about this and this time they paid the $110 to send it to you FedEx.  It will go to the mission office again and I will email the office and let them know it is coming.  I will watch the tracking again and have them activate it when it gets there not only as a Visa, but also as an ATM debit card.  Really, this shouldn’t be so hard!!

Your PIN number will be the same as the one you just received.

Love you!!:)

Mom

From: Jared Collins <collins.jared@myldsmail.net>
Date: Monday, July 20, 2015 at 3:18 PM
To: Kristin Collins <kcollins@collinscorp.com>
Subject: Debit card....

soooooooooooooooo I recieved it!......................................but when i went to use it in the ATM.......I put the code and how much i wanted to take out and everything normal then the machine said "your card has been detained and now destroyed for reasons of security"......i asked the poeple who work in the bank and said that it has literally been destroyed......so i do not have the card......I truly dont know why this is happening:( so frustrating haha but maybe talk with the bank and ask them like what would be the best card to use internationally and then maybe send that when you can.....

Sorry aobut all this confusion.....

Thanks:)

July 20, 2015

FIRST OFF THIS WEEK WAS NUTS!!!!!!!

Saturday Presidente called an Emergency meeting with the whole mission and so we went and no one had an idea what it would be and so we get there and we have a normal spiritual meeting withthe Assistants teaching then Presidents Wife, then When President went to talk the first thing he said was "i know your all wondering why we have this meeting, and obvioulsly its about the changes we are going to have in the mission......but i will tell the changes in the end of the meeting(an hour and a half later)" just so we would be thinkin and messing with our brains. hhaah he loves doing things like that, he is a jokester:) But the changes are HUGE! 

1. Our P-day no longer is Monday. It is now Tuesday starting now. 

2. we can go to the temple 4 times a year instead of 1. 

3. The way he does Transfers is different haha like instead of this upcoming friday getting the call, we wont be called till monday and wont know where or with who we will be serving until wednesday we will have a meeting and we will then know. haah super MIND BOGGLEING! he loves messing with us with anticipation haha

Those were the 3 biggest ones and there are alot of littleer ones. BUt so you guys know my p-day will be tuesday from now on:)

Sooo these last two weeks have been pretty rough for me and Elder Tomaz, theres been tons of trials we have had but we have overcome them SUPER good! Like we didnt enter a single house for 4 days straight.....we were tried on our diligence and all i could remember was the phrase from my setting apart blessing that say "you will return at night and be exhausted but pleased with the work you have done" i knew that i had to be constant and do all that i could to keep a good spirit and find what it is the lord wanted me to find. and i can say that everynight i felt that i truly gave it my all, i have been so satisfied with the work that we have been doing. Things are getting better:) THe lord truly is using my as an instrument in his hands, i can feel it in the lessons and the conversations that we have with people, that i no longer fear those of the world but have acheived a "godly fear" that helps me know that my will is becoming more and more the same as his. 

This week we will have the interviews with president, so im soooo excited:)

WOW the houseboat is INSANE!!! i cannot believe how amazing that it has become!!!! it truly is a dream........that is one thing that i love about dad that i have learned to aply to myself is that when i have a dream and a desire to do all that i can to acheive it. and as i do this i feel that satisfaction with myself. its been something that has helped me TONS in my mission:)

I cannot believe that all them have gotten home!! i remember like it was yesterday that they left!! AHHHH that make me feel like im getting close to going home!!! so sickening the feeling, i know i have so much more to do here! the time is just FLYING! I hope that they are doing good with the whole switch of life and that they are happy with the service they dedicated to the lord:)

About dad getting a calling, MOM im telling you, he is going to be the next apostle;) haha but hopefully he has something in the Young Mens, he was born for that. But it is whatever the lord desires, if he is needed in one place he will be there. This is the lesson i am learning everyday in the mission that the lord calls those to his work that will complete what he needs. it doesnt really matter what we want but everycalling is inspired of the lord. I actually shared this with our ward counsel sunday along with 3 nephi 5:13. 

I love you so much, thanks for all your prayers and support:)

Elder Collins

July 13, 2015

ITS BEEN RAININ LIKE CCCRRAAAZZZYYY! hahaahah so like in my Area, we have two big Avenues and one thing odd here is there isnt a water system under ground for when it rains...all the water just stays on the road! THEY ARE LITTERALLY RIVERS! like 10 inches of water over the entire street and the cars driving just SOAK us hahahaha its super funny:) elder tomaz freaks out hahah i just laugh, its a good time:)

That story about the temple is so true, really that is something that i remember of the temple. Its a place that you can feel literally the presence of those who have passed. I truly desire to go to the temple more...but rules are rules:( after the mission:) haha 

KELLY LARSEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  THAT IS THE GREATEST!!!!!!!!!!! SSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO wierd that dad is no longer bishop.......like what the....? When i read that i really felt something like a transfer in my mind and i know that its inspiration that kelly is the new bishop and that Ken and Marty are the counselors! SOOOO AWESOME TO HEAR!!! It looks like ill be havin my enterview with Kelly now;) hhaah its gonna be nice to have dad in the house, just to relax and to bring some more order to the house. But im possitive he will be called to the high counsel or something in the stake, its gotta happen;)

My goal is to do as dad did, really give all that i can to the work and to the lord. I have tried so hard to dedicate all my actions and thoughts to the work and become more and more as the savior was. I Want to be able to look back on my missionand be satisfied with the service that i dedicated. 

This week was super good! we found a new investigater family Alexis and Penelope. They are super receptive and are super energetic too. You can just feel the feeling of pure happieness and joy in their house and their relationship:)

iLove you all:)

ELder Collins

July 6, 2015

PRESIDENT MORGAN IS SOOOOOOO COOOOOOOOOOLLLL!!!!

Him and his wife and daughter are soo sweet! he is the exact opposite of President Wright, well in the aspects of he is just really loving, and president wright was more cold ahahah but it is a change that this mission really needs!!:) On thursday our zone and 3 others were the first to have the meeting to get to know them and it was stellar! and afterwards my comp Elder Tomaz had a feeling he needed to talk to President(he is still struggeling a lot), so he went and had an interview and during that hour i was just with Sister Morgan and their daughter Katie and the Assistents. We talked about everything and just was sooo chill to talk to them about the culture and talk about the states and really get to know them on a personal level! it was soooo good!! Im soo excited to see what happens in the future in this mission:)

Talking about reading the scriptures and loving them, i started like 7 months ago from the begingng of the Book of Mormon(in spanish obviously) and now im practically done but i have seen in myself a change, when i started i did it as a "chore" and didnt understand it and just did it to do it but little by little i have gotten to the point that i LOVE THE SCRIPTURES! really though, once i start reading i cant stop, there is just EVERYTHING in them! I find that even in my Lecture of it i find the answers to my prayers and the prayers to others everytime is study!! truly is a miracle and a testimony builder in its self that its true and there is no way it isnt. i have seen the way it blesses the lifes of others and also my own life sooo much. ALL ANSWERS OF THE SOUL ARE IN THE SCRIPTURES!!!!!!!!

I Love that story about the Zions Camp, about Mason Wimmer. I remember feeling that same way, i remember always looking at people like Jared Hanson and thinking how is he so smart in the gospel and so much more spiritual if he is the same age as me?! it bugged me! but the difference is i didnt do anythign to try better myself, i failed in that aspect, and i hope that mason and whichever youth pass for the same feelings that they can do something about it! starts studdying the scriptures, or pray more intently, or at the end of each day ask yourself what is it that i could have done better today and what it is that i did to bless another person or follow the spirit that day. Its something that i have applied in the mission, it came to my mind one day in i think november (wheni was with elder silva still) and until today everynight when we finish our planning i ask myself personally first and then i ask my compañion what we could have done better and what is it that we did to show the love of christ for someone else. By applying this i have seen the hand of the lord soo much more in my life and can see the blessings he has "poured out upon me". It is a pracitce i plan on doing the rest of my life and hopefully everyone can do somehting similar:)

Thank you sooo much for all that you guys have done for me throughout my life. I love you and am eternally grateful:)

Elder Collins

the final party with President wright! i and a few sister missionaries may have had the idea to egg president:)

our zone with president wright and sister wright,

​COPA AMERICA!!! we are the champiions! Rosa gifted us these jerseys:)

and elder Templemann from Washington, he is family to some people in alpine that were my buds haha

June 30, 2015

WOW, Brians store looks soo good!!!! im excited to try it out!! like for reals my three favorite things he is selling.......REVELATION! im possitive its going to be unreal:)

and.....STEPH!! thats sooo odd for me to think that she is getting married!! i still can't wrap my head around that! i think its just because im not there for the step by step process but just here getting the weekly updates haha. 

Yup down here is getting cold but there still isnt any rain......normally it starts raining in april...we are now in July and not even a drop...the church asked for us to do a Fast so that chile can get rain becasue if not we will be in a huge drought and will be bad...like litterally this last week a house burnt down and Elder Tomaz and i were right there...so sad...their propane tank blew up.....bad cable...in just seconds everything was lost....WE NEED RAIN!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTT!!!! i sent him a letter like 2 or 3 weeks ago so he should be getting one soon! i cant believe that he is 11....he is still such a little kid in my mind......its going to be weird that he will have the preisthood when i get back.......WOW! super sick his gun:)

Man i just miss all the activities we did.....they were the best! its sad to be here and be in a ward that only has like 10-15 youth in total and they cant really do anything....the only activity they do really is once a year as a Stake youth go to the beach. Still good but i miss having the ward just overflowing with youth to do stuff ALL THE TIME!! 

That was cool to hear about Zaks farewell! that that story to him helped him out, im glad that Even though when i messed up (lost my cool) someone learned the lesson that i learned from just seeing it. He is going to be an amazing missionary. Im so excited to hear how things will go for him and how he will bless those he is serving. 

hey you know what i was thinking the other day, Dad is going to be a mission president. Really though, he would be perfect at it. Speaking of mission presidents, Today was the last day for President Wright:( in this moment right now President Morgan is flying here to Chile and tomorrow he starts his Reign. haha But today for our Pday we had a huge activity with President, with half of our mission aswell. We all went to this HUGE park and changed into normal casual clothes and spent the whole day playing soccer, messing around and just enjoying the day. It was kinda weird to have an activity with the Sister missionaries but it was still super cool and fun:) Im really going to miss him and his wife, they have been the best. But im soo looking forward to the New president as well and know that it will be just as amazing:)

This week our investigater Fancisco accepted a Baptismal date and is preparing for it. he is completeing with alll of the Commitments that we give him and he is truly prepared to accept the gospel:) I am falling inlove with the work everyday more and more and more. It is going to be super sad to see the mission one day end because i litterally could do this my whole life. 

Thank you for everything:)

I LOVE You:)

Elder Collins.

p.s. CHILE IS GOING INSANE WITH THE AMERICAN SOCCER CUP! walking down the streets with people stopping busses and throwing rocks breaking the windows and hanging out chanting and just going nuts.....hopefully the win....i dont want to see what happens if they lose.......the last game is saturday:)

June 23, 2015

Hey soooo just to explain why i didnt write you yesterday. Next wednesday President Wright and his wife are going to finish their missions and we are going to recieve our new President and he made the decision that these last 2 weeks we will have Pday on tuesday not monday so we can have a big old Barbeque with him and his wife so thats why i didn't write haha and also next monday i will not write, it will be tuesday:)

so first about dad wearing my shirt i thought that i had commented on it!haha but i showed my comp and told him about it and how that is just unfair that he is repping my clothes now (looks like he is getting into shape;)) i probablty dont fit in them anymore........#missionfat

i didnt recieve the pics of brians store!!! i wanna see it! sounds soo cool, im so pumped for him and kinsie thatthey are starting out so good and so young! Hopefully all goes well:)

THe horses look well trained, look like they will be a good time! kinda sad to see Kit and Kat go but its better this way haha that story about Magnum jumping the river is so funny i was laughing so hard haha just to imagine dads reaction hahahaahah so funny:)

Wow Abi is in the MTC now!? wowowowowowo i feel like yestderday she got her call!?!?! what is happening with this whole time thing!?! she will be great:) you gotta tell her to write me!!

oh poor zane that Hannah broke up with him......but hey its better to have the devastation before the mission and not while he is out here because i see these elders just a mess that makes me soo glad that i left all of that at home so i wouldn't have to worry about it. Itll be better for him, he will one day understand:) HE will be an amazing missionary:)

HAPPY FATHERSDAY DAD!!!!! i wrote him a letter last week and sent it so hopefully one day it will get there!! speaking of mail, have you sent a new Credit Card yet? or still no??

wow and stephanie really moved it up alot!!! wow!! itll be better that way but wow that is just so cool that she is getting married:) i will send the picture next week:)

as for me, i will write my week in spanish becasue i enjoy this language:)

Ese semana fue super buena como siempre! hice divisiones con Elder Prens y wow.....Nunca he conocido un misionero como el. Aprendí demasiado de el y su ejemplo, El tiene ese don para realmente amar todo la gente aunque no conoce, fue increíble. Algo increíble que paso en la semana, estábamos caminando y ofrecemos a ayudar un hombre en una silla rueda que estaba reglando su pasto y después le contactamos y nos invitó a pasar un otro día y fuimos y el vive solo en una casa gigante y ni puede caminar y nos contó que su papa murió 6 meses atrás y su mama 8 años....y tiene nadie. Le enseñamos El Plan de Salvación y algo paso en sus ojos y el empezó a contarnos de que este tiene que ser verdad y que el nunca ha pensado de eso y el quiere conocer mas y también aceptó la invitación a bautizarse! fue un milagro y un ejemplo de alguien que realmente fue preparado para escuchar en este momento el mensaje. 

Me encanta esa obra:)

Elder Collins

pics

Layla Jorquera was called to the Guatemala City South mission (Girl from the ward)

Francisco, my idol.

June 15, 2015

Karla and Conny are now offically baptised!! it went sooo good! even though we did it on a saturday and so there wasnt that many people that showed up, but it was still great!!!!!!!!! also almendra was confirmed sunday and so all is going great here!! 

so this saturday we recived the calls about if we are going to be Transfered and....drum roll please.....nope! we are still together in our sector of Tobalaba 2B. I am going to complete 11 months in the mission and be in my first area still haha kind of crazy but im happy:) there is just so much work that still has to be done here so im glad i have more time to work here:) so we will just see in the next 6 weeks if i will be changed or no, also in 2 weeks we are going to recieve our new mission president!! Im so pumped! its going to be exciting and idk itll be cuper cool to see what happens. 

Love, what is love, haha i love the new topic of the sabath day and i havnt heard that but itll be cool if it gets down here in chile haha but we have our stake conference in like 2 months more so wee will jsut see. 

About the picture, i was waiting for this other elder to buy his new camera and so i will take one this week and send it to you next monday. (for his cardboard cut out at Stephanie's reception)

congrats to brian on opening his restaurant, im literally so stoked for him that he is getting going on his own busines. i love it and am pumped for when it comes to my turn to do all that. ha the future is exciting:)

I love you sooo mcuh and really am praying for each and everyone of you everyday. 

Elder Collins