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:)