OH MY YOWN!!!!!! I’m sooooooo glad to be alive!!! This mission is sooooo great!!! The miracles are endless. I don’t have a lot of time to write, but I have plenty of pictures to send

Orlando Se bautizo.

Fernanda se confirmo

FUIMOS AL TEMPLO CON MAGALI!!!!! (Tiene 70 años y casi no puede caminar. I admire her faith sooooo much. It’s really incredible

Since I’ve been here, God has helped us find 8 people to enter into his fold. Carlos, Daniela, Stephanie, Magali, Angel, Blanca, Orlando and Fernanda are sooo very special to me. The Lord does his work

Love you all!!

I LOVE NUEVA SAN MARTIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s honestly the greatest sector I’ve ever had. So many awesome experiences and straight up miracles!

FERNANDA GOT BAPTIZED!!! She was so so so happy. her family as well. Her whole family came to the baptism. I had the privilege to baptize her, and it was such a great experience. The spirit is so strong in a baptismal service. There is just so much peace

ANOTHER MIRACLE!! MAYBE THE BIGGEST ONE IN ALL MY MISSION!!!!! We have another investigator named Orlando who I´ve talked about in other emails. He was so stubborn, and I thought he would never get baptized, but yesterday God showed me that he can do anything. We arrived at the house and he said: Guys, I’ve been doing this all wrong. I’ve wanted to have a testimony as strong as yours before baptism. I’m gonna do it the other way around. I’m going to get baptized first, and start from there.

I was dumbstruck. Needless to say, Orlando is gonna get baptized next Monday. We don’t deserve such great a blessing, but were gonna keep going! Love you all!!

Elder Pomar

PS Keep praying that Ill be able to recover my photos on my SD card! This week I should have an answer

PSS Could you send me a few recipes for breakfast that are healthy and will give me energy? I wake up at 5:30 am and I have to wait 8 hours till lunch. I’ve been eating rice and chicken every morning, but I know there has to be something healthier that can hold me down haha! I’ve gotta watch the bread belly haha! :)

WHATS UP!!!!

Hey guys! Its sooo nice to talk to you. Yeah, I finally have time to write a nice sized email. WOOOOOO!!!

So if I could ask you guys a favor, I'd love it. all the pics on my sd card got corrupted by a bad usb port. The file is still there, so I have my new member friend Carlos (computer engineer) working on it. PLEASE PRAY THAT I HE CAN RECOVER MY PHOTOS!!! I have pics from 6 months and onward on that card, so it’s really important to me. 

But on to the miracles! FERNANDA SE BAUTIZA!!!!!! This Saturday at 1 will be the baptism, so we´re are so exited. She asked me to baptize her, so it will be a very special event. Pray so that every goes well! She is a straight up miracle. We did nothing special with her, God just prepared her!

Some funny stuff:

We are like movie stars here in Chile. The gangstas around here are called Flightes, and every time they see us they shout a special phrase. The other day we were walking and there were a few on a garbage truck and from behind us we heard the driver honk his horn and the others said "BUENA BUENA CABRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" hahahahahaha we just died laughing. Its sooo funny in person

I was walking without glasses and in the distance I see two missionaries in our sector. I was confused, thinking who would it be. As I got closer I realized they weren’t missionaries, but Jehovah Witnesses that were STRAIGHT UP TWINS OF US MORMON MISSIONARIES! They looked just like us. I thought it was funny. well....

God blessed us a lot this week. We had 4 of our investigators attending church the other day. Orlando is still holding off, but is progressing. We have another one named Thor (Yeah, like the marvel god) who is tight!! He does crazy martial arts stuff and he reads the book of Mormon every day. Hes gonna get baptized. I just know it

The other cool thing is... WE FOUND A LAMANITE TO TEACH!!! Hey, I don’t want you all to think I’m being racist, but for the first time I’m teaching someone who is completely immersed in the culture of the native Mapuche Indians. We talked about the book of Mormon being written by his ancestors, and he got hooked! Well see how it goes

I cannot reiterate how much the mission has changed me. My life, my vision, my perspective, my goals, my being. I feel like a new person. Stronger. more diligent, more persistent, and hungrier to learn the gospel. I love studying the scriptures now! Its sooooo interesting. I’ve even thought about being a seminary teacher when I get back cause I love it soooo much. Well see. I still have a LONG time till I have to worry about that haha! 

I know this gospel is true. The only way to salvation is Jesus Christ. Coming to Christ isn’t passive. It’s not just "a good feeling" as my president says. The only way to come unto him is making special promises or covenants with him like baptism, taking the sacrament, going to the temple, etc. It’s the only way. The next time you go to church really MAKE a covenant with him. It will change your life. Love you all!!!

Elder Pomar

PS the computer doesn’t read my camera and my card reader is with Carlos. Sorry! Next week for sure :)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

The computer just erased all my pictures ;( 

I’m gonna see if I can recover them

Anyways, The whole trying to fix my camera thing ate up a bunch of time, so I have like 4 minutes! Woo hoo!

We´ve got a miracle baptism date!!!! Fernanda is gonna get baptized next week!! Her mom and dad are less active members who stopped going to church because of work and moved to the ward without transferring their records. We had found them the other day tracting, and they said that they wanted their daughter to go to church. So she went, and she loved it!! I’ve never seen so much member missionary cooperation like with Fernanda. God has blessed us sooooo much.

Yeah, my time ran out. Sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  See you

Elder Pomar

I’m gonna try and type at the speed of light. We´ll see how much it works ;)

A lot of cool experiences here in Maipu! The mission changes your life so much. You’re not the same person in a much better way. I’ve never loved to study the scriptures so much. I’ve never had a better work ethic. Id never dreamed about being able to speak Portuguese, and now I can. God has blessed me sooooooooooooo much!

Here are some miracles:

Orlando. Remember the miracle reference? We met his wife yesterday. Orlando had told us that his wife had been baptized Mormon, but had changed to the Catholic Church. I was afraid thinking that she was gonna be all threating with us, but it was completely the opposite. at the end of the visit she literally told her husband: But just get baptized already! Then you can get married with me for the eternities!

I was dumbstruck! They are going to church this week!

and that’s all I get to say today. Love you all! have fun! Stay safe

Elder Pomar ;)