Elder Ethan Jeppson's missionary adventures in Osorno, Chile: The Imperfect Harvest

Great week! Full of lots of tender mercies, and lots of Satans little jabs. We found lots of hostility, but also were able to see the hand of the Lord! I'll just get into it

I think I mentioned this last week, but started off the week at Curiñanco, this little Beach with a little hill you can climb, lowkey climbing that was one of the sketchier things I've done as a missionary haha. The foto doesn't really do it justice, that thing was like 60 feet tall, and it was made of mud, rocks, and roots.

After the beach we had a grill with a member. Had a coconut flavored Maté, and a great beach side gospel conversation, hypest moment of the week😎🥥 shoutout to Hermana Jeppson for organizing the District activity!!

Constanza:

OK so one day we were visiting member points on our map and we were receiving Nashville-level hostility. I found out what Gnostisism is! Anyways, we felt that Satan was just trying to block the path to someone that God had prepared, and a few hours later, we met Constanza! She was just in the street, moving stuff in her house, and we started talking to her, and it turns out she's a less- active member who has been on the edge of coming back, but needing a little push.

Carlos:

We met Carlos! Another less active member, who lives in a little nook in a side alleyway, he can't read but as we showed him the fotos in the Book Of Mormon, his face lit up, and he's coming back to church!

We also had a fun service project in Punucapa, a little mountain country road. We had to dig like a 10 by 5 by 5 foot hole to put a large septic tank in the ground.

We also had a Multi Zone conference in Osorno! It was awesome being back in that church, I saw Hermana Alicia again and it was an awesome Conference, focused on goals and plans.

Joseph:

We met Joseph in the street, he's from Haiti and came to church with us. That was rad.

Anyways, this week, I've grown to appreciate God's organization a lot more. We had lots of goals that we did not reach this week, and while I know that they were within God's will and very possible, I also know that he consecrates our efforts, and uses our imperfect actions and faults as part of this "perfect harvest." I highly recommend reading "The Imperfect Harvest" by Elder Stanfill. Love y'all!