Well Zach is super excited about an upcoming ward soccer tournament, that the missionaries were invited to. They all have custom made t-shirts and everything. So gangster. Speaking of gangsters, lets talk about another soccer match that Zach was having with some flites (gangsters). These gangsters thought that Zach was Percy, a player on Hollands soccer team. Needless to say, Zach had a hat trick (soccer mumbo jumbo for more than one goal scored in one game), scoring 6 goals! Wowsa! Zach didn't only brag about his soccer skills in this weeks letter, he also bragged about his cooking skills. He tells all of the members for family home evening that he is going to make gringo dessert for them (no bake cookies). Apparently they all love it though. He said that their "taste buds fly in all different directions". Haha, thats Zach for yuh :)
We remember Pipe, right? Young guy that Zach and his companion have been teaching for about a month now? Well he had committed to a baptism date, but turns out that there are some different rules to being baptized in Chile when you are under 16 years of age. When they told him he couldnt be baptized yet, he was devastated (understandably). They had three options, one, they could wait until he turned 16, two, he could attend church for 12 more meetings, or three, his father could become an active member again and that would speed the process along. Well during this lesson where they told him he would not be baptized on his expected date, they also taught him about fasting. That day, Pipe fasted for the first time ever! Pipe showed up to church the next day with even more desire to be baptized. He knows the church is true and has accepted all of their discussions. This little guy is 15 yall, he has a better testimony than most members! That night he had fasted, he had a real, live miracle happen. As he was sitting around the dinner table with his family, his father asked him why he wasnt eating. His father had lost his job, so money is tight, and food is a precious commodity to this family. He responded to his family that he could not be baptized the next week and was fasting. The next week at church, Pipe showed up with his father, after his dad promised to give the church another chance so Pipe could be baptized sooner. Pipe is also attending EFY with the young men this following week. What in incredible blessing, for Zach to see such an incredible miracle happen through the power of fasting!
Anyways, that is all for this week!
Hasta luego!
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