11 MONTHS IN THE MISSION!!
This
was the last week of this change but it was a week of surprises,
adventures,good byes, and conference that was a great conference. As for
my area the Cria, it is hard right now to find more families. So now
what we are doing is looking like crazy for more opportunities of
service. I am looking for the small things like carrying the bags of the
cute little old ladys or anything to help out the people. My district
leader taught of the preaching and service go hand and hand. Jesus
Christ was the perfect example of this. He would be on his way to go
help a friend or heal someone and he would stop and heal someone, but at
the same time he would teach. He showed this perfect love for them,
and then he inspired his disciples to improve and live the gospel.
With
the current El Niño coming there is a lot of preparation and service to
be done to help the people whose houses are not ready for the rain. And
there are countless other ways we can help out even if it is really
simple. Felix Castillo one of the less actives in the ward is getting
closer to being rescued which is being reactivated. We are teaching him
all the lessons and he has come to church. He even went to both sessions
of Conference on Saturday and on Sunday
which is rare for peruvians. It is really funny because many of the
members here think that conference is just one session that they just
play over and over so that everyone can come and see it at the time most
convient.
For conference we were able to go to Chiclayo and I
was blessed with the opportunity to see it in English. The funny thing
is because my area is so far away there are not combis that come back
later in the night, so we went to Chiclayo to the mission office and
stayed with the office missionaries and the assistants in there really
nice house. The best thing was my companion Elder Flores was ending his
mission and he was there because he had to travel from Jaen to end his
mission. We had a great time talking, telling stories, and visiting a
few places in Chiclayo between the sessions. Elder Flores was in the
office before so he knew the area of Chiclayo like the back of his hand.
We went and saw some cool things like the picture of this scary
loooking statue. It was so cool there was just a park where artists made
sculptures about the history and folklore of peru. It was huge. We only
had 20 minutes but it was so worth it.
Conference
was great... What was cool is they called elder Stevenson, he gave us a
visit with elder benson. The best thing was the spirit that was
present. I cannot believe how fast it went by. Like I said before it is
like Christmas for missionaries. I felt that these 3 men were called by
God. Now it is time to put all the we heard and felt into action.
The
cool thing is my old pensionista hna. Deydi send me a package. SHe
really was like having another mom in peru. She gave me a whole bunch of
chocolate and a picture of her family.
I hope
you guys are doing well. Ponderize haha, and learn to understand the
promptings of the spirit. Also happy birthday Siena,
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