Transfers

Another transfer is here. Elder Burley and I stayed together, as we expected, which is going to be awesome. Elder Burley is a hard worker, and I like him as my companion. 

Yesterday was a little depressing as Natalia texted us in the morning and told us that she was sick and couldn't go to church so she won't be able to be baptized this Saturday, sadly, but she will still get baptized. However Flor came and she's doing good. She used to go to an Evangelist church so she has a lot of questions, and we have to use a lot of scriptures to help her understand certain doctrine. She has really good desires to keep learning and coming to church so that is good. I hope everyone has a great week!

Jackson called on Matt's Birthday, Monday. 

Another fast week

This week flew by once again. Once you are able to learn to lose yourself in the work and just focus on the people, the mission is just great. Elder Burley is a good companion and we are working our trasero's off. It's good. 

Well on Sunday, Natalia wasn't able to go because she went off with her mom on a trip but she's doing good. There was a lady that a member brought to church on Sunday, and we had a lesson with her after church. Her name is Flor, and she had been going to the Evangelist church but she wanted a new direction in her life, and she accepted a baptism date for the 13th of April so please pray for her and Natalia.

Jackson and Trae Stevens. Trae is from Spanish Fork and visiting Peru with his dad. They went to church on Sunday together.

Have a good week!

Lima Tambo

This week just flew by. Let's just say the time right now in the mission is moving insanely fast. 

Last P-day went to a store called Totus and bought some American things like Mountain dew and pancake mix and syrup. 

Last week we were pretty busy talking too and taking out a lot of appointments with people. We had found 2 people that had accepted baptismal dates and we had a lot of good potentials. But none of them came to church on Sunday. We called and made plans the night before and we passed by their houses to talk with them about going to church. We get there early Sunday morning and we were calling everyone and going by their houses but no one was answering their phones or they were not there. 

But we did have the one contact that we had had, and we passed by her house and she was already to go. We go to church, she loved it, she was asking about baptisms during church and how one can be a missionary. After church we had a lesson with her and like that, she accepted a date to follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized the 30th of March. Her name is Natalia Chumpi and she is very chosen. Please pray for her and her family that we will be able to teach her family as well. All of this just made us realize that this is the Lord' work and we just need to trust in Him. No matter how frustrating in might seem just trust in the Lord. 

So our house chapel that we attend Sundays in Surquillo is becoming the new mission

office for the new Lima Tambo Mission so we are changing church buildings to the Lima Tambo Stake Center. It's about a 20 minute walk from our area but it's a pretty cool building. It's the building that we saw the prophet when he came down here to Lima to speak to all of the missionaries.

Have a good week!

Jose y JosB

Well this week was pretty interesting. Elder Burley and I didn't have a whole lot of time to work in our area, and it was pretty frustrating. There were a lot of meetings and other stuff that we had to attend to. 

Octopus anyone?

Well Jose got baptized last week so that was good. He almost canceled on us but he pulled thru and everything went good. Jose is the only Peruvian that I have seen and met that is taller than me. He's even taller than Elder Burley too; it's quite funny. 

Jackson, Miguel (the member that baptized Jose), Jose, Elder Burley

Our people from last week was another Jose and Corita. Jose has just a messed up life with drugs and being divorced. Corita is a single mom with her daughter. Both of them didn't make it to church and it was their second time not coming so we dropped them. Corita wakes up at 4 in the morning with her daughter and gets back at 7 at night from her work so she is always super tired, and she's trying to take care of her daughter. She will get baptized eventually. She'll just have to get a new job first. With Jose, we just need to be patient with him. He is a really distracted guy but everyone in life has just given up on him, and we're his only friends. It's pretty sad, but we are going to have a very firm talk with him about coming to church on Wednesday. 

Krispy Kreme Shop

Last P-day Elder Burley and I went to Wongs which is kind of like an American store, and we saw some good stuff that reminded us of Merica. 

Last week I talked about ministering and how everyone is a Child of God. I have been trying to think more about this this past week, and it has really helped my love grow and deepen for the people here in Peru. I am just so glad to be out here ministering and working with the people of Peru. Well I hope everyone has a great week.