Another Week in Peru

Week of the 4th of November to the 10th of November, 2019

Last P-day we played soccer in the morning and then went home and got some Papa Johns and made milkshakes which was a lot of fun; a little American kick right there.

Last week the whole mission was down in finding people. The zone leaders met with the assistants and now we are focusing on one miracle that happens each day. I think this will be cool because it helps us focus on one day at a time. It will help us build our faith too so we can be looking for those miracles that happen each day. 

Last week we had Yamira’s baptism on Saturday. She was super happy and kept telling everyone how happy she was. I am super glad for her. After her baptism, Yamira and her daughter had made food for everyone. Yamira’s daughter came to her baptism and she also came to church on Sunday. We are going to visit them today so we will see where her daughter is in regards to getting baptized.

Yamira's baptism

Last week we got a reference from another ward. It is a family with an 8-year-old and brand new baby. Their names are Manuel and Fiorella. We visited them and they were talking about how they have been going to the Catholic Church but then they went to our church and they really liked it. They want to continue to come and get a feel for our church and they said if they feel good about it, they will get baptized. The next lesson they cancelled on us and they didn’t come to church. So we are going to talk to them again. Please pray for them that they will know this is the true church.

Contacting in the street we found a girl named Casey who is super cool.  She is 18 and is very happy. She lives with her grandparents and her autistic brother. She said she has a need for Christ because she hasn’t gone to church in a long time. She accepted to be baptized the 7th of December. She told us it was hard to get to church but she is coming to the English classes that we teach after church. We have a lesson with her tonight. Please pray that she will come to church on Sunday. 

We also found Angela and Camilla. Angela is the aunt of Edilady and Gustavo. We have been teaching her and Camilla and we finally got their kid to accept a date. His name is Diego and he is going to get baptized on November 23rd with Angela and Camilla. Please pray for Angela that she can overcome her smoking problem.

We are also teaching Michael and Caesar. Michael went to church. Please keep praying for him too that he will be ready for his baptism. Caesar is doing well too. We just need to help his mom.

Jackson's old "break" in his wrist. You can see the break on the right.

There is this guy in our ward named Miguel. His mom and his sister aren’t members. We went and taught them and they accepted to be baptized but we forgot to ask his mom, Ellen, if she was married. Miguel told us that his mom and her husband are separated and they are still married but now she is living with a new guy but she never got divorced from her husband. That presents some difficulties so we will have to see with that. His sister, Julianna, is living with her partner and they were never married. They stopped seeing each other but now are back on so we are going to have to talk about the Law of Chastity with all of them. Please pray for them both.

Another angle of his break. This time it's on the left of the x-ray.

That’s what was going on last week. I know that Jesus Christ really can work miracles in our lives each day if we just focus on seeing one miracle, even if it’s a small miracle. He can help us each day. I testify of that.  I love being out here on the mission. I hope everyone has a good week! 

*A quick updated on Jackson's wrist. He had an MRI done and he doesn't have any new breaks.
His ligament is damaged and he has bone damage as well. The doctor put a new cast on and
he can't move his thumb now. It should heal within four weeks. Prayers for a quick recovery
would be appreciated.