Well, it was another good, fast week! We had fun and a lot of stuff happened. We taught Jahairo several times and he started reading the Libro de Mormon again, and he showed up to church all by himself yesterday. So far he´s read up to chapter 6 of first Nephi and when we asked him about it he explained perfectly everything that happened with Lehi and his family leaving Jerusalem and then Nephi and his brothers going back and their journey in the wilderness. As he was explaining what he read it was like a little movie was playing through my mind. He really likes reading now, he just never askes God if it is true after he reads it. He says that he´s scared, scared to get an answer from God that it´s true. He´s scared to change. He says hes always felt like he doesnt want to belong to any specific church but if the Book of Mormon is true then he would know that ours is the true church of Christ. Now we are focusing on encouraging him to pray to ask God if it is true so that he can commit to a baptismal date.
Yesterday we went to go visit Santitos for the second time. We havent been able to visit her since last week because after her last session of Chemotherapy she got really sick and weak and couldnt recieve us. We went to give her a priesthood blessing and when we were on our way I called her to remind her. She said at first that she wasnt going to be able to recieve us but then she said to hold on for a minute. I heard her put down the phone and then nothing. After about a minute she picked up again and asked how soon we could come and that she needed us. We showed up and she was super excited to see us. She said that she knew that she couldnt say no to us because she feels something special about us and the church. I know that I was the spirit that bore witness to and softened her heart so that she would recieve us yesterday when I called and not some later day. She told us all of the invitations that have brought her to want to learn more about the church. Besides her friend in Argentina she said that she keeps making contact and bumping into people who alway invite her to learn more about our church. She doesnt believe in coincedences and knows that God has put all of those people, including us, in her way. We had a super awesome lesson with her and gave her a blessing for her cancer and treatments. She was so sure when she accepted to prepare herself to be baptized on the 19th of March which is only three weeks away! At the end we gave her a Libro de Mormon and she was soo surprised and so happy and thankful that she started to cry. All she could say was, "thank you, thank you, thank you." The spirit was soo strong, and she could feel it. She could feel that it is true!
I sent a lot of pictures from the museum that we visited last Pday. Its the Arqueology and History Museum in Pueblo Libre and it was really cool. We didnt have time to see it all.
This morning we went down to the beach at Larcomar and played volleyball and soccer on the beach with the zone. I´m pretty sure that we all got sunburned but it was lots of fun! We forgot to take a picture though.
At church yesterday, Señorita Castañeda´s mom came up to me and gave me a big bag of american candy and some letters! I was soo happy!! She was really nice and we were able to talk for a bit. She is here in Peru for a few weeks. Say thanks to them for me!
Happy Birthday Mom!!! I love you lots!!! Have a great week!!!
Thanks for all of the letters and emails! It looks like a lot of fun at home and in Hurricane!
Well, it was another good, fast week! We had fun and a lot of stuff happened. We taught Jahairo several times and he started reading the Libro de Mormon again, and he showed up to church all by himself yesterday. So far he´s read up to chapter 6 of first Nephi and when we asked him about it he explained perfectly everything that happened with Lehi and his family leaving Jerusalem and then Nephi and his brothers going back and their journey in the wilderness. As he was explaining what he read it was like a little movie was playing through my mind. He really likes reading now, he just never askes God if it is true after he reads it. He says that he´s scared, scared to get an answer from God that it´s true. He´s scared to change. He says hes always felt like he doesnt want to belong to any specific church but if the Book of Mormon is true then he would know that ours is the true church of Christ. Now we are focusing on encouraging him to pray to ask God if it is true so that he can commit to a baptismal date.
Yesterday we went to go visit Santitos for the second time. We havent been able to visit her since last week because after her last session of Chemotherapy she got really sick and weak and couldnt recieve us. We went to give her a priesthood blessing and when we were on our way I called her to remind her. She said at first that she wasnt going to be able to recieve us but then she said to hold on for a minute. I heard her put down the phone and then nothing. After about a minute she picked up again and asked how soon we could come and that she needed us. We showed up and she was super excited to see us. She said that she knew that she couldnt say no to us because she feels something special about us and the church. I know that I was the spirit that bore witness to and softened her heart so that she would recieve us yesterday when I called and not some later day. She told us all of the invitations that have brought her to want to learn more about the church. Besides her friend in Argentina she said that she keeps making contact and bumping into people who alway invite her to learn more about our church. She doesnt believe in coincedences and knows that God has put all of those people, including us, in her way. We had a super awesome lesson with her and gave her a blessing for her cancer and treatments. She was so sure when she accepted to prepare herself to be baptized on the 19th of March which is only three weeks away! At the end we gave her a Libro de Mormon and she was soo surprised and so happy and thankful that she started to cry. All she could say was, "thank you, thank you, thank you." The spirit was soo strong, and she could feel it. She could feel that it is true!
I sent a lot of pictures from the museum that we visited last Pday. Its the Arqueology and History Museum in Pueblo Libre and it was really cool. We didnt have time to see it all.
This morning we went down to the beach at Larcomar and played volleyball and soccer on tha beach woth the zone. I´m pretty sure that we all got sunburned but it was lots of fun! We forgot to take a picture though.
At church yesterday, Señorita Castañeda´s mom came up to me and gave me a big bag of american candy and some letters! I was soo happy!! She was really nice and we were able to talk for a bit. She is here in Peru for a few weeks. Say thanks to them for me!
Happy Birthday Mom!!! I love you lots!!! Have a gre
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