Holaaaa desde Arequipa!
Hope everyone had a great week! It was a little slower here
this week, still knocking lots of doors and meeting members. We are gaining the
support and trust of the members which is really nice because now they are working with us and helping. :) Slowly but surely in this area!
Our pencionista
and her family are the sweetest and just treat us like family. They have a cake
business and make the best tres leches cakes! They taste a lot like grandmas
tres leches :) Ah guess what? Tiffany from my other ward, it is her baptism
this Saturday. And guess what? My zone leaders gave me permission to go!! Whooo
I am stoked!
Things are moving slowly but surely here. We have an investigator,
Analia, who is 15 and great. We met her last week and she has been able to come
to church these last 2 Sundays. Her best friend who lives in another city is LDS, and that was her motivation to listen to us. She is super busy with
school, but in the couple lessons that we've had with her, she is making
progress! She lives with her mom and her grandma who are super catholic. Her
mom is always working and we haven't had the opportunity to talk with her yet,
but hopefully this week we can meet with her :)
Miracle of the week: When we
were walking on Wednesday, we noticed a mom and her daughter who were staring
at us. We went up to talk with them and introduce ourselves. We got talking,
and turns out the mom, Julie, is a member but has been inactive for years.
About 10 years ago she got a job where she had to work Sundays and with time,
she went inactive. We shared a little message with her and she was so
receptive. She lives in the area Belaunde which is the area next to us that
shares our chapel. She's not a part of our ward, but we invited her to go to her
church yesterday. She was so sweet and took a picture with us and left. haha.
Yeah, then at church yesterday... when we were walking out of sacrament meeting,
guess who we saw? Julie with her daughter!!!! She went to her ward and started
to cry when she saw us!! She told us thank you and said that she "felt
like she was at home". Such a sweet experience & super happy for her
and her daughter. Definitely a big highlight of the week. :)
Hope Aaron had the best birthday this past week and happy
birthday shoutout to Savannah this week! You deserve the happiest day! Have the
best week, all of you! xo
Alma 37:36-37
Hermana Wood
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