Holaaaa!
First off-happy birthday today to JAREN!! Celebrating there
in spirit-love you so much.
Hope everyone had a great week! It was an eventful week
here. The day of Peru was Friday and they went all out here. Seriously the
whole city decked out in red and white, music, all of the schools marching in
the streets, and lots of food!! Feels like everyone fed us cake and hot
chocolate this week haha. And it was the day of Zamacola Saturday so the
streets were filled with lots of celebrating this week.
Our investigator pool
is getting bigger and bigger! The bishop referred us to a less
active-member this week and we got so lost while searching for this house. We
asked directions in a store and got talking with the lady who works in the
tienda, Julia, who is about 70 years old mas o menos. She is Jehovas Witness and she has
so so many questions about our church. We ended up talking for a long time with
her and clicked really quick. She says she has been looking for the truth because
she has so many doubts with her religion. We were able to visit her about
everyday this week, she came to church yesterday, and has a baptismal date for
August 19! woot, she is great.
We've still been visiting the family Vera this week,
and they are so great. We are still teaching Analia as well. EFY is this week
in Arequipa! We wanted so bad that Analia could go, but her mom wouldn't give
her permission to miss school. She got permission to go for 1 day though,
hopefully she enjoys it! Analia says that she knows what we are teaching is
true, but her mom is a little tougher, because she is catholic and doesn't want Analia changing religions. poco a poco!
We had the ward activity this week to
celebrate 28 de Julio. It turned out perfect! Lots of people came and the
ward loved it. All of the organizations decked out for their dances as well. We
were able to pick up quite a few contacts of non members too! I will give more
updates of the investigators next week. :)
We met an inactive this week, Karen,
she is 19 years old, and her family is active. We had a family night with them
this week. We talked about the importance of the prayer and the Book of Mormon.
Karen shared how she has had something missing in her life. She told us how
much she misses the spirit and she feels so lost. We shared how it's never too
late to turn to Christ. He is always reaching his hand out to us and he loves
us so much! It was a really special lesson and finished up with Karen sharing a
testimony and she told us she is going to change. She was able to come to
church yesterday which made us real happy. :) Another testimony builder. We
aren't alone here! We have a father in heaven who knows us so perfectly and he
is always there. He is so loving. He loves each and every one of us more than
we can imagine. The poorest, the richest, the saints, and the sinners just as
much as he loves you and me. He loves us enough to let us hold his words in our
hands. The Book of Mormon is TRUE. We are living in a time of lots of
challenges and hardships. It is so important that we can all have our own
personal testimonies of this book to protect us from the adversary. As pres.
Monson says, If we read each day with a prayerful spirit we will be in
conditions to resist temptations, listen to the voice of the spirit, and
receive the help from our heavenly father each day. Never miss a day of reading
this book! I know that this gospel brings happiness and more peace than
anything in this world. The church is true! Know it, live it, and love it. Have
a good one! xo
Mateo 10:39
Hermana Wood
Pics: going peruvian with the braids and all. Fruit stands
are heavenly here! Baptism of Asiri, she has my heart!
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