Buenos Días! Espero que todos estén muy bien. :) This week
was very eventful. This month is the month where everyone celebrates the
virgins so there have been full fiestas every day and night. Many times this
week when we were walking back to the cuarto at night, I feel like I was
stuck into Lehi's dream ha just gripping to the iron rod when everyone around us
was in that "great and spacious building" with loud music, many
drunks, loud laughing and all that. Lots of work to do here in Las Torres:)
But this week was great! Whenever we fast, the week after is
filled with so many miracles, but especially this past week. SO many miracles
and tender mercies! We have an investigator named Aldo who is 25 years old, he
has always kind of lived on the wild side & is into extreme sports, but has
been passing through many challenges and is looking to change his life. Last
week we had a lesson with him and a few members. We talked about the
restoration of the gospel, and all of the members are converts and shared their
conversion stories with him. The spirit was so strong it about made me cry! He
said that he didn't know how to describe it, but he just felt so so good. So he
felt the spirit too. And in this moment when the spirit was moving us all, I
invited him to be baptized.. but he turned it down so hard. plot twist. He went
on to give a hard no, saying how he is Catholic, and can't change his religion
and all that.. which kind of shocked all of us. Especially after we have felt
that he is so prepared! But yeah, he has his agency, so we can only do our part
to help him. So 2 days later we had another lesson with him, and his attitude
had totally changed! When we showed up, he was already waiting for us at the
door. He has been reading the Book of Mormon everyday, and says that he gets
that "good feeling" every time he reads, and every time he meets with
us. Please keep him in your prayers, he really
really needs this change in his life. And yesterday he was so
willing to go to church with us! After church we asked him what he thought and
he said "I got that good feeling again". Well that good feeling is
called the spirit and it is so special. I love being a missionary because I get
to feel that "good feeling" every single day, and share it with others!
Fun fact of the week: Did you guys know Jesus was Peruvian?
Ok not really but some of the members were trying to convince us that this week
by saying that in many of his pictures, he is always wearing the red and white,
resembling the Peruvian flag. The funny part is that they were dead serious..
hahah it really cracked us up. They told us we were just that much more blessed
to be serving in Peru:) haha.
I hope you all have an incredible week! Go make a difference
and give some life to everyone :) Les amo con todo mi corazón!
Hermana Wood
D&C 103:9
Pics: our area, peru has turned me into the dog whisperer
haha, the chavez fam, se han robado mi corazón mahonry y yadhira<3, and
happy birthday to the cutest pencionista!
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