Dear Friends and Family,
So first off, I finally wrote a TON of letters last Monday and am mailing them all off today, so in the next week or two, expect mail! Haha
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| Elder Calderon (our District Leader), my companion and I. |
The next thing is that my trainer of the mission is Hermana Olivera or my mommy as we say and I was talking with my companion Hermana Espinoza and found out that in the mission, she’s my aunt! So we’re kind of related.
Well funny story, in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we don’t pray and then… um I’m not sure what you call it when you do the cross with your hand over your body. But we were meeting with a member who was baptized not too long ago and it made me smile when I saw him do that after praying. I think he’ll pick up on it eventually that we don’t do all of the things that the Catholics do.
Next I never thought I would literally save someone’s life here in the mission, but I guess we did. We went to go see Luisa, a lady who we found that the missionaries had visited a year prior but we didn’t know what happened. She isn’t a member, but she has a son that is in the mission in Ecuador. Well we went to visit and when she let us in finally, we could tell she was super depressed. She has told us a few of the things that are happening and the little that I know is that her husband has a complete separate other family and it has destroyed her life. She has told us that if she were to describe her life, she lives in Hell. Well, we entered this day and we asked how things had been since the last time we saw her. She told us awful and that she was really considering on taking her own life until we knocked on the door. I can say that Heavenly Father really loves His children and that He is aware of us and will send the necessary help. I’m no pyschologist, but just our presence changed her entire day and her decision. Hopefully she continues to progress, but I do know that her life has been made at least a little better since we have come. She has begun to pray and says that she feels peace that she hadn’t felt in such a long time.
The next story is Ramiro. He is super close minded, and likes to argue a little, but the last time we visited him, something had changed. He was in the military when he was younger and was in Bry? I don’t know how to spell it, but it’s an area in Peru with a lot of terrorism and problems. He has seen a lot of people died, killed people in combat, and saw his own mom die when he was 15. He also has cancer now. His life is kind of sad. We asked him if he believed in Christ and he said Yes, but that he didn’t believe that there was life after this life. Well, we finally asked him what has Christ done for you? He kind of broke down. We read in 1 Cor 15 about how Christ died to conquer death and that is when he finally opened up his life. Well, Ramiro came to church Sunday!!!!! And continues to want to learn. He says, I have so many doubts right now, but I want you guys to help me with all of them! Super excited to work with him.
Last story, we received a reference from a member yesterday. He brought his cousin with him who is living with his family for the next 2 months. We went to visit his house…. Uh…. Well he lives at the top of this giant step hill. And you know what? It rained a TON yesterday, so yes… it was complete mud. It was like climbing up a slippery slide. Then we get to the house and we climbed over a huge pile of dirt to reach a ladder to climb into what I thought was going to be a cave with plastic covering the opening… well we drop down into the hole and then find a door and inside was a rather nice little home. I was kind of shocked. But there we found out that the mom was struggling and she also adopted a daughter who wants to be baptized. The cousin, Luis, we taught him about the restoration and the book of mormom and asked if he would pray and he goes I’m going to pray tonight and forever! He was so precious. He told us he didn’t have questions because we explain things so well. Then he and his cousin walked with us to the bottom of the hill… well, I don’t have a picture, but I definitely slid part way down the hill in the mud… not on purpose! But we ended the day super happy and laughing.
Well, I hope you all are doing well at home and not slipping and sliding in the mud! Love you all and wish the best.
Love,
Hermana Carly Lang
Ps. Email me! carly.lang@myldsmail.net
Or write
Hermana Carly Jo Lang
Misiòn Cusco Perù
Urb. Jeròn Ricardo Palma
Manzana A Lt. 2 4to Piso
Santa Mònica, Cusco
PERU
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| My zone at Christmas! |
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