So lots of exciting things happened this week. I now have 11 months in the mission... This next month (July) will be a year, AND.... it's my birthday July 9th, so feel free to send me some love!
Anyways, so a couple of things, there are now 33 sister missionaries in this mission. That is a LOT in comparison to 22 like 2 transfers ago and there are 8 of us from the US... also a record breaker since being here. The new sister missionaries from the US are all super sweet and glad they are here. They looked a little scared though. The fun thing is that Hermana Calderón has been begging President to get all of the sister missionaries together... SOOOOOOO... Wednesday, we all went to Cusco. In the morning, we had a conference about being pretty on the inside and also on the outside... Then, the rest of the afternoon, we were able to all talk and bond, paint our nails, etc. It basically was a girl's day and it was super fun. I am not sure I have ever heard of that in another mission. Then in the evening, we had a testimony meeting with us and President Calderón and his wife. He had just received his release call and read it with us and then asked about 10 of us to share our testimonies. It was really nice to get to know the other sister missionaries because they are all so wonderful.
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| All of the sisters |
The next exciting news is that Paty and Milagros are sisters and cousins of Elvis (who got baptized in December). They come to church every week and have SUPER strong testimonies, but their Dad has always said NOOOOO to baptism... Well we went to visit them on Saturday and it was kind of a crazy visit with a bunch of other things that are best not to mention, but at the end, we asked how was their Dad. They both lit up and said that their Dad finally gave in and gave them permission as long as they don't come to him crying wishing that they hadn't been baptized. We asked them if they wanted to be baptized and they both said there was nothing more sure in their lives that they wanted! So... June 29th is when they have decided!!!!!!
Well, another fun story is that my companion had to go to Lima for 2 days. I was frantically trying to find someone that could help me out because we had lots of things planned and really didn't have time to leave my area to be with the other sister missionaries if I couldn't find a companion. Luckily, a month ago in the other stake, a girl came back from her mission in Buenos Aires! PERFECT!!!! Best part was her accent... it totally brought my ''sh'' sound and we were able to talk in the same language of Argentina haha and we drank mate! It was SUPER fun. The other thing is that she was an EXCELLENT missionary and taught me some things and gave a lot of great ideas that I'm excited to apply here.
Last story is that we are teaching 2 cousins. Their families are all members except them and they both decided they wanted their uncle to baptize them together. Sweet. But we weren't so sure about the Dad. About 2 months ago, I knocked on the door of this house because someone had told me the that Family Llanos were members and that they lived there. So I asked for the Llanos Family and the Dad came out and said Nope, this is the Huanca Family and that the Llanos lived a couple houses up. I was a little confused but shrugged it off. Well, I later found out that they were the Huanca LLANOS family. So yesterday, we went to visit the 2 little cousins and the Dad was there. I was a little nervous but he said that he was super glad we were there. He said that he had passed through some difficult things and that actually about 2 months ago, 2 sisters had come and he sent them off because he wasn't ready to talk to anyone, but that now he was. I kind of laughed and he asked why? I then explained that that was me that had come. He then apologized for sending me off but thanked me because that day that we had knocked is what then made him start thinking about what he wanted in life and how to get there.
Last but not least. Here, Potatoes are BIG. I thought they were big in Idaho, but there are like 40 different types of potatoes... maybe lots more. And there is a potato festival. It made me laugh and think of all of my Idaho friends. So shout out to you!
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| A big slide |
Love Always,
Hermana Lang
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