Dear Friends and Family,
So a few things this week. First of all, the girl assistants came to visit us. It was awesome! We had NO clue they were going to come and it was super fun to be with them. We worked our butts off and I am surprised we had enough to do because we had only planned for 1 companionship, not 2. But we found a lot of people that we hadn't been able to contact. One of which was a less active family... well kind of. The mom is the only member and now doesn't live there. But we talked with her son Marcos. We talked to him for about 5 minutes to get to know him because he was short on time to get to classes. We then asked him what he thought about baptism. He said that he had gone to church a few years ago but that he really wanted to be baptized! So we challenged him to prepare to be baptized the 20th of July! What a miracle. The only trouble now is finding out when he has time that we can visit him. He was only home that day because it was a day off from school.
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| Paty and Milagros at their baptism |
Next is that Paty and Milagros got baptized on Saturday. It turned out really beautiful. They met the missionaries last October and have been begging for permission from their Dad ever since. Well, he finally said yes and has even said things like I think I may want to come to church too! He thanked us a lot for helping his daughters.
Well, here you go. O's and A's. So we met a young mom the other day and she says that she has gemelOs (twins) and an older daughter. Well, I didn't listen well enough and looked at the 2 year old twins and definitely thought they were girls, so the WHOLE time, I was saying how nice it was to have hijAs and then all of my adjectives ended in A... because obviously I thought they were all girls... OOPS. When we left, my companion had to fill me in that they were boys. I felt SOOOOOOoo awful but luckily I am a white girl and can blame it on the fact that I don't speak Spanish well and it was an accident? We'll go with that excuse even though I definitely have learned that part of the grammar, I just honestly thought they were girls.
A little social lesson about Peru. A lot of the people here don't have the same social skills. The other day, I realized that a lot of the people, if they want to start a conversation, they talk about the weather... and then continue talking about the weather for 30 minutes. I am not sure how, but it is quite a talent. Well, I pointed it out to my companion and now every time that someone starts a conversation with ''it's cold outside, right?'' we just look at each other and smile, trying hard not to laugh.
So story of the week. Maribel. She is 21 years old and got baptized 2 years ago. Her mom was the one who introduced her to the missionaries, but something happened and her mom now hates the church and we have no idea why. Well Saturday night, we are sleeping in our room and something knocks on the door below. We look down and there is Maribel at
11pm. So we opened the door and let her in. She was crying. She had left her house because her mom made her throw her scriptures in the trash and wanted her to burn them. So she came to our house asking if she could stay with us. Well, she had been my mini missionary before for a week so of course we didn't mind. Well, when she told us, I had no clue what to say. I was just in shock. She then tells us that she was so grateful for the church because it's true that it didn't really matter what had happened. She was more upset about her scriptures than the situation. Well, we went to church Sunday and then she was going to talk to her mom in the afternoon. I still have no idea how that went, but she is an amazing example to me of someone who is truly converted. I hope that I never have to pass trials like Maribel but that I can have the same conviction as she does that this really is the true church that I know it to be!
Well, I hope you all have a fabulous 4th of July. Enjoy the fireworks for me. They're my favorite!!! And send me love for my birthday next Tuesday!!!!!!!!
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