Hola Familia,
Unfortunately for all of you people in the normal world, this
missionary experience is going by faster and faster every week. Which
just means that I forget things and things kind of are more normal,
less special. That just means that the every day living stuff isn't as
important to me anymore. I'm a little more concerned with people. I
say sorry, just because my letter this week is probably going to be a
little short.
This week was mostly spent preparing the Quispe Vega family for
baptism. They are really special. They accepted us and everything they
taught us very easily. They are really loving and accepting. We got a
baptism date for this past Saturday. There are five people in total
that can be baptized. We were planning on having all five baptisms
this past Saturday, but the father showed up from work really late and
didn't want to go through with it becuase he had a bad day and some
things happened. But we went through with the others. I baptized the
oldest girl, Vanessa. She is fifteen and actually reads things and
understands things. She is a special girl who is going to be a great
member. This family is really special becuase they all understand that
this baptism isn't the end of their journey here on earth. They really
understand the importance of going to church every sunday and keeping
the commandments.
But even though the Father, Sixto, wasn't baptized last saturday he is
going to get baptized this saturday for sure. Just a little delay
that's all.
It's stopped raining here so hard. Just light drizzles the past few
days. Our roof stopped leaking on Tuesday, so that was pretty sweet.
Now my stuff is pretty much dry. Things are looking up, but yesterday
my comp was pretty sick and i was a little bit too. We've decided it's
our food. We went and bought more healthy stuff and we are going to
take better care of ourselves.
The work here continues every day. We have a ton of activities at the
church to try and get people to just come and to meet people. We have
english classes, family home evening, and movie night. The activities
are definately helping, we can see that. We have made a lot of friends
with the kids and young people here, which is a good way to talk to
the parents. Like I said before, this week was mainly spent preparing
the Quispe Vega family for baptism, which means we spent a lot of time
there. The Mother, Norma, cooked us lunch a couple of times, and
dinner too. The cool thing is that now we're going to go follow up on
their references and we'll see how that turns out.
I forgot to tell you guys this last week becuase it didn't affect me,
but we had transfers last Monday. I'm going to be in this area for at
least another five weeks (probably like another 4 months becuase it's
a brand new area) and i'm glad for that. I want to follow up on all of
the special people that live here. Hopefully they make Characato a
Zone becuase it's so far away from our zone. We have to take a taxi or
bus for like 30 minutes just to go to district meetings and to go to
the internet cafes for p-days.
Well, that's about it for me this week. I increased yet again in my
appreciation for primary teachers, sunday school teachers, choristers,
presidencies, members, ward mission leaders, people to give talks, and
bishoprics. I'm more grateful for these things becuase we have none.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not grumble or complain if you have a calling.
Please, magnify your calling, make it a good part of your life and
make your calling a priority. You have no idea how much you can bless
lives through your church calling. Thanks for all your prayers,
thoughts, and letters.
Elder Child
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