Hey Family,
How's everybody this week? It sounds like you all had a good week with lots of stuff to do. That's mostly what I miss about this time of year at home, there was always things going on. This week was pretty busy for me too. But, it's supposedly winter here. Arequipa is one of the strangest cities weather wise. It's not really that hot here, like 55-60 degrees, but the sun is so incredibley hot it burns me in like 5 minutes. Anyways, I guess I missed out on some really spiritual music this week, that kind of makes me sad but I can live. Feel free to sing whatever you would like for my homecoming I don't have a preference (just don't tell me, I would like it to be a secret).
Last Monday was really fun, we played soccer with another zone from across the valley. I met up with some of my MTC buddies and they are all doing good. We played on a big field for like two hours straight. I'm not that good at soccer, but it's good exercise and a good break from the ordinary. I was super tired that night and was sore for like 3 days after that but it was super fun.
The main highlight for this week was that we had a mission conference on Thursday. Half of the mission met in Arequipa on Thursday to hear from a very special guest to the mission, Elder Curtis B. Nash of the Seventy. He's the president of the South America Northwest Area. He's a super powerful speaker and is absolutely filled with the spirit. He mainly talked to us about remembering our purspose as missionaries in our day to day activities. He asked us why we are here in the mission and taught us a lot about the Atonement and the saving ordinances of the gospel. My mission president also spoke and talked about doing things in the manner of the Lord. He related our missions to the story of Nephi and the boat. Nephi didn't build the boat the way all the rest of the people in that time period built boats, he built the boat the way the Lord wanted becuase the Lord always knows the best way to do things. I really like that analogy becuase sometimes we aren't going to be popular with the world in our actions and sometimes we want to live our lifes the way we think is the best but do we ask the Lord for his will and his desires for us? I hope that I can live my life and work in the way that Jesus Christ would do it and the way he wants me to do it.
Our zone had the assignment of singing the special musical number for Elder Nash. We sang a song called Never a Better Hero. It's about Christ and his life and sacrifices for us. It sounded really good (even if the Latinos can't sing on key) and we could feel the spirit.
Also this week we had a baptism. I baptized Johan on Saturday. We had his baptism with two other sets of missionaries in our zone. There were some really great testimonies in the service and I could feel the spirit. Yesterday was Father's day and we had a good day at church and visiting some members. I really didn't even miss my family until the counselor in the stake presidency talked about his son and how his son said his dad was his hero becuase he was there for him in all the important moments in his life. That made me a little emotional. Anyway, last night was the day of transfers. My companion and I are still in the same area. Nothing new there, but we are finding some really cool people everyday. Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts, I can really feel your love and concern. Hope you all have a good week and I hope the Jazz can do a good job with their picks on Thursday.
Love, Elder Child
Oh ya, say hi to Brad for me and give me his email if you can.
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