Bueno, this first week with Elder
Andersen has been great. We’ve been finding more people, teaching lessons,
helping families, and helping the ward and stake. Just a normal week in the
live of a missionary.
I don’t remember anything out of the ordinary or especially exciting. We
just keep working.
I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. I don’t think we’re going to be
doing anything here. It’s not a holiday in Peru. And it’s super crazy to
think that December starts next week. Hola, Christmas! Chau, Familia! Hasta
next week!
Well, we had transfers again. I’m still here
in Granados in Alameda as Zone Leader. But my companion left to Arequipa.
He’s a Zone Leader over there now. My new companion is coming from
Arequipa. His name is Elder Anderson. I don’t remember if I said this
already or not, but him and I happened to have a class together at BYU
before the mission. He recognized me from class when I first got here and
now we’re companions. Small world.
There are 10 areas here in the Zone, and 8 of them changed. It’s Continue reading →
So, really cool
experience this week. It happened on Tuesday. That morning my companion and
I were studying how to ask investigators questions, what kind of questions
we should ask them, what’s the purpose in asking questions, etc. We had a
good study. Then we went to our District Meeting.
In the District Meeting, we talked about the Spirit and how important it is
that we follow and listen to Him. Then we were going to do practices. The
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We had 2 baptisms this week! One of them
on Tuesday and the other Halloween morning. They went great! The water was
freezing because there was a problem with the water heater, but they got
baptized! The investigator’s son baptized her on Tuesday, and my companion
baptized the investigator on Halloween. I confirmed the two of them on
Sunday. It was a good week!
We also went to a Catholic funeral on Monday, during our P-Day. We didn’t
really want to go, but them we realized how bad that was and went. Continue reading →
We had some more cool miracles this week!
It didn’t start all great, though. Tuesday and Wednesday we had really slow
days. We were a little discouraged. Nobody was home. Our appointments fell
through. We were working hard, and studying, and planning, but we still
didn’t have success. Then the miracles came.
1) We got a call from a set of sister missionaries in the Zone. They asked
us to help them with a move. One of their families were going to move from
that ward over to our ward. We went and Continue reading →
