Alright so this week was great but I'm gonna be short because all of my photos got erased off my back up usb so I'm trying to get them all back. So this week I went on a bunch of divisions with my district to do interviews and help put some baptismal dates. Wednesday we had a District Leader Meeting in the morning so me and the other District Leader, Elder Gutierrez, in our zone woke up early to catch a bus there. It was such a great meeting and I feel a lot more prepared to be a District Leader. They talked about going on divisions, nightly calls, interviews and setting Baptismal Dates. Then we had lunch and Presidente Ruiz told us he was headed to Malacatan so we could ride with him instead of a few hours crammed on a bus! It was Awesome! So we got to go with him and we listened to the Book of Mormon all the way home. It was awesome because sometimes he would pause it and just give us these deep insights into the scriptures. Then we went out to visit for the day when we got home with our other companions. On Thursday I went with Elder Sanchez to San Rafael. We drove through my old Area San Pablo. Nothing has really changed and I saw our old branch mission leader working in his same shop so that was fun. We spent the day going about trying to interview a kid named Josua. He wasn't home the 2 times we looked for him. So we visited the rest of the day and decided to go back early the next day.
 |
| Sister Trinidad cooked this typical dish from Peru! |
|
 |
| I found a really cool picture of Jesus |
The next day we got to Josua's house and they said he had just left, even though we had just called them telling them we were coming. So, we sat and waited and they brought out a cake because a little girl was turning 5! They celebrated that with us and then Josua came and I did my first baptismal interview! It was awesome! Then we went home and ended divisions but then I went with Elder Perez an elder from Peru that came with me into the mission to his area in San Isidro. It went really well too! But I came home to the saddest news of my whole mission. When I got back to the house. I went directly for my Beef Jerky that my Mom sent. It appeared as if a Roaring T-rex had shredded it open and as if every single ant in the universe had decided to make its new home in the ruined Jerky. Not gonna lie some man tears were shed. Like those tears that sit in the eyes but you wipe them away before the fall... ya... those are man tears.... Not to sound soft or anything but it was a very hard time for me.....
Then on Saturday we had another Baptism and Judith asked me to baptize her. We had a miracle happen the night of the baptism. It was supposed to start at 6 but we got to the church and there wasn't any light. We all said a little prayer and a little after we started the service the light came on!!! It was such a testimony about how faith works. We need to first act for ourselves so that The Lord can bless us. Work as if everything depends on you. Pray like everything depends on him and that is when miracles come to pass.
 |
| With Judith getting baptized! |
 |
| Judith's baptism, and other investigators, Noelia is a recent convert (the one with the baby). |
So ya there we go short and sweet! I'll try to send photos from last week too. I'm trying a new way so hopefully they get there!
Love you all!
ELder Pugmire
No comments:
Post a Comment