FAM!
Hey fam how are
you? It sounds like everything is going great down in SLC. Everything is going
great here in Peru! We have seen many miracles this week in the progress of the
investigators and less-actives that we are working with! One of the
less-actives that we are working with lives alone with her 18 year old son,
Oscar, her son has always seemed to be really closed and has listened to the
missionaries forever never wanting to talk. And every time we taught his mom,
she always pleaded with us, “Please help my son come into the gospel.”
But one day my funny companion just kept knocking, knocking and knocking on the
door until he came out haha. Right then, we taught him about the plan of
salvation with drawings and questions--he had tons of intelligent questions
that we didn’t know how to answer. So we promised him that we would come
back with the answers. But we told him
that we know that he would be able to find the answers to all the questions he
had in his soul in one book--the Book of Mormon. We left him Ether Chapter 12
for him to read and when we came back the next day he had read and told us that
he found his answer! And he accepted a baptismal date! To see his mother’s face
when he accepted was priceless. Such a miracle.
The Book of Mormon is the key to the conversion!
We learned so
much in our leadership council about the importance of our studies and how our
studies in the morning can change generations! We talked a lot about the role
of the spirit and especially the importance of LISTENING, to be able to discern
the needs of each person. At times I was so worried about what I was going to
say that I forgot that during the lesson THEY are the ones that should be
talking and practically teaching themselves.
It is just our job to ask the questions. It was such amazing council.
And to see all the work that President puts into every aspect of this work is
unbelievable to see every time!
We began to
teach a family of members, however, the father is not a member. His parents
formed the evangelical church here in Moquegua so he is completely faithful in
that church and never before accepted the visit of the missionaries. But one
day we had a FHE with his family and he was there. He brought out his bible thinking that we
were going to do some scripture bashing but instead of we just asked him about
what he liked to do and his hobbies. He looked quite confused at our questions
because he was expecting to learn doctrine. But we did not even mention it. He
mentioned that he love basketball so we asked him if he would be willing to
teach a class to the kids in the ward and he said he would love to! He is
teaching classes every night. And
yesterday he came to teach to hear his daughter talk! Poco a poco! But through
the little things there are miracles!
This week has
been amazing. Heavenly Father has led my
way in every step that I take. He truly knows perfectly the heart of each child
of god and his love for each and every one is immense! Thank you so much for
all your words and prayers. I KNOW I
couldn’t do this without them. You are the most amazing family I could ever ask
for. Thank you for your examples and
your love. I couldn’t move forward without
them! I LOVE YOU. Keep smiling. I will
talk to you next week!
Love, Jess
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| At the Mission Home |
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| All the sisters |
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| These are all the sisters we are in charge of. They are adorable! |
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| Divisions with Hna. Fueres, from Galapagos. She is awesome! |
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| Helping President make french toast in the morning before the conference |
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