Sister Jessie's Mission

FAM!

Hey family! it sounds like each of you are doing so well.  I am so happy to see that there is another precious soul in our family.  Another future missionary to defend the faith in these last days.  I can already see it in his cute little face! I hope you all had an amazing father’s day. My father’s day was amazing because we had the grand opportunity to go to two sessions of the temple dedication of Trujillo. It was such a sacred and special experience for me. President Uchdorf and Elder Bednar were the general authorities presiding. And as they went out to put in the cornerstone of the temple, all of the little Peruvian kids were out on the temple lawn singing. And it was so sweet to see Pres. Uchdorf try and talk to them with his accent "muchas gracias niños" with a giant grin on his face. There was a spirit of joy and happiness running through all of Peru yesterday because as Pres. Uchtdorf said in his talk (with his translator translating every sentence which was really special to hear) "Each temple that is built in the world decreases the power of satan upon the earth, especially here in PERU!"  I could feel just that yesterday. It was a once in a lifetime experience. We saw the LIVE session in Camana which is like an hour away from Predregal because we don’t have satellite in our capilla, but it was really special to travel with all the sister and elders there to witness this sacred event!

There have been many challenges this week but also many miracles as always.  We have been working with a less-active for a few weeks named Cynthia.  She is about 22 years old and she hasn’t come to church for 10 years. It was a little hard to break through her wall and understand her needs, however, this week we challenged her to go in and have an interview with the president of the branch and we just happened to be in the chapel when she walked out. As she lef .the president came over to us with a smile on his face and he whispered to us "We just opened her papers to go on a mission". This was such an unbelievable moment for me.  I couldn’t believe it. Cynthia has gone through so many difficulties in her life during these years that she hasn’t been coming to church and I KNOW that through those trials that she went through she will be such a POWERFUL missionary. We are now going out to visit to her and her testimony is getting stronger and stronger each time she comes out with us and each time we study PMG with her! Such miracles!

Last night was a very special night with us filled with the hand of the Lord in all the little things. For example, we had a NDH planned with a less-active family, however, the 10-year-old son came to the door and said that no one was there.  Disappointed we began to walk off, however, (we had never done this before) we both stopped him before he shut the door and asked this 10 year old kid, "Do you have any friends or classmates that we could go and teach?"  Not expecting an answer he immediately said, "Ya!  Over there in the corner where the little store is with the gray door.  His name is Carlos (which is usually the directions we receive with the Peruvians here haha)." So we decided to go and look.  We didn’t know how but we were going to find a way. My companion said to me, “We should ask for "Juana" and if they say no we can just ask for their name.” :) Perfect plan.  We knocked and a little kid answered and said his name was Carlos (ahhh perfect, that’s him!) "Is Juana here?" "No, but my mom is!" It was so special. His mom came out, we began to talk to her and she said to us that she was so confused as to what path to take in her life, especially right now. As we spoke of the atonement she began to tear up with joy. Now we have a NDH planned with her husband and all her kids! Just the little miracles in each step! 

These were just a few of the little miracles that happened this week! Through your prayers and love these things are happening here in the area of Pedregal! Thank you so much for your support and love in each step that I take here in Peru. Keep looking for the little tender mercies each day in your lives and THAT will give you the strength to move forward during difficult times! I love each of you so much! Sigue Adelante and KEEP SMILING, like always.

Love,  Hna. Mahas

My old companion!