July
4, 2016 – Week 5 in Ica, Peru
This
week was a good, hard week! We started Monday off with the
Haucachina! Which is an oasis in the middle of a desert! It was so fun! The
hermanas from Pisco came up and we climbed to the top together! Hermana Giler
and Hermana Pereyra. And after we finished p-day we taught the familia garcia.
They are a family of investigadores. They had tons of questions but the
questions were awesome! They were amazing and they just wanted to learn more!
And then the rest of the night we were rejected so we just street
contacted!
But then Tuesday we
taught a cute little family of investigadores also! The mom is Veronica and her
son is 8 and his name is Omar and then she has a little baby girl. They were
really interested because she wants to find the happiness and peace in this
life. She is really sad right now because her husband cheated on her and then
left her. She is the best and wants to learn so much, she said that she just
wants to be as happy as we are. It broke my heart but we got to teach so much
doctrine to help. Then we taught the Familiy Uchuya that got sealed the other
week! We all talked about the temple and eternal marraige and how they felt and
it was awesome! And we also taught our recent convert Carlos! Hes the best! He
is preparing for his mission so we talked about the Patriarchal blessing and
now he is preparing to receive it! Woohoo!
And then on Wednesday we
didn´t have a whole ton of success because no one was home! So we just knocked
doors, and street contacted! But then later in the evening we prpared for an
activity for Friday with our mission leaders and it was really fun!
We got all ready for the people to come on Friday! And then we had a 2
hour long meeting with Bishop on monthly goals and how we are doing and more
less active names. So now we have 24 less actives we are working with! Woohoo!
And then Thursday in
the morning we had a meeting with the Hermanas de Family History via skype. We
talked about how we can improve and how we can better work with our leaders to
have more lessons in family history to help people get to the temple! It was
good! And then we taught Fernanda our investigadora who is progressing! Woohoo!
We taught her the restoration and invited her to baptism and she accepted but
didnt accept the date. So hopefully through more knowledge she will accept. She
loves reading the book of mormon!! And then we visited a lady in the ward named
Carmen and she is an active member! But she is really really sick right now and
the doctors dont know what is wrong. Pray for her please. And we received a
reference from her so we get to contact another person! Woohoo! And then we
also taught hermana Ismena Atala who is a recent convert! She is preparing for
the temple and so we taught all about family history and what to do and why we
do it and how it helps us and our past and future generations. And it was
great!! She´s getting ready for september!
And then Friday we
had divisions and I was with Hermana Russell from Sandy, UT here in Ica! And we
taught a little old lady named Norma who honestly is the best. She accepted baptism
as well without a date. So we just keep working! We taught the restoration and
showed her Thomas S Monson and she said that the organization of the church is
just so precise! She´s so cute! And then we had the activity! And it was all
about the spirit world after this life and it was really fun but also really
spiritual. We had about 25 people show up and it was just the best!
And then Saturday was
a day that we walked, talked, and knocked a lot and just bottom line were
rejected everywhere. Very good, very hard.
And then Sunday we
fasted and attended church and it was awesome! We fasted to have success with
our investigadores, that they will accept the date and that more people will
want to come unto Christ. We also had a lesson with Fernanda about Plan of
Salvation and she loved it. And when we were talking about the Celestial
Kingdom I think that she realized that she needs to be baptized. It was an
awesome lesson full of the spirit.
And today???? HAPPY
4TH OF JULY MY AMERICAN FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE A GREAT DAY WITH THE
FIREWORKS!!!! Until next week!
Hermana Shylo Lawrence
Haucachina - an oasis in the middle of the desert!
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