22 de Septiembre 2014
Well hello there. I honestly have no
clue what to write. That always happens to me. So much happens during the week
and by the time it's finally time to write home I can hardly remember a thing
that happened and it all just seems like a giant blur. It's okay though.
This last week was great! Super,
duper, duper fast week though! And sure enough, it keeps getting hotter and
hotter as we are now approaching summer. I'm kind of scared. But whatever. I'm
not really sure what will happen. I might just die from sweating too much. But
for real. I'm always sweating. My face is always soaked and there is always
sweat dripping off my chin. I know it's gross, but it happens. And the people
will just look at me and be like "Are you all right? Are you dying? Is
there anything I can do for you? Do you need water?" JAJAJAJAJA And I just
laugh and tell them that I'm just sweating because it's hot outside. That's one
thing that I miss from Paita. In Paita you are so close to the ocean that there
is always the ocean breeze to cool you down. Whatever though. I'll probably
survive. So now for the highlights of the last week.
On Tuesday we had training for all
the district leaders of the mission in the mission home. That was pretty fun
because now that we have 14 months in the mission, pretty much all of us are
district leaders. So that was fun seeing tons of friends and being able to talk
with them! The training went super well. The theme of it was families. The
entire mission right now is focused on finding families because for a while the
only people that had been getting baptized were women and kids. But in the
meeting President Rowley talked about the importance of families. He told us
that he knows that the men are the hardest people to baptize, but he also
talked about the need that we have for more priesthood holders here in the
mission. He told us that we need families here in this part of the church. If
we baptize only women, the church isn't going to grow. If we baptize only men
the church isn't going to grow. If we want to help the church to grow, we need
to find families to teach. A mother and father that are going to be able to go
to the temple and be sealed for time and all eternity. So that was pretty
great. Right now in the mission we are doing a lot of different things to
focus on families. Like for example we have to contact at least 2 couples in
the street every day and report to our leaders in the mission if we did it or
not and the results of the contacts. And believe it or not, it's working. This
last week our whole zone here in Sullana has found so many couples to teach!
The Lord is hastening the work! But anyway... after the meeting, Elder T, Elder
O, Elder B and I went and ate peanut butter ice cream with brownies at El
Chalán. It was super great! And another great thing of that day was that for
lunch we had Papa Johns. I love pizza!!!! |
| Enjoying brownies and ice cream |
Wednesday I had a visita de trabajo,
exchanges, with Elder A. That was pretty fun. It was nice working with him for
a day. He is a super funny elder from Guatemala. And he loves to work hard. He is
always laughing and has a joke to tell. He's a great leader in the mission! And
I was able to learn a ton from him! It also helped me a little bit with stress.
My companion right now is great, but I was feeling super stressed out about
little things. The exchange helped me a lot with that. It helped me remember
why I'm here on the mission. I have to make the best of every moment that I
have here on the mission!
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| Exchanges with Elder A |
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| Me and my comp with our zone leaders |
So for the coolest investigator for
the week. This week we went to contact a less active member. She has been less
active for a long, long time. But we went and knocked on her door and she let
us in and we were able to teach a lesson with her and her 17-year old son who
isn't a member. His name is R. They are facing some trials right now in their
family and I know that the gospel is what they need! The spirit was super
strong in the lesson. And the Hermana was pretty much crying by the end of the
lesson. Her son as we were leaving looks to us and says, "I hope you don't
stop coming to visit us." That was super sweet! I know that we as
missionaries have exactly what is going to help them in their lives! The gospel
of Jesus Christ is such a blessing! I'm so excited to continue and visit them
this next week!
I'm loving my new area. I love
Sullana. The mission is the best! Unfortunately I don't have tons of time
today. So the letter isn't super long. But I sent some pictures! So you can't
complain too much!
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| Zone Activity for p-day - futbol |
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| The patio outside our apartment - you can see our kitchen on the back wall (jaja) |
Thanks for everything! Love you guys
tons! The church is true! NO DOUBTS!
Elder Baker
P.S.
The Ogden temple dedication sounds
great. I miss the temple. I want to go to the temple so badly! It's been over a
year since I went in Lima. The people here have to travel 16 hours to Lima to
go to the temple. And in Utah we live less than 16 minutes. It's such a
blessing!
Lauren: Well your time's running
down. This is probably the last email that you will read from me while still in
the field. Thanks for being such a great example! I really am so grateful to
have been able to serve at the same time as you! You really have inspired me.
You have changed tons of lives. Being a missionary is the best. We will never
ever, ever, ever, ever, forget these times! I know the church is true! And I'm
so grateful for this chance to share that testimony with others! Te quiero y te
amo! Muchísimo!
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