23 de Marzo! 2015
Well first off, there is no water in our apartment. There
hasn't been water in our area for over 5 days. Our apartment has a tank to
store water so luckily it didn't run out until today. But now we are in the
process of determining what we are going to do. I haven't showered since
yesterday morning and I feel filthy. Just another of the many blessings of la
Misión
Perú
Piura! jaja
Well, we are in rainy season. It rained all last weekend and
rained every single day this week until Friday. But we have now had 3 dry days,
so we are happy about that! Because everything here had turned to complete mud.
Tons and tons and tons of mud. My black shoes every night looked brown because
they were completely covered in mud. And there are lots of mosquitoes. At 6:30
they come out and there are a million of them. And they are there until about
7:30. So it's horrible to be out during that hour! And then every night when we
come back to the apartment we kill 3 or 4 cockroaches... But even through all
of this, I'm still smiling! Because it's amazing being a Missionary!
This last week we had exchanges with the Elders in Buenos
Aires, Elder K and Elder V. Elder K came to my area with Elder M and I got to
go to Buenos Aires with Elder V. It was super sweet though! I had a huge
testimony builder that night! Elder V told me that we were going to go and
visit a new family that they had just found a couple days earlier. So I was
super excited. The whole time Elder V told me that this family was golden and
that they were so ready to be baptized! But anyway, we get to the house and
knock on the door and the wife invites us in. She wasn't the person that I was
expecting to see. She was a 25 year old and she had died her hair black and she
had a giant tattoo on her arm. And then her husband walks in. He is a 28 year
old body builder and he is super duper duper duper duper strong! Like me ;)
jajajaja. But for real. This guy was huge! And he had a metal chain around his
neck and he had various tattoos on his arms. In that moment, I was sitting
there thinking "And this is the family that is golden??" But I
learned a HUGE lesson that night. We started to teach them about the Plan of
Salvation and the spirit was SOOOOOOOOOO strong. These people understood
everything. And the spirit was present, testifying of the truth of what we were
teaching. In just a little 40 minute lesson, my testimony was strengthened so
much. I went from having lots of doubts about the family, to feeling an immense
love for them like they really were my own family. When it was time to leave,
we said goodbye practically in tears. There is no way that I could possibly say
that this is not true. Because I know it is. And that family knows it too! The
Lord really is preparing people to receive the restored gospel. And as
missionaries, I learned that we can't judge by appearances. We really have to
learn to love people!
This morning in my personal study I was reading in 1 Nefi
about the tree of life in Lehi´s vision. Later on when the angel is explaining
what it means to Nefi, it says that the tree was the most desirable above all
things and that the tree represents the love of god! That night I could really
feel of that love from God. And I testify that it really is the most desirable above
all things!
This week was great for my companion and me! We found some
new investigators, we taught some lessons to converts and to some less active
members! I go to bed every night super tired! But I'm grateful for the
opportunity that I have to be a missionary! I know this church is true! Love
you guys a ton!
Elder Baker
P.S.
It's rainy season right now. It's not something that
happens all year long. Normally just the sun, all day, every day... jaja
This last week I hit the 20 month mark..... Time is going by
way too fast!
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