13 de Abril 2015
Hey guys!
Well here I am again! Time is passing
by super quickly!
First off, last week I told you guys
that I'm dealing with a parasite. Giardia. It kind of stinks. I took some
medications that were supposed to take care of it, but they didn't help me all
that much. So I'm still kind of sick. So that's kind of a bummer. I'm doing okay
though! I'm going to do more tests today. And we'll see what happens with that.
I'm praying a lot. Because I'm super sick of it! But to tell you the truth, the
absolute worst part is that it makes it kind of hard to go out and work because
I feel sick a lot and if I don't feel sick, it comes and hits me like a ton of
bricks and I'm desperately searching for a bathroom. It's kind of complicated.
But I'm doing fine! Don't worry too much! Just another one of the tests that
our loving Heavenly Father puts in our lives. It's not because He wants to
punish us. It's because He loves us and He wants us to get better! And believe
it or not, there are lots of positive things that I have learned from
this!
This last week went by super fast.
Tuesday we were in the apartment pretty much all day because I wasn't feeling
too swell. And then on Wednesday morning we had to travel to Piura because
Thursday was our Leaders Conference in the mission home! We got to Piura at
about 12:30 and went and ate lunch with the office elders and their
pensionista. And then for the afternoon we got to go out and work with the zone
leaders in Miraflores. That afternoon was super fun! It made me miss Piura
though. I have only been in Piura, Piura for like 3 months of the mission. All
the rest of it has been outside of Piura. But there is something special about
being in Piura! It feels like coming home every time you enter! It was super
fun working that day in Piura!
Thursday morning at 9:00 our Leaders
Conference started. That was super great! I always do love those training
meetings with President Rowley! He teaches in such a cool way. You are always
able to feel the spirit super strongly in those meetings and always leave
feeling uplifted! One of the things we talked about was what having faith in
Jesus Christ really means. If you ask yourself "Do I have faith in Jesus
Christ?" it's pretty easy to say yes, right?? But then if you read
what Preach my Gospel says about faith, it helps you realize that there are
lots of ways that our faith can improve. Maybe we really do have faith! But
that faith can always be stronger. So my goal right now is to strengthen my
faith in Jesus Christ. There are lots of little things that I can be doing to
strengthen my faith! And now in this little time that I have left as a
missionary, it's time to get to work! I have to take advantage of every moment
I have here as a missionary!
After the meeting we had to travel to
the mission office to pick up some stuff for the zone here in Tumbes. And then
we had to travel to the bus station to travel back to Tumbes. Our bus left
Piura at about 5:30 and didn't get to Tumbes until about 11:00 that night. I
was so excited when it was finally time to go to sleep! It honestly felt like that
bus ride lasted forever! But we finally made it!
Friday we had our zone meeting with
our entire zone. We didn't have much time to plan the meeting because we got
back so late on Thursday, but it turned out super well! It was really guided by
the spirit! It's kind of fun being able to teach the zone meetings with your companion!
We taught the zone about everything that we had learned in the leaders’
meeting. It was a pretty fun morning!
Friday afternoon and pretty much all
of Saturday I was feeling pretty crappy. That was kind of a bummer. But
Saturday night we had to go over to the stake center for the Saturday night
session of Stake conference! President Rowley and Hermana Rowley came, as well
as the Guayaquil Temple President and his wife. The conference on Saturday
night and on Sunday morning was super good! I liked it a lot. They talked a lot
about the Temple. It made me miss the temple so much! It really is such a
blessing living so close to so many temples. I haven't been to the temple since
August 2013. That's one of the things that I'm super excited about once I
finish the mission! Being able to go to the temple again! I'm super happy for
the people here in this mission though because in June they are going to be
dedicating the Trujillo, Peru temple which will be a huge blessing for the
people! In Piura, the people used to have to travel 18 hours by bus to Lima to
be able to go to the temple! But now they are going to have a temple just 6
hours away! It's going to be such a huge blessing for the people here in Peru!
Sunday afternoon I was feeling pretty
good so we got to go out and work the entire afternoon! Even though it sounds
like something super small, it was such a blessing. I miss being able to feel
good and just be able to go out and work! I hope this next week I will be
feeling a whole lot better! Because I want to go and teach people about the
gospel! I'm so grateful for the opportunity to be a missionary!
Thanks for all the love and
support!
Elder Baker
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