27 de Abril 2015
Hey
guys! One more week down! Time is flying by way too fast!
This last week was kind of rough. I'm
actually in Piura right now. I actually came here yesterday after church. I am
going to a clinic here in Piura to do some tests because I've still been pretty
sick for this last week. Pretty much sick the entire week long. But there's not
much you can do about it! They decided to have me come down here for a few days
to get some things taken care of because medical care is a lot more reliable
here in Piura.
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| Celebrating Elder M's birthday with the traditional egg on the head and then cake with members |
But other than that, this last week
was pretty cool! Probably the best part about it was going to church yesterday.
Because pretty much all of the people that we are teaching ended up coming to
Church! C, JC, JS, GM, and pretty much all of the less active members that we
are teaching! So that was super great. It was one of those moments that make
you feel like you are actually doing something as a missionary!
C is doing great! It's been a little
bit hard to teach him because of his work schedule, but he is super sweet! And
he is super excited for his baptism! He is reading the Book of Mormon and is
doing great! JC is also doing well! Yesterday he came to church for the first
time in a shirt and tie that he just bought! It's been kind of hard teaching
him as well because of his work schedule but we are able to teach him a couple
times each week!
JS is doing amazing as well! So I'm
super happy about that! We were able to teach her like 3 times this last week.
And she came to church yesterday and met a ton of members and is super excited
about coming back! We talked about baptism with her and invited her to be
baptized and she said that she would love to be baptized! So this week we are
going to be setting a baptismal date with her!
Another highlight about this week was
that we had interviews with President Rowley. It was pretty weird thinking
about how it was my last interview with President Rowley before my very last
one right before I come home. It's kind of cool though that I am going to be
coming home the same time as President Rowley! I think he is going to be
getting home one day after my group. But anyway, I had the last interview of
the day. And normally it is like 10 minutes, but we talked for like 30 minutes.
It was super cool. I'm so grateful for President Rowley! He has helped me so
much on the mission! I have no doubt that he is the person called of God to
help direct this mission in this time! We also talked with him and his wife
that day about my health. And that's when they told me that I was going to be
traveling to Piura to do some more tests.
So anyway, yesterday after church I
had to go to the bus station to travel to Piura. I actually traveled with Elder
H who is also having some troubles with his health. He is from Georgia and is
super funny. Our companions stayed back in Tumbes and will be there until we
get back. The main reason that we came is just to get better medical care than
what is available in Tumbes. And since we have both been struggling for a while
with our health we decided to come here to see if there is anything that we can
get figured out. Last night we slept in the mission office. And today we went
over to the mission home and played ping pong with all the office elders and
with President Rowley and his wife. So that was pretty fun! I have lots of
pictures to send home, but this computer is super sketchy and I'm almost
certain that it has a virus so I don't want to connect my camera to it. I think
I'll send pics next week on a computer that is a little more safe. I think
we'll be here tomorrow as well and then we will be traveling to Tumbes again
Wednesday! There isn't much time to write, but I hope you know I love you guys!
Have a great week!
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| On the bus headed to Piura with Elder H. |
Elder Baker
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