16 de Junio 2014
Well, I don't even know where to begin. For lots of reasons. One of them being because I don't have very much time today. But here goes nothing.
So anyways. This last week was filled
with lots of exciting things.
On Tuesday I got to have exchanges
with Elder Z from my district. We worked for the day in my area. It actually
turned out to be a super great day, and we were able to teach lots of lessons
without anyone being gone! The best lesson was for sure with E. She is a 50ish
year old lady. Her daughter is a member, but she isn't. But we have been
teaching her for a couple of weeks and today we invited her to be baptized. And
she accepted! She said though that she wants to make sure that she is doing it
for herself, and not because anyone is forcing her to do it. Which is correct.
That is exactly what she should do!
The next day, we had to get up super
early because we had to travel to Castilla to have a visita de trabajo with the
zone leaders. So I went to their area and stayed with Elder G, and Elder C and
Elder I traveled back to La Unión. To tell you the truth, that was one of the
best exchanges that I have ever been able to have on the mission. I honestly
learned a ton from Elder G. He's a super cool kid. One thing that I loved about
working with him is the way that he teaches. He always teaches in a super basic
and easy to understand way. He doesn't go super into depth on the topic and
confuse the people with tons of scriptures, but he shares just enough, so that
the people understand exactly what we are saying. And then the most important
part is that after that you bear testimony of what you have taught. So that way
the spirit will bear testimony to the hearts of the people that what we are
teaching is true. I really do think that teaching by the spirit is way better
than trying to convince people with using "pretty words." That night
after it was over, we had to travel back to La Unión. You have to travel by
combi, which is like a 15 passenger bus that they cram 30 people into, from
Castilla to Catacaos. And then in Catacaos you have to change to another combi
to go the rest of the way to La Unión. The only problem was that we were
traveling at 8:30 at night and at that hour there really aren't many combis
that pass by, and the ones that do, are super full. After waiting for about 40
minutes in the mosquitos, a combi finally passed by that had enough room to get
into, but there were no seats, so I was standing up. My companion, being
Peruano, is pretty short and could stand up straight in the combi, but I was
bent over. After the 25 minutes in that back to La Unión, I had a pretty big
cramp in my neck. It was a pretty great day! jaja
My mind is kind of frazzled today,
and I can't remember much else that happened this week. Other than the World
Cup. That is definitely happening here. And Peru doesn't even have a team competing
in the World Cup! They haven't qualified for like 32 years and there are lots
who are kind of bitter about that! jaja. But anyways. I can't remember which
day it was, I think it was the 12th, but anyways. That day was the first game
between Brasil and another country. And every single house in La Unión was
watching the game. And when you're walking in the street and someone scores a
goal, you hear from every direction-- "¡GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLL!
It's pretty crazy. It's definitely something I've never experienced before in
my life!
So anyways, Saturday night was the
night that they tell us about transfers. So at about 10 pm we called the zone
leaders and they told us what was happening. We really weren't thinking that
either one of us were going to be getting transferred, because this was only my
first transfer here and the second for Elder I. But Saturday night they told us
that Elder I is being transferred, and that I'm going to be training this next
transfer. Not sure why I have to train again, but there's not really much of a
choice. I'm kind of excited though! Training really actually is super cool. And
you learn a ton! So anyway, today I'm here in Piura (with 2 other elders that
are also going to be training) until Wednesday when our new companions come.
I'm super excited! Hopefully my companion will be a super sweet kid!
I'm super excited for this next
transfer. A new transfer, and a new companion. Perfect situation to set goals,
if you ask me! I've got lots of goals that I want to work on this transfer. And
I figure now is the best time to start on them! I know this next transfer is
going to be sweet!
I know this church is true. I'm so
grateful for the opportunity that I have to be here on the mission and to be a
representative of Jesus Christ!
Thanks for everything! Love you
all!
Elder Baker
P.S. - I can hardly believe that it's the middle of
June. Tomorrow I will hit 11 months in the mission! That's almost a year!
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