Monday, October 22, 2012

Hi Mom,
Glad you had a good conference weekend, and that you got to spend time with Aunt Margaret and Uncle Doug. The conference was awesome! To answer Jennie's question, I was able to watch it in English.  All the Americans gathered in the secretary's office to watch it online but we had to go with audio because the internet was too slow.  Sunday we got to watch it better, it's always better to hear the Word of God in your own language, it has a bit of a different meaning.  It was awesome to hear about the new temple hear in Peru, the members were way excited, and the age change was awesome too. I liked all of the talks.  What Elder Bednar said about testimony really hit me, and priesthood session was really good. We rented a bus to bring the members from Urcos, to Cusco and the majority of them showed up, which was awesome.  I was really suprised, they were in another chapel, but I heard it went well. I had the most awesome baptisimal challange this week, my companion asked him if he would like to be baptised and he said, OF COURSE!  We invited him to conference and everything too, but he wasnt able to make it, we'll have to see what happened.  We also taught a lady about the worshiping of saints it was an awesome lesson.  Things are good.   Love ya mom










Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Hi, Mom
Timpanogas sounds fun, I still remember a little bit of the time we went, glad everything is going good at home, things are good here.  We had some cool experiences this week, we are teaching a lot more with the Book of Mormon, and it makes a difference.  I started to learn a few words in Qechua this week, since it's the native language here.  We've been working more with our group leader this week in Lucre, it was sweet, at the end of the day he took us to see some pre-inka tombs, that was awesome, and told us a few of the old stories from here, there is tons of ancient stuff where we are at. Well nobody came to church this week.   There was a ¨Lake festival¨ yesterday, and whenever there is a festival everyone has to be drunk in the streets, so that's nice.  I find it interesting when we start talking to people that are still mad at the Spanish for how they destroyed their culture and stuff, and how they brought the Catholic religion to Peru and all that, but at the same time they remain stuck to their traditions, which are VERY strong here.  I feel like I'm really striving to do my best as a missionary and my companion too.  If we keep doing all we can to do our part and follow the spirit we'll be alright.  Love ya mom, talk to you next week!