HI Mom,
This week was AWESOME, we worked like CRAZY, best "numbers" I have had in my whole mission.   This week we got the most new investigators that the whole zone has had in long time so that was pretty sweet. This week we started teaching Giovana, she's awesome, probably has the worst life of any investigator I have had.  She's from a small town and was living with her boyfriend in his moms house.  She got pregnant and very sick, and then 2 months later one day the boyfriend said he was going to buy something and never came back.  Then a couple days latter his mom showed up and kicked her out of the house saying that her son doesn't want a pregnant and sick woman.  So somehow she got work with the sister that owns our house. We went to teach her the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but when we started to talk to her she started to cry and tell us her story and all that is screwed up in her life, and how bad she feels.  Honestly, after she was done I didn't know what to say, but after sitting there for a minute waiting for the spirit I felt like I should open up to 3rd Nephi Chap. 9.  I read the verses where Jesus says that his arm is always extended out to us, and I asked her if she wants to feel free from all the suffering she has, she said yes.  We explained baptism to her and that when were baptized our errores are erased, and we challenged her to be baptized and she said yes. It was an awesome experience!  We didn't teach a normal lesson, it was all from the spirit, and after she felt a lot better. I've got some talks I've been listening too, and one by President Benson.   He talks about the first missionary of this dispensation - Joseph Smith's brother, Hyram.   His first tday as a missionary he walked about 20 miles or more and stopped by a house to see if he could stay there the night and he explained that he was a missionary, and about the Book of Mormon.  The guy threw him out his house saying, "you'll get no where with your books!." and then he slept under a tree, and that is how missionary work started in the latter days. Listening to the prophets talk about missionary work and focusing my personal study more towards the Book of Mormon, has helped me learn a few things lately. All is going great. Love You Mom, hope you keep feeling better, until next week!

Hi Mom,

This week I got my new companion Elder Mamani from Bolivia, he's awesome. We worked HARD this week. We met a really awesome investigator this week named Rosa, she wants to get baptized already too! She came to church on Sunday, prayed, read the Book of Mormon - she's awesome. We had a new convert sister walk home with her, but what's even cooler is that she said she didn't understand what she read in the Book of Mormon but after the sister walked her home she read the Book of Mormon TO her and explained it!!! How awesome is that! The sad thing is that she is not married and will be moving in a month, but we going to do all we can to teach while we still can, and then where she moves send the elders.  We climbed up to the top of a mountain read some scriptures together then dedicated our sector, it was an awesome experience. Hope you recover fast after your surgery, Mom love you! And I'll talk to you next week.

Hi Mom, Today are changes and Wednesday I get a new companion, so that's cool.  This week was pretty cool, we met a great investigator Monday, probably the best lesson I've had in a while!  She said she wanted to know it is true and everything, asking us questions, it was awesome.  We invited her to church with her family, and she tells the next day she is travelling and won't be back till after fathers day.  Usually always something has to happen, but it's all good. This Sunday is Fathers Day, I think and I want to say I love you Dad and hope you have a great Day!  Honestly the food here for me isn't the best, there are a few things I like such as tuna salad Peruvian style, and some other things but I don't know the names. I guess I should probably start asking, that would be good. (sometimes you'd rather not know) but yeah, all is good.  I listened to a talk by Elder Oaks about teaching.  It was awesome, he said whenever we are teaching the Gospel, that is WHAT we teach, the principle and then the doctrine behind it, and that is all, which I liked and some other things he said.  Sometimes some missionarys share weird things with people. Anyway,  love ya Mom, have a great week and Dad a great Father's Day!  Love Aaron

Hi Mom,
Thanks for Stormy's address!  Today I got the package, thank you so much, I will enjoy the cookies later.  Yes, the two little girls we baptized will be active, their dad isn't a member so that would make them a part member family, but their step dad and mom are married in the temple and very active so they have a lot of help.  This week was pretty sweet.  We're finding some pretty cool investigators, and looking for less active members. Working with less active members is somewhat depressing but it's always the best if we can help them come back.  Changes are next week and pretty sure I'll be getting a new companion.   We'll see what happens. Pretty sure I'll be in my sector for the next 3 months.  Pretty much every elder for almost the past 2 years that has been in my sector has been here for 6 months. But my sector is pretty awesome so I won't mind.  We just need to start working more with the members and references because after you have all the streets memorized, you got to find new ways to contact as not to fall into the trap of feeling bored and stuff. But yeah, everything is going good. I have officially come to the conclusion that no one will ever be able to say my name correctly usually it's something like Elder Brrt ha, ha.   Te amo, until next week, Love Aaron