Anyway the past two weeks have been good here in Villa Rica. This transfer has been a lot of fun because I have been here since March and know all of the members. They have really grown to become my family and friends here. It's also humbling to see how willing ward members are to work with you if you have their trust and they know you. At the start of my time here we had no ward help and I was super frustrated with the ward. Now, we are always receiving references and people offering to help us out with the work.
But the work has still been a little frustrating because we are teaching some solid entire families with the desires to be baptized, but no one gets married here in Peru. They just have kids and then move in together. So we are trying to help them all get married but any returned missionaries know that is a hard task to do. But hey when you are on Gods errand, anything is possible.
For a story, yesterday we went around our city with a list of ward members since there are about 60ish who come to church but about 300 people listed on the ward list. So yesterday we went around trying to find some of these families. There was a family on the list we felt like we should visit so we went out looking for their house and after a decent search, found it hidden behind a restaurant. When we knocked the door, the kids came out and told us their parents were gone and wouldn't be home until night. That usually is a typical move by parents to have their kids go out and say they aren't home. But that night we decided to try and go back to see if they were telling the truth. This time when we knocked the door the husband came out and shouted, "Elders!" and later we were invited inside the house. This family is super cool and unique. The dad was one of the pioneer members in this area of Peru and also has worked with and knows almost all of the Presidents of the country. Also his wife is literally white. If you remember in one of my old emails, some cities in this region were colonized by Germans who fled the country after WW2. Anyways her last name is Schmidt, haha so that was really funny to hear. But this family gave us 3 solid references to people we need to visit and one of them being their youngest daughter who isn't baptized.
That morning I was feeling a little frustrated with the area, so it was crazy that night in seeing us being guided to their house and God putting these references into our lives to help me stay motivated here! Also if you have time please listen to this talk by Jeffrey R Holland. It has hit me a lot the question Christ asks to Peter 3 times saying, "Peter, do you love me?" I think we can all apply this question into our lives and ask if we sincerely love God. Also I do recommend listening to the talk and not just reading it because the passion in his voice gets to you as he gives his talk.
The First Great Commandment - Elder Jeffrey R. Holland.
Anyway take care. I love y'all.
Photos:
1)Bird/Duck thing chillen on the post
2)Hammocking lake side
3)Lillies = aesthetic
4)Elder Cutler
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