The week passed by super quick. Our zone leaders came up Monday and Tuesday to see how the lovely isolated Elders in Villa Rica were doing. It was a lot of fun to have the four of us together, especially on P-Day. But anyway the week was pretty normal and we were full of appointments and preparing for our big ward activity which we had Saturday. I made some posters for a table we made and it reminded me a ton of all the posters we would make for school activities back at Logan High. Good times.
The activity was supposed to start at two but here the culture is if you show up an hour or so late, you are on time. The activity started at 5 (3 hours late if you are doing the math) and at that point i was pretty frustrated with the ward but in the end they came through and the activity was a lot of fun. p.s. It was national coffee day this week and being a missionary in the city with the best coffee in the world, meant the president of Peru came into to town to visit and also free coffee was given away in the park.
Then Sunday we really felt the mercy of God. I'm not going to say how many came because numbers don't matter, but this Sunday my record for investigators going to church was blown out of the water and also at church an investigator we started teaching this week came up to us and said Elders, I've decided I want to be baptized. I talked to my parents and they are fine with it. Something so unexpected but so awesome.
Later Sunday we got to talk to the mom of another one of our investigators and the mom is against her kid getting baptized and we had a good talk with her. In the end she said she was still unsure on her kid getting baptized but said she wouldn't interfere with her kids desires. So after having been frustrated with the area the past few weeks, it looks like we might have some more baptisms before I leave the area!
God is real and loves us. If we pray to him, with patience, he does answer our prayers. Sometimes not in the way or time we want, but in the way and time he knows is best.
Also this week I have been thinking a lot about service. In King Benjamins great speech he told his people that if they want to retain a remission of their sins, it is through service (Mosiah 4:26). I love the word retain. If we want to retain that feeling of being free from our sins, we need to serve and help others. So this week please look for little ways in which you can serve and make an impact in the lives of others!
Photos:
1) President in town
2) Throwback to SBO poster making
3) Funny picture of my companion trying to get the kids at the activity to form a line
4) A good 'ol rope swing
5) Silly tourists...
6) When 4 gringos get together, they make s'mores
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