This week was actually a pretty good one, except for the cold haha but no biggie. Anyway this week we decided to go out contacting with a better attitude and not care about those who told us no. Since there haven't been missionaries in this area for a long time we decided to go out and start contacting from one end of the town until we reach the other end. So we went to the very top of Carhuamayo and made our way down.
We found a couple cool families to teach and to get to one of their houses you literally walk as high as possible and then as far to the left as possible. But they are really cool and the gospel could help them a lot. The only problem is that one of their daughters (about 15) is super super catholic. So the first question she asks us was what we thought of Catholics "worshiping" their saints. Apparently she has evangelist friends who make fun of her for being catholic. Haha She obviously wanted to hear us say that's wrong and then invalidate our message. Luckily guided by the spirit I told her we don't believe in judging others and then repeated the first two great commandments of love. That relaxed her a little and she then listened to us. At the end we were able to give them restoration pamphlets to read because that will be really important for them. Especially since she told us the catholic church existed in Christ's time which is a sad lie lots of people believe here.
We also had zone conference this week and our zone is a small zone of 14 elders and 0 sisters. So we got lots of opportunities to participate. But I really enjoyed it and it is always fun to see the other missionaries.
To leave y'all with a funny but spiritual experience, I will tell you what happened yesterday. So this week a thought came to mine and Elder Aguinaga's mind to mark scriptures in the Books of Mormon we give out testifying of Christ. We marked the scriptures and then wrote the next page to turn to for the next marked scripture. We decided this would be a more powerful way for people to read the Book of Mormon instead of just giving them a blank book. Anyway Sunday after church we changed out of our suits and headed to lunch. For some reason I changed out my marked Book of Mormon for a blank one to give away. On the way to lunch the thought came to me that in our lesson after lunch I needed to have that marked Book of Mormon to give away. But I decided it was too late and I didn't want to waste time in going back to the room to get the book. So we went to lunch as normal and to my great joy (not) we were served a big plate of cau cau which is basically rice, diced potatoes, and pieces of stomach lining... So our appointment at 2 ended up being at three because after lunch I was throwing up. So before the appointment I was able to grab the marked book since I was at the room throwing up. We ended up having a good first appointment with the family and the mom is only 24 with two kids and also her husband died about 2 years ago. She takes her kids to a church every week and is a big believer in the bible. So obviously she had lots of doubts on the Book of Mormon. But luckily in the end we were able to give her the marked Book of Mormon and she accepted to read through the markings and decide for herself if the book is of God or not. It was crucial that we had the marked Book of Mormon to give to her. It was not fun eating that delicious (not) lunch just to throw it up a half hour later but it was worth it to have given her the Book of Mormon. So what I learned from this experience is that God's will will always be done. So listen to your promptings the first time or else God might make you throw up to follow through with the promptings haha.
Anyway that's all from Carhuamayo. Have a good week everyone!
p.s. eat some pizza for me
photos:
1 & 2: Photos from my last week in Villa Rica that i forgot to send❤
3: District JunÃn featuring my comp from Pocatello and Elder Hintze who lives in Farmington and is from my cousins' ward
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