Buenas tardes familia!
It sounds like it was a pretty good week! Happy Birthday Grandpa! It sounded like quite the party haha :)
My week was another super good week! We are teaching LOTS! and I love it :)
So first off we taught Alex again.... it was a super intense lesson. Okay intense isnt the best word haha but it was good. It first off started with him almost not coming and telling a member that he didnt want to meet with us anymore or go to church. So we were super disappointed but later he called us and told us he did want to meet with us so we ran over to the members home where he was at and talked to him. I guess what happened is that he has had this girlfriend for like 2 years. She is very much into drugs and i guess told him that she wanted him to get a tatoo. He told her no and that he was trying to change and didnt want to do that stuff anymore. Then i guess she got mad at him and asked him where the old Alex was and that hes changing too much and broke up with him. I guess that made him really mad about everything and didnt want anything to do with us or the church anymore. But then he went home and read this talk that we had given him and it made him change his mind so he called us and told us to come over. We were able to talk to him and tried to get him to understand that if he keeps going down that path that it will bring him nothing good in life. So he felt a little better afterwards. Then we were able to take him to meet with the Elders and to get a blessing. He really liked it! He said while he was getting the blessing he just felt so good and so motivated. We are still trying to help him everyday....
We also taught Pablo and Orlando this week. They are both doing okay i guess.. They had dates for this saturday but... they didnt come to church! So we have to postpone their dates a little more. Pablo is 8 and Orlando is 21. They are family of Carlos, a recent convert. But they are doing really good. Orlando is just a typical youth who is having a hard time giving up laziness and really just wants to live his life while he is young. But he is progressing and is seeing the importance of the gospel a little more everyday.
We were able to have a really good lesson with Felix as well! I love this kid haha! We taught him the plan of salvation and we had to literally draw out every little part and write down what happens in each phase. It was kind of hard. And when we were talking about mortal death he started trying to tell us a story about when his grandpa died but we had no idea what was going on for like 20 minutes hahaha! But we finally figured it out :) President Rassmussen is trying to find us some missionaries that talk Peruvian sign language. I have learneed a couple words but not enough to understand or be able to talk to him fluidly. He also has a baptismal date for the end of this month.
We had a really cool experience the other night too. So there is this little girl that lives next to us named Sumi. She is super cute haha and just wants to go to church and listen to us! But her family doesnt so we cant teach her. But the other night she saw us walking by and asked us to sit down and talk with her. So we did and she decided to call over all her little friends to listen too. So we had about 10 little kids circled around us in the street haha. So we started with a prayer and Sumi made all of her friends get on their knees so we could say a prayer haha! Then we shared a scripture about Jesus blessing all the little kids and then ended with another prayer, again kneeling. They all just sat there quietly and listed to us! It was such a cool moment :) i think everyone looked at us like we were crazy in the middle of the street on our knees praying with 10 little kids but i really enjoyed it :)
We were not able to find Andre again this week which made me sad, but we are going to keep trying. We also started teaching an English Class and we have lots of students actually! We are hoping to be able to find new investigators through it as well :)
Okay so the Peru Trip! So i do not need to wear a dress around the whole time when we are in Cusco. If we are just walking around the street i do but other than that i do not. Like to do the tours and stuff i am fine in normal clothes. Also i am not sure what you and dad want to wear..... I will ask around about that. I think dad could wear normal clothes if he would like....
Also i have not gotten my debit card but i think i should soon.... The mail here is super slow haha. I will tell you when i get it :)
Well, thats my week. Thank you so much for everything! I love you all soooo much and miss you tons! Have a great week!
Love,
Hermana Lauren Jane Mitchell :)
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