Hello!!
This week went well! A few new things going on and great moments.
What is a "regular" Sunday like for you? Do you participate much in Ward activities?
On Sunday we've got church from 8 until 11. Then we have ward council until 12. At 1 we have lunch with the members. Then we proselyte until 8, where we call in our weekly reports. I love Sundays, the ward here is fantastic. It really is one of the stronger wards in Piura. We normally don't do much with the ward activities unless they invite us or need our help, but we do teach English classes every week and play Soccer with the Single Adults and Young Men every week on P Day.
What is your favorite "Peruvian thing" this week?
ooooh!! Friday our pensionista served us something that is called "mala rabia" I believe it's spelled like that, and I think if you translate that to English, its called "bad rabies" or "bad anger" or something like that.... hahaha but it is a traditional plate of Catacaos (a city in Piura) for Easter and Holy Week, that time of year, and it is tradition to eat it on Fridays. But it is smashed banana with cheese. My companion doesn't like it, but I have been craving it ever since. so that was a fun Peruvian thing! :)
Any new and/or memorable experiences to share?
I've got 2 to share that I have on my mind!
Well, we have a recent convert who started living together with her ex-boyfriend. They aren't married so that creates a problem we are trying to help them solve. The future husband is not a member but he likes what he sees of the church, and he is investigating the church. And we are helping him get over a couple struggles. So we got creative this week and we made some stuff to help them out. We made a calendar to help him mark his progress in overcoming his challenges and we will be marking the calendar with him, and we modge podged "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" to a little vase that we put 2 plastic roses. The roses come from a story a member told them relating to the need of making your family a priority. And it was to help them constantly remember the goal: get married and become an eternal family. They live in a very humble home and even though the gifts were little and not the highest class, they cried to see what we are doing to help them. You'll have to keep them in your prayers that they can get all set to get married. I'll always remember this family in all we have been trying to do to help them progress.
This week there was an 8 year old who got baptized this Saturday. It wasn't a convert baptism, his parents are converts, but we were talking with that family earler that day. The father asks if we had baptismal clothes they could use and luckily my companion helped with that, and we also offered to go fill the baptismal font for them. Long story short, we ended up creating the baptismal program, conducting the baptismal service, being the witnesses, ...
In the end the father thanked us and told us if it weren't for us the baptism would not have happened. hahaha Sometimes the members need a little extra help but it has been such a blast taking part and in the end really getting to know all the members! So that was a memorable experience, taking part in the baptismal service. :)
Sorry, got to go!!! I need to hurry and prepare a couple of flyers we are going to post around to find new investigators!! Love you all!!
have a great week!
Elder Russell
Collin's crafty side coming out :)
Oh dear!!
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