Well this week I don't have too much time to write.... I've got lots of little things to do here... send off emails in preparation for the week and print stuff out and all that jazz...
But it was a great week!! JL is doing GREAT and progressing! We've got him with several good friends now at church. Today we went out to lunch; the missionaries, J, S, and JC (2 other members that help us out a lot in visits and friends of JL) and that was really fun. He is still going strong for the 20th. We are trying to get him to go send his resume to the auto-sufficiency organization that the Piura Central Stake has so he can get his name out there for people looking to hire here in Piura, so I think this week we are going to help him figure that out.
The other missionaries are also doing well! The sister missionaries are teaching a young man who is a real character! This Sunday I sat with him the first 2 hours and I had to teach him how to read a hymnbook. some little things in the church can seem so natural, yet to others it is something completely new.
This week I got to go out and proselyte again with Elder Plata, my old companion from Tambo Grande! That was fun to see how he is doing. He is the same old Elder Plata with such a fun attitude yet he has grown in his power to teach.
Hopefully this week we are going to get a couple new people with baptismal dates!! We need it desperately!!!!!
This week a miracle happened!! Have I told you about D? She is an 8 year old girl whose grandma is a member but her mom isn't. Her mom gave permission for her to be baptized but never comes out so we can talk to her. Well... Monday we went over with the video of the Restoration. We asked D to go call for her Mom just to come watch a video with us. And FINALLY she came!!!!!! So we watched the video and Elder Mallo and I were Praying during the whole video that the spirit would just touch her heart. And it looks like it did!! Afterwards she started asking questions about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon and we were able to set up a following visit for tonight to teach her the first lesson!!! So it is a miraculous start, and hopefully we can help out this entire family. :)
As for this week: Leadership Training Meeting, meeting with the Stake President, Zone Meeting, apartment inspections, it will be busy but AWESOME!!!
Congrats to Connor!! THAT will be such a great experience! And a culture change for sure!! haha ¡Felicitaciones!
Well, that is all for this week! Love you all!!
Elder Russell
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