Well happy 4th of July. What a special holiday,
the day where the greatest country on earth declared independence Yet another
awesome week here in El Milagro. Well this past week was just awesome. We found
so many new people to teach and serve. This week. Including an 82 year old
CONSTRUCTION WORKER named Julian who we helped move some dirt and a super
enthusiastic young lady named Patricia. I think one of the highlights of this
week though was getting to know a 62 year old retired Police officer and his
wife Elvia. He is a retired police officer and our neighbor. For those who do
not know our current living quarters are just about 2 blocks west of the state penitentiary
and he just happened to have worked in this prison for a couple of years of his
service. Boy did he have some crazy stories to tell... Well we were visiting
with him and his wife and as we were explaining a little bit about what we
teach as missionaries Elder Bedregal made the comment that as missionaries we
are representatives of Jesus Christ. Felipe was in awe for a couple of seconds
then turned to his wife and said (in Spanish of course) "God has clearly
sent these two young men here for a reason. This week we are going to church
with them and we need to be listening to what they have to say". It seemed
a little humorous at first but as missionaries we have this privilege to
represent Jesus Christ and it a serious privilege. However not only us as missionaries
can be examples, Jesus himself taught while he was giving his sermon on the
mount in Mathew that
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
We can all be examples of Jesus Christ and let our
light shine if we try and do what he would do in any given situation. As we
choose to follow the example of Jesus Christ other people see it. We are like a
city on the hill that anyone can see and as long as we do the best we can to
try and be like our savior Jesus Christ people are going to see our "good
works" and remember and "glorify your Father which is in
Heaven". Jesus Christ was the perfect example and in this life we can be
examples to the world as well to help others to come unto Christ through our
service and everyday actions. It is pretty awesome stuff.
Well on a slightly less spiritual note as a
district this past Monday we went to an all you can eat Chinese buffet (Chifa)
in downtown Peru called Eating House. Well to say the least we ate a lot of
food and the owners of the restaurant spoke a nice mixture of English, Spanish,
mandarin and who knows what else because we could not understand a thing they
said.
I hope everyone had a great 4th of July. Things
are still going great here in El Milagro.
Love,
Elder Vassau
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