Buenos Dias!!!
This has been an awesome week here in Baños del
Inca (BTW in English this means Baths, NOT BATHROOMS of the Incas after all the
hotsprings in the area). It is a bit of a change from my experience in Milagro.
I miss Milagro dearly but I am so excited to work here in los Baños del Inca.
Here things are much cooler with lots of rain, greenery, and lots and lots of
cows. It is pretty funny actually.
The climate here is a little colder and from
reputation the people are a little more reserved as well. This week we have
spent most of the week visiting all the members here in Baños del Inca.
Missionary work is never done only by the missionaries, rather it is a team
effort with the members and the Holy Ghost. If the missionaries and members are
working together diligently they will have the spirit with them and will be
able to find all those people that our Heavenly Father has been preparing to
recieve the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The members here are so cool. We pension
with a sister here in Baños named Maria. By chance she happens to be sister
Lila's (my pension in Milagro) aunt. Her husband goes by the name "Coringo"
and is hilarious. Always trying to rob our stuff and talk about himself in the
third person. It is pretty hilarious considering he is also the second
counselor of the bishopric here. To say the least when we go to pension it is a
very interesting experience.
This week we have been working hard to contact and
find lots of new investigators. We were looking over something called the area
book this week, a record of past investigators, and we found a super cool
family. Jaime Diaz (31), his wife Jovita, and his son Hans. Jaime has a brother
who suffered a super severe motorcycle accident a couple of years ago where he
broke his femur and was bed ridden for 2 years. This brother of his found the
missionaries one day and after a few months got baptized, while he was still
bed ridden. This same brother despite his slight cripple is now serving a
mission in Paraguay. All of these happenings inspired Jaime to meet with the
missionaries. About a year ago he was meeting a lot with the missionaries and
was attending church regularly but what happened is the missionaries got
transfer and the new missionaries lost contact with Jaime. Well after months
without communication we made contact with Jaime who is now super excited to
once again learn about the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ and attend church.
He is super cool and attended the church this past sunday with his
whole family. I know our Heavenly Father has been preparing him and it is no
coincidence that we have found him after so much time.
Well this week has been awesome here in Baños and
in this district we are going to start working Miracles. Miracles come
according to our Faith and Righteousness. If we make sure to always work with
faith and righteousness God will do the rest in our lives. Another awesome,
rainy, beautiful week here in Baños, and this next week is going to be that
much better.
Love,
Elder Vassau
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