Monday, January 8, 2018

Week 57 - Elaina, Milgros & Diana; 3 hours in a bus to the mountains of Celendin



Buenos Dias!!!

This week has been pretty awesome. The week started off a little bit slow with  lot of doors being shut on us but when ever there is a challenge all one has to do is keep working hard and the blessings will come. For us the blessings came on Thursday when we went to teach Elaina Diaz and her family. Her, her daughter Milagros (12), and her daughter Diana (20), all have accepted baptismal dates for the 20th of January. That being said we have had  difficult time teaching Diana because she is always working. This Thursday we were teaching the Plan of Salvation to Milagros and Elaina and right as we are about to invite the family to come to church with us, Diana walks in. She quickly took a seat and we ask, "This Sunday will you guys attend the church with us". We barely finished the invitation and Diana just about fell out of her chair screaming "Yes". She then proceeded to turn to her family, who had been  little quieter in this moment and said "well it looks like I will be attending alone". It was pretty hysterical to witness. Diana then went on to explain to us, that without us inviting her to do so, she had talked with her boss and told him she cannot work on Sundays so she can attend church. How awesome right, the Lord really prepares people to hear the Gospel and when these people receive the message they just want to follow it. It is something inside that just guides everyone to do what is right. Well the whole family attended, Elaina and her three children and it was just awesome. This week in church we were blessed to see three different families attend, Elaina and her family, Jovita and Jaime, and the Estela Medina Family. God truly loves the family. 
This week Elder Zapatiel and I traveled to a small town about 3 hours outside of Cajamarca to conduct a baptismal interview and have interchanges in this town called Celendin. The Elders from Celendin are a little bit isolated from the rest of the world but it was so much fun travelling to proselyte with them in what is  bit more of Peruvin countryside. They serve in a small branch which has an attendance of 25, 7 of which are investigators. Well the bus ride through green windy hills, basically in the clouds was super beautiful and the people of Celendin are amazing. In Celendin the ancestry is northern European so you will find lots of people who have light skin, colored eyes, and different colored hair. They call them Shilicos, so we fit right in. The people there are so humble and receptive to the gospel. We were able to teach 11 new people in just one day. They were practically just inviting us into their homes. It just goes to show that yet again the Lord prepares people to recieve this message. 
In other news this week was transfers and not a lot changed. They sister missionaries in our district closed their area so now it is just the 6 Elders, and now we have permission to include the Elders from celendin in the district meetings via skype.... wooooooh.... hahaha.
Well all is awesome here in los Baños del Inca. Until next week. 

LOVE,
Elder Vassau








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