Buenos Dias!
This has been a great week here in Los Baños del
Inca despite a slight case of the flu Sunday afternoon. This week the
Elders from Celendin (a little village about 3 hours outside of Cajamarca) came
up for companionship interchanges. For a couple of days this week I had the
privilege of proselyting with my good friend Elder Torres from Machala Ecuador.
He and I were in the missionary training center together and we are now in the
same district. We had a great time proselyting and it is real fun to learn from
his energy and excitement to contact. Interchanges really help Elders learn new
ideas and break out of the routine that we occasionally find ourselves in. He
is a great example for me of talking with everyone. One never knows who really
needs the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ and so the message deserves to be
shared with everyone. Elder Torres really takes that to heart stopping anyone
in the street to give a quick message. It is just awesome.
This week Elder Zapatiel and I have been teaching a
family that live waaaaaaaay up a hill near by Baños, they are Luciano (35),
Jaime (18), and Fiorela (14). This week we were teaching them about the Book of
Mormon, which is a volume of scripture that teaches about and is Another Testament
of Jesus Christ. We were teaching them about the importance of this book in
relation to the idea that it is an evidence of the restoration of the Gospel in
these modern days when I remembered a talk given by the President of the
church, Russell M. Nelson. In this talk President Nelson told about a story
when he was on a visit to western Africa when an African tribal king approached
him and initially began to ask him about the Book of Mormon through his
translator. After explaining that the Book of Mormon is a second testament
about Christ, the king left his translator and in perfect English began to
express his gratitude for this book. He explained that anyone could give him
jewels, rubies or gold, but nothing was more precious to him than more
information about our Savior Jesus Christ. The Book of Mormon is another
opportunity to learn more about our Savior and from a perspective of prophets
here in the Americas. It is just awesome and something that we should value
more than gold or jewels or any worldly possession. It is truly a privilege to
share this message with the world.
Everything is going great here in Los Baños del
Inca. This past week Carnival has begun, so all the town is decorated with
colorful streamers and we now have to be careful where we go and to choose our
paths carefully. This month everyone, from little toddlers to adults, is on the
prowl trying to get everyone else wet. Whether it is water balloons, super
soakers, or even people driving by in pickup trucks with buckets of water,
everyone is out and about trying to share the "Carnival spirit". Well
it is lots of fun and it looks like one of these days we might start throwing
water-balloons from our balcony to share not just the gospel but also the
"Carnival spirit" with all those that pass by.
Los Baños del Inca is awesome and this has been an
awesome week here.
Hasta Luego!
Elder Jack Vassau
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