Buenos Dias – Happy Mother’s Day!!!
This has been an awesome week here in Primavera. I would
like to tell you guys about two really cool experiences this week. One of them
was visiting a member reference. A member of the church from a nearby ward gave
us a call letting us know that her friend from work would like to meet the
missionaries. One morning we went over to meet with her friend and we met Juan
Carlos. He is awesome. He is a single dad who is a very young and succesful
businessman. He super excitedly invited us in and we began to converse with
him. Like many people here in Primavera he was raised Catholic, but just by
tradition, he told us he wants to start on a completely blank slate because he
knows close to nothing about God. He tells us that financially and with his son
he is super happy, but he knows that something is missing, the spiritual part,
and that is why he wanted to visit with us, to help him improve the spiritual
part of his life. He is super excited and willing to learn in order to find
that perfect balance in our life that helps us to be at peace with God´s plan.
Juan Carlos understands and feels the need to improve his relationship with
God, and that desire is more important than any amount of knowledge or
scriptural understanding that a person can have.
Another awesome family we have started to teach is the Murga
family. Juan Murga in one of my first weeks here contacted us. We didn´t knock
his door, contact him in a park, nor meet him through a friend but rather we
were walking one day by his house and he called us over. ELDERES. He is from a
city up north in our mission called Chepen and he knew the missionaries over 20
years ago, but because he was working in the mines he never had time and lost
all contact with them. Well he newly wants to hear our message which he knew
was true from the moment he heard it 25 years ago, but he does not just want it
for himself, but rather he wants his whole family to learn this message. Juan,
his wife Yesica, Juancito (11) and Daniel (10). They are awesome and super
excited to hear the message of the restored Gospel. Some people are prepared
for years before finally having the chance to follow the example of Jesus
Christ and his restored Gospel, and I think that is just the case with Juan and
his family.
All is amazing here in the mission. Happy Mother´s day to
all the Mom´s out there!
Love,
Elder Vassau
Photos
1. Picture of my - Skype conversation for Mother's Day
2. My trainer(Peru), me(USA), the person I trained
(Colombia), and the person he is training (USA)
3. Primaver Zone
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