Buenos Dias!!!
This has been an awesome week here in Primavera (as always). This last Sunday Yesika, Juancito, and Daniel all came to church. The Murga family is awesome. Juan loved it so much that he wanted to go up to the pulpit last week to bear his testimony. In the end he was not sure if he had permission to go to the pulpit (which he had and anyone can do), so he will have to wait until next month. After the first meeting he came up to me and told me that he and the whole family are going to come the next Sunday, which is tomorrow. It was awesome. They even came all dressed up in their little suits. Hahaha. It was so great to see this family so happy getting to know the Gospel of Jesus Christ and testing what it is like to attend His church on the Sabbath day. This past Monday we had a family home evening with the Murgas and their neighbors the Rosales who are members of the church. The theme was service. We focused on the importance of Service and Charity in order to follow Christ and help out all of our brothers and sisters. We started off by reading a scripture that is found in the Book of Mormon that states,
Mosiah 2:17 "And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God."
When we serve others through simple things or great things we are not just helping out a friend in need, but also, we are serving our Heavenly Father who has given us all these things. It is the same with any parent and child. If someone goes out of their way to help out someone's child, the parent will feel as though they have vicariously served them as well through the service to their child. These services do not need to be something huge like a planned project in the park or at a homeless shelter (although those things are great as well) but rather they can be something as small as a smile to someone who has had a bad day. During my time here in Trujillo Peru I have been blessed with many ways to serve. I am currently serving as a missionary, at the start of my mission there were natural disasters which forced many people to rebuild homes which we could help with, and even now as I work in the office I am serving all of the missionaries here in Trujillo by dealing with the logistics so that they may work care free. Over the past year and a half, because of the political issues in Venezuela, many Venezuelans have been immigrating to other countries including Peru. I have met many who have come to Trujillo with absolutely nothing. Lawyers, Architects, Scientists, Engineers, who leave all behind and are willing to work hard here in Peru to start a new life for their families. We often find former lawyers who have taken up construction, engineers who wash windows, and Business managers who drive taxis just to help their family get started once again. It is truly inspiration. On top of all of that, the immigrant population here in Trujillo are some of the nicest and most servicial people I have met as they use the little they have to help out others in their same situation. When someone is willing to help out others and really sacrifice, in that moment someone really understands what it means to be Christlike.
This week has been truly awesome as well with the progress of Roberto, a Peruvian Venezuelan we have been teaching. He has recently begun working harder to keep God's commandments, in turn feeling the peace and blessings that come with it.
On a slightly less spiritual note it looks like my new companion could be arriving this coming Monday so we will just have to wait and see who will be Elder Torres' replacement.
Today we also got together with the office Elders from the Trujillo South mission to play some soccer and Volley. Although we do not keep score, I think we really showed them where the best mission in the world is.
Love,
Elder Vassau
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