Buenos Dias!
This has been another amazing week here in Buenos Aires. This week we sadly did not see Lilia's baptism. She just misses that spark of the spirit to take that step. Keep here in your prayers. We are working with her so that she can develop a stronger testimony of the restoration of the Gospel.
This week my companion and I have begun teaching a man named Juan Morillas. Juan out of the blue has attended church the past two weeks with his whole family. Juan, his wife Patricia, and his two sons Juan (2 years) and Lucas (4 months). Patricia has been a member since she was little but has not been very active in coming to church. Well this week we were finally able to get in contact with the family and we met with them here in the Buenos Aires Chapel. Juan explained to us that as a father he has felt a strong need to provide more spiritual nourishment for his family. He and his wife had begun attending church a year ago but at that time Juan did not feel ready to be baptized nor commit himself to anything. However, over the past year the Spirit has spoken peace to his mind and heart and he has now expressed his desire to be baptized, to be an "active family" here in the ward, and to be married in the Temple. How amazing right?!? We asked him what had changed his decision over the past year and he expressed that he has just felt a peace and calmness in his home that constantly reassured him that this was the best decision for him and his family. He and his family are awesome.
This has been a bit of a crazy week here in Buenos Aires because on the 7th of October are the local elections for Mayor and regional governor. Literally there are 17 candidates here in our district and it is an all-out war. All day long there are people passing out flyers, candidates walking through the streets giving kisses, cars driving by blasting each candidate’s customized campaign song (They are all re-using songs with changed lyrics), and even last night each candidate had huge street parties where they brought in performers and live music. It is ridiculous. One of the candidates even came up to me and invited me to compete in his political party’s promotional surf competition. I had to politely tell him that I would think about the offer 😎 It is a little crazy but at least we only have one more week of this. To make it that much better, because voting is required here in Peru, church has been canceled on the 7th. We are not allowed to meet together to watch general conference, so we will have to wait until the following week to see it. Oh well, what can one do.
Everything is going great here in Buenos Aires. The mission is awesome.
Love,
Elder Jack Vassau
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