Well happy labor day! We’re going to the beach with 2 other zones and President Marler & Hna. Marler will be there too, it´ll be a BLAST! Last p-day after I emailed, we saw the Crudes and it was just a really chill day. My companions and I enjoyed some tres leches cake in el parque grande.
I was looking at some old pictures on another memory card and it was so surreal. I´m in South America! 1st fall in a few years that I´m not enjoying working at Jacob Lake and playing at the grand canyon, going to school, or working downtown and commuting with Dad. This is where its at!
Alright sorry I´ll get on about this week…
went to a casket viewing/family gathering for a member´s grandmother. There was a HUGE poster with her face and loads of flowers. I love the fact that their culture really respects and looks after their grandparents.
Our zone just set a goal of 18 almas en setiembre, so we´re working as hard as we can with the members to make it possible! The ward continues to help us with less-actives, investigators, part-member families, and recent converts. We got visiting teaching assignments at church yesterday in RS & its great to see the sisters excited about visiting other hermanas in the ward. We had 2 great family home evenings and have more to plan for tonight! We´re helping to prepare two 7 year olds for their baptism this month, their families want to make sure that they develop their OWN testimony and understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
So one think I forgot to say about Juan Carlos who got baptized last week, whenever we would teach a principle or ask a question-his face would always scrunch up and answer with “bueno….” And a lot of the time, it would be hard to understand what he was saying cause his Spanish is just different. I don´t even know how to describe or explain it, but its funny. Its awesome to see Juan Herrera, the man who baptized him, sit with him at church and help fellowship Juan Carlos. So awesome!
Hermana Balcaza had an all-day training meeting at the Institute, so I was with Hermana Skirvin (the triplet that mom mentioned in an email) in her area of Palermo. It was a little intimidating cause we´re both almost done with training, but not quite and she only knows her area so well..but we had a great time teaching and learning together. Taught Helen le de castidad, she´s such a cute 17 year old who really likes Justin Bieber… Then after we met back up with Hna. Balcaza, we taught a less-active family together.
Trios are tricky, but we´re improving with how we can teach and testify more in a natural rhythm. Just takes some pacience and good role-plays in companionship study.
We were walking to Juan and Carlos´ house in Nueva Barazza and this random lady that had a cart of stuff to sell on the street waved us over. Hesitantly, we walked over and had a lesson. She was a crack up! Spend forever trying to explain that the day of rest is on Saturday, not Sunday…gave us some reading hw in the bible and we gave her a Restoration pamphlet. It was just…funny. People trying to teach us, even though we´re the ones set apart to preach the gospel.
We did some service for a family that lives near Juan and Carlos and they are incredible! Lidia, the mom, has taken in 2 kids from the street-their families had completely abandoned them. I always had thought that Manuelito was her son, but nope..she just took him in her home and didn´t treat him any different than her own children. And the other, Luis Francisco is so wonderful and we started teaching him, he has such a desire to learn more about the gospel! They have over a hundered chickens! Haha I held a baby chicken for the first time, classic Peruvian afternoon. Lidia and her husband are trying to get the right paperwork so they can get married, then baptized this month. Lots of faith, hardships, and hope! I have so much respect for her, she has such great and true attributes and qualities of Christ!
Jose Luis. Still SO quiet, but making progress little by little. We´ve taken him to so many aactivities and church, but its hard for members to really make a bond or connection, cause he just doesn´t respond. But it makes sense, seeing the family relationships and dysfunctional communication. He´s used to only getting negative attention and its hard for him to break away from that I guess. But Luis Fransisco and Jose Luis are both the same age-13 so they have started to form a little friendship. Hna. Gonzales started teaching Jose Luis piano, positive attention helps him a LOT! Its just hilarious-sometimes he´ll just walk away for awhile, then come back a few minutes later with soaking wet hair. Like multiple times a day…I´m buying him some gel this week. Its hilarious, always figiting to style it JUST the way he likes it. And his voice hasn´t changed yet, so sometime it gets really high-pitched and whiny-sounding.
Remember Edit and her daughter? We used to see them all the time at Parque grande and around town, but not for a loooong time and I was wondering what happened to them..well we saw them this week and were able to have a lesson with her, her daughter, son, and her mom.
Just a little piece of advice, if you ever live in Peru and have one of those awesome shower attachments to make the water hot-don´t get near the tail-end part! It´ll shock you. Just a little piece of adviceJ
My mission is completely changing me!
Con Mucho Amor,
Herman Boody
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