Helloooo everyone!
One transfer down
in Sullana! I’m still here with Hermana Callizaya :) I’m grateful for the
transfer we had and we´re ready to work even harder this transfer.
This week was
suuuuper busy. We were in Piura every stinking day! Wednesday I got to see Hermana
Arce!! :) We were here in Sullana in an exchange and it was the best ever. I’ve
missed her! We had lots of fun :) She’s one of the funniest people I know! One
bummer though was that I totally got us lost haha. I knew it would happen
sooner or later. But I preferred later :( I don’t know what happened but we
ended up not arriving to an appointment because smarty pants Hermana Roper had
no idea where we were... In my defense it was dark! And all the streets look
the same! It was a good time though :)
Then Friday we had
another exchange and I was in Micaela Bastidas with Hermana Millano from Salt
Lake. Once again, SO fun! She is so great! We had a blast. And the best part:
She does hair! And she brought all her haircuttin stuff here! So of course I
asked her to fix the horrible haircut I got here haha. Gotta love the perks of
bein a sister training leader ;) It was a good time though, and I learned so
much from her.
Our investigators
are also doing great. What’s sometimes a bummer is that with exchanges
sometimes I miss out on lessons, and it’s hard to know how they’re doing. We
just end up trying to fill each other in on what’s going on in the area when
the other ones away. This week Jesus and Moises came to church with their mom!!
Yay!! And she loved it! :) Okay... She was almost sleeping in Relief Society,
but, let’s be honest, the lesson was a little dull Sunday haha. Even Hermana
Callizaya was a little sleepy, so we´ll cut Hermana Luz a break ;) It was so
great to see her there though with her sons :) SO great! Tonight we´re gonna
try to set a baptismal date with her :)
We also found a
new investigator this week. Her name’s Claudia. She is 21 I think. Her husband
just died 4 months ago. He was with another girl in a hotel and ended up
shooting himself. Claudia´s sad, but she’s more hurt than anything. She said
she’s forgiven him now because he died, but she’s really hurting that he would
do that to her. She is now left with her two kids and just needs peace. That’s
what she told us she wants. She is loving everything though, especially the
Plan of Salvation. She is so anxious to know more! Lessons with her are a
little crazy cause her family isn’t as accepting, but she’s super great. It’s
sad to see how hurt she is, but we know all she needs is the gospel :)
Reyneri also got
baptized yesterday. I felt the Spirit SO strong! She came out of the water and
just hugged her mom and it was just great. It’s great to see how her decision
to be baptized is changing her mom as well.
Funny story about
the baptism. Well, we decided it´s not a baptism without cake, so we bought
one. Well we set it in the kitchen and went to do something for only like 5
minutes, no lie. Well we come back and there were ants EVERYWHERE! They’re fast
little buggers, sheesh! We didn’t know what to do. It was a huge cake. So we
decided a little protein couldn’t hurt and served the cake anyway... Yep. That’s
how we roll. And not one person noticed. That’s what I’m talkin about haha! I
swear it’s impossible to have a baptism without something happening... But what’s
important is that Reyneri is happy and that one more person entered into the
waters of baptism :)
Yesterday I also
really loved testimony meeting. One RM was sharing his testimony and I loved
it. He said, "I started my mission believing something, and came home
knowing." It’s so true! A testimony isn’t gained in one day. It’s something
that we have to strengthen every single day, and then one day we´ll look back
and realize we not only believe, but we KNOW. I know God loves us. I know we
have the truth. And I know there are so many people out there waiting to find
what we have. I’m so grateful for the mission because I not only believe now, I
know. :)
Hope you all have
a great week! I am beyond excited to see you all Sunday!!! :D See you soon! :)
Love,
Hermana
Roper
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