Last week I pulled a total Dad. Our room was a mess and it was driving me crazy, so i just started chucking crap on the floor, and throwing it away. My comp was confused, but when it was finished he was happy.
Peru rules. You never see them getting in wars or having world problems. It’s just a good peaceful time, and there is always a parade or a party in the streets of Mission Cusco. Totally heard Its Tricky and Crazy In Love while walking in the street. oh man it took me back, I was holding back dance moves.
Taught my first English class, good times. We learned how to say I want, and I like. I’m basically a pro teacher.
The best joke of Peru is, "Do you participate in any religion.?" ..."No , I am catholic."?????? What? I get that answer about 3 times a day, so funny.
9/11 yesterday, didnt even realize til I went to write in my journal. Missions are weird like that.
We have 4 investigators with a baptism date!!! WOOHHHOOOO. It is so rad, one in particular is pretty awesome. It is the husband and wife, Sebastiana and Wilber. My comp told me they have been saying they want to learn more, and won’t be baptized till at least 2020. Well, we went in teaching the plan of salvation, and I just had so much faith, i was not gonna settle, and I knew the Lord would provide a way for them to say yes finally. So I ask him to be baptized, he says his usual 2020, and then all of a sudden I start quoting some Thomas S Monson quote I read that morning about how you haven’t learned everything of the church until you enter the temple. My study was inspired that morning by the Lord. And next thing you know. Wilber says, YES. Faith is so real. If you wanna see miracles, you will, just be obedient and allign your will with Gods.
Yesterday everything fell through but I read Helamen 10:5. I wanna finish this mission exhausted and tired. My companion wanted to rap it up, and honestly we could’ve, cuz there was nothing to do. But I made him read that scripture, and I dragged him out. Cuz whatever, if we dont have success, at least we know we went hard.
This week we taught honor thy father and mother to an investigator. She started crying because her parents weren’t great to her as a child. We asked her to thank them anyways this week and she would feel better. Well my parents and friends and teachers and leaders weren’t even mean to me, so I would be a hypocrite not to say something. I truely am grateful for examples that taught me the gospel, and prepared me for the mission. This is not braggin of myself because I’m thanking people, but seriously i have felt prepared and ready for this whole mission thing, and its cuz i had so many great peeps in my life.
Anyways Good times in Ilave Peru, Love it here. One last thing, We are all children of God. That has stuck with me hard this week. If we could all just look at a random person, and the first thing we see is a child of God, imagine how great the world would be. Seriously it would be great times. 4 Nephi is the only `peaceful part of the scriptures and it is because there are no "ites". MJ said it best in “It Don’t Matter if Your Black or White. Hahaha we are all children of God and that is just soo cool.
Elder Hatfield
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