Well, this
week was great. Truly great! A lot of stuff has happened so
I’ll try to fit it
all in here in just a short 30 minutes… (I wish we had more
time to write!)
So,
something cool that you might not know, is that were living
in cocaine alley!
Hahaha seriously, there's some crazy drug terrorism going on
all around us.
People are being taken hostage, the terrorists are bombing
police stations
(outside of Quillabamba), and now they’re killing people. In
Echarate, where I
did a work visit this past week, like 15 people have been
taken hostage! So,
president told them to proselyte in p-day clothes, without
their tags on. But
when I was there in Echarate, everything seemed to be good.
In fact, it was
pretty fun for the most part! We ate cacao, which is the
fruit from which they
make chocolate. Well, we didn’t really eat it, you just suck
on the seeds that
are inside. It was TASTY. You just walk through the city
there and grab
mandarin oranges right off of the tree and eat them while
you walk. It is a
big-ish sector, and I did a baptismal interview for an
investigator that they
had that was baptized on Saturday in a river right there in
Echarate. Hahaha
you should have seen me in that interview, I would be saying
something like, “Do
you believe that Jesus Ch---(swatted mosquito on my
cheek)--- that Jesus Christ
is the Son of God, our Savior and Redeemer?” There are SO
many mosquitos there.
I left Echarate after a day and a half with something like
20+ mosquito bites
all over. But it was great.
Pilar was
baptized!!! Wow, it was a long time coming with her. It was
such a great and spiritual
experience to see her be baptized. She asked if I could
baptize her, and it was
a really special service. She stayed firm with her decision
to be baptized even
though her husband was against it. Her daughter traveled
from Cusco to be here,
and her son also accompanied her. The room was full during
the service with
members that have known her for years, along with her sister
(member), who is
probably the biggest and best influence she has ever had.
She told me yesterday
after she was confirmed, “I will always remember you,
forever. Thank you for
your patience that you had with me, and for helping me make
the decision to be
baptized. God will surely bless you for your service and all
that you went
through in order to help me.” When she said that, it brought
tears to my eyes.
She is the only member in her family, and we are helping her
son, who lives
here in Quillabamba, to make the same decision.
Abel, who was
baptized last week, received the Aaronic Priesthood yesterday,
so that was pretty cool. He is already attending Seminary!
He's awesome. Future missionary.
We continue
to visit our other investigators who are progressing and
were trying to get our
less active members in our branch to come back to the
church. It’s great to see
their faces when we show up at their houses, all surprised
and happy that were
there, haha. I’m doing all that I can to leave my sector
better than it was
when I got here.
The next
transfers,
dad, are on May 1st. Just count 6 weeks after each transfer date,
and you get the next transfer date. So, the next transfer
after May 1st
is June 12th.
Yes, I only have two transfers left after this one! I’m
chill though, it doesn’t feel like I’ll be home in like 3
and a half months. I
do need an answer though about Lake Powell! Is it gonna
happen… or not? So…. Yeah. Let me
know! And I’m glad that
Bridger got my letter. I’ll be sending one to each of the
boys. Anyway, I have
to go now, but I hope everyones good! May
we all try to be more like our Savior, that we may feel
His love in each of our
lives, knowing that He died for all of us. I love this
gospel, and I love the
mission!!! I love you all!
Yours
truly,
Elder
Christensen
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