Hey guys! We're still recovering from last week! This week was leaders council again and it happened to be President Li´s last one. Sooo we had been working really hard to make it a great experience for them, and I think it ended up pretty good. We sang their favorite Hymn “Grande eres tu” (How Great Thou Art) and “para siempre Dios esté con vos” (God Be With You Til We Meet Again) It was quite the experience!
This week I got one of my 2 ties from Pucallpa. I think it looks dang slick. Anything red, white and blue is slick for me haha.
Consejo is always a good time because you get to see your friends that you don’t see every day- Having Elder Newell and Elder Ruiz back in the office for a bit was awesome. Elder Ruiz is a convert and I look up to him so much. The man just has such an understanding of the gospel.
This consejo I really lost a lot of respect for a lot of people. Normally the leaders come Wednesday we have meetings that night, Thursday morning is the actual meeting and then they fly out Thursday afternoon. This time they left on Friday, and it was really sad to see that a lot of people just (instead of going out and working with other missionaries) just stayed here in the office and wanted to chat.
Monday night President called the AP´s and told us that we were invited to a Family Home Evening and dinner in the mission home. It was pretty fun and spiritual. We are all kind of in disbelief that President is already finishing his mission.
President Parkers bio finally showed up on lds.org!! Were stoked. He arrives the 28th of this month and President Li leave the 29th.
Last Sunday I was too tired and I passed out on one of the couches in the office after church….. they decided to turn me into a meme. Hahahah
In two weeks of the transfer, I think we’ve taught maybe 4 lessons. Super frustrating. And it is probably only going to get worse as time goes on and when President Parker gets here. Last night we taught a kid named Martin. Hes 18 and studying/training to be a cop. He was just a random contact that we had. When we met him we gave him a Restoration pamphlet and then about 2 weeks later we were by his house with fallen appointments and decided to go visit him. Turns out the dude had read the whole pamphlet and basically memorized it. So we gave him a Book of Mormon. Which he went on to read the introduction and the testimonies of Joseph Smith and the 3 and 8 witnesses…. and last night and we invited him to be baptized and he said………………………. No. But I trust in the Book of Mormon and the role it has in the conversion of the investigators.
Our other investigator Liz is awesome as well. She came to church a bit late on Sunday and told us that her aunt and uncle had threatened to kick her out of the house if she kept listening to “los mormones”. But we told her that it was her decision and she decided that she wanted to keep listening to us. She also told us that she has never been baptized ever, and that it’s something that she would like to do herself.
We have lots of good things going for us in our area lately, it just dang hard coordinating our time well. They’ve been in the office painting and changing wifi and lights and it’s just rough right now. Oh wellll.
Sunday we also got invited into the Primary for a second. They (the leaders) asked us to share about our missions a little and explain what we do and all that. So we did and then they sang “I hope they call me on a mission”
And to explain the worms from last week.....
those are called "suri" and they look disgusting. Peruvians yes indeed EAT them (live and cooked) but Im not quite sure how or why. It is technically prohibited for missionaries to eat suri, but pretty much everyone does it anyway. I for one am not down to eat it. hahahah
Pretty eventful week to say the least!!
Hasta la próxima semana!
Elder Roper
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