Happy 28th of July! haha the 28th here in Peru was their "independence
day". It was actually pretty cool, that was part of the reason that
there were parades and such here but tons of people put flags up
outside of their houses so it looked pretty cool walking down the
street with flags all over. As for the actual
holiday?....welll....lets just say i wasnt too thrilled. Its actually
really funny because it says in our mission manuals that weekends and
holidays are when we should do most of our tracting because "everyone"
is together as families. which i suppose is pretty true...in the
united states....haha we always talk about how that manual was written
for missionaries in the US because a lot of it doesnt apply here. for
example....weekends and holidays? no one is in their house. haha ive
already told you all about this before but they all just go out and
drink. so that was a fun day of tracting...not a ton of success. There
was a nice little experience that came of it though, a reassurance you
could call it. There was this one guy we had taught once and then we
had an appointment to come back later in the week, but Elder Garcia
got sick so we werent able to make it, we went back the 28th and he
was there. Sadly he told us that he was waiting for us and that we
didnt come. And that he really didnt have much time to talk. He said
that he told his wife about it and that she didnt want ANYTHING to do
with it. Not gonna lie, i was a little frustrated. But instead of just
saying yeah thanks and walking away like i really wanted to do, i
asked if there was anything we could help him with. Im not sure why
but that really opened up his eyes and he told us that he had heard
that the church always lends a helping hand to others. In the end he
said that there was nothing we could do for his and that he wasnt
interested and so we ended up just leaving. the really cool/weird
thing is that the next day during sacrament meeting, he showed up and
told us that he had talked to his wife, and that we could come and
visit them this wednesday night. It was completely and utterly
unexpected, but totally a blessing. It imediately brought to mind a
scripture in Alma 16:16 where it talks about how the Lord ALWAYS is
preparing people to hear this. Who knows what will come of this guy
and his family, but im excited to be able to help him out, he must
have felt something.
But anywho, so this week we had the opportunity to baptize a young
woman named Tatiana. Shes 14 years old and her mom was already a
member. She is really smart and understood everything that we taught
her, we were just a litle bit worried about whether or not she really
wanted to be baptized because she knew it was the right thing to do or
for her friends. We ended up working it all out fine and she was
baptized Sunday after church. It was actually pretty funny, she told
me her name before hand, and the thing is that here they have multiple
names, mostly 4 names, so she told me that she had 3 names, one first
name, and 2 last names. So i said the prayer and baptized her using 3
names. Then after wards Elder Penney told me that she had 2 first
names. The REALLY weird part was that she didnt want me to say that
name? I was like okay we are gonna have to do it again okay? and she
was like...no no no no. haha in the end i just said the prayer and did
it again. I hope you catch the funniness of that ;) i guess you had to
be there ;)
So yeah ive been seeing the Olympics all over the place here and its
been trunking me out of my mind....haha jk jk, but really i wanna
watch them really bad. Youll have to keep me updated on how the states
are doing.
So its gotten really really hot up there then huh? its actually been
really weird here. Its gotten down into the upper 60s which has been
nice. Ive loved it. Basically when its cloudy it cools off and when
the sun comes out its a furnace. But the best part is that whenever it
gets down to 70 or so, the people bust out their winter clothes.
Legitimately their winter clothes, were talking full winter jackets,
hats, gloves. its like they think its 30 degrees down here. I get a
good laugh out of it everytime i see it. But i cant balame them i
guess, i get pretty cold even when its just 60 degrees. I guess ive
just gotten used to the heat.
bueno, me encanta la misión. no hay un sentimiento mayor de lo que
siento cuando estoy ayudando alguien. verdaderamente ayudandole a
alguein recibir la felicidad. Esta es la iglesia del Señor. no hay una
duda. deben seguir firmes en lo que creen, en lo que saben, porque
cuando yo regrese del Peru, vamos a hacer una fiesta!!! haha
Well i love you all. thank you so much for all that you do for me. I
know that there isnt much that i can do from way down here in Peru but
if there ever is anything, let me know.
Stay strong until the next week!!!
Love,
Elder Woodburn
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