Changes......

Can you believe its already changes...we didn't have them obviously but i can't believe how fast this change flew by. I only have 4 left....lame.

This week was great, like always! We did an activity of Karaoke this week with our ward. It turned out really bad, but it was worth the effort haha. We got the opportunity to talk in church yesterday. I talked about the temple that is going to be built here in Arequipa. They haven't even started yet and arent planning to anytime soon. They told us missionaries that it is going to take a miracle to build the temple here. It sort of broke my heart. The members just aren't showing that they want it. I really talked about the importance of paying tithing and being a dedicated member. Almost no one pays tithing here. Its such a blessing to have the opportunity to pay tithing and recieve such big blessings. They are missing out. We have big plans to help our ward. 

On Friday we had a cool experience contacting. We almost NEVER door knock because it just doesn't work and is usually a waste of time. But on Friday we had an hour of NOTHIng. We couldn't think of anything to do. So we said a prayer and started knocking. I felt impressed to knock on one house we saw so, the first door we knocked on a young lady answered. She looked really stressed and was a mess. We started talking to her, telling her who we were and she started to really open up to us telling us that her daughter has cancer and has been in the hospital for 6 months. She said she is just ready to give up and wishes He would just take her daughter. We started to teach about the plan of salvation. How families can be together Forever. The spirit was really strong and we were able to get another appointment. It was a really neat experiene for us both. Its amazing the people God puts in your path. The people he leads you to if you listen to the spirit!

Another cool thing that happened this week...remember Julio in Moquegua. Who I worked SO hard for and we all prayed for him...well he got baptized last week. My old comp called and told me! i was so happy for him. She said he all of a sudden just had a big change of heart. It just goes to show you that sometimes you don't see the results of your hard work until later. But that He always answers our prayers. just sometimes a little later in His time.

cooooool stuff. 

anyways, dont have too much to say! LOVE you all!!! 

talk to you next week.

HH

The view from the mission office.

The house where we go to wash clothes. This little boy was trying to hide from us.